Overview

The English language has two indefinite articles:

• a: used before words that begin with a consonant sound (e.g., a program, a host, a user);
• an: used before words that begin with a vowel sound (e.g., an example, an hour, an undefined variable).

anorack is a specialized spell-checker that finds incorrect indefinite articles:

.. code:: console

$ cat test a Ubuntu user a 8-byte word an username

$ anorack test test:1: a Ubuntu -> an Ubuntu /u:b'u:ntu:/ test:2: a 8 -> an 8 /'eIt/ test:3: an username -> a username /j'u:z3n,eIm/

Prerequisites

• Python ≥ 3.6

• eSpeak NG_ or eSpeak_ ≥ 1.47.08

.. _eSpeak NG: https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng

.. _eSpeak: http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

Installation

You can use anorack without installing it, straight out of unpacked source tarball or a VCS checkout.

It's also possible to install it system-wide with::

make install

By default, make install installs the package to /usr/local. You can specify a different installation prefix by setting the PREFIX variable, e.g.::

$ make install PREFIX="$HOME/.local"

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