On 18/03/11 01:20, Matthew Patenaude wrote: > To be clear, it seems as though the idea is to enable a ruby on/off > toggle for the Japanese module. As this is really talking about Chinese > characters within Japanese syllabary text (correct?),
Yes, correct, more or less. > would this not > also be possible for complete Chinese text? This would be great for > those who want pinyin Chinese text. A straight pinyin Chinese module > would be worthless in the long run (IMHO) as it keeps someone who is > studying from ever reaching a real level of skill in the language. This > however, would be great for learners, as they could just hit the toggle > and read the text with the pinyin above for a guide, then toggle off and > try to read the text again without the crutches - er, help, I mean. :) yes that should be possible with Ruby. > Of course, the time and work it would take to put all of that into the > Chinese module is another issue... That indeed is the crux of the problem. Having said this - I guess that for most Chinese signs the transliterations are known and described - even if they are manifold - and that should in turn make the matter scriptable - more or less: You assign to each Chinese character the variety of transliterations - then run the equivalent pinyin text across it and use this to assign the pinyin to the characters. I would think the majority should become automatic. Peter _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
