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>>>>> On Wed, 3 Apr 1996 11:50:12 BST,
>>>>>    David Carlisle <carlisle@CS.MAN.AC.UK> write about "Re: Changing \hyphenchar":
DC> So in the present circumstances having the two sets of fd files is
DC> quite useful [...]

ok but a little bit messy...

DC> Well I agree that anyway typing ^^7f is not a possibility, [...]
DC> It has to come at the end of a line it may not
DC> be used mid-line as it sticks out on the right.

right.

DC> However all this discussion is clarifying what the *current* position
DC> is. Probably a more useful discusion is to discuss what functionality
DC> people need for various languages, and how that might be declared...

One cs like \<fontencoding>DefaultHyphenchar per (text) fontencoding could be
the first tool to allow font loading with a chosen \hyphenchar. By
default, no hyphenchar will be given.

The second tool, here for the installation, is needed for seting
\<fontencoding>DefaultHyphenchar. fonttext.cfg could be a place
where to do this.

  --bg