debian man page for ps_hyphenate

PS_HYPHENATE(3) 					     Library Functions Manual						   PS_HYPHENATE(3)

NAME
       PS_hyphenate -- Hyphenates a word

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pslib.h>

       int PS_hyphenate(PSDoc *psdoc, const char *text, char **hyphens)

DESCRIPTION
       Hyphenates the passed word. text should not contain any non alpha characters. Possible positions for breaks are returned in hyphens.

       This function requires the locale category LC_CTYPE to be set propperly. PS_boot() usually does it by using the enviroment variables.

       PS_hyphenate() evaluates the value 'hyphenminchars' and the parameter `hyphendict'. hyphendict must be set before calling this function.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns -1 in case of an error, and otherwise 0.

SEE ALSO
       PS_boot(3), PS_show_boxed(3), locale(1)

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx>.

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