Tools for text comparison
How to use (with texts provided in the .txt
format, UTF-8 encoding):
TXT
in the same folder as this scripttodo
in the same folder as this scriptpython intertextFinder.py
.html
is added into the same folder, open it in a web browser to see the resultsDemo of the result at https://philippegambette.github.io/txtCompare/intertextFinder
Automatically call MEDITE at http://obvil.lip6.fr/medite/:
files
folder in the same folder and simply execute the script with python: python pairwiseMedite.py
file1-1.txt
compared with file2-1.txt
, file1-2.txt
with file2-2.txt
, etc., if file1
and file2
are given as input file names): python pairwiseMedite.py L_education_sentimentale_1870.txt L_education_sentimentale_1880.txt
Requires Python 3 and selenium with Firefox browser (https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/installation.html).
Demo of the result at https://philippegambette.github.io/txtCompare/pairwiseMedite
In order to split long files into smaller parts, insert the character ?
each time you want to split the file and then use the script decoupeOuvrage.py with the filename as input: python decoupeOuvrage L_education_sentimentale_1870.txt
Visualize the differences of order of texts in two collections of texts (for example, two editions of a collection of poems, or short stories) with a Sankey Diagram, built in Javascript/jQuery from a spreadsheet file.
Demo of the result at https://philippegambette.github.io/txtCompare/sankeyCompare
Visualisation of the evolution of the frequencies, along a text, of words taken from two input word lists.
Tool available online, with a demo on the Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, at https://philippegambette.github.io/txtCompare/visuLexique