


PATGEN(1)                                               PATGEN(1)


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       patgen - generate patterns for TeX hyphenation

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       ppaattggeenn   dictionary_file   pattern_file   log_file  trans-
       late_file

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       This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The  com-
       plete  documentation  for this version of TeX can be found
       in the info file or manual _W_e_b_2_C_: _A _T_e_X _i_m_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n.

       The ppaattggeenn program reads the _d_i_c_t_i_o_n_a_r_y___f_i_l_e and  produces
       the  _p_a_t_t_e_r_n___f_i_l_e,  writing a transcript of its actions on
       the _l_o_g___f_i_l_e.  The _d_i_c_t_i_o_n_a_r_y___f_i_l_e should contain  a  list
       of hyphenated words and previously-generated patterns.

       The  patterns thus generated can be read by iinniitteexx for use
       in hyphenating words. For a (very) long  example  of  _p_a_t_-
       _g_e_n's  output,  see  _$_T_E_X_M_F_M_A_I_N_/_g_e_n_e_r_i_c_/_h_y_p_h_e_n_/_h_y_p_h_e_n_._t_e_x,
       which contains the patterns TeX uses for English.  At some
       sites,  patterns for several other languages may be avail-
       able, and the local tteexx programs may have them  preloaded;
       consult  your _L_o_c_a_l _G_u_i_d_e or your system administrator for
       details.

       All filenames must  be  complete;  no  adding  of  default
       extensions or path searching is done.


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       _$_T_E_X_M_F_M_A_I_N_/_g_e_n_e_r_i_c_/_h_y_p_h_e_n_/_h_y_p_h_e_n_._t_e_x
           Patterns for English.

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       Frank  Liang,  _W_o_r_d  _h_y_-_p_h_e_n_-_a_-_t_i_o_n  _b_y  _c_o_m_-_p_u_t_e_r,  STAN-
       CS-83-977, Stanford University Ph.D. thesis, 1983.
       Donald E. Knuth, _T_h_e _T_e_X_b_o_o_k, Addison-Wesley,  1986,  ISBN
       0-201-13447-0, Appendix H.

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       Frank  Liang  wrote  the  first  version  of this program.
       Peter Breitenlohner made a substantial  revision  in  1991
       for  TeX  3.   The  first  version  was  published  as the
       appendix to the _T_e_X_w_a_r_e technical report,  available  from
       the  TeX  Users Group. Howard Trickey originally ported it
       to Unix.










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