Here we can repeat the same steps done in the previous exercise, with a new and slightly more complicated text case. You can create a new notebook for this exercise and follow the instructions below.
We will be using different editions of Virginia Woolf's "To the lighthouse":
The facsimiles and trascriptions of the editions are available at http://woolfonline.com/
Import the collatex Python library
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from collatex import *
Create a collation object
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collation = Collation()
Now open the texts in "../fixtures/Woolf/Lighthouse-1", read them, and add them to the collation:
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with open( "../fixtures/Woolf/Lighthouse-1/Lighthouse-1-USA.txt", encoding='utf-8' ) as witness_USA, \
open( "../fixtures/Woolf/Lighthouse-1/Lighthouse-1-UK.txt", encoding='utf-8' ) as witness_UK, \
open( "../fixtures/Woolf/Lighthouse-1/Lighthouse-1-EM.txt", encoding='utf-8' ) as witness_EM:
collation.add_plain_witness( "USA", witness_USA.read() )
collation.add_plain_witness( "UK", witness_UK.read() )
collation.add_plain_witness( "EM", witness_EM.read() )
Align, using the HTML output option
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alignment_table = collate(collation, layout='vertical', output='html')
If you want to know more about this text:
Look at the sources
Start thinking about how to handle situation like the following (proof with corrections in the margin)
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collation = Collation()
witness_USA = open( "../fixtures/Woolf/Lighthouse-2/Lighthouse-2-USA.txt", encoding='utf-8' ).read()
witness_UK = open( "../fixtures/Woolf/Lighthouse-2/Lighthouse-2-UK.txt", encoding='utf-8' ).read()
witness_EM = open( "../fixtures/Woolf/Lighthouse-2/Lighthouse-2-EM.txt", encoding='utf-8' ).read()
collation.add_plain_witness( "USA", witness_USA )
collation.add_plain_witness( "UK", witness_UK )
collation.add_plain_witness( "EM", witness_EM )
alignment_table = collate(collation, output='html2')
If you don’t like the colors, you can use the html output option:
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alignment_table = collate(collation, output='html', layout='vertical')