X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=r%2Fenable-sup%2Fmakelist.doc;fp=r%2Fenable-sup%2Fmakelist.doc;h=6635d7708c94029c89e56d50627ab6e73227a1fd;hb=b13ea8a082364672c6de2b010e558211ff52ec9a;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=01534a94130c1f5a3a230cf4fe18365a235ba271;p=deb_pkgs%2Fscowl.git diff --git a/r/enable-sup/makelist.doc b/r/enable-sup/makelist.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6635d77 --- /dev/null +++ b/r/enable-sup/makelist.doc @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ + USING THE MAKELIST PROGRAM +ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + + +ENABLE2K and its supplement provide a variety of supplemental word lists +which may be interesting or useful for some purposes. To assist in +combining the lists suitably for a particular application, the supplement +includes the MAKELIST program. This program is provided as a Windows 98 +executable (MAKELIST.EXE); the source code is also distributed, allowing +the program to be compiled and executed on a non-Windows system such as +Linux. + +Before running the MAKELIST program, you may wish to verify that it has +not been tampered with by running the md5 program, described in +CHECKSUM.DOC, against it. The correct checksum for the Windows +MAKELIST.EXE is F345E5E8DD8E7C7415457EFD22479920. + +To run MAKELIST, either use the Run option from the Windows Start menu, +or bring up a DOS window. If you use Run, enter the full path to +MAKELIST.EXE as the program name. If you use a DOS window, use the CD +command to make the ENABLE2K directory your starting directory, and +then type MAKELIST to execute the program. In either case, you should +run MAKELIST in the directory where you installed both ENABLE2K and +its supplement package. + +MAKELIST determines what to do by asking for user input. It begins by +asking for the name of the file to contain the output list. If you do +not specify a full path, the file will be written in the ENABLE2K +directory. You must not specify the same name as any of the ENABLE +files, as the program will overwrite its input and probably crash. +(One way of avoiding this without knowing all file names is to give the +output file a .TXT extension, as all the ENABLE word lists are named +.LST.) + +After the output file name has been determined, MAKELIST asks you whether +specific lists of words should be included. For each question, an answer +of "y" or "n" is expected. You can also simply hit the Enter key in +response to any question. This is the same as answering "n". MAKELIST +always includes the main ENABLE2K word list, containing the words in +OSPD (r) and long words from MW10. You will be asked if you want to +include each of the following: + +1. Signature words (SIGWORD.LST). These are miscellaneous interesting +words that have been added to the ENABLE2K list to distinguish it from +other similar lists. (See SIGWORD.DOC for more information.) Note +that some signature words are found in one or more of the supplementary +lists, and will be present in the MAKELIST output file if you choose to +include any of these lists. + +2. New MW10 words (MW10ADD.LST). These are words present in the 2000 +edition of MW10 but not in the main ENABLE word list. Some of these +words are new to this edition, while some are words that should have +been present in OSPD, but were apparently overlooked. As with the +signature words, some of these words are present in other lists, and +may be included from these sources even if you reply "n" to this +question. + +3. Stale words (STALE.LST). These are words present in the OSPD, but +not in recent editions of the source dictionaries (see COSSPD.DOC). +These words are included in the base WORD.LST file, but will be excluded +if you reply "n" to this question. + +4. Additional OSPD words (OSPDADD.LST). These are words from five +dictionaries (see 2DICTS.DOC for the list) which met the criteria for +inclusion in OSPD, but which are not included there. Since these are +all short words, adding them can significantly expand a player's options +in Scrabble (r) or a similar word game. + +5. Words confirmed by two dictionaries (2DICTS.LST). These are long +words (over eight letters) listed by at least two of the five source +dictionaries (see 2DICTS.DOC). The addition of these words is likely +to have little effect at Scrabble, but may be significant for other +games. + +6. Additional plurals (PLURALS.LST). These are words the compilers +of ENABLE believe to be valid plurals omitted from OSPD and MW10 (see +PLURALS.DOC). + +7. OSW and Chambers words (ABLE.LST). These are words from OSW (Official +Scrabble Words) and the Chambers dictionary, used for tournament Scrabble +play in Britain and elsewhere (see ABLE.DOC). Adding these words increases +the size of the output list by 50%, adding many unusual short words, and +corresponds to use of the SOWPODS list in Scrabble. If you have down- +loaded the ABLE supplement into the ENABLE2K directory, you will also +be asked if you want to include: + + 7a. OSW and Chambers words which would not be valid in American + Scrabble (mostly foreign words), and + + 7b. Signature corrections to the ABLE word list. + +If you have not downloaded the ABLE supplement, the 7a words will be +excluded, and the 7b corrections will be included. + +8. Lower-case acronyms (LCACR.LST). These are acronyms containing +only lower case letters, such as "pdq" and "tko". These words are not +considered valid for most word games, though there may be occasions +when they are appropriate. + +9. Words with no part of speech (NOPOS.LST). These are words +representing the pronunciation of multi-word phrases, such as "wanna" +and "dunno", which have no part of speech. These words are not +considered valid in Scrabble, but are probably valid for most other +word games. + +10. Inflections of one-letter words (LETTERS.LST). These are words +formed from one-letter words, such as "ps" and "xed". These words +are not considered valid for most word games, though there may be +exceptions where their use is appropriate. + +11. Upper-case words (not proper names) (UPPER.LST). These are words +which are not valid at Scrabble because they contain one or more +capital letters, but which are not proper names or acronyms. These +words are not valid in Scrabble, but may be valid in other word games. +(See AUXFILES.DOC for more discussion of these words.) If you include +these words, you will be asked whether case distinctions should be +preserved. If you answer "y", the same word may appear in the output +list with different capitalization (for example, "march" and "March"). +If you answer "n", the words in UPPER.LST will be lower-cased, and only +one copy of any word will be written to the output list (e.g., the +output will include "march" and "december", but not "March" or +"December"). + +12. Upper-case acronyms (UCACR.LST). These are acronyms which include +capital letters. (See AUXFILES.DOC for a full discussion of "acronym" as +used here.) These words are not considered valid for most word games, +though there may be exceptions where their use is appropriate. The same +options apply as for UPPER.LST. That is, you can choose whether case +distinctions should be preserved or ignored. + +After you have thus selected the input files, you will be given three +additional choices. You will first be asked if you wish to expurgate the +output list by removing potentially offensive words. If you reply "y", +you will be asked to select one of three expurgation levels. If you +intend to expurgate the MAKELIST output, it is very important that you +read EXPURGAT.DOC first, to understand the process and to be able to +choose an appropriate level of expurgation. Next, you will be asked if +you wish to exclude words that cannot be played at Scrabble due to the +size of the board and the letter distribution. If you reply "y", words +longer than 15 letters and words impossible to play like "pizzazz" and +"classlessnesses" will not be written to the output. If you reply "n" to +this question, you will be asked if you want to impose a limit on the +length of the output words. To write only words of length 20 or less, +reply 20 to the question. If you wish to have no limit, reply 0 or just +hit enter. + +After the program completes, it will report on the number of words +written, after which you must hit enter to terminate its execution. + + + + +The OSPD is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc.