NAME¶

update-language - generate hyphenation configuration for TeX engines

SYNOPSIS¶

update-language(-dat,-def,-lua) [OPTIONS ...]

DESCRIPTION¶

Generate hyphenation configuration files language.dat, .def, .dat.lua

When called as update-language, all three configurations files are generated. Otherwise only the selected one.

OPTIONS¶

-c, --conf-file=FILE

file giving additional hyphen specifications

-o, --output-file=FILE file to write the output to

-d, --output-dir=DIR

directory where files are written

--checks

perform sanity checks on the generated config file

-q, --quiet

don't write anything to the standard output during normal operation

-h, -?, --help

display this help message and exit

--version

output version information and exit

FILES¶

The default output directory is

/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config

The default output files are

for update-language-dat

language.dat

for update-language-def

language.def

for update-language-lua

language.dat.lua

If -o/--output-file is given, it overrides all defaults.