Text::Abbrev is marvelous for expanding abbreviations of terms in a known vocabulary.
I made a module that also accomplishes the reverse: from a vocabulary, it builds an object that can either expand or create abbreviations. It is useful in a program that generates voluminous, human-readable output from a known vocabulary of terms not of its own choosing. (It is an application of Text::Trie.)
Surely this is a reinvention of some wheel? But if not, perhaps I could contribute it as Text::Abbrev::Bidi.
Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
