Pim:
I'm trying to fix an issue with the af-nl pair, namely that removing
"nie" at the end of a sentence leaves a space between the last word
and the period.
Have you tried to see where this extra space is added? I assume this is
a problem with a .t1x rule or similar dealing with nie, which does not
properly take care of superblanks. The rule <rule comment="REGLA: nie">
is written in a way I cannot understand, with a *choose* that only
contains an *otherwise*. Apparently this rule checks whether a negative
has been seen before (using a state variable "seen_neg" carried from
rule to rule).
<equal>
<var n="seen_neg"/>
<lit v="true"/>
</equal>
and outputs a "nie" for a matched "nie" only if it has not been seen
before in the sentence. I would rewrite this rule reversing the
condition for "seen_neg" for a clearer code, and I would consider adding
a rule matching "nie .", that is, a nie at the end of a sentence. This
rule should deal with the superblanks (I would have to think about this,
as I cannot remember who deals with the superblank before the "nie"!) to
avoid the double blanks. I can give it a deeper thought if needed.
Francis suggested and implemented a fix which involves
waking up the postchuncker by adding a ~ and then replacing " ~." with
"." This worked for some examples, but broke others.
Anyway, I personally think this is a syntactic/structural problem that
should be dealt with in the module that deals with syntactic/structural
transfer, and not inserting a post-generator where it does not belong,
but I tend to think that Francis maybe had a reason to suggest this
strange use, perhaps because superblank management was not trivial in
this case.
Cheers
Mikel
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Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics
Universitat d'Alacant
E-03071 Alacant, Spain
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