Before entering words into your dictionary, there is only one required step. You will need to add at
least one language (or as many as you plan to incorporate into the dictionary). To add a language, click
on the globe icon .
This icon appears on the left of the application frame. Once clicked a dialog will appear that includes drop-down menus
and a text field as shown below.
The first two drop-downs on the left are for selecting a font and size to be used for a language that you will add. The next one is for selecting the standard three character ISO language code that corresponds to the language. Since there are approximately seven thousand living languages, the language code drop-down is quite long. However, you can type the ISO code (if you know it), and the drop down will jump to that section. You can also use the scrollbar to view the one you want and click on it to select. When you click on a language code, the text field will fill in with a default name for the language. Feel free to edit this name if it is not what you want. You can also use the variant field to the right if you have multiple writing systems (fonts) for your language. The variant code must be no more than two characters in length.
There is a text field near the bottom of the panel that appears as the picture below. This is for languages like Hawaiaan that have a non-standard sort order. If your language requires this flexibility, simply type the alphabetical characters in your desired sorting order.
After you've completed your entry, click the add button and you will see the language added to the list in the middle of the panel. You can repeat this procedure to add as many languages as you wish. If you make a mistake, just select the language in the list and then alter the information displayed. To record the changes, click modify. Tou can also click on the remove button to delete a language. Be careful when removing; if the language contains words, you will lose them, and if the dictionary data was not saved, you will not be able to get the lost words back.
To exit the language dialog, click confirm for WOLF to record all your changes. If you click, cancel or the close frame X at the top, the dictionary will revert back to the state it was in before you ran the language dialog.
Copyright | ![]() |
Clicking this icon causes a text area dialog to appear. Simply type the copyright notice and then click confirm. |
Author | ![]() |
The author icon enables you to enter contacts for authors that contribute information to the dictionary. Each time you finish entering information about a new author, click add. This will cause the author to display among a list of those already entered. Clicking on one of these authors will cause their contact information to display in the text fields. You can then modify the information and click modify or you can click the remove button to delete an author. Clicking confirm will cause WOLF to incorporate your changes into the dictionary. |
Output Templates | ![]() |
Clicking the output Template icon allows you to specify custom formats for how you want your dictionary to print. Please refer to the template documention for details. |
Ontology | ![]() |
WOLF uses the standard ontological terms defined in the GOLD ontology. This list was created through the E-meld project. If you are happy with this list, you need not use this dialog. However, by clicking on this dialog, you can customize the ontology for your needs. For example, you can enter abbreviations for ontological terms, should those provided be too wordy. You can also click on checkboxes to disable those that are unimportant for the dictionaries that you will create. If you want to add terms, you can edit the XML file that contains the GOLD ontology. This file is called gold.xml and it resides in the WOLF plugins directory. Please refer to installation instructions for more details as to how to locate this file. |
Keyboard mappings | WOLF supports keyboard mappings that use .keylayout files, popular on MAC systems. The ELK ([E]xtended [L]inguistic [F]ramework) project http://cs.sou.edu/~harveyd/elk enables users to create these files on any computer platform. WOLF uses these files to provide keyboard mappings when they are dropped into the wolfFiles/keyLayoutFiles directory. Of course, you can also utilize keyboard layouts created by products like Tavultesoft. Please refer to the installation instructions for more details. |