[Framers] [WTF ramemaker] RE: Anyone know of a way to include a non-breaking hyphen/dash in a variable definition?

[David Artman]

   Yay! I found that in an old forum post about FM 6.5. :)

   Here's a good resource, in general:

   [1]http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/2015/using/index.html#t=using
   -framemaker-2015%2Ffrm_references_re%2Ffrm_character_sets_cs%2FWindows_
   character_sets-.htm

   -------- Original Message --------
   Subject: Re: [Framers] [WTF ramemaker] RE: Anyone know of a way to
   include a non-breaking hyphen/dash in a variable definition?
   From: Art Campbell <[2]art.campbell at gmail.com>
   Date: Tue, October 10, 2017 4:18 pm
   To: "An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software."
   <[3]framers at lists.frameusers.com>
   Cc: Framers List <[4]writers--techies-on-framemaker at googlegroups.com>
   \x15 is working!
   Didn't try the other possible solutions yet.
   Art Campbell
   [5]art.campbell at gmail.com
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   On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:36 PM, David Artman
   <[6]david at davidartman.com> wrote:
   > How about:
   > \x15
   > ...or:
   > \x2011
   > ...?
   > \x15 is a VERY old way to do it, but perhaps not hamstrung yet? The
   \x2011
   > is me guessing at a way the modern Unicode hex value could be
   inserted for
   > interpretation by FM.
   > Alternately, type one or insert one using the symbols palette, copy
   it,
   > and see if it pastes into the definition?
   >
   > There's GOT to be a way... similarly, thinspace is often a critical
   one,
   > for volatile (or scoped/personalized) measurements and their units of
   > measure.
   >
   > HTH;
   > David
   >
   > --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [Framers] [WTF
   > ramemaker] RE: Anyone know of a way to include a non-breaking
   hyphen/dash
   > in a variable definition?
   > From: "Art Campbell" <[7]art.campbell at gmail.com>
   > Date: 10/10/17 2:23 pm
   > To: "Rick Quatro" <[8]rick at rickquatro.com>
   > Cc: "Framers List"
   <[9]writers--techies-on-framemaker at googlegroups.com>, "An
   > email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software." <
   > [10]framers at lists.frameusers.com>
   >
   > Nope, that's not it...
   >
   >
   > Art Campbell
   > ...
   >
   > On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Rick Quatro
   <[11]rick at rickquatro.com>
   > wrote:
   >
   > > Hi Art,
   > >
   > > Try \+ in the dialog box.
   > >
   > > Rick
   > >
   > > Rick Quatro
   > ...
   > > -----Original Message-----
   > > Subject: [Framers] Anyone know of a way to include a non-breaking
   > > hyphen/dash in a variable definition?
   > >
   > > On FM '17
   > ...

References

   1. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/2015/using/index.html#t=using-framemaker-2015/frm_references_re/frm_character_sets_cs/Windows_character_sets-.htm
   2. mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com
   3. mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com
   4. mailto:writers--techies-on-framemaker at googlegroups.com
   5. mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com
   6. mailto:david at davidartman.com
   7. mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com
   8. mailto:rick at rickquatro.com
   9. mailto:writers--techies-on-framemaker at googlegroups.com
  10. mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com
  11. mailto:rick at rickquatro.com