[bug #68511] Regression: .hcode nonfunctional

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:11:59 -0400 (EDT)

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Follow-up Comment #1, bug #68511 (group groff):

At 2026-07-11T18:38:13-0400, Dave wrote:
> .hcode stopped working since groff 1.24.0.
>
> $ cat hcode
> .pchar a
> .hcode a b
> .pchar a
> $ groff-1.24 hcode 2>&1 | fgrep hyphenation
> hyphenation code: 97
> hyphenation code: 98
> $ groff-latest hcode 2>&1 | fgrep hyphenation
> hyphenation code: 97
> hyphenation code: 97

Thanks for the report.

Hmm.  I see that we have a specialized test of this request for a tough
case we struggled with (bug #66054), but none for general use.


$ ls src/roff/groff/tests/hcode*
src/roff/groff/tests/hcode-request-copies-spec-char-code.sh




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