Achim Blumensath <[log in to unmask]> 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.

There exist quite simple change files that enables TeX to assign
different penalties to different hyphen points.

ftp://peano.mathematik.uni-freiburg.de/pub/etex/hyphenation/

If this makes it into eTeX or pdfTeX, more parameters can be set.  How
many depends on the hyphenation patterns used.  So the hyphenation
settings becomes even more language dependent.

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Regards, Rune Kleveland