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Re: [Groff] The hyphenation exception file -- hyphenex.<lang>


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] The hyphenation exception file -- hyphenex.<lang>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:22:30 +0200 (CEST)

> To use the hyphen.us I write
> 
> .hpl us
> .hpf hyphen.us
> 
> and then groff will loock for my hyphenation patterns in those directories
> that can be accessed by .mso -- if I understand correctly. That is (in my
> installation -- /usr/share/groff/x.y.x/tmac
> 
> Obviously, I have already copied the sehyph.tex to
> 
> /usr/share/groff/x.y.x/tmac/hyphen.se

A better place is /usr/share/groff/site-tmac/hyphen.se.

> Next step is then to create hyphenex.se -- containing those patterns I
> have felt I need. I have them all over the place in files containing stuff
> like
> 
> .hw av-stav-nings-reg-ler
> 
> which I .so at the start of a document
> 
> Will troff automagically look for a hyphenex.se if I set hyphenation
> language to Swedish?

No.  You have to load it explicitly (see the troffrc file).

Note that a file containing `.hw' calls must not be input with .hpf or
.hpfa but with .so -- .hpf/.hpfa expect TeX syntax.


    Werner

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