Format dictionaries

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You can use the Apertium-dixtools package to format each <e> tag in the dictionary.

$ apertium-dixtools format-1line <dic> <dic.out>

(Note that the first character in the 1line parameter is the digit 1 (one), not the lowercase "L".)

For example, these lines:

...
<e>
  <p>
    <l>estilo<s n="n"/></l>
    <r>estil<s n="n"/></r>
  </p>
</e>
...

will be displayed in one line, instead of being indented to various levels on six lines:

...
<e><p><l>estilo<s n="n"/></l><r>estil<s n="n"/></r></p></e>
...

This single-line format can be useful if you use grep or any similar tool to process dictionaries.

Aligned formatting

You can also add two parameters, namely the positon of the <p> element and the position of the <r> element. Here alignP = 10 and alignR = 50:

    <!-- Conjunctions - Conjunctive adverb  -->

<e>       <p><l>antaŭ<b/>ol<s n="cnjadv"/></l>    <r>before<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e>       <p><l>tiel<b/>ke<s n="cnjadv"/></l>     <r>so<b/>that<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e>       <p><l>krom<b/>se<s n="cnjadv"/></l>     <r>unless<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e>       <p><l>dum<s n="cnjadv"/></l>            <r>whereas<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e>       <p><l>ĉar<s n="cnjadv"/></l>            <r>because<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e r="RL"><p><l>dum<s n="cnjadv"/></l>            <r>while<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e>       <p><l>ĝis<s n="cnjadv"/></l>            <r>until<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e>       <p><l>kiam<s n="cnjadv"/></l>           <r>when<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e i="yes"><p><l>kiam<s n="cnjadv"/></l>          <r>as<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e>       <p><l>kiel<s n="cnjadv"/></l>           <r>as<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>
<e r="LR"><p><l>pro<b/>tio<b/>ke<s n="cnjadv"/></l><r>since<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>

If either value is zero or negative, no alignment will be done.

Usage

Usage: dictools format-1line [alignP alignR] <input-dic> <output-dic>
       where alignP / alignR: column to align <p> and <r> entries. 0 = no indent.

Example: ' format-1line old.dix new.dix '   will give indent à la
<e><p><l>dum<s n="cnjadv"/></l><r>whereas<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>

Example: ' format-1line 10 50 old.dix new.dix '   will give indent à la
<e>       <p><l>dum<s n="cnjadv"/></l>            <r>whereas<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>

Example: ' format-1line 0 50 old.dix new.dix '   will give indent à la
<e><p><l>dum<s n="cnjadv"/></l>                   <r>whereas<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>

Example: ' format-1line 10 0 old.dix new.dix '   will give indent à la
<e>       <p><l>dum<s n="cnjadv"/></l><r>whereas<s n="cnjadv"/></r></p></e>