main.rb

#!/bin/env ruby1.9
# encoding: utf-8

require 'rubygems'
require 'fuzzystringmatch'
require 'text/hyphen'
require 'active_support'
require_relative 'greeklish_converter'

def find_best(word, array)
  jarow = FuzzyStringMatch::JaroWinkler.create( :native )
  max = 0
  max_word = ''
  
  array.each do |runner|
    score = jarow.getDistance(word, runner)
    
    if score > max
      max = score
      max_word = runner
    end
  end
  
  return max_word
end

my_word = ''

while true

  if File.exist? "./toruby.txt"
    my_word = File.open("./toruby.txt", "r").lines.first.greeklish
    File.delete("./toruby.txt")

    # my_word = ARGV[0].greeklish
    # puts "My word is: " + my_word

    index = 0
    index_end = 0

    top_list = []

    top_top_list = []

    hh = Text::Hyphen.new(:language => "it", :left => 0, :right => 0)
    my_word = hh.visualize(my_word," ").split(" ")

    # my_word = my_word.split(//)

    remaining_parts_of_my_word = true

    try = 0

    output = ''

    while(remaining_parts_of_my_word)
      File.open("./dictionary.txt", "r") do |file_handle|
        file_handle.each_line do |line|
            word = line.split[0]

            search = my_word[index..index_end].join("")
        
            prev_end = index_end
        
            if word.include? search
              while (word.include? search) && index_end < my_word.length()
                index_end += 1
                search = my_word[index..index_end].join("")
              end
              index_end -= 1
              if prev_end < index_end
                top_list = []
              end
              top_list << word
            end          
        end
      end
  
      # p top_list
      # p my_word[index..index_end].join("")
  
      try += 1
  
      # p top_list
  
      if index_end >= (my_word.length-1) #|| try > 2
        remaining_parts_of_my_word = false
        best_word = find_best(my_word[index..index_end].join(""), top_list)
        top_top_list << best_word
        output << my_word[index..index_end].join("") + " " + best_word 
      else
        best_word = find_best(my_word[index..index_end].join(""), top_list)
        top_top_list << best_word
        output << my_word[index..index_end].join("") + " " + best_word + "|"
    
        index_end += 1
        index = index_end
        top_list = []
      end
    end


    # p top_top_list
    # p index_end
    # p output
    File.open("./fromruby.txt", 'w') {|f| f.write(output) }
  else
    sleep(1)
  end

end