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> On Sunday 13 February 2005 15:00, Jorge "Llambías" wrote:
> > --- Philip Newton wrote:
> > > > ;zoi (ZOI): Non-Lojban quotation. Creates a delimited
> > > > non-Lojban quotation. The result treated as single Lojban word.
> > > > "zoi" uses the following word as a delimiting word and quotes
> > > > all further text until the same word is repeated.
> > >
> > > Does "word" need to be defined for this purpose? For example, would
> > > {zoi ganai this work? I expect not. ganai}
> > >
> > > Or does it refer to "word" which is defined elsewhere?
> >
> > A word here is any member of a selmaho (including selmaho BRIVLA
> > and CMENE).
>
> What about {zoi kau'i ka'ia ki'i kau'i}?

I should have said "including selmaho BRIVA, CMENE and UNASSIGNED-CMAVO.
Yes, kau'i will work as a delimiter.

> > cmavo written together do not form a single word. {ganai} is
> > always two words.
> >
> > The only exception that does count as one word is {y bu}, even when
> > written separately.
>
> What does {zoi ybu abu boi denpa bu ybu} parse as?

"abu boi denpa bu" is zoi-quoted. {y bu} behaves in all respects as
a member of selmaho BY.

> > > (More generally, what if the delimiting "word" occurs
> > > within the text but not with a pause in front?
> >
> > For example {zoi ci mi klama reci zarci ci}? In this case, PEG
> > _will_ see the ci in reci as a separate word. (Whether or not this
> > is what we want is debatable.)
>
> The parser shouldn't be lexing text inside a zoi-quote; it should only be
> looking for the delimiter. If it sees {ci} as a separate word in {reci}, what

> does it do with {zoi ci mi qlawa reci zarci ci}?

"mi qlawa re" zarci ci

{qlawa} is parsed as a non-lojban word, but the rest are all
lojban words.

The ci in {cireqlawa} would not be seen as a separate word.

> > > What about {zoi zar mi klama le zarci le briju zar}? (where there is a
> > > pause but the word is longer than the delimiting word)
> >
> > Again, zar in zarci cannot be a word, so it is not seen by the parser
> > as a word.
>
> What about {zoi cire cilce carce jarco cu jarco reci cilce carce}?

"re cilce carce jarco cu jarco re" cilce carce

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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