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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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