Ёditor

Ёditor is the set of Python functions made to replace Е letters in Russian texts to Ё letters where it is necessary.

In the Russian language, it is not obligatory to type Ё letters with dots. Thus, problem with distinguishing particular words arises. For example, in majority of contexts, the word все in Russian means everybody while всё means everything. We think, the Ё letter must not be avoided! Bilinguator.com online library dots all the Ёs in its Russian texts with the help of Ёditor.

Packages used in Ёditor: os, re, tqdm.

For this repository, the yobase by Evgeny Minkovsky (Евгений Миньковский) 2003 has been utilized. We divided all the word spelled with Ё into two files:

• yobase/yo_sure.txt — words always spelled with the Ё letter;
• yobase/yo_unsure.txt — words sometimes spelled with the Ё letter.

According to this division two separate functions have been implemented.

yoditor.recover_yo_sure

text = yoditor.recover_yo_sure(text)

Recover all certain Ё in the text string.

• str text — text where to find and recover certain Ё letters;

• return str — text with certain Ё letters recovered.

yoditor.recover_yo_unsure

text = yoditor.recover_yo_unsure(text, print_width=100, yes_reply='ё')

Recover all uncertain Ё in the text in the interaction mode.

• str text — text where to find and recover uncertain Ё letters;
• int print_width — how many characters to print while interaction (default: 100);
• str yes_reply — input required to confirm replacement Е with Ё (default: 'ё');
• return str — text with uncertain Ё letters recovered.

While the function is running, you are asked to choose if there is need to replace the Е to Ё. A part of the text is shown to comprehend the context, the questionable word is highlighted in bold and red. You can regulate the amount of characters shown specifying in the print_width variable. It equals 100 characters by default.

To accept the Е-to-Ё replacement, type the value of the yes_reply argument into the input area. By default, it is ё, but you can specify another one. If replacement is not needed, type any other string of leave the input area empty. Do not forget to push Enter key in each step.

In the example below, replacement is not needed on the first step, that is why no input entered. On all following steps, ё is entered because replacement is needed.