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)