tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 08 14:57:38 1998
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Re: pojwI'
- From: "Nathan Grange" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: pojwI'
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:59:14 +1200
You must be talking about version 4 because my version does not do half of
that stuff!!!!!!!
Danob jIH
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> From: William H. Martin <[email protected]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: pojwI'
> Date: Thursday, April 09, 1998 4:45 AM
>
> According to Terrence Donnelly:
> >
> > At 03:55 PM 4/7/98 -0700, boSo' wrote:
> > >does d'Armand Speers still post here and if so wheres this version
four I
> > >keep reading about????
> > >
> >
> > Are you thinking of my program Kliflash (I just announced the posting
of
> > v.4)? pojwI' and Kliflash are very different in purpose: pojwI' is
> > basically a look-up program (IIRC), while Kliflash is a vocabulary
> > drill program. Holtej wrote pojwI'; ter'eS wrote Kliflash. If you're
> > interested in Kliflash, you can find it on my website.
>
> pojwI' deserves a little better description than that. Its
> first function is to allow you to paste whole blocks of text
> and have each of the words analyzed (hence, the name pojwI').
> It figures out the root word and tries to use its definition in
> combination with its affixes to describe what the word is
> saying. Reading its output from this function is rather arcane,
> but it is impressively accurate a good bit of the time.
>
> It won't translate text well for someone who does not
> understand the language, but it does save a lot of time for
> those who do understand its syntax, but don't have much of the
> vocabulary or affixes memorized.
>
> It also will look up Klingon words to give the English
> definition, or look up English words to give the Klingon
> definition. This is the function I use most often.
>
> The Help Facility also includes tables of noun suffixes, verb
> suffixes and verb prefixes. For suitably equipped PCs, there is
> also a pronunciation guide (sounds you can hear).
>
> It also includes flash card drills, though your score depends
> upon your honesty. Instead of asking you to type in an answer,
> it just shows you the word (English or Klingon, depending on
> which you tell it to show you), allowing you to decide when you
> are ready. You then click a button and it shows you the answer
> and asks you whether you got it right or not. That's where the
> honesty comes in.
>
> This is a feature I need to use more often. Vocabulary is my
> weakness.
>
> ter'eS's program has many more options, since it was designed
> specifically for the task of flash card drills, while the flash
> cards built into pojwI' were added as an afterthought.
>
> pojwI' does have all the tools you need to modify the lexicon.
> You may correct its few errors and add new words as you wish.
> It also has a comment field that, unfortunately, cannot be
> viewed except in the editing mode for the lexicon. That's the
> only complaint I have about the program. I'd like to see the
> comments in other screens.
>
> > -- ter'eS
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/2711
>
> charghwI'