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Re: Dictionary for a conlang

From:Carsten Becker <post@...>
Date:Monday, November 3, 2003, 15:43
And where can I dowload Shoebox 4.01? I just found v5, but yes, it's
commercial :(

Carsten


----- Original Message -----
From: "Muke Tever" <hotblack@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: Dictionary for a conlang


On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:13:34 -0500, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>
wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2003 at 11:04, Payrga Laanka wrote: >> does anyone know any software that can be used to make a dictionary >> for a new conlang? >> for dictionary-maker i mean a software that includes the option of >> long and complex definitions, bilingual comments and ethimology. > > I don't know the opinion of the list on newer versions of the SIL > Shoebox, but I've used it in the past with some success. There is > quite a learning curve to get it customised in a particular way, but > it seems very customisable. > > Looking at http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/index.html it doesn't > look like the software is free any more, which is probably a huge > downside for most of us.
No, current versions of Shoebox are no longer free. The last free version was sh401.exe (which can probably still be found). I use shoebox [4.01] for the Kirumb languages; its biggest drawback, for me at least, is its lack of Unicode support, but otherwise is quite good. *Muke! -- http://frath.net/ http://kohath.livejournal.com/ E jer savne zarjé mas ne (You put music in my heart Se imné koone'f metha And with the spirit of an artist Brissve mé kolé adâ. I will make the dreamtime)

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