PATGEN(1) PATGEN(1)
NAME
patgen - generate patterns for TeX hyphenation
SYNOPSIS
patgen dictionary_file pattern_file output_file trans-
late_file
DESCRIPTION
The patgen program reads the dictionaryfile and produces
the patternfile, writing a transcript of its actions on
the outputfile. The dictionaryfile should contain a
list of hyphenated words and previously-generated pat-
terns.
The patterns thus generated can be read by initex for use
in hyphenating words. For a (very) long example of pat-
gen's output, see /usr/contrib/lib/tex/inputs/hyphen.tex,
which contains the patterns TeX uses for English.
All filenames must be complete. No adding of default
extensions or path searching is done.
FILES
/usr/contrib/lib/tex/inputs/hyphen.tex Patterns for
English.
SEE ALSO
Frank Liang, Word hy-phen-a-tion by com-puter, Stanford
Ph.D. thesis
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.
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