NAME

lt-expand — dictionary expander for Apertium

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

lt-expand is the application responsible for expanding a dictionary into a simple list of input string-output string pairs by eliminating paradigms through substitution and unfolding.

The output goes to output_file if it is present or to standard output if it is missing.

OPTIONS

-a, --alt

Sets the value of the alt attribute to use in expansion

-v, --var

Sets the value of the v attribute to use in expansion of monodixes

-l, --var-left

Sets the value of the vl attribute to use in expansion of bidixes

-r, --var-right

Sets the value of the vr attribute to use in expansion of bidixes

-m, --keep-boundaries

Keep any morpheme boundaries defined by the <m/> symbol

-h, --help

Prints a short help message

FILES

dictionary_file

The input dictionary to expand.

output_file

Text containing the expanded dictionary information.

SEE ALSO

apertium(1), apertium-tagger(1), lt-comp(1), lt-proc(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005, 2006 Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

BUGS

Many... lurking in the dark and waiting for you!