Re: [Groff] hyphenation

[Eddie Maddox]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> > > .nh
> > 
> > > add a request `.mhy' (`master hyphenation') which will generally
> > > activate/deactivate hyphenation, overriding .hy?
> > 
> > FWIW, I use .nh in tmac.www.  I see no point in hyphenation if the
> > output is for Web servers and browsers, that do things their own way
> > anyway, and it sure can mess things up at times if it is used for
> > HTML.  So, I try to keep it turned off, too.
> 
> I was a bit unclear.  My proposal says that if .mhy is on, hyphenation

Just a bit short on specifics, but the general idea was crystal clear.

> can be switched on/off with .hy and .nh.  If .mhy is off, both .hy and
> .nh have no effect, and hyphenation is off.

To kill three cute little birdies with one boulder: would it be feasible
to add .mnf and .mna to the list? I have to use .nf and .na with .nh. The
user of tmac.www is advised to leave them off. 

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