add the paragraph which describes hunspell

[deb_pkgs/scowl.git] / r / infl / README

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--- a/r/infl/README
+++ b/r/infl/README
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 Automatically Generated Inflection Database (AGID)
 
-January 3, 2003
-Revision 4
+Version 2016.01.19
 
-Copyright 2000-2003 by Kevin Atkinson <kevina@gnu.org>
+Copyright 2000-2016 by Kevin Atkinson <kevina@gnu.org>
 
 The file "infl.txt" is an automatically created database of the
 inflected forms of words from a rather large word list.
 
-The latest version can be found at http://aspell.sourceforge.net/wl/.
+The latest version can be found at http://wordlist.aspell.net
 
 Entries are in the following form.
 
@@ -42,7 +41,16 @@ a few special verbs):
   <past tense> [<past participle>] <-ing form> <-s form> 
 and for adjective or adverbs:
   <-er form> <-est form>
-Each form is seperated by a ' | '.  
+Each form is seperated by a ' | '.
+
+Special cases:
+be:
+  <past 1st & 3d singular> <2d singular, plural, past subjunctive>
+  <past participle> <present participle> <present 1st singular>
+  <2d singular> <3d singular> <plural present>
+wit:
+  <past & past participle> <present participle> <present participle>
+  <present 1st & 3d singular> <2d singular> <plural present>
 
 An absence of a variant level implies a variant level of 0.  Two words
 with the same whole number variant level are considered almost equal
@@ -133,7 +141,7 @@ is like variant.tab except that it also included the root form of the
 word.
 
 Words are in mixed case but all accents have been striped thus words
-like café are instead cafe.
+like café are instead cafe.
 
 The file "variant" contains a list of alternate inflections.
 
@@ -165,6 +173,16 @@ The file "make-all" was used to create the word list used by the script.
 
 CHANGES:
 
+From Ver 2014.08.11 to 2016.01.19
+
+  Avoid hard coding the input files in the make-infl script.
+
+  No changes to the data files.
+
+From Rev 4 to Ver 2014.08.11
+
+  Misc. changes to sync up with what is being used by SCOWL.
+
 From Revision 3a to 4 (January 2, 2003)
 
   Added variant-wroot.tab
@@ -203,7 +221,7 @@ COPYRIGHT AND SOURCE:
 The final product is under the following copyright, as well as any
 copyrights mentioned below.
 
-  Copyright 2000-2003 by Kevin Atkinson
+  Copyright 2000-2014 by Kevin Atkinson
 
   Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this database,
   the associated scripts, the output created form the scripts and its