jvocuhadju(1L)

💅 jvocuhadju — the Lujvo picker, bestie edition

okay so real quick, the manual name is jvocuhadju(1L) — that's the whole vibe of this page, section 1, "L" for local conventions. Let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME

jvocuhadju — a Lujvo picker, based on the rules in the reference grammar. that's it, that's the whole thing 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS

jvocuhadju [-v] [-a] [-l] tanru-component-1 [ ...  tanru-component-n ]

✨ DESCRIPTION

okay so picture this: jvocuhadju is a program that reads a list of tanru-components (that's gismu or cmavo, bestie) straight off the command line, and then constructs the possible short-form lujvo that correspond to those components in sequence. like, in order. no shuffling 🙈

the possible lujvo get displayed ranked in order of desirability, with their scores shown, all based on the algorithm in the reference grammar. and here's the key thing: the lowest score is best. yes, lower = better, it's giving golf rules ⛳

and one more lil convenience for u: where a tanru-component is a cmavo containing an apostrophe, you can swap that apostrophe out for the letter "h" on the command line. why? because otherwise you'd have to backslash-escape the apostrophe to hide it from the shell, and honestly, who has the energy 💀 it's a convenience, that's all it is.

💖 OPTIONS

• -v — show the program version and exit. short and sweet, love that for us 👑
• -a — list all possible lujvo for the input tanru. the default only shows the best 8, so this is the "give me everything" girly 🌈
• -l — allow 4/5 letter rafsi to be picked even if a 3 letter form is available for any particular tanru component. basically permission to be extra 🫶
• tanru-component-k — this is a gismu or cmavo which is one component of the word. heads up tho: cmavo must have a rafsi corresponding to them. no rafsi, no entry, iykyk 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO

• jbofihe — checks Lojban grammar and provides English translations of the individual words. the full-service icon 💅
• cmafihe — provides English translations of Lojban words in the input, without checking the grammar. useful for getting a rough translation of grammatically invalid text. messy but functional, and honestly relatable 🎀

🎀 FILES

lowkey empty. nothing listed here, babes. moving on 🦋

💀 BUGS

ju'oru'e so'imei — (Surely there are many). iconic honesty, no notes 🌸

⭐ REFERENCES

• http://www.rc0.org.uk/jbofihe — home page for the jbofihe project
• http://www.lojban.org/ — home page of the Lojban community

👑 AUTHOR

Richard Curnow <rc@rc0.org.uk>

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and that's the page, bestie! this lil masterpiece dates back to April 2000 and lives under the manual name jvocuhadju(1L). absolute vintage. slay 💖