[bug #68511] [troff] `hcode` doesn't work on ordinary characters since commit 994fcce775, 2026-05-24

Dave <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:16:14 -0400 (EDT)

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Follow-up Comment #16, bug #68511 (group groff):

[comment #13 comment #13:]
> I first noticed the problem when observing that the .hcode lines in
> the startup file tmac/en.tmac seemed to no longer have any effect.

To wit:

$ echo ".pchar \['a]" | groff-1.24 2>&1 | fgrep hyphenation
  hyphenation code: 97
$ echo ".pchar \['a]" | groff-latest 2>&1 | fgrep hyphenation
  hyphenation code: 225




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