Re: [Groff] Hyphenation with Russian

[Anton Shepelev]

Thank you for the reply, Werner!

I  have  found  all  the  files:  koi8-r.tmac,  ru.tmac  and
hyphen.ru (in the koi8-r  encoding).  The  koi8-r.tmac  file
consists of lines like:

  .trin \[char186]\[u2568]

and  I believe it maps UTF-8 to KOI8-R, hence I cocluded the
input file should be in the UTF-8  encoding.  But  alas!  it
didn't work, reporting errors like this:

  can't find special character `u2568'

But  these characters are mentioned in the koi8-r.tmac file,
so I don't understand what happens...


Anton

PS: I have made sure that the koi8-r mapping file is used by
    renaming it and calling nroff with -mru.

>   . Select an 8-bit encoding you want to use for the Russian
>     hyphenation.  Only characters in the ranges 0x20-0x7e and
>     0xa0-0xfe can be used.  Convert your hyphenation patterns to this
>     encoding; expanding all macros.  Use `hyphen.cs' as a template.
>
>   . Set up a mapping from groff input characters (and implicitly vice
>     versa) to this Russian encoding.  Use `latin2.tmac' as a template.
>
>   . Write a language support file which defines a hyphenation
>     language, activates the characters used for the hyphenation
>     patterns, and loads them.  Use `cs.tmac' as a template.
>
>  That's it!  For, say, UTF-8 encoded Russian input files use groff's -k
>  option to use the new `preconv' preprocessor.