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== Technical Notes ==
== Technical Notes ==
* [[SQLite]]: [https://sqlite.org/fts3.html FTS4] for full-text search
* [[SQLite]]: [https://sqlite.org/fts3.html FTS4] for full-text search
* Token prefix queries: use the asterisk ('*') at the end. Similar to but not same as the {{w|wildcard character}} in [[zokgiap hexthorng|operating systems]] (normal wildcard search not currently supported by FTS)
* Token prefix queries: use the asterisk ('*') at the end. Similar to {{w|wildcard character}} in [[zokgiap hexthorng|operating systems]] (normal wildcard search not currently supported by FTS)
** Example: {{TE|Taioa*}}
** Example: {{TE|Taioa*}}
* Specify a column-name followed by a colon (':')
* Specify a column-name followed by a colon (':')
** Example: {{dft|thj:頭*}} (you should see all DFT entries starting with this Harnji)
** Example: {{dft|thj:頭*}} (you should see all DFT entries starting with this Harnji)
* Add carat ^ before token to require token to be very first token in its column
** Example: {{x|^thaau}}


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Revision as of 20:18, 16 March 2024

MTL Toolbox (https://learntaiwanese.org/MTLtoolbox/about.html) is software and data to help work with written Taiwanese using the MTL writing system and other romanizations for Taiwanese.

Features

How to search

  • for a monosyllable, exact matches are displayed by default
  • to see more matching entries, click "Khahzøe"

Data

Local copies of:

We also support searching other websites with conversion to POJ/TL:

Technical Notes

  • SQLite: FTS4 for full-text search
  • Token prefix queries: use the asterisk ('*') at the end. Similar to wildcard character in operating systems (normal wildcard search not currently supported by FTS)
  • Specify a column-name followed by a colon (':')
    • Example: thj:頭* (you should see all DFT entries starting with this Harnji)
  • Add carat ^ before token to require token to be very first token in its column

See Also

Acknowledgements