From LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:54:20 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Received: (qmail 2127 invoked from network); 14 Aug 1997 21:12:42 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se (192.36.125.6) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with SMTP; 14 Aug 1997 21:12:42 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <8.FFEBC802@SEGATE.SUNET.SE>; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 23:12:29 +0100 Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 16:09:35 -0500 Reply-To: Stephen McCamant Sender: Lojban list From: Stephen McCamant Subject: Yet another dictionary program X-To: LOJBAN@cuvmb.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 2175 Lines: 56 Message-ID: The subject just about says it all. I've been fooling around with this for a while, and it's time I let someone else use it. Features: * Written in a portable scripting language, so you can run it on Macs, Windows 95/NT/3.1+Win32s, and Unix (including Linux) * Clickable `hyperlinks' for `see-also's * Uses the regular gismu list, so you don't have to download another weird-format database Drawbacks: * Written in a portable scripting language, so you have to download a big interpreter * Simple user interface -- one word at a time * Uses the regular gismu list, so there aren't any cmavo, rafsi, or lujvo yet What you need to download: * The Tcl/Tk interpreter. see http://sunscript.sun.com/TclTkCore/8.0.html There are binaries for Windows and Mac. A version also comes with most Linux distributions. I'm not sure if it will work with versions before Tcl7.4/Tk4.0. * The program itself. http://www.mcs.net/~alias/public_stuff/lojdict.txt Save it as plain text in a file with a `.tcl' extension (`lojdict.tcl'). * The gismu list ftp://ftp.access.digex.net/pub/access/lojbab/wordlists/gismu A regular text file; `gismu' (no extention) is a good name. The program and the gismu list should be in the same directory. On the Mac, you also need to copy the `wish' program (the Tcl/Tk interpreter) into the same folder too. If you called the gismu list something other than `gismu', you'll need to edit the line in lojdict.tcl that starts with `set dictionary' so that it names whatever you did call it. To run the program: Windows: Double click on the `lojdict.tcl' file. Mac: Run the `wish' application, choose `Source' from the File menu, and choose the `lojdict.tcl' file. Unix: cd to the directory where you put the program and dictionary, and say `wish -f lojdict.tcl' You can customize the program by editing the `lojdict.tcl' file -- use a plain text editor (e.g, SimpleText on a Mac, or Notepad on Windows). If you have problems, I'd be more than happy to help. -- ____________________________________________________________ Stephen McCamant ======== alias@mcs.com (finger for PGP key)