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commit 900bad46777f98c0516d66559994f24a15b058bf
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Apr 13 13:40:31 2026 -0500
groff_diff(7): Revise hyphenation material.
GNU troff's "new" hyphenation modes are extensions to the semantics of
the integer the `hy` request accepts as an argument, not to the
syntax or semantics of the request itself (a minute distinction,
perhaps). Move the presentation of the new significant bits in the
hyphenation mode to the "Hyphenation" subsection from the description of
differences in the `hy` request. Topically, it sits better there
anyway, as non-English languages are under discussion.
---
man/groff_diff.7.man | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 8fa01c6e6..7cec1d95c 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -276,6 +276,14 @@ AT&T
.IR troff 's \" AT&T
hyphenation system (\[lq]suftab\[rq]) was specific to English.
.
+GNU
+.I troff \" GNU
+support additional hyphenation modes to support other languages.
+.
+New values 16 and\~32 are available;
+the former enables hyphenation before the last character in a word,
+and the latter enables hyphenation after the first character in a word.
+.
.
.P
New requests permit finer control over hyphenation breaking;
@@ -1873,14 +1881,14 @@ even if the interpolation context disables
compatibility mode.
.
.TP
.BI .hy\~ n
-New values 16 and\~32 are available;
-the former enables hyphenation before the last character in a word,
-and the latter enables hyphenation after the first character in a word.
-.
-If invoked without an argument,
-the mode configured by the
+If the argument
+.I n
+is omitted,
+the environment's default hyphenation mode,
+configured by the
.B hydefault
-request is selected.
+request,
+is selected.
.
.
.TP
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