Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available

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2000

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 32725
interpreted = N
texte = I'll is a good example that I hadn't thought of; the others are weakerbecause it is unlikely you would ever want to capitalize all words in asentence, just the initial word. I do think it is less than useful, butof 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 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available (Mike Davis 2000) Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available (J. Lane 2000) Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available (John Peacock 2000) Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available (Michael Winston 2000) Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available (John Peacock 2000) Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available (John Peacock 2000) Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available (Grant Hulbert 2000) Re: Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available (John Peacock 2000) Public beta 6 for WebCatalog 4.0 is now available (Grant Hulbert 2000)

I'll is a good example that I hadn't thought of; the others are weakerbecause it is unlikely you would ever want to capitalize all words in asentence, just the initial word. I do think it is less than useful, butof 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 John Peacock

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