Frank Mittelbach wrote:

> Achim writes:

>

>  > o hyphenation template. This template should IMHO be dropped. The

>  >   only important parameters it sets are (ex)hyphenpenalty which can

>  >   be moved to the linebreak template.

>

> I agree that the (ex)hyphenpenalty should perhaps be moved to the

> linebreak template as they essentially are parameters that guide the

> linebreaking. On the other hand Rune Kleveland made the correct remark

> that there are extensions to TeX that take the hyphenation methods

> further and do perhaps warrant to keep those parameters separate for

> easier replacement.



After some thought I think it would be best if one provides a hyphenation

template for the case that a future version of TeX uses more parameters.

But instead of using these templates directly one should IMHO add a

parameter to the linebreak template specifying which instance of the

hyphenation template is used. One could define, say, four instances:

"disabled", "discouraged", "enabled", and "encouraged".



> However, whether the template should be fully abandomed seems to me a

> different question: i guess one has to ask whether allowing/disallowing

> hyphenation is a layout design question in its own right. That is, is it

> likely that one wants to change the galley state in this respect without

> changing other aspects of the galley? If this is the case then

> separating it out makes some sense since otherwise one has to provide

> a lot of duplicate template instances which only differ in that aspect.

>

> I'm not sure what the answer is. Perhaps there is no need for a

> separation in the end.



I guess hyphenation and other line-breaking parameters will normally

be set simultaneously.



Achim

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