Re: Lojban dictionnary program ?

["C.D. Wright" <C.D.Wright@SOLIPSYS.COMPULINK.CO.UK>]

> I am looking for a program which would contain the
> cmavo and gismu list, and would tell, for any lojban
> word, if it is a cmavo (giving the corresponding line
> in the cmavo list), or a gismu (idem), or a lujvo, in
> which case it would give the definition(s) of its rafsi
> from the gismu list.

I've been working on and off on a pair of programmes to help
me both read and write lojban.  The cobbled together glosser
that I have works well enough to help me read text, albeit
slowly.

Here's an example.  You create a file with the text ...

        uisai mi tavla do fo la lojban

That then produces ...

=============================================
({ui sai} {mi <tavla [do (fo {la lojban})]>})
    ui         happiness
    sai        strong emotion
    mi         me
      tavla      talk
        do         you
          fo         4th sumti place
            la         that named
            lojban     ?
=============================================

It's accomplished the grouping of the sections of the
sentence/utterance, and looked up each word in a file.
That file can have as much or as little detail as you
like.  I'm also working on a postprocessor to produce
the following ...

=============================================
({      } {                                })
 {ui sai} {mi <                           >}
              <tavla [                   ]>
                     [do (              )]
                         (fo {         })
                             {la lojban}
=============================================

... which I find helpful to see the structure of the
sentence.

This rather convoluted collection of programmes runs on at
least two platforms and is written in C and AWK, and uses
command line processors such as sed, grep, and a few others.
I'm not really willing to release the system as it is, but
I just thought I'd let you know of its existence.

The other program I'm working on uses a simplified grammar
and lets you make choice where choices exist, and look up
words to help construct sentences.  It's intended to run
on any platform and work in a pure text mode, and is in an
advanced stage of planning. It is, however, rather difficult
to describe in an email how it's intended to work.

If more people ask then I'll try to write a more complete
description.


cdw.