PATGEN(1)PATGEN(1)NAMEpatgen - generate patterns for TeX hyphenation
SYNOPSISpatgen dictionary_file pattern_file log_file translate_file
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documen‐
tation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
Web2C: A TeX implementation.
The patgen program reads the dictionary_file and produces the pat‐
tern_file, writing a transcript of its actions on the log_file. The
dictionary_file should contain a list of hyphenated words and previ‐
ously-generated patterns.
The patterns thus generated can be read by initex for use in hyphenat‐
ing words. For a (very) long example of patgen's output, see $TEXMF‐
MAIN/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex, which contains the patterns TeX uses
for English. At some sites, patterns for several other languages may
be available, and the local tex programs may have them preloaded; con‐
sult your Local Guide or your system administrator for details.
All filenames must be complete; no adding of default extensions or path
searching is done.
FILES
$TEXMFMAIN/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex
Patterns for English.
SEE ALSO
Frank Liang, Word hy-phen-a-tion by com-puter, STAN-CS-83-977, Stanford
University Ph.D. thesis, 1983.
Donald E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13447-0,
Appendix H.
AUTHORS
Frank Liang wrote the first version of this program. Peter Breiten‐
lohner made a substantial revision in 1991 for TeX 3. The first ver‐
sion was published as the appendix to the TeXware technical report,
available from the TeX Users Group. Howard Trickey originally ported it
to Unix.
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