NAME

       mallex - generate a Malaga run-time lexicon

SYNOPSIS

       mallex [-binary|-readable|-prelex] project-file

       mallex [-binary|-readable|-prelex] symbol-file rule-file [lexicon-file] [prelex-file]

DESCRIPTION

       Malaga  is  a development environment for natural-language grammars based on the Left-Associative Grammar
       formalism.  Malaga grammars can be used for automatic morphological and/or syntactic analysis.

       The program mallex generates a Malaga run-time lexicon by letting allomorph  rules  process  a  base-form
       lexicon.  It  can  be  started  in  interactive mode to help find bugs in the base-form lexicon or in the
       allomorph rules.

       mallex uses the following grammar components:

       symbol-file
              The symbol-file has the suffix .sym and contains the symbols that are used in the  lexicon  and/or
              the allomorph rules.

       rule-file
              The  rule-file  has  the  suffix .all and contains the allomorph rules used to create the runtime-
              lexicon.

       lexicon-file
              The lexicon-file has the suffix .lex and contains the base-form lexicon entries that are  used  as
              input for the allomorph rules.

       prelex-file (optional)
              The prelex-file has the suffix .prelex and contains precompiled allomorph entries, which have been
              created by a former run of mallex with the option -prelex.

       You can give the names of the grammar components as command line arguments, in any order.  Alternatively,
       you  can  describe  these  components  in  a project-file and use the name of the project file as mallex'
       single command-line argument. A project file has the suffix .pro.

       If no command line options are given, mallex runs in interactive mode, and you can enter  commands.   The
       lexicon-file  and  prelex-file  are not used in interactive mode. If you are not sure about the name of a
       command, use the command help to get an overview of all mallex commands.

       If you want to quit mallex, enter the command quit.

       See info Malaga for details.

OPTIONS

       -b[inary]
              Create the run time lexicon file from the base form lexicon file and the optional prelex file, and
              save it as a binary run-time lexicon, which can be used by malaga.

       -h[elp]
              Print a help text about mallex' command line arguments and exit.

       -p[relex]
              Create  the  run  time lexicon, and save it as a binary prelex-file, which can be read in later by
              another mallex run.  output stream.

       -r[eadable]
              Create the run time lexicon but don't save it, but print its entries in human-readable form on the
              standard output stream.

       -v[ersion]
              Print mallex' version number and exit.

AUTHORS

       Malaga  has  been developed by Bjoern Beutel.  Numerous other people distributed to it.  This manpage was
       originally written for the Debian distribution by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho.

SEE ALSO

       malaga(1), malmake(1), malrul(1), malshow(1), malsym(1)

       ``Malaga 7, User's and Programmer's Manual''.  Available in Debian systems via info Malaga, and,  if  the
       malaga-doc   package   is   installed,   in   various   formats   (DVI,   Postscript,  PDF,  HTML)  under
       /usr/share/doc/malaga-doc/.