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

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:21:07 -0400 (EDT)

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Follow-up Comment #17, bug #68511 (group groff):

At 2026-07-11T22:16:14-0400, Dave wrote:
> 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

Care to rewrite the test script mentioned in comment #9 to work better?

<grinning in plaid blazer>



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