Hi there, I have two files ny_MW.aff and ny_MW.dic. In ny_MW.dic, there are words that MUST have at least a suffix S but may also take a prefix P. In order to enforce suffixation on those words, I declare a virtual stemming flag NEEDAFFIX N that is appended to them. I have prefixes defined like this one "PFX P 0 achi .", and and suffixes define like this "SFX S 0 abe/P .".
Given the following words: batiz abatiz batiza achibatiza I expect the following result: batiz (WRONG) abatiz (WRONG) batiza (CORRECT) achibatiza (CORRECT) I prefer defining the affix class combinations using AF flag because of the number of affix classes to be used. However, AF flag doesn't seem to work fine for me. Does anyone know why the affix class combination works fine without using AF flag, and why it does not work when using AF flag? (c.f. case A and case B below). If so, how can I improve AF flagging (case B) to work fine? CASE A: Without AF flag =================== 1. ny_MW.aff SET ISO8859-14 TRY aiuneorbkmgywthszdc' IjAvfUpRKMNlBGLPYHTCSDZEWVJO WORDCHARS -' CIRCUMFIX M NEEDAFFIX N # prefix section PFX P Y 4 PFX P 0 a . PFX P 0 achi . PFX P 0 adza . PFX P 0 adzachi . #suffix section SFX S Y 5 SFX S 0 a/P . SFX S 0 abe/P . SFX S 0 eno/P . SFX S 0 ko . SFX S 0 po . 2. ny_MW.dic batiz/SN mlimi yang'an/SN CASE B: Using AF flag ( This one does not work) ==================================== 1. ny_MW.aff SET ISO8859-14 TRY aiuneorbkmgywthszdc'IjAvfUpRKMNlBGLPYHTCSDZEWVJO WORDCHARS -' CIRCUMFIX M NEEDAFFIX N # every word must have at least a suffix AF 1 AF SN # more compression aliases will be added later # prefix section PFX P Y 4 PFX P 0 a . PFX P 0 achi . PFX P 0 adza . PFX P 0 adzachi . #suffix section SFX S Y 3 SFX S 0 a/P . SFX S 0 abe/P . SFX S 0 eno/P . 2. ny_MW.dic batiz/1 mlimi yang'an/1 I'm using these references: - http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/dapper/man4/hunspell.4.html - http://pwet.fr/man/linux/fichiers_speciaux/hunspell *Sorry for sending a longer email. May be I would use pastie/pastebin. [?]. * --- Edmond Software Developer | Baobab Health Trust (http://www.baobabhealth.org/) | Malawi Cell: +265 999 465 137 | +265 881 234 717 *"Many people doubt open source software and probably don’t realize that there is an alternative… which is just as good.." -- Kevin Scannell*
