Smart Acronym Pluralization (`y' or `ie' before `s')

Smart Acronym Pluralization (`y' or `ie' before `s')

[Alexander Shukaev]

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Hello,

Consider the following:

\definesynonyms
[ACRONYM]
[ACRONYMS]
[\FULL]
[\SHORT]

\ACRONYM{DLL}{Dynamic-Link Librar\doifnextcharelse{s}{ie}{y}}

Why

\FULL{DLL}s

does not do what I expect it to do?  I assume that it's because
`\doifnextcharelse' expands before `\FULL'.  So how to achieve the desired
effect?  Thanks.

Kind regards,
Alexander

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Re: Smart Acronym Pluralization (`y' or `ie' before `s')

[Hans Hagen]

On 5/24/2015 1:39 AM, Alexander Shukaev wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Consider the following:
>
> \definesynonyms
> [ACRONYM]
> [ACRONYMS]
> [\FULL]
> [\SHORT]
>
> \ACRONYM{DLL}{Dynamic-Link Librar\doifnextcharelse{s}{ie}{y}}
>
> Why
>
> \FULL{DLL}s
>
> does not do what I expect it to do?  I assume that it's because
> `\doifnextcharelse' expands before `\FULL'.  So how to achieve the
> desired effect?  Thanks.

\FULL is doing a lot and it's unlikely that inside there the nest token 
seen is the 's' so your test fails

\ACRONYM{DLL}{\SelectFull{Dynamic-Link Library}{Dynamic-Link Libraries}}

\def\VeryFullSingular#1#2{\FULL{#1}}
\def\VeryFullPlural  #1#2{\FULL{#2}}

\unexpanded\def\VeryFull
   {\doifnextcharelse{s}
      {\let\SelectFull\VeryFullPlural}
      {\let\SelectFull\VeryFullSingular}}

test \VeryFull{DLL} or \VeryFull{DLL}s it is

if there is real need for this i can consider building something in but 
the check for a following 's' is not that common I think


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Re: Smart Acronym Pluralization (`y' or `ie' before `s')

[Alexander Shukaev]

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On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> On 5/24/2015 1:39 AM, Alexander Shukaev wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Consider the following:
>>
>> \definesynonyms
>> [ACRONYM]
>> [ACRONYMS]
>> [\FULL]
>> [\SHORT]
>>
>> ​​
>> \ACRONYM{DLL}{Dynamic-Link Librar\doifnextcharelse{s}{ie}{y}}
>>
>> Why
>>
>> \FULL{DLL}s
>>
>> does not do what I expect it to do?  I assume that it's because
>> `\doifnextcharelse' expands before `\FULL'.  So how to achieve the
>> desired effect?  Thanks.
>>
>
> \FULL is doing a lot and it's unlikely that inside there the nest token
> seen is the 's' so your test fails
>
> \ACRONYM{DLL}{\SelectFull{Dynamic-Link Library}{Dynamic-Link Libraries}}
>
> \def\VeryFullSingular#1#2{\FULL{#1}}
> \def\VeryFullPlural  #1#2{\FULL{#2}}
>
> \unexpanded\def\VeryFull
>   {
> ​​
> \doifnextcharelse{s}
>      {\let\SelectFull\VeryFullPlural}
>      {\let\SelectFull\VeryFullSingular}}
>
> test \VeryFull{DLL} or \VeryFull{DLL}s it is
>
> if there is real need for this i can consider building something in but
> the check for a following 's' is not that common I think
>
>
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​Hello Hans,

Thanks for your response.  It seems to me that a simple (and backward
compatible) extension would be to add ​the 3rd optional parameter to
`ACRONYM':

​\ACRONYM{DLL}{Dynamic-Link Library}[Dynamic-Link Libraries][s]
​             ​ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^
              <single>              <plural>                <trigger>
(should of course be `s' by default, but let it be configurable just in
case)

​and put

\doifnextcharelse{<trigger>}{<plural>}{<single>}​

​inside `FULL' properly so that it can indeed find <trigger> in case of
`\FULL{DLL}<trigger>'.​

Regards,
Alexander

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