Yes, that is a possibilty that did not escape me. But this is but an example. In those documents such abbreviations are quite common and frequent. I hoped therefore to find a generic solution! yours sincerely dr. Hans van der Meer

On 2 Feb 2024, at 18:25, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:

On 2/2/2024 1:03 PM, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote:

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In the 18th century documents I am transcribing often words are abbreviated as for example /voorschreeve/ becoming /voors:/ In the transcription it is usual to write this as /voors[chreeve]/ indicating to the reader how the abbreviation was interpreted. The problem then arises with hyphenation, because /voors[chreeve]/ in the example will not be hyphenated as if the []'s were absent. Which is what I would like to happen. Question: is it possible to realize this and how? Like this?

\starttext

\startexceptions voor-s[chree-ve] \stopexceptions

\hsize1mm voors[chreeve]

\stoptext

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