groff: Hyphenation
5.1.2 Hyphenation
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Since the odds are not great for finding a set of words, for every
output line, which fit nicely on a line without inserting excessive
amounts of space between words, 'gtroff' hyphenates words so that it can
justify lines without inserting too much space between words. It uses
an internal hyphenation algorithm (a simplified version of the algorithm
used within TeX) to indicate which words can be hyphenated and how to do
so. When a word is hyphenated, the first part of the word is added to
the current filled line being output (with an attached hyphen), and the
other portion is added to the next line to be filled.
⇒Manipulating Hyphenation.
Info Catalog
groff: Filling and Adjusting
groff: Text
groff: Sentences