[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: SV: specifying digraphs in libelous tables
- From: Greg Kearney <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 03:26:07 -0700
Thanks the digraph is to be thought of a single letter. You would never
hyphenate across it
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Greg Kearney
> On 6 Jun 2014, at 3:09 am, Bue Vester-Andersen <bue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> There are to ways to go about it:
>
> You can use the always upcode, and then make other rules for exceptions
> where gh should not be contracted. Depending on the actual contraction
> rules, it might be better to avoid the "always" opcode, since it implies an
> unconditional rule. "Partword" might be better if gh is not supposed to be
> contracted if it appears alone, like in an abreviation. The en-us tables is
> an example of tables that use this rule/exception aproach.
>
> Another aproach is the hyphenation aproach. This is especially useful, if
> contractions may not cross syllable boundaries or boundaries of compound
> words. Then you use the "nocross" opcode to tell Liblouis that contractions
> should only take place within these boundaries. You will then have to make a
> hyphenation file or borrow one from LibraOffice if it serves the purpose.
> The Danish grade 2 files is an example of this. I eventually had to make my
> own hyphenation file, since hyphenation and division into syllables are not
> quite the same thing in Danish.
>
> Whatever you do, make sure you have an appropriate test procedure. I have
> collected a corpus of 638,000 Danish words. Whenever I change some
> contraction rules or modify the hyphenation file, I can quickly make a
> comparison to see what words hav changed and catch any unintensional
> changes.
>
> Sorry, that was not a fast explanation, but I hope you can use it.
>
> Bue
>
>
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>
> Can someone quickly tell me how digraphs such as Gh are to be handled when
> the local Braille code give them as a single sign? I am thinking:
>
> always Gh 12456
> always gh 12456
>
> But have a feeling that is not right. Thank you for your help.
>
>
>
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