> the problem with that is that we get a more and more complex routine > which degrades performance, makes it hard to configure and explain, > even not intuitive
I don't agree but ok > anyway, because in a glyph the left/right fields store the current > values of left and right hyphenmin it's not too hard to run over the > list using a callback and adapt that value (the first one in a word) > > - identify start of word That looks like a huge overhead and a fragile algorithm... But in a first step it can be done quickly indeed. > - look at left value of the first glyph - see if there is a char in > the #left glyphs that you want to count more or less times - and > adapt the left value accordingly Well, if it's easy to configure and explain, and intuitive (which is not obvious to me), that looks like a good solution indeed. But if changing the left value of the glyph node works, I think the manual should be changed, as it states "the frozen \lefthyphenmnin value" (section 7.1.2.12)... According to what you say, the value is not frozen, is it? Thank you, -- Elie
