Add hyphenation_character method to Lang#31
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Returns language-specific hyphenation character: SOFT HYPHEN by default, empty string for 12 Indic scripts where visual hyphenation is not conventional.
- Add hyphenation_character() generation to write_lang function
- Add is_indic_script helper to identify Indic scripts (Beng, Deva,
Gujr, Guru, Knda, Mlym, Orya, Taml, Telu)
- Generate None for Indic scripts, Some('\u{ad}') for all others
- Regenerate src/lang.rs with the generated method replacing manual
implementation
- Keep generated code in sync with source of truth
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Add hyphenation_character method to Lang so that typst can use Hypher for patterns and properties like bounds, hyphenation_character. Any downstream users of Hypher library can also use these characters at presentation layer.
Refer discussion at: typst/typst#8033 and #30
Following is a screenshot from typst after integrating this feature. PR for typst is coming soon. You can see that words are broken at line ends as per hyphenation rules without visible hyphen as expected. For English, hyphens are visible