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diff --git a/scripts/geodata/i18n/word_breaks.py b/scripts/geodata/i18n/word_breaks.py
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+'''
+word_breaks.py
+
+This script is used to automatically build ranges of unicode characters
+from the unicode spec's word break properties. These ranges help us
+build a tokenizer that does the right thing in every language with regard
+to word segmentation. The lines outputted by this script can be pasted
+into scanner.re before compliation.
+'''
+
+import requests
+import re
+
+# Operate on WordBreakProperty.txt file
+hebrew_letter_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; Hebrew_Letter ')
+format_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; Format ')
+extend_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; Extend ')
+katakana_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; Katakana ')
+other_alpha_letter_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; ALetter # Lo (?!.*(?:HANGUL|TIBETAN|JAVANESE|BALINESE|YI) )')
+mid_letter_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; MidLetter')
+mid_number_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; MidNum ')
+mid_num_letter_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; MidNumLet ')
+numeric_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; Numeric ')
+extend_num_letter_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; ExtendNumLet ')
+
+# Operate on Scripts.txt file
+other_number_regex = re.compile('^([^\s]+)[\s]+; ExtendNumLet ')
+
+script_regex = re.compile('([^\s]+)[\s]+;[\s]*([^\s]+)[\s]*#[\s]*([^\s]+)')
+
+WORD_BREAK_PROPERTIES_URL = 'http://www.unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/auxiliary/WordBreakProperty.txt'
+SCRIPTS_URL = 'http://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/Scripts.txt'
+
+ideographic_scripts = set([
+    'han',
+    'hiragana',
+    'hangul',
+    'tibetan',
+    'thai',
+    'lao',
+    'javanese',
+    'balinese',
+    'yi',
+])
+
+
+def regex_char_range(match):
+    r = match.split('..')
+    if len(r[0]) < 5 and len(r[-1]) < 5:
+        return '-'.join(['\u{}'.format(c.lower()) for c in r])
+    else:
+        return ''
+
+
+def get_letter_range(text, *regexes):
+    char_ranges = []
+    for line in text.split('\n'):
+        for regex in regexes:
+            m = regex.match(line)
+            if m:
+                char_ranges.append(regex_char_range(m.group(1)))
+    return char_ranges
+
+
+def get_letter_ranges_for_scripts(text, scripts, char_class_regex):
+    char_ranges = []
+    for char_range, script, char_class in script_regex.findall(text):
+        if script.lower() in scripts and char_class_regex.match(char_class):
+            char_ranges.append(regex_char_range(char_range))
+    return char_ranges
+
+
+def get_char_class(text, char_class_regex):
+    char_ranges = []
+    for char_range, script, char_class in script_regex.findall(text):
+        if char_class_regex.match(char_class):
+            char_ranges.append(regex_char_range(char_range))
+    return char_ranges
+
+
+name_funcs = [
+    ('hebrew_letter_chars', hebrew_letter_regex),
+    ('format_chars', format_regex),
+    ('extend_chars', extend_regex),
+    ('katakana_chars', katakana_regex),
+    ('letter_other_alpha_chars', other_alpha_letter_regex),
+    ('mid_letter_chars', mid_letter_regex),
+    ('mid_number_chars', mid_number_regex),
+    ('mid_num_letter_chars', mid_num_letter_regex),
+    ('numeric_chars', numeric_regex),
+    ('extend_num_letter_chars', extend_num_letter_regex),
+]
+
+IDEOGRAPHIC_CHARS = 'ideographic_chars'
+IDEOGRAPHIC_NUMERIC_CHARS = 'ideographic_numeric_chars'
+
+numbers_regex = re.compile('N[ol]', re.I)
+letters_regex = re.compile('L*', re.I)
+
+
+def main():
+    ''' Insert these lines into scanner.re '''
+    response = requests.get(WORD_BREAK_PROPERTIES_URL)
+
+    if response.ok:
+        for name, reg in name_funcs:
+            s = get_letter_range(response.content, reg)
+            print '{} = [{}];'.format(name, ''.join(s))
+
+    response = requests.get(SCRIPTS_URL)
+    if response.ok:
+        s = ''.join(get_char_class(response.content, numbers_regex))
+
+        print '{} = [{}];'.format(IDEOGRAPHIC_NUMERIC_CHARS, ''.join(s))
+
+        s = ''.join(get_letter_ranges_for_scripts(response.content, ideographic_scripts, letters_regex))
+        print '{} = [{}];'.format(IDEOGRAPHIC_CHARS, ''.join(s))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()