grascii 0.10.0

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+

Installation

Install the package:

$ python -m pip install grascii[interactive]

Note: We recommend the interactive extra for the majority of users. You may omit the interactive extra when using the package as a library to reduce dependencies. Also see Grascii Search Space or grascii-gui for graphical Grascii Search interfaces.

Verify the installation:

$ grascii --help

If the command fails, your PATH may not contain the location of Python scripts.

You can also try:

$ python -m grascii --help

Configuration

Grascii includes dictionaries for both the Preanniverary and the Anniversary series of Gregg Shorthand. Initialize the configuration file according to your preferred series to set the default dictionaries used for search.

Preanniverary:

$ grascii config init preanniversary

Anniversary:

$ grascii config init anniversary

To learn more about grascii configuration, see configuration.

Motivation

The existence of shorthand dictionaries have aided the conversion of longhand to shorthand. However, the reverse has remained a challenge since the inception of Gregg Shorthand. Grascii Search solves this problem by allowing users to identify the longhand corresponding to a shorthand form by performing a search based on its Grascii representation.

Basic Usage

Ex.:

$ grascii search -g AB
AB About
A|B Agreeable
Results: 2

Uncertainty

Occassionally, a stroke is mistaken for one of similar form. Thus, Grascii Search provides levels of uncertainty.

Ex.:

$ grascii search -g FND -u1
FND Found
FND Fund
FTH Forth
FTH Further
SND Sound
Results: 5

The ND stroke could also be an under TH or an MT/MD. The search accounts for these possibilities with Forth and Further. F is also close to S or V, resulting in Sound.

Interactive Mode

For repeated usage, we recommend running Grascii Search in interactive mode. For more complex queries, interactive mode removes the need of using escape sequences on the command line.

$ grascii search -i

Note: Requires the interactive extra

More Options

For more options, see search.

Dictionary

If you find an error in any of the dictionaries, please open an issue or pull request at the dictionaries repository.

Contributions to the dictionaries repository are also welcome to correct errors and create more dictionaries.