Difference between revisions of "Diction"
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|Full description=This program includes both 'diction' and 'style'. 'Diction' identifies wordy and commonly misused phrases; 'style' analyzes surface characteristics of a document, including sentence length and other readability measures. While these programs cannot help you structure a document well, they can help to avoid poor wording and compare the readability of your document with others. Both commands support English and German documents. | |Full description=This program includes both 'diction' and 'style'. 'Diction' identifies wordy and commonly misused phrases; 'style' analyzes surface characteristics of a document, including sentence length and other readability measures. While these programs cannot help you structure a document well, they can help to avoid poor wording and compare the readability of your document with others. Both commands support English and German documents. | ||
|User level=none | |User level=none | ||
+ | |Status=Live | ||
+ | |Component programs=style | ||
+ | |Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/diction/diction.html | ||
+ | |VCS checkout command= | ||
+ | |Computer languages=ANSI C | ||
+ | |Documentation note= | ||
+ | |Paid support= | ||
+ | |IRC help= | ||
+ | |IRC general= | ||
+ | |IRC development= | ||
+ | |Related projects=ispell,Textutils | ||
+ | |Keywords=grammar,usage,style,readability,diction | ||
+ | |Is GNU=y | ||
+ | |Last review by=Janet Casey | ||
+ | |Last review date=2009-09-23 | ||
|Submitted by=Database conversion | |Submitted by=Database conversion | ||
|Submitted date=2011-04-01 | |Submitted date=2011-04-01 | ||
− | |Version identifier=1. | + | |Version identifier=1.11 |
− | |Version date= | + | |Version date=2007-09-17 |
|Version status=stable | |Version status=stable | ||
− | |Version download=http:// | + | |Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diction/ |
− | |License verified date= | + | |License verified date=2008-01-07 |
− | |Version comment= | + | |Version comment= |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Person | ||
+ | |Role=Maintainer | ||
+ | |Real name=Michael Haardt | ||
+ | |Email=michael@moria.de | ||
+ | |Resource URL= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Resource | ||
+ | |Resource audience=Bug Tracking | ||
+ | |Resource kind=E-mail | ||
+ | |Resource URL=mailto:bug-utils@gnu.org | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Resource | ||
+ | |Resource audience=Developer,Support | ||
+ | |Resource kind=E-mail | ||
+ | |Resource URL=mailto:michael@moria.de | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Software category | {{Software category | ||
|Interface=command-line | |Interface=command-line | ||
+ | |Text-creation=word-processing | ||
+ | |Use=text-creation | ||
+ | |Works-with=text | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Project license | {{Project license | ||
|License=GPLv2orlater | |License=GPLv2orlater | ||
− | |License verified by= | + | |License verified by=Deborah Nicholson |
− | |License verified date= | + | |License verified date=2008-01-07 |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Project license | ||
+ | |License=GPLv3orlater | ||
+ | |License verified by=Deborah Nicholson | ||
+ | |License verified date=2008-01-07 | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Software prerequisite | {{Software prerequisite |
Revision as of 09:03, 12 April 2011
diction
https://www.gnu.org/software/diction/
Checks text for readability and bad usage.
This program includes both 'diction' and 'style'. 'Diction' identifies wordy and commonly misused phrases; 'style' analyzes surface characteristics of a document, including sentence length and other readability measures. While these programs cannot help you structure a document well, they can help to avoid poor wording and compare the readability of your document with others. Both commands support English and German documents.
This is a GNU package:diction
Download
http://www.moria.de/~michael/diction/diction-1.14.tar.gz
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Michael Haardt | Maintainer |
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Weak prerequisite | detex |
Weak prerequisite | dehtml |
Weak prerequisite | deroff |
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