Yes, that is a possibilty that did not escape me. But this is but an example.
In those documents such abbreviations are quite common and frequent.
I hoped therefore to find a generic solution!
yours sincerely
dr. Hans van der Meer
> On 2 Feb 2024, at 18:25, Hans Hagen via ntg-context
> wrote:
>
> On 2/2/2024 1:03 PM, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote:
>> In the 18th century documents I am transcribing often words are abbreviated
>> as for example /voorschreeve/ becoming /voors:/ In the transcription it is
>> usual to write this as /voors[chreeve]/ indicating to the reader how the
>> abbreviation was interpreted.
>> The problem then arises with hyphenation, because /voors[chreeve]/ in the
>> example will not be hyphenated as if the []'s were absent. Which is what I
>> would like to happen.
>> Question: is it possible to realize this and how?
> Like this?
>
> \starttext
>
> \startexceptions
>voor-s[chree-ve]
> \stopexceptions
>
> \hsize1mm
> voors[chreeve]
>
> \stoptext
>
>
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