[tex-live] Re: hyph_size setting in texmf.cnf

Akira Kakuto kakuto at fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Thu Aug 25 02:40:01 CEST 2005


> On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:26:29PM +0200, Karl Berry wrote:
> >     Knuth comment in tex.web (section 12) is that hyph_size
> >     should be a prime number (but it is not checked in the code).
> > 
> > Good point, thanks.  I think I will go for 10007.  The space is
> > inconsequential.
> 
> Isn't 8191 better (http://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php/8191.html)?
> DEK would like it, surely :-).

In tex.ch, hyph_prime is introduced, which resembles hyph_size in tex.web.
Should hyph_size still be prime, Olaf?

-- 
Akira Kakuto



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