[Lexicog] Toolbox question (was New Member question)

[Wayne Leman]

Ralph,

Welcome to the list. There are many subscribers to this list, including
myself, who use either Shoebox or Toolbox. There are also some
Shoebox/Toolbox experts who can help with technical questions. My own
experience was that Shoebox (same for Toolbox) is very difficult for a
newcomer to begin working with. But I got help from the experts on this list
and now can work with the programs fairly well. Both programs need a setup
Configuration Wizard such as the one which Lexique Pro, a new viewer for
Shoebox/Toolbox data has, to help the newcomer set up the data fields,
sorting order, etc. for the particular language they are working with.

I agree with you that it was be best for your friend to move from entering
data into a flat file (Microsoft Word) into a lexical database program which
can do a lot of things which lexicographers need done to help them as they
develop and edit and output the data.

Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Cheyenne website: http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language

> Hi,
>
> I'm new to this list (and German native speaker - so please forgive
> my English). Reason to join is that I found out that a good friend
> of mine is working on a German-Catalan dictionary for more that 7
> years - and is writing every single entry thoroughly formatted in MS
> Word. Being a computer scientist (with a wife being a professional
> translator) I thought that this has to be changed as soon as
> possible. So I googled around and found Shoebox (Toolbox), which to
> me seems to be a good start to convert things to electronic format
> and continue work in Toolbox (which to me looks a bit old-fashioned
> but seems to be a brilliant tool for experts - unfortunately not me
> maybe). I do not fear to write a converter for his current flat file
> data into any other format (and have him as a back-up to kill all
> errors in his data we find on the way... and I'm more than willing
> to learn a lot about lexicography!
>
> But it is always wise to get professional advice and therefore I
> checked if there is a newsgroup matching my topic.
>
> So here are my questions:
> 1) Is Toolbox the tool to go for when starting this project
> 2) If so - are there demo dictionaries with a bit more practical
> background than the ones provided with the program?
>
> Best regards
>
> Ralph



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