NAME

       vlatai - Lojban word analyzer

SYNOPSIS

       vlatai [ -v ] [ word ]

DESCRIPTION

       vlatai  is  a  program that reads a list of Lojban words from standard input, one word per
       line.  In its usual mode, it writes a single output line for each input line, advising  of
       which  kind  of Lojban word the input line is.   If the input word has cmavo prefixed onto
       it, vlatai shows the individual cmavo and the base word itself.

       In the verbose mode (obtained using -v), the workings of the internal state machines  used
       for scanning the word are exposed.  This may give some insight into where an error lies on
       words that can't be parsed, especially if the output is used in conjuction with the report
       files built during the compilation process.

       Note  that  vlatai  is  primarily  a  testbench  for  the word categorizer/splitter inside
       jbofihe.  vlatai is not fully supported or documented as a stand-alone program.

OPTIONS

       -v     Verbose; show lots of information about the evolution of the internal state

       word   The word to check.  If no 'word' argument is supplied, the program reads words from
              standard input, one word per line (with no whitespace around it.)

REFERENCES

       http://go.to/jbofihe
              Home page for the jbofihe project (of which cmafihe is part)

       http://www.lojban.org/
              Home page of the Lojban community

       http://www.rrbcurnow.freeuk.com/lojban/
              My Lojban page.

AUTHOR

       Richard Curnow <rpc@myself.com>

                                          December 2000                                vlatai(1L)