.TH lt-comp 1 2006-03-08 "" ""
.SH NAME
lt-comp \- 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-comp
[
.B lr \fR| 
.B rl
] dictionary_file output_file
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR lt-comp 
Is the application responsible of compiling dictionaries used by
\fBlt-proc\fR in \fIApertium\fR into a compact and efficient
representation (a class of finite-state transducers called augmented
letter transducers).
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B lr
The resulting transducer will process dictionary entries
\fIleft-to-right\fR.
.TP
.B rl
The resulting transducer will process dictionary entries
\fIright-to-left\fR.
.SH FILES
.B dictionary_file
The input dictionary.
.PP
.B output_file
The compiled dictionary (a finite state transducer).

.SH SEE ALSO
.I lt-proc\fR(1),
.I lt-expand\fR(1),
.I apertium-tagger\fR(1),
.I apertium-translator\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. All rights
reserved.