Documentation for latesthyphen is missing

[ghost]

Searching for “latesthyphen” in polyglossia.pdf leads to three occurrences in total, all in the line “latesthyphen in language German (latesthyphen now equals latesthyphen=true).” However, the explanation of what this option does seems to be missing from the polyglossia.pdf. Please supply the documentation. Thanks in advance!

[jspitz]

The latesthyphen option has been defunc'ed at 000c8714506b7, after the revision log entry you mention has been written (but in the same release cycle). I've now removed the mention in that log entry.

[ghost]

Thanks, I see. Btw., if XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX use the “experimental” hyphenation by default, whatever “experimental” might mean exactly, then there is a little inconsistency between stable (and undeveloped and somewhat faulty) XeLaTeX and relatively stable (and developed) LuaLaTeX on the one hand and “experimental” hyphenation on the other hand.

[jspitz]

Thanks, I see. Btw., if XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX use the “experimental” hyphenation by default, whatever it might mean, then there is a little inconsistency between the stable (and undeveloped and somewhat faulty) XeLaTeX and relatively stable (and developed) LuaLaTeX on the one hand and “experimental” hyphenation on the other hand.

That's not something we (Polyglossia) are responsible for.

[wehro]

Btw., if XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX use the “experimental” hyphenation by default, whatever “experimental” might mean exactly, then there is a little inconsistency between stable (and undeveloped and somewhat faulty) XeLaTeX and relatively stable (and developed) LuaLaTeX on the one hand and “experimental” hyphenation on the other hand.

If you want stable German patterns, then please read dehyph-exptl.pdf, especially question 5 on page 22.

[ghost]

Thanks for the information! Out of curiosity, is there in the meantime a way to provide preferences for break points in a word? So far, I could specify only forbidden and allowed word-break points; has anything changed? E.g., if I wish to specify how to break Zustandsübergangsfunktion, now I write \babelhyphenation[ngerman]{Zu-stands-über-gangs-funk-ti-on}, though I'd like to write something like \babelhyphenation[ngerman]{Zu[third preference for a break]stands[second preference for a break]über[another third preference for a break]gangs[mostly preferred place to break the word]funk[another third preference for a break]ti[fourth preference for a break]on}

[jspitz]

Not to my knowledge, by I think tex-hyphen@tug.org would be the more appropriate place to ask this.