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patgen - generate patterns for TeX hyphenation
patgen dictionary_file pattern_file log_file translate_file
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation
for this version of can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A
TeX implementation.
The patgen program reads the dictionary_file and produces
the pattern_file, writing a transcript of its actions on the log_file.
The dictionary_file should contain a list of hyphenated words and previously-generated
patterns.
The patterns thus generated can be read by initex for use in
hyphenating words. For a (very) long example of patgen's output, see $TEXMFMAIN/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex,
which contains the patterns uses for English. At some sites, patterns
for several other languages may be available, and the local tex programs
may have them preloaded; consult your Local Guide or your system administrator
for details.
All filenames must be complete; no adding of default extensions
or path searching is done.
- $TEXMFMAIN/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex
- Patterns for English.
Frank Liang, Word hy-phen-a-tion by com-puter,
STAN-CS-83-977, Stanford University Ph.D. thesis, 1983.
Donald E. Knuth, The Xbook, Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13447-0, Appendix
H.
Frank Liang wrote the first version of this program. Peter
Breitenlohner made a substantial revision in 1991 for 3. The first version
was published as the appendix to the Xware technical report, available
from the Users Group. Howard Trickey originally ported it to Unix.
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