On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:11 AM G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this would break the part of the file that sets up the > hyphenation codes, which have to be 8-bit encoded given the current > state of the formatter.
The only 8-bit characters in ru.tmac are on the ".ds \*[locale]" lines; the hyphenation codes are in tmac/hyphen.ru, loaded from ru.tmac via .hpf. So if (from groff's point of view) ru.tmac were a purely 7-bit file, hyphen.ru should be able to retain its 8-bit encoding.
