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PATGEN(1) DragonFly General Commands Manual PATGEN(1)
NAME
patgen - generate patterns for TeX hyphenation
SYNOPSIS
patgen dictionary_file pattern_file log_file translate_file
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
documentation 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
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 TeX
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.
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
Breitenlohner made a substantial revision in 1991 for TeX 3. The first
version was published as the appendix to the TeXware technical report,
available from the TeX Users Group. Howard Trickey originally ported it
to Unix.
Web2C 7.2 27 December 1992 PATGEN(1)