update-language-def (8) Linux Manual Page

update-language – generate hyphenation configuration for TeX engines

Synopsis

update-language(-dat,-def,-lua) [,OPTIONS /…]

Description

Generate hyphenation configuration files language.dat, .def, .dat.lua

When called as update-language, all three configurations files are generated. Otherwise only the selected one.

Options

-c, –conf-file=,FILE/

file giving additional hyphen specifications

-o, –output-file=,FILE/ file to write the output to

-d, –output-dir=,DIR/

directory where files are written

–checks

perform sanity checks on the generated config file

-q, –quiet

don’t write anything to the standard output during normal operation

-h, -?, –help

display this help message and exit

–version

output version information and exit

Files

The default output directory is

,/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/

The default output files are

for update-language-dat

language.dat

for update-language-def

language.def

for update-language-lua

language.dat.lua

If -o/–output-file is given, it overrides all defaults.