[Lexicog] Problems with Lexique Pro

[Allan Johnson]

Hi Loig,

I don't think you'll be able to accomplish all that you're looking for 
in Lexique Pro. It's designed for the "MDF" dictionary encoding system, 
and works well for data that conforms to that system. But as far as I 
know it doesn't have any provision for customizing the layout to meet 
the needs of other dictionary encoding systems. There is some 
flexibility in that it can be configured to change the set of markers 
used. (see "Tools; Configure; Data Source; Field Markers tab") For 
instance, instead of \ge for the English gloss, you could readily make 
it \gl, or something else that better matches your data. Then having 
identified it as an English gloss, you can control some aspects of what 
it will look like in the formatted dictionary view - the font, size, and 
special features like bold or italics (see "Tools; Configure; 
Formatting; English; Gloss Change Format"). But as far as I know, this 
is as far as you can go in customizing things. I believe the ordering of 
the various parts of the entry is hardcoded into Lexique Pro in 
accordance with the MDF encoding system.

I don't have full answers to your specific questions, but I'll attempt 
to address them below -

On 5/3/2011 5:38 AM, pwyll4 at yahoo.fr wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I've downloaded Lexique Pro and I have some problems with it. Could 
> someone help me please?
>
> - When I add a new field like "sn" (Sense Number), it appears in the 
> Edition mode but when I switch to the View mode, it disappears. Why? 
> How can I change that and make all my fields visible in both View and 
> Edition modes?
>

If you put a number into the \sn field, the number should show up in 
View mode. But the \sn won't show up. I don't think there's any way to 
make it show up. Similar for other fields. If the field is defined in 
the marker set for your project (see "Tools; Configure; Data Source; 
Field Markers tab"), then its data should appear in View mode. But the 
field markers won't show up.

> - It looks like LPro makes an automatic layout of my stuff in the View 
> mode : indentations, line breaks before certain fields, etc. Is it 
> possible to avoid that and to choose my layout  myself?
>

I don't think so. You can go as far as defining font, size, and style of 
a given field, but the indentations, line breaks etc. seem to be 
hard-coded into Lexique Pro.

>
> - Is it possible to do something, so that my fields appear in the View 
> mode exactly in the order they are in the Edition mode? Because LPro 
> automatically sorts them in some other order in the View mode.
>

No, I don't think so. Not in Lexique Pro. Lexique Pro is assuming that 
your data is meant to be MDF, so arranges it in the way that would make 
sense for that dictionary encoding system. If you can get your data into 
Fieldworks, that might provide the flexibility you're looking for. It 
does allow you to configure the layout, including which fields to 
display, and in what order (In in Fieldworks Language Explorer go to 
"Tools; Configure; Dictionary"). And then using a program called 
"Pathway", the dictionary can be exported to OpenOffice/LibreOffice for 
printing, retaining the layout that you've already configured.

> Could you please help me?
> Thanks a lot in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Loig
>
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