[texhax] how to create a non-breaking hyphen

[Philip G. Ratcliffe]

>     >   \mbox{hyphen-word}
>
> I guess this is already solved, but for the record, I think setting
> \exhyphenpenalty=10000
> would also eliminate all line breaks after explicit hyphens.

The "amsmath" packages define a suitable command:

  \nobreakdash

They suggest usage such as:

  $p$\nobreakdash-adic

  10\nobreakdash--15

  $n$\nobreakdash-\hspace{0pt}dimensional

with the last example specifically designed to allow hyphenation of
"dimensional".

Cheers,  Phil Ratcliffe