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Old 09-02-2009, 01:36 PM   #506
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Originally Posted by WillAdams View Post
The Knuth & Plass paper which I cited has a formal proof and discussion of the impossibility of finding the perfect set of breaks for a paragraph.
But why use hyphenation on the reader, when it can be pre-hyphenated in advance?

Build a hyphenation database, and let automated engine insert soft hyphens EVERYWHERE. When there is ambiguity or a word that is not in the dictionary/database, ask user for intervention.

If the reader has a correct handling of soft-hyphens (ADE, even 1.71, doesn't), isn't this a solution for hyphenation of the reflowable formats?
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