.Dd March 8, 2006
.Dt LT-EXPAND 1
.Os Apertium
.Sh NAME
.Nm lt-expand
.Nd dictionary expander for Apertium
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm lt-expand
.Op Fl a | v | l | r | m | h
.Ar dictionary_file
.Op Ar output_file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm 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.
.Pp
The output goes to
.Ar output_file
if it is present or to standard output if it is missing.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a , Fl Fl alt
Sets the value of the
.Sy alt
attribute to use in expansion
.It Fl v , Fl Fl var
Sets the value of the
.Sy v
attribute to use in expansion of monodixes
.It Fl l , Fl Fl var-left
Sets the value of the
.Sy vl
attribute to use in expansion of bidixes
.It Fl r , Fl Fl var-right
Sets the value of the
.Sy vr
attribute to use in expansion of bidixes
.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
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ar dictionary_file
The input dictionary to expand.
.It Ar output_file
Text containing the expanded dictionary information.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apertium 1 ,
.Xr apertium-tagger 1 ,
.Xr lt-comp 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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