Does USFM have strict rules about spacing and punctuations?

[kavitharaju]

Does these paratext specific rules, in the test suite, apply as such to the USFM spec?

• paratextTests/WordlistMarkerTextEndsInSpaceWithoutGlossary should fail
• paratextTests/WordlistMarkerTextEndsInSpaceWithGlossary should fail
• paratextTests/WordlistMarkerTextContainsNonWordformingPunctuation should fail
• paratextTests/GlossaryCitationFormContainsNonWordformingPunctuation should fail
• paratextTests/WordlistMarkerTextEndsInPunctuation should fail
• paratextTests/GlossaryCitationFormEndsInSpace should fail
• paratextTests/WordlistMarkerKeywordEndsInSpace should fail
• paratextTests/WordlistMarkerKeywordEndsInPunctuation should fail
• paratextTests/GlossaryCitationFormEndsInPunctuation should fail
• paratextTests/WordlistMarkerTextEndsInSpaceAndMissingFromGlossary should fail
• paratextTests/WordlistMarkerKeywordContainsNonWordformingPunctuation should fail

Also, can it be said closing and opening a character marker immediately an incorrect usage?

• tcdocs/tests/paratextTests/CharStyleClosedAndReopened/origin.usfm

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  \p \v 1 \em word\em* \em wordtwo\em* word3 \em word4 \em* \v 2 \em word5 \em* \v 3 \w glossaryone\w* \w glossarytwo\w*r

[KentSpiel]

USFM specs do not specify anything about text content. There are no strict rules about spacing and punctuation. Closing and opening a character marker immediately is allowed.