Pure Python module to hyphenate text
Project description
Pyphen is a pure Python module to hyphenate text using existing Hunspell hyphenation dictionaries.
https://github.com/Kozea/Pyphen
This module is a fork of python-hyphenator, written by Wilbert Berendsen.
https://code.google.com/p/python-hyphenator/
Many dictionaries are included in pyphen, they come from the LibreOffice git repository and are distributed under various licenses, including the LGPL version 2.1 also used for pyphen.
See: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/dictionaries/tree/
Usage:
>>> import pyphen >>> 'nl_NL' in pyphen.LANGUAGES True >>> dic = pyphen.Pyphen(lang='nl_NL') >>> dic.inserted('lettergrepen') 'let-ter-gre-pen' >>> dic.wrap('autobandventieldopje', 11) ('autoband-', 'ventieldopje') >>> for pair in dic.iterate('Amsterdam'): ... print(pair) ... ('Amster', 'dam') ('Am', 'sterdam') >>>
Features:
100% pure Python with no dependencies
a lot of included dictionaries
caches dict files and hyphenated words
supports nonstandard hyphenation patterns
License:
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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