Getting
Started:
Unzip the
verbOS directory, windows users need to double click the .bat file (verbOS.bat)
which will initialise the program. Linux users can use the shellscript (verbOS.sh).
The program may also be started using this command
from within the root directory - 'java gui.Splash'.
Using
VerbOS:
The program has 3 modes:
view, edit and test. Input is interpretated differently depending on the mode.
In edit mode it's possible
to edit the verbs and add new verbs, these changes are permanent as they directly
access the database. Test mode simply allows the use of the test features.
Adding
a new dictionary:
It's possible
to add additional dictionaries. You can find compatible dictionaries at "http://www.freedict.org/en/".
It doesn't really matter where you put the new dictionary as long as the file /config/conf.ini correctly references it, however it's recomended that new dictionaries are put in the verbOS root directory. A typical dictionary contains an index file and a dict.dz file. To use a new dictionary it needs to be added to the /config/conf.ini file. Here is a typical configuration for a dictionary that resides in the verbOS root directory in a folder called 'elements'. A minimum configuration requires the information below and the dictionary must be called opt1 or opt2.
# conf for elements
opt1.data=../elements/elements.dict.dz
opt1.index=../elements/elements.index
opt1.name=Elements
opt1.collate=us
The collate information can be found here "http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm". Check that the locale for your dictionary is supported and enter in lowercase the 2 letter country code that will dictate how the dictionary will be rendered.
The conf file is quite comprehensive and allows the use of morph analysers. If you require a morph analyser please check the source code package to see if one exists for your language or for details on how to create one.
Contact:
Contact
via Sourceforge or email. Comments, suggestions, bugs, feature
requests, or any type of feedback is welcome. Any data
that could be used to conjugate verbs in other languages would be especially
useful.