[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: python and lou_hyphenate
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:03:54 -0600
Michael,
Go ahead and commit. Yes, the docs do need updating and clarivication.
John
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:36:19PM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
> OK, looks like it was a user error on my part, possibly the docs could
> do with being clearer. I called it only with a hyphenation dictionary,
> when I changed the call to:
> louis.hyphenate(["en-us-g2.ctb", "hyph_en_US.dic"], "internal", 0)
>
> It works fine, shall I commit (obviously I will correct the typo
> mentioned before)?
>
> Should the docs say that you must give a translation table as well as
> the hyphenation dictionary (or at least with a table with the character
> definitions, etc which are required).
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 02/11/2010 10:09 AM, Christian Egli wrote:
> >Michael Whapples<mwhapples@xxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >
> >>I forgot to mention the error messages are things like (this one is
> >>the last before I get told how many errors):
> >>File hyph_en_US.dic line 5537: character '2' should be defined at this
> >>point but is not
> >>
> >>The call I do on this python function is:
> >>louis.hyphenate(['hyph_en_US.dic'], 'internal', 0)
> >>
> >Ah, OK. I think I see the problem. For some reason (probably because
> >they use a different format) you cannot use the hyphenation table as a
> >translation table that you pass to lou_hyphenate. Instead the
> >translation table that you use must contain a "include hyph_en_US.dic"
> >statement. This should maybe be explained a bit better in the
> >documentation
> >(http://liblouis.googlecode.com/svn/documentation/liblouis.html#Hyphenation-Tables).
> >
> >So what you should probably do is to extend the table you are using
> >(e.g. en-us-g2.ctb) with a "include hyph_en_US.dic" statement. Then try
> >your hyphenate function again.
> >
> >HTH
> >Christian
> >
>
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