[Groff] Re: hyphenation and encoding

[Michail Vidiassov]

Dear Werner,

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> > And how can it be done? There are files for koi8 and cp1251 input
> > (ones with lot of trins),
>
> Well, the default bundle of groff doesn't come with koi8 support.
Do you want it? Or everything will be dealt with by preconv?
> Hmm, I've just looked up the definition of koi8-r, and it should be
> possible to use the subrange 0xA1-0xFF, which covers the Cyrillic
> characters.
>
> > What about hcode?
>
> Where's the problem?

Is it possible to use UTF or uXXXX names in its arguments?
Or only koi8?
Having to keep track of encoding changes when reading configuration files
looks like a promise of future surprises.

Is it now possible to hyphenate a mixed english/russian/french UTF text
(switching languages by hla)? Or it requires Unicode within troff?

        Sincerely, Michail