Re: [Groff] hyphenation

[Bernd Salbrechter]

In-Reply-To: <address@hidden>

On Sun, 30 Jan 2000 12:10:42 -0500 (EST), Eddie Maddox wrote:

> 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.

...

> 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. 

What do you thik of renameing ".hy" and add an empty macro for it, I saw
-me always doing this to aviond the user acidently access troff macros,
it likes to have controll over. Or is it to late for such tricks, someoe
included befor tmac.www cna have done the same?

Have a nice day
Bernd Salbrechter