[NTG-context] Dashes and hyphens

[NTG-context] Dashes and hyphens

[John Was]

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Hello

Is there a way in ConTeXt to allow line-breaking by default after an en or
em dash (-- or ---)?  The equivalent of \XeTeXdashbreakstate=1

I couldn't see anything after trying various searches.

Conversely, is there a way of inhibiting ConTeXt from hyphenating an
already hyphenated expression (great-grandfather etc.)?  That is usually
seen as a desperate last resort (which the user can invoke manually with
\-).

Best wishes

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[NTG-context] Re: Dashes and hyphens

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context]

On 7/6/2025 4:19 PM, John Was wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Is there a way in ConTeXt to allow line-breaking by default after an en 
> or em dash (-- or ---)?  The equivalent of \XeTeXdashbreakstate=1
> 
> I couldn't see anything after trying various searches.

Just try:

\starttext
     \hsize1mm
     test-test\par
     test---test\par
     test---test\par
     test+test\par
     \hccode`+=`+
     test+test\par
     \hccode`+=`-
     test+test\par
     {great|-|\nohyphens  grandfather}\par
\stoptext

> Conversely, is there a way of inhibiting ConTeXt from hyphenating an 
> already hyphenated expression (great-grandfather etc.)?  That is usually 
> seen as a desperate last resort (which the user can invoke manually with 
> \-).
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні!*🇺🇦
> *
> 
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