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UWE STEINMANN 2003Uwe SteinmannApril 16, 2004;

NAME

PS_hyphenate — Hyphenates a word

SYNOPSIS

#include <pslib.h>

int PS_hyphenate(PSDoc *psdoc, const char *text, char **hyphens)

Hyphenates the passed word. text should not contain any non alpha characters. Possible positions for breaks are returned in hyphens.

This function requires the locale category LC_CTYPE to be set propperly. PS_boot() usually does it by using the enviroment variables.

PS_hyphenate() evaluates the value 'hyphenminchars' and the parameter `hyphendict'. hyphendict must be set before calling this function.

Returns -1 in case of an error, and otherwise 0.

This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx>.