On 4/12/2013 8:28 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
In TeX it is possible to discourage two consecutive hyphens, but there is no way to prohibit or strongly discourage three or more. Technically, this would mean a slight extension of the current algorithm by keeping track of the number of hyphens in a row. None of today's engines supports that concept."
no need to adapt the engine ... it's probably not that hard to support that in luatex but one can wonder if it solves the issue: th emore demands one has, the solution space also becomes smaller so probably someplace else another problem surfaces ... 100 % automated typesetting with 100 % perfect results is impossible Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------