mallex(1)

1MALLEX(1)                   Malaga quick reference                   MALLEX(1)
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NAME

6       mallex - generate a Malaga run-time lexicon
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SYNOPSIS

10       mallex [-binary|-readable|-prelex] project-file
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12       mallex [-binary|-readable|-prelex] symbol-file rule-file [lexicon-file]
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DESCRIPTION

17       Malaga is a development environment for natural-language grammars based
18       on the Left-Associative Grammar formalism.  Malaga grammars can be used
19       for automatic morphological and/or syntactic analysis.
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21       The program mallex generates a Malaga run-time lexicon by letting allo‐
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23       tive mode to help find bugs in the base-form lexicon or  in  the  allo‐
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26       mallex uses the following grammar components:
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28       symbol-file
29              The  symbol-file  has  the  suffix .sym and contains the symbols
30              that are used in the lexicon and/or the allomorph rules.
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33              The rule-file has the suffix .all  and  contains  the  allomorph
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37              The  lexicon-file has the suffix .lex and contains the base-form
38              lexicon entries that are used as input for the allomorph rules.
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41              The prelex-file has the suffix .prelex and contains  precompiled
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45       You can give the names of the grammar components as command line  argu‐
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50       If  no command line options are given, mallex runs in interactive mode,
51       and you can enter commands.  The lexicon-file and prelex-file  are  not
52       used  in interactive mode. If you are not sure about the name of a com‐
53       mand, use the command help to get an overview of all mallex commands.
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55       If you want to quit mallex, enter the command quit.
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57       See info Malaga for details.
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OPTIONS

61       -b[inary]
62              Create the run time lexicon file from the base form lexicon file
63              and  the  optional prelex file, and save it as a binary run-time
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67              Print a help text about mallex' command line arguments and exit.
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70              Create the run time lexicon, and save it  as  a  binary  prelex-
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74       -r[eadable]
75              Create the run time lexicon but don't save  it,  but  print  its
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79              Print mallex' version number and exit.
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AUTHORS

83       Malaga has been developed by Bjoern Beutel.  Numerous other people dis‐
84       tributed to it.  This manpage was originally  written  for  the  Debian
85       distribution by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho.
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