Re: TECH: (-ish) Sound Change Applier programs

On 8.4.2008 Peter Collier wrote:
> Does anyone have any recommendations as to other good
> SCAs I may want to try that could work?  I have 4
> prerequistes:
> - It has to be able to run as a windows executable, or
> from a windows command line (I have perl and python
> installed, so i should be able to run programs written
> in those languages from a command line).
> - It has to read-in from and output to text files.
> - It must allow variable names of reasonable length
> (at least 3 or 4 characters long, and ideally n-long).
> - Unicode support
>
> I also have a 'wishlist' of features that i'd really
> like the SCA to have, although I can work-around if
> needs be
> - the ability to make exemptions (before after env
> except-if)
> - alternates, i.e. x OR y - definitely in the env, and
> ideally also in the before/after areas
> -Metacharacters (* + ?, etc)
> -mutiple dialects, as in Geoff's
Henrik, would you be kind enough to help me write a
tutorial for the minimum of perl needed to use your SCH
system?



/BP 8^)>
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