Re: (fwd) [tex-live] hyph_size setting in texmf.cnf
Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
> Hi Frank!
>
> What do you think about this:
>
[...]
>> Knuth comment in tex.web (section 12) is that hyph_size
>> should be a prime number (but it is not checked in the code).
>> I admit I do not now implications (effectiveness of hash function
>> for locating the hyphenation exception?) not following this constraints.
>> I'd suggest default setting of hyph_size to a prime that is
>> higher than sum of biggest expection lists for at least American
>> English and German (current dehyphtex.tex has about 800 words).
>> A prime around 5000 may suffice for some years.
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> THey went for
> 10007
> Do we do the same?
Alright. Somebody else questioned this, but it can't hurt. Anyway,
maybe some magic helps also in computer technology ;-)
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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