[tex-hyphen] hyphenation different in xelatex?

Philip Taylor P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Mon Sep 7 17:34:25 CEST 2015



Karl Berry wrote:

> FWIW, I think changing hyphenation in (pdf)latex for any commonly used
> language would cause far more problems that it would help.  Messing
> around with {xe,lua}latex is one thing -- it's reasonable to break
> compatibility there.

It is /very/ rare that I agree with Karl, but on this occasion I agree
100%.  TeX is about /stability/, not about 'change'/'improvement'.

Philip Taylor


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