[Trennmuster] hyph-de filenames

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I believe that I could ask a similar question: why do you use the
> completely cryptic name "dehypht-x-YYYY-MM-DD.pat" when you could be
> using
> "german-hyphenation-traditional-x-YYYY-MM-DD.hyphenation-patterns"?

You know about the two longest *real* words in German?

  Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung
  Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

The first law, from a German federal state, has been abolished in
2007, IIRC, the second one a few days ago.  Your suggestion is almost
as long as this :-)

I don't mind the `.txt' in the end; you are right that Windows users
will benefit.  However, looking at `lic', I wasn't able to immediately
associate this with `license'.  It could also be `LaTeX Input Code',
for example.

Many strange file names have its origin in the dark past due to the
8.3 MS-DOS file name limit.  `dehyph' and `dehypht' belong into this
category.  Karl Berry's name scheme for fonts were quite sophisticated
and useful then, but today it is rather a historical nuisance and can
be safely ignored.


    Werner