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<?thych>
Description
Specifies the character that will be used to show a word has been hyphenated, other than the standard hyphen character. This command may be useful for use with unusual fonts, or if you are required to disable the hyphenation character.
 
Example 522. Enable and disable the hyphenation character
<?thych="/">
This example syntax will change the hyphenation character to a forward slash.
<?thych="">
This example syntax will disable the hyphenation character, allowing words to be split without any hyphenation.
Syntax
<?thych char:s?>
<?thych>
[no parameter]
Invoke the Hyphenation - character dialog box.
+
Add a character to be used as the hyphenation character: for example: <?thych +"=">. Specify the character via the char parameter.
-
Prevent a character being used to indicate hyphenation: for example, <?thych -"-"> removes the hyphen so that no character will be used to hyphenate.
char
The character that will be used to show a word has been hyphenated. Must be enclosed in double quotes.