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Old 05-22-2024, 11:57 AM   #279
.tycho
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Hi everyone,

I was hoping to get some help, please. I'm reading KePUBs on my Libra 2. I've installed JSWolf's dictionary from the first page, and in Calibre, I have KTE set to:

Hyphenate files: On
Min word length: 6 characters
Min characters before hyphen: 2 characters
Min characters after hyphen: 3 characters
Max consecutive: 2 lines

I sent my book to the device, and here's an example screen:
Attachment 208424

I'm a bit confused. Why is "th-ing" being hyphenated? It's only 5 characters. Any thoughts? Also, do the settings in KTE override the LEFTHYPHENMIN and RIGHTHYPHENMIN in the hyphenation dictionary?

Thx!
Ok, so I did some more testing and I think I figured out what's going on. It looks like kepubs do NOT respect the minimum word length setting. Hence, why "thing" became "th-ing", because it met the 2 characters before and 3 characters after the hyphen setting.

So what I've done is change the setting in KTE to 3 characters before and 4 characters after, so that only words 7 characters or more get hyphenated. Now, things look MUCH better in my kepubs.

I'm curious what you think about my approach, and thanks for your help!
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