Re: hyphenating non-english characters

[G. Branden Robinson]

Hi Gergő,

At 2024-08-11T14:57:38+0200, Gáspár Gergő wrote:
> Kind of a facepalm moment there, I realized that the .hcode request
> don't work since my source file is encoded in UTF-8. Making a separate
> file with the requests, encoded in latin2, and sourcing it in the
> document allowed me to fully utilize the hyphenation pattern file.

Nice!

> So! I started work on preparing the localization file. The pattern
> file should also be formatted somehow, right? Or can we use it as-is?

As far as I know all you need to do is convert the character encoding.
I don't think there's much else you need to do aside from rename it to
fit groff practice ("hyphen.hu"); our "LICENSES" file needs an update to
reflect its separate copyright but I can take care of that.

> I still have to figure some stuff out with building groff and the
> exact workflow of contribution, but hopefully Hungarian support can
> soon be part of groff, which fills my heart with joy!

Excellent!

> If I have any questions regarding the afformentioned contribution
> process, is it okay to send you an email?

Sure.  I summarized the process back in January.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2024-01/msg00025.html

> Thanks for all the help!

My pleasure!

Regards,
Branden

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