PATGEN(1)                                                         PATGEN(1)
                              27 December 1992






 NAME
      patgen - generate patterns for TeX hyphenation


 SYNOPSIS
      patgen dictionary_file pattern_file log_file translate_file


 DESCRIPTION
      The patgen program reads the dictionary_file and produces the
      pattern_file, writing a transcript of its actions on the log_file.
      The dictionary_file should contain a list of hyphenated words and
      previously-generated patterns.


      The patterns thus generated can be read by initex for use in
      hyphenating words. For a (very) long example of patgen's output, see
      /opt/teTeX/texmf/tex/generic/config/hyphen.tex, which contains the
      patterns TeX uses for English.  At some sites, patterns for several
      other languages may be available, and the local tex programs may have
      them preloaded; consult your Local Guide or your system administrator
      for details.


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


 FILES
      /opt/teTeX/texmf/tex/generic/config/hyphen.tex  Patterns for English.


 SEE ALSO
      Frank Liang, Word hy-phen-a-tion by com-puter, STAN-CS-83-977,
      Stanford University Ph.D. thesis, 1983.
      Donald E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13447-
      0, Appendix H.


 AUTHORS
      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 TeXware technical
      report, available from the TeX Users Group. Howard Trickey originally
      ported it to Unix.
































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