From xod@sixgirls.org Sat May 13 21:17:27 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3156 invoked from network); 14 May 2000 04:17:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 14 May 2000 04:17:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (207.252.3.72) by mta3 with SMTP; 14 May 2000 04:17:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.9.3+3.2W/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA01224 for ; Sun, 14 May 2000 00:17:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 00:17:24 -0400 (EDT) To: Lojban Listserver Subject: Re: [lojban] Logflash In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000512073843.00aaeee0@127.0.0.1> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Fri, 12 May 2000, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > At 08:37 PM 05/11/2000 -0500, Taral wrote: > >On Thu, 11 May 2000, Invent Yourself wrote: > > > > > I want to be able to use an English synonym found in the given definition > > > instead of the canonical word. For instance, for klama, either > > > "come" OR "go". The frustration over feeling punished for giving the > > > correct idea but the wrong word has postponed my Logflash usage until I > > > bother to go through the list and remove the words I already know, such as > > > klama. > > > >Care to locate a thesaurus file for my program? > > I think he is referring specifically to the "clue words", which in the > gismu list are found in the field immediately following the "keyword" that > LogFlash tests you on. The clue words were not designed to be easily typed > into LogFlash as they appear in the list - some are roots and partial forms > of words. The keywords were selected so as to be unique, maximally > suggestive of meaning, and easy to type (i.e. short). I could be wrong, > but it is likely that some cluewords are keywords for another LogFlash > word, which means that multiple choices of words encourages cross-links. That is exactly what I was referring to, which is why my suggestion requires no external thesaurus. However, your description implies that I should indeed delete the known gismu from the list and use logflash only for those I don't know. ----- In the Linux world, all of the major distributions have turned into companies. How much revenue would Red Hat generate if their product was flawless? How much support would they sell?