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> Von: ntg-context <ntg-context-boun...@ntg.nl> Im Auftrag von Max
> Chernoff via ntg-context
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. September 2022 08:51
> An: ntg-context@ntg.nl
> Cc: Max Chernoff <mse...@telus.net>; cont...@st.estfiles.de
> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation in multi-language projects
> 
> Hi Steffen,
> 
> > … \replaceword should be the correct way for proper hyphenation??
> 
> Well I'm not sure if it's "correct", but it seems to work. Based on my 
> testing,
> having three subsequent sets of groups ({A}{B}{C}) is converted to a
> discretionary. The discretionary hyphen "\-" is equivalent to the Plain TeX
> command "\discretionary{-}{}{}", so
> 
>    \replaceword[hyphenations][steffen][steff{-}{}{}en]
> 
> acts just like "steff\-en". TeX won't otherwise hyphenate a word with
> discretionaries, so this means that "steff-en" will be the only allowable
> hyphenation.

Just one caveat though. IIRC, Hans has mentioned that this kind of stuff is 
slower than using the hyphenation engine directly. (That's why he has 
reimplemented the ligature suppression mechanism on the hyphenation level, 
rather than acting on the node list.) 

Best,
Denis
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