From 06a7b3804cdff092d2f3d4265e463b1c20454842 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Pepping
If you want to generate your own patterns, an open-source utility called - patgen is available on many Unix/Linux distributions and every TeX - distribution which can be used to assist in - creating pattern files from dictionaries. Pattern creation for languages like - english or german is an art. If you can, read Frank Liang's original paper - "Word Hy-phen-a-tion by Com-pu-ter" (yes, with hyphens). It is not available - online. The original patgen.web source, included in the TeX source distributions, - contains valuable comments, unfortunately technical details obscure often the - high level issues. Another important source is - The + patgen can be used to assist in creating pattern files from dictionaries. + It is available in many Unix/Linux distributions and every TeX distribution. + Pattern creation for languages like english or german is an art. Read + Frank Liang's original paper "Word + Hy-phen-a-tion by Com-pu-ter" (yes, with hyphens) for details. + The original patgen.web source, included in the TeX source distributions, + contains valuable comments, unfortunately technical details often obscure the + high level issues. Another important source of information is + The TeX Book, appendix H (either read the TeX source, or run it through TeX to typeset it). Secondary articles, for example the works by Petr Sojka, may also give some much needed insight into problems arising in automated -- cgit v1.2.3