No text breaks with hyphenations in a word

[samg89505398]

Hi all,

If I have a word with a hyphenation (eg well-defined) is doens't break off at the hyphenation in English. It does when the text is set in Dutch. How can I fix this?

Thanks for your help!

[Willi Adelberger]

Add this to the dictionary. Add a tilde ~ before the breaking point(s).

[samg89505398]

I am not quite sure how I should do this? You mean for each occassion? Just adding ‘~-’ to the diciotnary doesn't work.

[Peter Spier]

The hyphenation settings are language-specific, so if it works ini Dutch, but not English, you wouold need to edit the word in the Englich dictionary.

[samg89505398]

OK, not a problem to do it individual but in the case it is with all hyphenated words.

So it won't brake off like: well-
defined

But as well-de-
fine

Isn't there a general setting for this?

[Peter Spier]

I've tried this in versions 8, 17 and 18, and I cannot get it to do what you want in any of them, but that doesn't mean it's impossible, necessarily. I thought I had it working using find/change to add a hair space after the hyphen but it won't repeat on a second test.

Maybe someone else has another idea...