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.TH UPDATE-LANGUAGE "8" "October 2022" "Debian" "System Administration Utilities"
.SH NAME
update-language \- generate hyphenation configuration for TeX engines
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B update-language(-dat,-def,-lua)
[\fI\,OPTIONS \/\fR...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Generate hyphenation configuration files language.dat, .def, .dat.lua
.PP
When called as update\-language, all three configurations files are
generated. Otherwise only the selected one.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-conf\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
file giving additional hyphen specifications
.HP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR file to write the output to
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-output\-dir\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR
directory where files are written
.TP
\fB\-\-checks\fR
perform sanity checks on the generated config file
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
don't write anything to the standard output during
normal operation
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH FILES
The default output directory is
.IP
\fI\,/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config\/\fP
.PP
The default output files are
.TP
for update\-language\-dat
language.dat
.TP
for update\-language\-def
language.def
.TP
for update\-language\-lua
language.dat.lua
.PP
If \fB\-o\fR/\-\-output\-file is given, it overrides all defaults.