[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Contractions near a slash
- From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:24:02 -0600
Lars,
The slash is actually ambiguous. It can be either a mathematical symbol
or a punctuation mark. The former is more accurate. It is used a lot
between words in English also, but usually doesn't cause problems. The
effects could be more severe in other languages. The solution is not
obvious. Any change can cause worse problems, as you discovered.
John
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 01:22:14PM +0100, Lars Bj�rndal wrote:
> "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Lars,
> >
> > I have been thinking about this problem. One solution would be to define
> > "han/hun" with its own table entry, like defining contractions that
> > cover more than one word. This would be like either/or in English, where
> > the table entry would be
> > word either/or 15-24-456-34-123-1235
> > Note that this problem does not occur with and/or, because "and" is
> > always contracted. There may need to be a change in the code, but I'm
> > not sure what. A change might introduce worse problems than we have now.
>
> Thank you. The problem with defining expressions like han/hun, is that
> people may put whatever words they want infront and behind the slash
> sign. So it will break a lot of situations.
>
> Lars
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 09:21:51PM +0100, Lars Bj�rndal wrote:
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> While still working on the Norwegian liblouis tables, I found an
> >> error, that I need some help to fix:
> >>
> >> The example is as follows: "han/hun" (he slash she). When using
> >> xml2brl, the words "han" and "hun" is not contracted when the slash is
> >> inbetween. In the table No-No-g0.utb, the slash character is defined
> >> as math, which I suppose is correct. So what's the trick here to get
> >> "han/hun" correct through liblouis?
> >>
> >> Lars
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