Tj: Got it, I thought hunspell questions were ok to ask here since I've seen some before.
David McKay: It was just an example to show what I wanted to do (which is write any abbreviation with dots). Thanks S.T. 2012/7/21 David McKay <dmc...@btconnect.com>: > > On 21/07/12 11:47, tj wrote: >> >> Although used by AOO, Hunspell is not an Apache product. Google is your >> friend. --/tj/ >> >> On 7/20/2012 21:42, Sahand.T wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I'm about to create a wordlist and am considering including >>> abbreviations in the wordlist. Before I do that I need to know how >>> hunspell deals with dots (.) in the wordlist. Are dots even allowed in >>> the wordlist for hunspell? If so, can I even write an abbreviation >>> like "O.K." with a dot after the final letter and have hunspell >>> correct "O.K" to "O.K."? >>> >>> I tried this: >>> >>> ------------------------- >>> >>> $ test.dic >>> 1 >>> O.K. >>> >>> $ test.txt >>> O.K >>> O.K. >>> >>> $ analyze test.aff test.dic test.txt >>>> >>>> O.K >>> >>> Unknown word. >>>> >>>> O.K. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------- >>> >>> The "O.K" Turned up as an unknown word and the "O.K." (with dot in >>> end) didn't show anything at all. What does that mean? >>> >>> If I change the OK in the dic file to "O.K" (without final dot) >>> everything is fine: >>> >>> ------------------------- >>> >>> $ test.dic >>> 1 >>> O.K >>> >>> $ analyze test.aff test.dic test.txt >>>> >>>> O.K >>> >>> analyze(O.K) = st:O.K >>> stem(O.K) = O.K >>>> >>>> O.K. >>> >>> analyze(O.K.) = st:O.K >>> analyze(O.K.) = st:O.K >>> stem(O.K.) = O.K >>> >>> ------------------------- >>> >>> The problem here is that it doesn't correct "O.K" to "O.K." which is >>> what I want. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> /S.Taher >>> >>> > I don't think that O.K. would be the correct form, usually it is written OK > on its own. The full stop after the O and the K would imply that the O and > the K are the first letters of words starting with O and K respectively, but > OK is actually shorthand for 'okay', which is a single word. There is a > theory that OK was originally an abbreviation of the purposely misspelled > (for comic effect) Oll Korrect. That might or might not be true, but either > way I believe the correct modern usage to be OK with no full stops. > > Dave. >> >> >> >> >> > >
