Lexical Tools

ToAscii System Options

Convert text to ASCII line by line. This process involves convert Unicode symbols, characters, diacritic, and ligatures to ASCII. Also, it strips non-mapped non-ASCII characters at the end. Specifically, this toAscii is the lvg flow options -f:q7:q8. That is,

  • Unicode Core Norm (-f:q7)
    • map Unicode symbols and punctuation to ASCII
    • map Unicode to ASCII
    • split ligatures
    • strip diacritics
  • then strip or map non-ASCII Unicode characters (-f:q8)

This page lists all system options for toAscii programs

FlagFeature Descriptions
Input Filter Options:
None
Global Behavior Options:
ci Print configuration information of toAscii.
d Print details information of toAscii conversion.
h Print program help information.
hs Print option's hierarchy structure.
i:STR Define input file name. The default is standard input.
o:STR Define output file name. The default is standard output.
p Show the prompt. The default is no prompt.
v Return the current version identification of toAscii.
x:STR Loading an alternative configuration file.
Output Filter Options:
pio Preserve and display input and output terms
n Return a "-No Output-" message when an input produces no output.

Examples: 

  • shell> toAscii -i:in.data -o:out.data

    Read data from file (in.data) line by line, convert to ASCII, and send ASCII output to file, out.data.


  • shell> toAscii -n
™
-No Output-


  • shell> toAscii -ci
LVG_DIR: [/Projects/lvg2025/]
DB_TYPE: [HSQLDB]
DB_NAME: [lvg2025]


  • shell> toAscii -v
toAscii.2025


  • shell> toAscii -p
- Please input a term (type "Ctl-d" to quit) >
Evolène ©2002
Evolene 2002


  • shell> toAscii -pio
Déjà Vu
Input: Déjà Vu
ASCII: Deja Vu


  • shell> toAscii -x:config.data

    Use an alternative configuration file, config.data