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#499 Overeager numbered header segmentation rule

2.3
closed-fixed
5
2011-07-10
2011-05-27
No

The special default rule for segmenting numbered headers is also segmenting numbers appearing at the start of a sentence.

For example, the text :
3D rendering capabilities. 10X faster!
is segmented like :
[3] [D rendering capabilities.] [10] [X faster!]

I think it can be fixed by requiring a number to be followed by a dot for the sequence to be considered a numbered header.

Discussion

  • Briac Pilpré

    Briac Pilpré - 2011-05-27

    Patch for numbered headers segmentation

     
  • Didier Briel

    Didier Briel - 2011-05-28

    A dot is not the only way to introduce a numbered header. It could be a space, a bracket, etc.

    What could be reasonable is not to break when the character immediately following the number is alpha.

    Didier

     
  • Didier Briel

    Didier Briel - 2011-06-28
    • milestone: --> 2.3
    • assigned_to: nobody --> didierbr
    • status: open --> open-fixed
     
  • Didier Briel

    Didier Briel - 2011-06-28

    Fixed in SVN (2.3 and /trunk).

    It fixes another bug: breaking when a sentence started with a dot followed by a capital letter. E.g.,
    .NET is a software framework.

    The new rule also introduces segmentation for ) and ], so all these chapter headers will segment.

    3. New Chapter
    33. New Chapter
    3.3.3 New Chapter
    3) New Chapter
    3] New Chapter

    Didier

     
  • Didier Briel

    Didier Briel - 2011-07-10
    • status: open-fixed --> closed-fixed
     
  • Didier Briel

    Didier Briel - 2011-07-10

    Closing...
    This feature was implemented in the just released version 2.3.0 of OmegaT.

     

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