HFST-LEXC(1)

💅 hfst-lexc(1) — the glow-up edition 💅

okay so bestie, you've stumbled into the User Commands manual page for hfst-lexc, and honestly? she's iconic. sit down, grab a boba, and let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

hfst-lexc — compile lexc files into transducer 💖

(yes that's literally the whole job. no cap.)

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

hfst-lexc [OPTIONS...] [INFILE1...]]

like, options first, then your input files. she's flexible. she contains multitudes. 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Compile lexc files into transducer. that's it, that's the vibe. 🎀

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🌈 Common options:

• -h, --help — print help message. your girl's got answers 💅
• -V, --version — print version info. for when you need receipts 📋
• -v, --verbose — print verbosely while processing. she's gonna overshare and we love that for her
• -q, --quiet — only print fatal errors and requested output. the strong silent type fr fr
• -s, --silent — alias of --quiet. same energy, different name, twin behavior 👯

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🌟 Input/Output options:

• -f, --format=FORMAT — compile into FORMAT transducer. choose your fighter ⚔️
• -o, --output=OUTFILE — write result into OUTFILE. she needs somewhere to put her masterpiece 💐

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👑 Lexc options:

• -A, --alignStrings — align characters in input and output strings. matchy matchy ✨
• -E, --encode-weights — encode weights when minimizing (default is false). note the default: false. periodt.
• -F, --withFlags — use flags to hyperminimize result. hyperminimize. HYPER. minimize. 🔥
• -M, --minimizeFlags — if --withFlags is used, minimize the number of flags. less is more, bestie
• -R, --renameFlags — if --withFlags and --minimizeFlags are used, rename flags (for testing). it's giving lab rat energy but make it cute 🧪
• -x, --xerox-composition=VALUE — Whether flag diacritics are treated as ordinary symbols in composition (default is true). default is true, okurrr
• -X, --xfst=VARIABLE — toggle xfst compatibility option VARIABLE. flip that switch 🎚️
• -W, --Werror — treat warnings as errors. she does NOT tolerate a single peep of a warning 😭

real talk: if INFILE or OUTFILE are omitted or -, standard streams will be used. so yes, she'll read your vibes straight from stdin if you want her to 🫧

The possible values for FORMAT are { sfst, openfst-tropical, openfst-log, foma, optimized-lookup-unweighted, optimized-lookup-weighted }.

VALUEs recognized are {true,ON,yes} and {false,OFF,no}.

Xfst variables are {flag-is-epsilon (default OFF)}.

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🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

• hfst-lexc -o cat.hfst cat.lexc — compile single-file lexicon 🐱
• hfst-lexc -o L.hfst Root.lexc 2.lexc 3.lexc — compile multi-file lexicon. three files, one queen 👑

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💜 Using weights:

LEXICON Root cat # "weight: 2" ;    Define weight for a word
<[dog::1]+> # ;        Use weights in regular expressions

okay so the first line defines a weight for a word, the second uses weights in regular expressions. slay. 💅

big important heads-up: using weights has an effect only if FORMAT is weighted, i.e. { openfst-tropical, openfst-log, optimized-lookup-weighted }. otherwise bestie, those weights are just... decorative. 💀

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🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found a bug? don't be shy, report it to <hfst-bugs@helsinki.fi> or directly to our bug tracker at: <https://github.com/hfst/hfst/issues> 🐛

• hfst-lexc home page: <https://github.com/hfst/hfst/wiki/HfstLexc>
• General help using HFST software: <https://github.com/hfst/hfst/wiki>

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright © 2017 University of Helsinki, License GPLv3: GNU GPL version 3 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

like, literally no warranty. she's free and she's honest about it 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅

this manual comes from the HFST crew, dated August 2018, and it's page HFST-LEXC(1) — go forth and compile, you absolute legend 👑🌈⭐