contractions.md

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Pinchord currently cannot write contractions such as "it's", "he'll", "can't", etc. in one stroke per syllable, which is a goal of Pinchord.---You could potentially add contraction finals, but I think they're impossible to place reasonably well.You could also make a contractions brief dictionary that looks something like this:`AOIU^PKF` -> I'd`SWRAOIU^R` -> you're`SHAOIU^L` -> she'll(see contractions-dict.md)Of course, this somewhat defeats the purpose of Pinchord, as you'd need to create briefs for all pronouns and contractions.While these are technically briefs and not write-outs, I don't think that distinction is particularly important when these are the default outlines you use.The cleanest option is, of course, to do nothing, and keep contractions taking usually 3 strokes, or 2 more than the number of syllables. However, contractions are very common, and this would be a clear place Pinchord is strictly less efficient than serial typing.I think a contractions dict plus write-outs using the punctuation dictionary would be the best way to go about this.It would also be possible to make naked finals not suppress space anymore, and to make strokes like `/-L` to `'ll`...There are a limited number of spellings like that, so that might be good.