hyphenate="true" not working

[Shubham Pokhriyal]

Hello,

I am using <fo:block hyphenate="true"> but when I generating output using dita-ot-3.6.1 hyphenate="true" attribute is not working.

Same the time if generate output using .fo the it is working.

Please suggest.

Thanks

Shambhoo Prasad 

[Leon P]

Hi Shambhoo,

I faced this problem myself. The main problem here is, that Apache FOP does not support hyphenation by default since most hyphenation dictionaries are not distributed under Apache License.

See https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.0/hyphenation.html for more information on that.

You can integrate it with a custom DITA-OT plugin. I try to summarize the steps you need to take to integrate it.

1. get a hyphenation dictionary (I recommend the one from the OFFO project which is also mentioned in the given link)

2. place it in the directory of your plugin

3. the plugin should provide a config file for FOP which links to the .jar file from OFFO

4. install the plugin in your DITA-OT

Note: I observed that hyphenate does not effect justified text, so use left aligned text to check if it works.

P.S.: I will edit this post, since I have taken notes on this topic which I first have to find again :D

Regards

Leon