README

Lightproof grammar checker development framework for OpenOffice.org

http://launchpad.net/lightproof

version 1.4.3 (2011-12-05)

2009–2011 (c) László Németh (nemeth at OO.o), license: MPL 1.1 / GPLv3+ / LGPLv3+

This software was developed with support from FSF.hu Foundation, Hungary.
(For more information, see http://www.fsf.hu/index.php/About_us.)

== Features ==

- Lightproof is a grammar checker extension generator (see doc/manual.txt):
  the result of the generation is a single Lightproof or vendor specific
  grammar checker language package, eg. lightproof-en_US.oxt or
  your-grammar-checker-en_US.oxt.

- language-neutral proofreading tool (see data/ for language data)
- OpenOffice.org grammar checker extension generator
- high-level regex-based rule definition language
- optional Python conditions in the rules
- integration with Hunspell morphological analyzer
- written in Python using fast regex module of CPython
- lazy loading of language modules
- template (data/template.dat) for new languages

== Rule compilation ==

For the default language modules (en_US, hu_HU, ru_RU):

make

See doc/manual.txt to add a new language module or develop a
new grammar checker extension for your language

== Documentation ==

doc/manual.txt