X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=deb_pkgs%2Fscowl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=7.1%2Fr%2Fenable%2Freadme;fp=7.1%2Fr%2Fenable%2Freadme;h=d6176c1b5ed83ea9d0f1e5e6b23e745b3fc57aa0;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=01534a94130c1f5a3a230cf4fe18365a235ba271;hpb=7b14ba883fb1046508c44be37b4c6ba5da5feacf diff --git a/7.1/r/enable/readme b/7.1/r/enable/readme new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d6176c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/7.1/r/enable/readme @@ -0,0 +1,205 @@ + ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + ENABLE + ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + + +The Enhanced North American Benchmark LExicon (ENABLE) is the most +thoroughly researched, and therefore the most authoritative word list +and reference available for Scrabble players. The word list file itself +retains the name WORD.LST, to retain compatibility with the WORDY +utilities (http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/wordy530.zip) +originally written for it. The word list is in plain ASCII format, +unencrypted, and is placed in the Public Domain for anyone to use as +they see fit. It is non-proprietary, free, and freely available for +any legal use. Moreover, it is "open source" in the sense that the +researcher and compiler, Alan Beale, carefully explains and elucidates +the reasoning that has influenced his judgments on which words belong in +the list and why. The first edition of ENABLE has become a recognized +standard and a benchmark for the Scrabble community. This revised +millennial edition continues in the same proud tradition. + +Since the release of its first edition, in the fall of 1997, ENABLE has +become something of a de facto standard for electronic word lists used +by word gamers. It has been adopted by developers and programmers for +interactive on-line word game servers and word construction (anagramming) +software. + +The master word list in ENABLE, WORD.LST, is *not* the so-called TWL98, +a proprietary word list prepared by an "official" dictionary committee +with a corporate agenda. On the contrary, it is an even more accurate +and authoritative reference for the serious Scrabble player. It is +primarily the result of a single unifying vision, that of Alan Beale, +who dedicated countless hours to research. ENABLE therefore represents +not merely a superior alternative to the OSPD/TWL, it threatens to +supplant and replace it, to squeeze the very life out of it in a process +of Darwinian selection. + + +ENABLE reflects the changes to the OSPD that went into place as of +January 1, 1998, so many "old friends", such as "vin" and "da" have now +disappeared. The original WORD.LST contained 100,701 words, this enhanced +Y2K update has 173,528. This word list would not have been possible +without the help of a number of people in the Scrabble community, most +notably Alan Beale for his tireless research, and to them go my thanks. +This revised second edition of ENABLE incorporates the words added to +the new printings of MW10, as well as Alan Beale's research into obscure +plurals and other lexicographic arcana. + +Ample documentation for the claims of accuracy and authoritativeness +of the ENABLE list is contained in the SUPP2K.ZIP archive, particularly +in the file TWL_ENAB.DOC. This file contains a detailed listing of the +differences between the ENABLE list and the DOOM/TWL98 list, including +sources and justifications for the additions and corrections. + +The master word list, WORD.LST, contains all 70 of the MW10 "also +called" words. These are the italicized entries in the MW10 hidden in +definitions of other words with the notation "also called". An example +of this is found in the entry for "streelight", wherein is the notation +"also called streetlamp". Therefore, the word "streetlamp" belongs in +the ENABLE WORD.LST. A complete list of these "also called" words, with +appropriate cross-references, may be found in the ALSO.LST file in the +SUPP2K.ZIP archive. Note that the DOOM/TWL98 list opened this particular +"can of worms" with the adoption of the word "starfruit", found in the +definition of "carambola". Nevertheless, the DOOM/TWL98 list still omits +some of the plurals of these words. + +This edition of ENABLE benefits from the painstaking research on obscure +plurals done by Alan Beale. He unearthed a number of explicit plurals in +MW10 that OSPD and other lists omit (see PLURALS.DOC in the supplementary +archive). This alone gives ENABLE a significant advantage over OSPD +and TWL. + +In contrast to other word lists, the ENABLE list has not been crippled +by being limited to words under an arbitrary length. The ENABLE list is +eminently suitable for most word games, such as Anagrams and Clabbers, +and for crossword puzzle solving, rather than just for Scrabble. A great +deal of research has gone into removing this limitation, however the +list is much the better for it. + +The file SIGWORD.LST is a list of the 1024 words in WORD.LST that do not +appear in the OSPD or MW10, but either appear in other standard sources +or are words the ENABLE maintainers believe worthy of lexicographic +recognition. These "signature words" distinguish this list from others. Of +course, those wishing to may delete the SIGWORD.LST words from the +WORD.LST in order to obtain a more "standardized" listing. This may be +accomplished simply and quickly using the UNIX "comm" utility in the +following manner: + + comm -23 word.lst sigword.list > word.lst.new. + +This