.TH lt-expand 1 2006-03-08 "" ""
.SH NAME
lt-expand \- This application is part of the lexical processing modules
and tools (
.B lttoolbox
)
.PP
This tool is part of the apertium machine translation
architecture: \fBhttp://www.apertium.org\fR.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lt-expand
[
.B \-a \fR|
.B \-v \fR|
.B \-l \fR|
.B \-r \fR|
.B \-h
]
dictionary_file [output_file]
.PP
.B lt-expand
[
.B \-\-alt \fR|
.B \-\-var \fR|
.B \-\-var\-left \fR|
.B \-\-var\-right \fR|
.B \-\-help
]
dictionary_file [output_file]
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR 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 \fIoutput_file\fR if it is present or to standard
output if it is missing.
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-a, \-\-alt
Sets the value of the \fIalt\fR attribute to use in expansion
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-var
Sets the value of the \fIv\fR attribute to use in expansion of monodixes
.TP
.B \-l, \-\-var\-left
Sets the value of the \fIvl\fR attribute to use in expansion of bidixes
.TP
.B \-r, \-\-var\-right
Sets the value of the \fIvr\fR attribute to use in expansion of bidixes
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Prints a short help message
.PP
.SH FILES
.B dictionary_file
The input dictionary to expand.
.PP
.B output_file
Text containing the expanded dictionary information.
.SH SEE ALSO
.I lt-proc\fR(1),
.I lt-comp\fR(1),
.I apertium-tagger\fR(1),
.I apertium\fR(1).
.SH BUGS
Lots of...lurking in the dark and waiting for you!
.SH AUTHOR
(c) 2005,2006 Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante.