From 6921e2bb7fe70692a2f66081132e4e7718ee2e7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Butterick <mb@mbtype.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:31:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] improve dummy element

---
 quad/quadwriter/render.rkt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/quad/quadwriter/render.rkt b/quad/quadwriter/render.rkt
index 252ba40f..c9b37fca 100644
--- a/quad/quadwriter/render.rkt
+++ b/quad/quadwriter/render.rkt
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@
      ;; but keep the attrs around in case anyone needs to use them
      ;; for instance, quads added to the layout like footers
      ;; won't have another way of getting this
-     (list* tag attrs (cons "." elements))]))
+     ;; the dummy tag and dummy value ensure that the "." string
+     ;; isn't merged into the following string during atomization
+     (list* tag attrs (cons '(q ((dummy-tag "dummy-value")) ".") elements))]))
 
 (define (apply-default-styling-attributes qexpr)
   ;; apply some default styling attributes.