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A multilingual TÊX

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TEX for Scientific Documentation (TeX 1986)

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This paper discusses a modification to TEX that allows for multilingual hyphenation on a paragraph by paragraph basis using standard TEX fonts. Although this is a sufficient for most applications, it does not of itself solve spacing, linguistically unique characters, text input, nor multilingual message problems. A discussion of these problems, with special emphasis on solutions through TEX modifications, is included. These suggestions are followed with a plea for standardization.

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  1. J.A. Désarménien, “How to run TEX in a French Environment: Hyphenation, Fonts, Typography”, Proc. First European Conf. on T E X for Scientific Documentation, D. Lucarella, Editor, Varenna, Italy, May 16–17, 1985.

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  2. D.E. Knuth, T E X: The Program, Addison Wesley, 1985 — also available in WEB file form on the TEX distribution tape.

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  3. D.E. Knuth, “The WEB System of Structured Documentation”, Computer Science Dept. Report, Stanford University, 1982 — also available on the TEX distribution tape.

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  1. INRS-Télécommunications, Montréal, Canada

    Michael J. Ferguson

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Jacques Désarménien

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Ferguson, M.J. (1986). A multilingual TÊX. In: Désarménien, J. (eds) TEX for Scientific Documentation. TeX 1986. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 236. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0022693

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