A dot at both ends means that all patterns must match (ie. this is a good way to encode exceptions to the rules for specific words). You can use that approach to make patterns for the exceptions to the rule (encode specific breaking points that match only for individual words that would otherwise mess up the general rules).
In Tex hyphenation for some languages, you can see a list of such exception words that need to be handled in this way.
Kevin
On 6-Apr-05, at 1:43 PM, Walter Wojcik wrote:
Thanks.� I thought that might be the case.� Do you know what it means if there are dots at both ends?� I'm figuring it means either the�pattern must be in the middle or the�pattern can be at either end but not the middle.� My guess is�either end but not the middle and the�patterns with-out dots can be anywhere in the word.
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Does that sound right?
�
Walter
"Kevin B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I did not write patgen or the alt linux hyphenation code (which is
based on patgen) but
AFAIK, the dot anchors the pattern to either the start of the word or
the end of the word.
so .blah means the pattern only matches blah at the beginning of a word
blah. means the pattern only matches words that end with blah
Hope this helps.
Kevin
On Apr 5, 2005, at 8:53 PM, Walter Wojcik wrote:
> I read through the readme file in the stuff from open office org
> download and i have two questions:
> �
> ( 1 ) What do the dots "." mean in the dictionary files.� Sometimes
> they are at the begining and sometimes at the end and other times at
> both ends.� I wrote my program to run of the hyphen.mashed file ( no
> extrenuous comments and nonsense ) and�I just recently! noticed the
> dots.� I checked the readme and it said absolutely nothing about the
> dots.� If anybody knows or knows where�I can find the answer please
> let me know.
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