Ulrike,
\lccode`\^^[=`\^^[ % oe in OT1 \lccode`\- =`\- % default hyphen char \lccode 127=127 % alternate hyphen char \lccode 23 =23 % textcompwordmark in T1 \InputIfFileExists{hyphen.cfg}There is no sensible hook for xelatex.ini.
Then clearly it must be fixed in hyphen.cfg. Right now I was preparing a new version of babel and this issue (and another related to luatex) is in the todo list. It will be available in two or three weeks (or so I hope). Javier -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
