Re: Spurious whitespace when exporting CJK text as epub

On 4/19/2026 7:04 PM, gyuchen86--- via ntg-context wrote:
> Hello, I am trying to make use of the epub export functionality.
> 
> I noticed that, unwanted whitespaces are inserted in the epub file in
> exact those locations where a linebreak occurs in the generated PDF
> file.

i have a solution for it but mo upload right now

> Example, PDF:
> 让我(linebreak)们得以再次窥见
> 
> Example, epub export:
> 让我 们得以再次窥见
> 
> How can I fix this problem?
> 
> A minimal example can be found below.
> 
> \setupbackend[export=yes]
> \mainlanguage[cn]
> \setuplabeltext[cn][chapter={{第 },{ 章}}]
> \definefontfamily[myfonts][rm][FandolSong][bf=FandolHei,it=FandolKai,bi=FandolFang]
> \setscript[hanzi]
> \setupbodyfont[myfonts]
> \setuplayout[width=middle]
> \setupinteraction[
> 	title={游戏零工：没有游戏，不似零工},
> ]
> \starttext
> \startchapter[title=车站夜]
> 
> 
> 越是传统工作瓦解的年代，靠打游戏赚钱越是个诱惑人的口号。过去两年，作为学
> 术流水工，出于对主流职业路径的怀疑，也为了弥补青少年时期因为阶层性别地域
> 等限制而被剥夺的游戏时间，我把中国通过玩游戏赚钱的各类零工：代练、打金、
> 私服、直播、短视频、陪玩、租号、卖号、博彩等做成了自己的主要研究课题。
> 
> 
> \stopchapter
> \stoptext
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