Cleaned up the docs, preparing for file IO in next version

README.md

@@ -9,21 +9,26 @@
 1. Launch in Python console
 1. Launch in Python console
 2. Use function
 2. Use function
 
 
-	   perstr("حاجة_بالعربي")
+
+	perstr("حاجة_بالعربي")
 
 
 to return the romanization of  حاجة\_بالعربي, or use
 to return the romanization of  حاجة\_بالعربي, or use
 
 
 	perstr("حاجة_بالعربي", dictionary)
 	perstr("حاجة_بالعربي", dictionary)
 
 
-to return the romanization of حاجة\_بالعربي according to the system instructed by _dictionary_. 
+to return the romanization of حاجة\_بالعربي according to the system instructed by _dictionary_.
 
 
 ### Issues:
 ### Issues:
 * Currently depends on having the right diacritical marks to return short vowels properly, and will not detect vowels not explicitly written
 * Currently depends on having the right diacritical marks to return short vowels properly, and will not detect vowels not explicitly written
 * See to-do list
 * See to-do list
 
 
+##### Romanization bugs
+* The ا (alef) is not pronounced as 'a' after a diacritic that is pronounced differently.
+* Adjust output of الـ (al, the definite article) for sun and moon letters.
+
 ### To do:
 ### To do:
 * Some kind of GUI
 * Some kind of GUI
-* Integrate parts of Taha Zerrouki's [Mishkal](https://github.com/linuxscout/mishkal) to fix short vowel representation to some extent, or otherwise fix it somehow
+* Integrate parts of ~~Taha Zerrouki's~~ _ṭāha zerrūqī's_ [Mishkal](https://github.com/linuxscout/mishkal) to fix short vowel representation to some extent, or otherwise fix it somehow
 * Make it easier to add user dictionaries
 * Make it easier to add user dictionaries
 	* Read from file?
 	* Read from file?
-* Optimize romanization of الـ
+* Add at least one more dictionary, فضحتنا.
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musta3rab.py

-#Last updated Oct 11, 2016.
+#Last updated Oct 17, 2016.
 #Last lines in function editDict contain some unfinished functionality commented out.
 #Last lines in function editDict contain some unfinished functionality commented out.
 #~Sherif
 #~Sherif
 
 
+userin = open("testin.txt", "r")
+userout = open("testout.txt", "w")
+
 wehr = { #Dictionary using the Hans-Wehr transliteration system.
 wehr = { #Dictionary using the Hans-Wehr transliteration system.
 	'ا': 'ā',
 	'ا': 'ā',
 	'ب': 'b',
 	'ب': 'b',
@@ -103,3 +106,10 @@ def romanize(ara, table = wehr):
 			continue
 			continue
 		rom += table[ ara[i] ]
 		rom += table[ ara[i] ]
 	return rom
 	return rom
+
+#commands used for testing go under this.
+#print(romanize("طاهة زَرّوقي"))
+#print( romanize( userin.read() ) )
+
+#obligatory housekeeping
+userin.close()