[Lexicog] Lexique Pro file from scratch

[phil cash cash]

Thanks everybody for your help.

I have a number of dictionary files in Shoebox 4.0 (is this a dinosaur
now?) but could never really master getting a Shoebox print out as it
seemed to a pretty complicated manuever.  I may still be able to load
these files into Lexique Pro it seems.  For this reason I stopped using
SB and so I just create lists in plain txt and rtf files.  of course, I
do not claim to be a lexicographer just an interested individual
(tribal member, linguistics student, speaker) who likes to create
non-ordinary dictionaries (placenames, personal names, kinship, etc)
every so often.

Phil Cash Cash (cayuse/nez perce)
UofA

On Jan 7, 2005, at 12:09 AM, Wayne Leman wrote:

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> 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
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>> 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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