global XML rules

2014-01-28 Thread Daniel Naber
Hi, currently, the LT rules written in XML are language-specific. Is there any reason for this limitation? There are some rules that could be used for all languages, e.g. misspellings of names, like Linux Torvalds. Here's an idea how we could implement that: -Create a new Maven project

Re: global XML rules

2014-01-28 Thread Dmitri Gabinski
28.01.2014 19:04 пользователь Daniel Naber daniel.na...@languagetool.org написал: Hi, currently, the LT rules written in XML are language-specific. Is there any reason for this limitation? There are some rules that could be used for all languages, e.g. misspellings of names, like Linux

Re: global XML rules

2014-01-28 Thread Daniel Naber
On 2014-01-28 18:28, Dmitri Gabinski wrote: Not all languages use the Latin script, thus, the above example reads Лінукс Торвальдс in Belarusian (and I can't even guess how it reads, say, in Tamil), thus, no all-language rule is possible. But would the rule hurt? If there are not Latin

Re: global XML rules

2014-01-28 Thread Dominique Pellé
Daniel Naber daniel.na...@languagetool.org wrote: Hi, currently, the LT rules written in XML are language-specific. Is there any reason for this limitation? There are some rules that could be used for all languages, e.g. misspellings of names, like Linux Torvalds. Here's an idea how we

Re: global XML rules

2014-01-28 Thread Martin Srebotnjak
Could, instead, a rule in a global rules file be set what languages it works for? This name spelling example might not be the best one. For non-latin script it is allowed in Slovenian to use a phonetic spelling/transcription of a name or the English/International one. So, Akira Kurosawa can be