From lojbab@lojban.org Tue Apr 24 22:38:26 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 25 Apr 2001 05:38:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 94456 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2001 05:38:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 25 Apr 2001 05:38:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-3.cais.net) (205.252.14.73) by mta1 with SMTP; 25 Apr 2001 05:38:24 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (72.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.72]) by stmpy-3.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f3P5cNt76033 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 01:38:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010425014010.00adec70@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 01:41:33 -0400 To: Subject: Re: web dictionary development (was: Re: [lojban] NickFest 2) In-Reply-To: References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010424161239.00ad1100@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 11:02 PM 04/24/2001 -0600, Jay Kominek wrote: >On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > > Fine. But I have to admit that when I do this work, I do it several > > hundred words at a time, and I myself would hate to fill out forms on a > > word by word basis. Maybe that is why I am skeptical - the only way these > > projects have gotten done in the past has been for people to put in hours > > doing chunks of a couple hundred words at a shot. > >I'll happily develop a bulk entry method if people will use it. It would >likely be easier than the web form, actually. A straight ASCII file with a >bunch of copies of a single form in it would be quite easy. My suggestion would be a screenful of words at a time, though determining how manya screenful is I am not sure how to do. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org