Thanks, Daniel. It is very useful. Do you suggest converting all simple rules to this new syntax? Do you expect some improvement in performance?
Regards, Jaume 2015-10-05 14:59 GMT+02:00 Daniel Naber <daniel.na...@languagetool.org>: > Hi, > > there's now a first and limited implementation of the <regexp> syntax in > master. Instead of > > <pattern><token>foo</token></pattern> > > you can now use > > <regexp>foo</regex> > > But be aware that this is a real regular expression that ignores tokens, > so it matches anything with the substring 'foo'. Also, the regular > expression is case-insensitive by default. You can have a look at the > German grammar.xml for many examples. > > To make use of these, you can adapt and run RuleSimplifier in the dev > package. It tries to convert simple rules automatically, but it's just a > hack, the new rules need to be tested and adapted manually. It also only > touches rules without '<marker>' elements. There's no <marker> for > regexp, it's always the complete match that will be underlined. You > obviously cannot use the regex to access the part-of-speech tags of the > match. But replacements are also limited, e.g. changing case currently > doesn't work. By using \1 you can access the first matching group, i.e. > the first parenthesis group of the regexp etc. > > Please let me know how this works for you. > > Regards > Daniel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Languagetool-devel mailing list > Languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel >
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