From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Jul 26 15:54:06 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 26 Jul 2002 22:54:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 29170 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2002 22:54:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Jul 2002 22:54:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Jul 2002 22:54:06 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17YDyI-0004tZ-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:54:06 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17YDxK-0004tD-00; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:53:06 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:53:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from miranda.org ([209.58.150.153] ident=qmailr) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17YDxG-0004t0-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:53:02 -0700 Received: (qmail 27892 invoked by uid 534); 26 Jul 2002 22:53:00 -0000 Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:53:00 -0600 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: Dictionary software--Unicode, please Message-ID: <20020726165300.A18871@miranda.org> References: <0GZV00HSANHAWZ@mta7.pltn13.pbi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <0GZV00HSANHAWZ@mta7.pltn13.pbi.net>; from cherlin@pacbell.net on Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 03:22:21PM -0700 X-archive-position: 316 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jkominek@miranda.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Jay F Kominek From: Jay F Kominek Reply-To: jkominek@miranda.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 03:22:21PM -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote: > Apart from all of the other considerations, please make any > dictionary software Unicode-capable, so that we can put in IPA > pronunciation data. Also so that we can do the Cyrillic and Tengwar > orthographies, although not as many people care about that. Or so > that someone can do a dictionary in languages *other* than Lojban and > English, or cite correct word origins for "djarsuci" and the like. My scheme, slowly getting underway, will indeed use Unicode. Thanks for pointing out pronounciation data, by the way. I hadn't thought to take that into account, yet. The system will allow for producing Lojban<->{Lojban,English,etc} dictionary data, as well. (Part of the whole point of it. Get everything like that in a central location, etc.) -- Jay Kominek Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.