Unwanted MIN_WORD_LENGTH_BOUNDRY

[kamilmielnik]

The minWordLength setting is limited by MIN_WORD_LENGTH_BOUNDRY (https://github.com/ytiurin/hyphen/blob/master/src/create-hyphenator.js#L64-L67).
My use-case requires hyphenating all the words (I know what I am doing, performance is not important) but this limitation renders the library useless for my case.

Please remove MIN_WORD_LENGTH_BOUNDRY.

[ytiurin]

Hi @kamilmielnik !
You can create a hyphenator function for your use case with the following code:

import createHyphenator from "hyphen";
import patterns from "hyphen/patterns/en-us";

const hyphenate = createHyphenator(patterns, { minWordLength: 1 });

export default hyphenate;

and then import it in your files:

import hyphenator from './my-hyphenator';

hyphenate('My text');

Does this solve your issue?

[krisztianb]

But looking at the code minWordLength can't be lower than 5. Or am I mistaken?

[kamilmielnik]

Does this solve your issue?

@ytiurin No, the code that you posted suffers from the same problem.

But looking at the code minWordLength can't be lower than 5.

Precisely!

It's this part of code that is problematic: https://github.com/ytiurin/hyphen/blob/master/src/create-hyphenator.js#L64-L67

[krisztianb]

I think it makes sense to remove that limitation and just use 5 as a default value for minWordLength at your own risk for the hyphenation becoming slow.

Want to submit a PR?

[kamilmielnik]

I think it makes sense to remove that limitation and just use 5 as a default value for minWordLength at your own risk for the hyphenation becoming slow.

I agree.

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@krisztianb there it is: #38

Thanks!