Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenmark and composed words

11 Jul 2008

      On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Olivier Guéry  wrote:
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2008/7/11 Wolfgang Schuster :
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On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:45 AM, Olivier Guéry  wrote:
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Hello,
I tried to force hyphen in composed word with this : « composed||word
» as explain in the manual.
(Strange that context can't know that he can cut composed words after
the dash, maybe it's only a french rule).
In french, the hyphenmark is « - », not « – » (endash).
So I tried \setuphyphenmark [sign = -] but no effect, I still get a « – ».
This syntax : « composed|-|word » works.
\definetextmodediscretionary {}
 {\hyphenliketextmodediscretionary\defaultdiscretionaryhyphen\defaultdiscretionaryhyphen\empty\defaultdiscretionaryhyphen}
\setuphyphenmark[sign=-]
It works. Is this the new usual syntax (please, no ! ;)) or just a workaround ?
Just a workaroung, it's up to Hans to fix this in some way.

A short solution for the moment is:

\def\compoundhyphen{-}
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Is there something to setup that hyphenate should alway cut composed
words after the « - » ?
For the moment, I must enter all composed word with « || » ? Like « où
va||t||il ? » instead of « où va-t-il ? »
For MkII, I don't think so, MkIV should be possible but Hans or Taco can
give you a better answer. You shouldn't forget in some cases like 'X-Rays'
a break after the hyphen is not allowed.
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We should never cut like this :
«foo bar com-
posed-word »
but
« foo bar composed-
word. »
Regards,
Wolfgang