Re: Dictionary Programs?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Davis, Iain E." <feaelin@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: Dictionary Programs?


> > What do you use to keep your lexicon orderly? Scraps of paper strewn
> across
> > my computer desk just isn't working well for me. :)  I currently keep
> some
> > of my vocabulary in one big Word file, which I realize is a pretty
> limited
>
> I currently use MS-Excel, and have a macro that processes the data in
> the excel into a nicely formatted appendix in MS-Word format, which is
> auto-appended to my grammar text which is also in word format. :)
>
> > system. Does anyone have some advice on a good Windows dictionary
> program
> > (or any other database program, I suppose)? I tried using Access, but
> I
> > couldn't get the relations part to work properly.
>
> As a general rule, with most personal projects, you're better off using
> Excel instead of Access, unless you truly need extra functionality
> Access provides.  I've done many different things that you'd expect to
> do in a database, in Excel. :)
>
> I'm currently experimenting with creating a MySQL database for the
> dictionary, so that I can provide a searchable, web-delivered dictionary
> instead of a printed version. :)

Boudewijn Rempt's Kura is good.  You can get it from his site -
http://www.valdyas.org