update-language(8)

update-language8

Generate hyphenation configuration for tex engines

Usage

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

Overview

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.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 7–8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13

--conf-file since Debian 9 (Stretch); --output-dir since Debian 9 (Stretch); -? since Debian 9 (Stretch); -d since Debian 9 (Stretch); -h since Debian 9 (Stretch); -q since Debian 9 (Stretch).

--conf-dir until Debian 8 (Jessie); --output-file until Debian 8 (Jessie); -o until Debian 8 (Jessie).

From tex-common 6.19 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.