will create the file "word.lst.new" with the signature words deleted. + +As of this update, it is no longer necessary for DOS and Windows users to +resort to manually editing the WORD.LST file to remove the SIGWORD.LST +words. Alan Beale's MAKELIST utility, distributed in the supplementary +archive, provides the opportunity to build custom lists by combining +selected auxiliary lists from the ENABLE2K supplement with the base list. +Even UNIX users may find MAKELIST more convenient than running built-ins +from the command line or a script. + + + +ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + +The ENABLE master word list, WORD.LST, is herewith formally released +into the Public Domain. Anyone is free to use it or distribute it in +any manner they see fit. No fee or registration is required for its +use nor are "contributions" solicited (if you feel you absolutely +must contribute something for your own peace of mind, the authors of +the ENABLE list ask that you make a donation on their behalf to your +favorite charity). This word list is our gift to the Scrabble community, +as an alternate to "official" word lists. Game designers may feel free +to incorporate the WORD.LST into their games. Please mention the source +and credit us as originators of the list. Note that if you, as a game +designer, use the WORD.LST in your product, you may still copyright and +protect your product, but you may *not* legally copyright or in any way +restrict redistribution of the WORD.LST portion of your product. This +*may* under law restrict your rights to restrict your users' rights, +but that is only fair. + +It is to be expected that the maintainers of the OSPD and TWL will +benefit from the research done for ENABLE. If these people incorporate +portions of ENABLE into their lists, this may compromise the copyrighted +proprietary status of those lists. + +The accuracy of the WORD.LST is due, in great part, to the herculean +efforts of Alan Beale. He has put in many hours of multi-dictionary +research in checking conjugations, inflections, plurals, and obscure +parts of speech of thousands of words. In every sense of the word, +he is as much the father of the word list as anyone. + +Ross Beresford (ross@bryson.demon.co.uk) has incorporated the WORD.LST +from the first edition of ENABLE into his North American Scrabble version +of his excellent TEA word list generation / analysis program. See his +home page, http://www.bryson.demon.co.uk/, for word list info and more +details of TEA. + +ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + +WORD.LST (pronounced "word-dot-list") is the generic term for the +ASCII-format word file released into the Public Domain as a standard and +a reference for crossword-type games. As laptop and palmtop computers +have become more common and affordable, it is convenient to use the +WORD.LST in conjunction with utilities such as SEARCH.EXE and JUDGE.EXE +(parts of the WORDY package) to adjudicate disputes in word game +competitive play. The OSPD in its various versions and incarnations +is not particularly well suited for this application as it is poorly +organized, sometimes difficult to interpret, and clumsy to use (try +locating the word PELVES in the printed OSPD, for example). Furthermore, +the WORD.LST is free from corporate politics and agendas, scheming +and conniving, committee wrangling, "politically correct" appeasement, +compromising, greed, and all other such nonsense. The WORD.LST is yours, +word game players! Use it. Help keep it updated and corrected. Distribute +it (you do *not* need permission to do so, but tell us about it)! + +ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + + +ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + + +Scrabble and OSPD are trademarks owned by Milton Bradley, a division of +Hasbro. + +Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. + + +WORDY is *not* copyrighted and is *not* a trademark. It may be found +under 'W' in any dictionary, just as scrabble, the verb, may be found +under 'S'. The make-believe word "hasbro" may be whimsically defined as +"possessing a male sibling" (named Milton, I guess). + +ENABLE is not a trademark. WORD.LST is not a trademark. + + This whole trademark business has been taken to ridiculous extremes. + + +ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + + +Disclaimer: Neither I nor Alan Beale is in any way associated with the +so-called "Official Dictionary Committee", nor with the NSA in any of its +guises or avatars (i.e., neither the National Scrabble Association nor +the National Security Agency). We did not and do not have direct access +to the so-called TWL98, and the ENABLE list is not derivative from it. We +do believe, however, the the ENABLE list is more thoroughly researched, +more accurate, and therefore a more authoritative and generally useful +replacement for the TWL98 list. + + +ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ +Important note: +The supplementary archive, SUPP2K.ZIP, is a valuable adjunct to ENABLE. It +supplies additional word lists, Alan Beale's "makelist" utility for combining +and expurgating lists, and the must-read documentation files on word list +research on plurals. The resources in this supplement make possible creating +one's own "SOWPODS" list, creating custom combined lists, or even lists with +"nasty words" removed, suitable for family use. +ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + + + + + M\Cooper + thegrendel@theriver.com + http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/