[Lexicog] Lexique Pro file from scratch

[Wayne Leman]

I think you have stated things correctly, David. One problem I see is that
Shoebox/Toolbox are far less user-friendly and have a much greater learning
curve than Lexique Pro. I have believed for quite some time that what the
Shoebox/Toolbox programs need are configuration wizards as are used in
Lexique Pro and many other programs these days. If someone created a lexical
filing/manipulation/sorting program that was as slick and user-friendly as
Lexique Pro they might become rich (if enuf people got paid enuf to do
lexicography; hah!)

Wayne Leman



>
> Wayne --
>
> It sounds like Phil is saying that he has resisted using Shoebox/Toolbox
> up
> to now, but having seen Lexique Pro he wants to know if he has to take the
> plunge and learn how to use one of these in order to be able to take
> advantage of Lexique Pro. It looks like the answer is, basically, "yes".
> See
> the first question and answer under http://www.lexiquepro.com/faq.htm.
> However, if you understand how "standard format" field markers are used by
> Shoebox for dictionary data, you wouldn't absolutely have to use Shoebox
> to
> put your data into the right format. You could do it in a simple plain
> text
> editor. That's how it was done in the olden days. But I wouldn't recommend
> it. For a small amount of data, that would be fine, but for a whole
> dictionary, it would be much more practical to learn how to use Shoebox.
>
> I haven't downloaded Lexique Pro yet, but from looking at the FAQ page, it
> looks like Lexique Pro can adapt itself to a different set of field codes
> you might use. I imagine it would still need to see something like a
> backslash code or some other kind of distinctive code at the beginning of
> each field. The point is that you have to have your data in some kind of
> database, and I'm sure that no matter what kind of database format you are
> using, there would be a reasonable way to convert it into a form that
> Lexique Pro can use. For an advanced computer user, converting from one
> database format to another shouldn't be a big deal. The question is what
> kind of database program Phil would like to use for entering and editing
> dictionary data. Shoebox/Toolbox would be the default for using Lexique
> Pro,
> but probably anything could be used with only a little more difficulty.
> Anything, that is, other than typing formatted dictionary entries directly
> into MS Word. But even then, a script could possibly be written that could
> convert formatted dictionary entries into a database format, such as
> standard format code. I wouldn't want to have to go that route too often,
> though.
>
> -- David Frank



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