Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I'll is a good example that I hadn't thought of; the others are weaker because it is unlikely you would ever want to capitalize all words in a sentence, just the initial word. I do think it is less than useful, but of course I can build my own version using [grep].John PeacockMichael Winston wrote: > > >I just checked and the [capitalize] context is still too sensitive to > >the apostrophe embedded in the string. For example: > > [EXAMPLE DELETED] > > >If the > >parser performed a lookahead and only capitalized after an apostrophe > >when the second character after is a letter, not whitespace. > > What about word's like they're and I'll or if a multiple > possession ends a sentence (giving you ...the three boys'. New > sentence.)? Ideally, there would be a built in list of words that > are parsed properly, but I imagine that the internal code to account > for that would be a far cry from what it is now. > > But I agree, there should be some extra parsing. Maybe options added > to the [CAPITALIZE] tag ([CAPITALIZE posessive=t&contractions=t]). I > don't know exactly how the options would work, but possessive could > just ignore any apostrophes with an s after it, contractions would > look for 'll, etc. It's not a perfect scheme because it ignore > words like don't and can't, but it's a start. > > Michael > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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I'll is a good example that I hadn't thought of; the others are weaker because it is unlikely you would ever want to capitalize all words in a sentence, just the initial word. I do think it is less than useful, but of course I can build my own version using [grep].John PeacockMichael Winston wrote: > > >I just checked and the [capitalize] context is still too sensitive to > >the apostrophe embedded in the string. For example: > > [EXAMPLE DELETED] > > >If the > >parser performed a lookahead and only capitalized after an apostrophe > >when the second character after is a letter, not whitespace. > > What about word's like they're and I'll or if a multiple > possession ends a sentence (giving you ...the three boys'. New > sentence.)? Ideally, there would be a built in list of words that > are parsed properly, but I imagine that the internal code to account > for that would be a far cry from what it is now. > > But I agree, there should be some extra parsing. Maybe options added > to the [capitalize] tag ([CAPITALIZE posessive=t&contractions=t]). I > don't know exactly how the options would work, but possessive could > just ignore any apostrophes with an s after it, contractions would > look for 'll, etc. It's not a perfect scheme because it ignore > words like don't and can't, but it's a start. > > Michael > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to > Send administrative queries to ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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