ps_hyphenate
Hyphenates a word
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arrayps_hyphenate
resourcepsdoc
stringtext
Hyphenates the passed word. ps_hyphenate evaluates the
value hyphenminchars (set by ps_set_value) and
the parameter hyphendict (set by ps_set_parameter).
hyphendict must be set before calling this function.
This function requires the locale category LC_CTYPE to be set properly.
This is done when the extension is initialized by using the environment
variables. On Unix systems read the man page of locale for more information.
&reftitle.parameters;
psdoc
Resource identifier of the postscript file
as returned by ps_new.
text
text should not contain any non alpha
characters. Possible positions for breaks are returned in an array of
interger numbers. Each number is the position of the char in
text after which a hyphenation can take place.
&reftitle.returnvalues;
An array of integers indicating the position of possible breaks in
the text &return.falseforfailure;.
&reftitle.examples;
Hyphennate a text
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&reftitle.seealso;
ps_show_boxed
locale(1)