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libskk -- a library to deal with Japanese kana-to-kanji conversion method

Features:

* Support basic features of SKK including new word registration into
  dictionary, completion, numeric conversion, abbrev mode, kuten
  input, hankaku-katakana input, Lisp expression evaluation (concat
  only), and re-conversion.

* Support various typing rules including romaji-to-kana, AZIK,
  TUT-Code, and NICOLA.

* Support various dictionary types including file dictionary (such as
  SKK-JISYO.[SML]), user dictionary, skkserv, and CDB format
  dictionary.

* GObject based API with gobject-introspection support.

* Experimental support for intelligent kana-to-kanji conversion based
  on Viterbi algorithm.

Documentation:

* file:tests/context.c for basic usage
* http://du-a.org/docs/libskk/libskk/ for Vala binding reference
* http://du-a.org/docs/gtk-doc/libskk/html/ for C binding reference

Test:

$ echo "A i SPC" | skk
{ "input": "A i SPC", "output": "", "preedit": "▼愛" }
$ echo "K a p a SPC K a SPC" | skk
{ "input": "K a p a SPC K a SPC", "output": "", "preedit": "[辞書登録] かぱ ▼蚊" }
$ echo "r k" | skk -r tutcode
{ "input": "r k", "output": "あ", "preedit": "" }
$ echo "a (usleep 50000) b (usleep 200000)" | skk -r nicola
{ "input": "a (usleep 50000) b (usleep 200000)", "output": "うへ", "preedit": "" }

License:

GPLv3+

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Red Hat, Inc.

This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.

This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.