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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: Mini-Language for hyphenation
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:16:52 +0100
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On 21/01/2025 12:53, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    I foresee the need for a mini-language for hyphenation in
>    my current plain-text paragraph wrapper project. Here are
>    my plans, comments are welcome:

I would recommend you look at Tex's hyphenation algorithm and dictionary 
lists, rather than inventing your own.  Then you can re-use existing 
hyphenation patterns and exception lists for countless different 
languages.  It includes support for hyphenation patterns that lead to 
changes in the spelling, ligatures, diacriticals or other effects.  Your 
examples "backen" and "Bettuch" are even included in the TeXbook.