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My text contains some long, CamelCaseClassNames which LaTeX doesn't like to hyphenate automatically. I found the \camelhyph macro on projects:latexcamel and it works perfectly for automatic hyphenation before each upper case letter.

However, I also want to allow hyphenation within some longer words in the classname. As soon as I use the \camelhyph macro on anything containing \\- it breaks down.

Can anyone fix this?

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xspace}
\usepackage{ifthen}

\makeatletter
  \newcommand{\camelhyph}[1]{\@fterfirst\c@amelhyph#1\relax }
  \def\@fterfirst #1#2{#2#1}
  \def\c@amelhyph #1{%
   \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}\relax}{}{%  Do nothing if the end has been reached
     \ifnum`#1<91 \-#1\else#1\fi%     Check whether #1 is an uppercase letter,
                                %     if so, print \-#1, otherwise #1
    \expandafter\c@amelhyph%    %     insert \c@amelhyph again.
}}
\makeatother


\newcommand{\cclass}[1]{\texttt{\camelhyph{#1}}\xspace}
\begin{document}


Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 
Curabitur vitae lectus augue. Duis vitae quam sem. 
Integer rhoncus tempor est et convallis. Ddonec orciodio, 
facilisis in portaeget,  
\cclass{MySpecialCamelCaseLooooooongwooooordClassName} 
ornare veltortor. Pellentesque sed risus sed dolor iaculis
malesuada vitae ac purus. Praesent convallis mattis faucibus.
Nulla gravida ante id sapien tincidunt nec suscipit magna placerat. 

%not working because of the additional breakmark: \-
%Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 
%Curabitur vitae lectus augue. Duis vitae quam sem. 
%Integer rhoncus tempor est et convallis. Ddonec orciodio, 
%facilisis in portaeget,  
%\cclass{MySpecialCamelCaseLooooooongwooo\-oordClassName} 
%ornare veltortor. Pellentesque sed risus sed dolor iaculis
%malesuada vitae ac purus. Praesent convallis mattis faucibus.
%Nulla gravida ante id sapien tincidunt nec suscipit magna placerat. 

\end{document}
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  • It might not be the answer you are looking for, but for those special cases you could simply use \texttt{MySpecialCamelCaseLooooooongwooo\-oordClassName}.
    – Gonzalo Medina
    May 30, 2011 at 13:41

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You have to test also for \-:

\def\camelhyph#1{\c@melhyph#1\relax}
\def\c@melhyph#1{%
  \ifx#1\relax\else
    \ifx#1\-#1\else
      \ifnum`#1<91 \-\fi
      #1%
      \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\c@melhyph\expandafter
    \fi
  \fi}

If #1 is \relax we are at the end; if it's \- insert it and move on; if it's an uppercase letter, insert \-, otherwise do nothing; insert #1 and move on.

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Enclose the \- command into braces: {\-}

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xspace}
\usepackage{ifthen}

\makeatletter
  \newcommand{\camelhyph}[1]{\@fterfirst\c@amelhyph#1\relax }
  \def\@fterfirst #1#2{#2#1}
  \def\c@amelhyph #1{%
   \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}\relax}{}{%  Do nothing if the end has been reached
     \ifnum`#1<91 \-#1\else#1\fi%     Check whether #1 is an uppercase letter,
                                %     if so, print \-#1, otherwise #1
    \expandafter\c@amelhyph%    %     insert \c@amelhyph again.
}}
\makeatother


\newcommand{\cclass}[1]{\texttt{\camelhyph{#1}}\xspace}
\begin{document}


Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 
Curabitur vitae lectus augue. Duis vitae quam sem. 
Integer rhoncus tempor est et convallis. Ddonec orciodio, 
facilisis in portaeget,  
\cclass{MySpecialCamelCaseLooooooongwooo{\-}oordClassName} 
ornare veltortor. Pellentesque sed risus sed dolor iaculis
malesuada vitae ac purus. Praesent convallis mattis faucibus.
Nulla gravida ante id sapien tincidunt nec suscipit magna placerat. 

\end{document}

Result:

result

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  • Should have though of this one...
    – B3ret
    Jun 2, 2011 at 9:24

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