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+[name]
+Soft hyphens
+
+[input]
+=head1 Soft Hypen Testing
+
+sigE<shy>action
+manuE<shy>script
+JarkE<shy>ko HieE<shy>taE<shy>nieE<shy>mi
+
+And again:
+
+sigE<173>action
+manuE<173>script
+JarkE<173>ko HieE<173>taE<173>nieE<173>mi
+
+And one more time:
+
+sigE<0x00AD>action
+manuE<0x00AD>script
+JarkE<0x00AD>ko HieE<0x00AD>taE<0x00AD>nieE<0x00AD>mi
+
+[output]
+.SH "Soft Hypen Testing"
+.IX Header "Soft Hypen Testing"
+sig\%action
+manu\%script
+Jark\%ko Hie\%ta\%nie\%mi
+.PP
+And again:
+.PP
+sig\%action
+manu\%script
+Jark\%ko Hie\%ta\%nie\%mi
+.PP
+And one more time:
+.PP
+sig\%action
+manu\%script
+Jark\%ko Hie\%ta\%nie\%mi