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Re: Making dictionaries with Shoebox and Perl

From:J. K. Hoffman <ryumaou@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 3:33
> ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 01:23:33 -0500 > From: John Cowan <cowan@...> > Subject: Making dictionaries with Shoebox and Perl > > Seen on another mailing list: > > There's an interesting new article by Sean Burke, a well-known Perl > programmer: > > When you woke up this morning, the last thing you are likely to > have thought is "If only I had a dictionary!" But there are > thousands of languages on Earth that many people want to learn, > but they can't, because there are little or no materials to start > with [...] > > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/03/25/dictionaries.html >
I don't know from Shoebox, but PERL I do okay with, so I went and did up this script. After installing the CPAN modules I needed, and making the data file by hand from the description in the article, I ran it. It makes a fairly nice dictionary! I went in and tweaked some size settings to make it a little nicer and I can see how I'd make changes so it would use variables and be more "universal", but it's a great script. I know next to nothing about RTF, but this output really nice RTF code. In fact, later this month, er next month, I hope to tweak this into a less specific format. If I manage to find the time, I'll post it! Thanks, Jim -- When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes. - Desiderius Erasmus

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