[XeTeX] UTF-8 hyphenation patterns for Greek
Robert Spence
spence at saar.de
Thu Jun 29 23:42:24 CEST 2006
Peter, Yves:
On 29 Jun 2006, at 21:42 , Peter Heslin wrote:
> Yves Codet <ycodet at club-internet.fr> writes:
(...)
>> Is it desirable to allow a break here, as σδ, σζ are
>> equivalents of ζ
(...)
> I don't think this mailing list is
> the appropriate place to discuss the minute details of Greek
> hyphenation.
My experience since joining this list has been that it's the place
where the minute details of just about _everything_ are discussed...
1)
The "small world phenomenon" as applied to XeTeX:
Everything humanly imaginable is related to an imperfectly solved
problem of computer typography by significantly less than six degrees
of separation.
2)
Murphy's Law, Frivolous Corollary n (where n is a very, very, very
large natural number):
Even if you only need to typeset a single Ancient Greek word in the
whole of your life, it will be at the end of a line and the
hyphenation patterns as implemented on your system will be wrong.
3)
The best way to run a civil service (invented by the Chinese, and
adopted by the nations on _both_ sides of the Channel):
Establish a state examination to identify the bright kids who can get
passionate about the minute details of texts that are at least two
thousand years old. Put them in charge of everything. Sit back and
relax.
;-)
-- Robert Spence
Applied Linguistics
Saarland University
Germany
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