Text Formatting ⇒ Hyphentation for T8-1

[Nessaiy]

Hi,
I am writing my Bachelorthesis and I have to write T8-1 till T8-4 many times. I want that it is no hyphenation in it.

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\hyphentation{T8-1}

\hyphentation{T8\-1}

\hyphentation{T8"~1}

All of that says "Not a letter!"
How do I change that?

[Johannes_B]

If i understoof correctly what you want, that hyphen should never be used to split the item. Use a macro to typeset it.

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\newcommand{\Teighti}{\mbox{T8-1}}
\newcommand{\Teightii}{\mbox{T8-2}}
%etc ... Or
\newcommand{\Teight}[1]{\mbox{T8-#1}}

[cgnieder]

Your code seems to imply that you're using babel with German language shorthands? If that is true then the solution is easy:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\begin{document}

\parbox{0pt}{\hspace*{0pt}T8-1} % breaks

\parbox{0pt}{\hspace*{0pt}T8"~1} % does not break

\end{document}

For LaTeX numbers such as 1 or 8 and symbols such as the dash are no letters. And for \hyphenation words need to consist of letters. Within the argument of \hyphenation - has a special meaning: it specifies where a word is allowed to break. So even if 1 and 8 were letters

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\hyphenation{T8-1}

would show LaTeX where to break T81.

Regards