Re: Typing the lexicon (was: [SHOEBOX] "Morphophonemic form gives cyclical pa...
| From: | Dan Jones <yl-ruil@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 24, 2000, 23:55 |
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Joe Mondello wrote:
> Daglaz Kólr~ (Douglass Koller) kov ra:
> >
> > I can empathize. Not being a techno-wiz, I am relegated to
> typing entries
> > into my lexicon one at a time (I'm not using Shoebox). I've
> finished the
> > Géarthnuns-English side, but am only up to mid-D on the
> English-Géarthnuns
> > side
>
> Try using a word processor with a table function and a "sort" function. I
> use Lotus Wordpro to put my lexicon into a chart which I can sort
> by either
> the English column or the rodnús column, which cuts the word of writing a
> bidirectional lexicon in half
>
> Joe Mondello
Personally, I use the "Data" function on my Psion Series 5. I keep all my
lexicons on it in the database files (a bit like the old Win3.1x Cardfile,
only it has definable fields) and outline grammars on it too. Quick access
for conlangers on the move...
Dan
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