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#+TITLE: Conlanging layer
#+author: Lucien “P’undrak” Cartier-Tilet

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* Table of Contents                                        :TOC_4_gh:noexport:
- [[#description][Description]]
  - [[#features][Features]]
  - [[#graphviz-trees][Graphviz trees]]
- [[#install][Install]]
- [[#key-bindings][Key bindings]]

* Description
  This layer adds support for conlanging.

** Features
   - Generate graphviz trees based on Elisp trees
   - Replace  some  text  by  its  runic equivalent  (supports  the  Mattér  and
     Eittlandic languages)
   - Adds phonetics to Ňyqy text
   - Provides custom shortcuts

** Graphviz trees
   The ~conlanging~   layer    provides    one    public   function    called
 ~conlanging/tree-to-dot~. It accepts as its sole argument a list of strings
   or lists, such as the following:

   #+NAME: vowels-example
   #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb yes
     (setq-local vowels
       '("[vowel]"
         ("[back]"
          ("[tense]"
           ("[high]" ("ü"))
           ("{high}" ("ö")))
          ("{tense}"
           ("[high]" ("u"))
           ("{high}" ("o"))))
         ("{back}"
          ("[tense]"
           ("[high]" ("y"))
           ("{high}" ("ë")))
          ("{tense}"
           ("[high]" ("i"))
           ("{high}" ("e"))))))
   #+END_SRC

   When passed in the above mentioned  function, and the result itself is passed
   through graphviz, we get the following result:

   #+NAME: tree-vowels
   #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :exports results :noweb yes :cache yes
     <<vowels-example>>
     (conlanging/tree-to-dot vowels)
   #+END_SRC

   #+BEGIN_SRC dot :file img/vowels-example.png :var input=tree-vowels :exports results
     $input
   #+END_SRC
   #+NAME: arbre:vow
   #+ATTR_HTML: :alt Exemple d’arbre de voyelles
   #+RESULTS:
   [[file:img/vowels-example.png]]

   This example tree is only a binary tree, but a single node can have up to ten
   children. See some examples in the [[https://labs.phundrak.fr/phundrak/langue-phundrak-fr/blob/master/nyqy.org][Ňyqy source file]].

   It is planned  to merge [[https://labs.phundrak.fr/phundrak/distinctive-features-chooser][this project]]  into this layer in  order to facilitate
   the creation of trees based on distinctive features.

* Install
  To install this layer, either clone this project in your =~/.emacs.d/private/=
  folder, or  symlink it  from there  to your actual  clone location.  Then, add
 =conlanging=       in      your       dotspacemacs      file       in      the
 =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list:

  #+begin_src emacs-lisp
    (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(conlanging))
  #+end_src

  You can then reload your configuration file with ~SPC f e R~, or restart Emacs
  with ~SPC q r~ or ~SPC q R~.

* Key bindings

  | Key Binding   | Description                                                             |
  |---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  | ~SPC l e l~   | (org-mode only) Translate Einnlandish transliteration into native latin |
  | ~SPC l e r~   | (org-mode only) Translate Einnlandish transliteration into runes        |
  | ~SPC l m L~   | (org-mode only) Translate Mattér transliteration into LaTeX runes       |
  | ~SPC l m l~   | (org-mode only) Translate Mattér transliteration into native latin      |
  | ~SPC l m r~   | (org-mode only) Translate Mattér transliteration into runes             |
  | ~SPC o l e o~ | Open Eittlandic file                                                    |
  | ~SPC o l h o~ | Open Hjelp file                                                         |
  | ~SPC o l m o~ | Open Mattér file                                                        |
  | ~SPC o l n o~ | Open Ňyqy file                                                          |
  | ~SPC o l o~   | Open the conlanging directory                                           |
  | ~SPC o l t o~ | Open Tãso file                                                          |