.Dd March 8, 2006
.Dt LT-COMP 1
.Os Apertium
.Sh NAME
.Nm lt-comp
.Nd augmented letter transducer compiler for Apertium
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm lt-comp
.Op Fl a | v | l | r | m | h
.Cm lr | rl
.Ar dictionary_file
.Ar output_file
.Op Ar acx_file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm lt-comp
is the application responsible for compiling dictionaries used by
.Xr lt-proc 1
in Apertium into a compact and efficient representation
(a class of finite-state transducers called augmented letter transducers).
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a , Fl Fl alt
Sets the value of the
.Sy alt
attribute to use in compilation.
.Pp
Note that if no value is set, all entries containing an \fIalt\fR
attribute are omitted.
.It Fl v , Fl Fl var
Sets the value of the
.Sy v
attribute to use in compilation.
This should only be used with monodixes; for bidixes, see
.Fl l
and
.Fl r .
.Pp
Note that if no value is set, all entries containing a
.Sy v
attribute are considered to be
.Em left-to-right .
.It Fl l , Fl Fl var-left
Sets the value of the
.Sy vl
attribute for use in compilation of bidixes.
.Dq Left
here refers to the side of the dictionary, so this option is only valid in
.Cm rl
mode.
.It Fl r , Fl Fl var-right
Sets the value of the
.Sy vr
attribute for use in compilation of bidixes.
.Dq Right
here refers to the side of the dictionary, so this option is only valid in
.Cm lr
mode.
.It Fl m , Fl Fl keep-boundaries
Keep any morpheme boundaries defined by the '<m/>' symbol
.It Fl h , Fl Fl help
Prints a short help message.
.It Cm lr
The resulting transducer will process dictionary entries
.Em left-to-right .
.It Cm rl
The resulting transducer will process dictionary entries
.Em right-to-left .
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ar dictionary_file
The input dictionary.
.It Ar output_file
The compiled dictionary (a finite state transducer).
.It Ar acx_file
Optional XML file of equivalent characters in monodices.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apertium 1 ,
.Xr apertium-tagger 1 ,
.Xr lt-expand 1 ,
.Xr lt-proc 1
.Sh COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2005, 2006 Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante.
This is free software.
You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
.Lk https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html the GNU General Public License .
.Sh BUGS
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