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Apertium-view is a little program which can be used to view and edit the output of the various stages of an apertium translation.
Apertium-view is a little program which can be used to view and edit the output of the various stages of an apertium translation.
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== What you need ==
== What you need ==


* The [[D-Bus_service_for_Apertium|Apertium D-Bus Service]]
* Python ElementTree (in Debian and Ubuntu this package is called <code>python-celementtree</code>
* A working Apertium installation (note: this must be installed)
* A working Apertium 3.0 installation (note: this must be installed)
* The python bindings for the GTK SourceView V 2.0 module if you want syntax highlighting


== Getting apertium-view ==
== Getting apertium-view ==

'''Note:''' After Apertium's migration to GitHub, this tool is '''read-only''' on the SourceForge repository and does not exist on GitHub. If you are interested in migrating this tool to GitHub, see [[Migrating tools to GitHub]].


Check out the <code>apertium-tools/apertium-view</code> from the subversion repository.
Check out the <code>apertium-tools/apertium-view</code> from the subversion repository.
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== Running apertium-view ==
== Running apertium-view ==


If you installed the D-Bus service for Apertium correctly, Apertium-view should just work (you should only have to run <code>python apertium-view.py</code>). If it fails to start up, then there might be a problem with your D-Bus setup. Have a look at the [[D-Bus_service_for_Apertium|D-Bus page]] for possible solutions, or come and ask for help in #apertium on irc.oftc.net.
=== Configuring apertium-view ===


=== Testing unreleased language pairs from source ===
Edit the contents of <code>config.py</code> to reflect you installation setup.
<code>apertium_bin_path</code> is the path of the directory containing the Apertium executables. <code>apertium_dict_path</code> is the path to directory on your computer containing all of the compiled language pairs. On my computer it's <code>/usr/local/share/apertium</code>. This directory contains <code>apertium-en-af</code>, <code>apertium-en-ca</code>, etc.


You need to install your language pair it in /usr: <code>./configure --prefix=/usr; make; make install</code> (the last as root).
=== Executing the program ===
If <code>make install</code> fails with <code>stat() './en-eo.mode': No such file or directory</code>, then try first <code>ln -s modes/* .</code>

Apertium-view is very user-hostile at the moment and it won't even properly tell you what you did wrong if you pass it the wrong flags.

The format is
<pre>
$ python apertium-view.py <language code> <modes file path> [<mode code>]
</pre>

The language code is something like <code>en-af</code> or <code>en-ca</code>. The modes path is the path to your modes XML file. The mode code is optional and refers to the name of a mode in the modes file; if you omit it, the first mode is used.


==Feature requests==
==Feature requests==
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* Automatically resizing panes to fill the screen (when others are minimised)
* Automatically resizing panes to fill the screen (when others are minimised)
* Syntax highlighting
* Syntax highlighting
::tags are #aaaaaa, ^ and $ are #009900 { } are #999900 @ * # are #990000 and [] are #aaaaff
* Moving chunks as units rather than text.
* Moving chunks as units rather than text.
* Configuration / choosing language pair in the GUI.
* Configuration / choosing language pair in the GUI.
* Option to be able to click on an analysis to remove it. (basically, when you click in between / /, it removes the part in between. Would need CTRL+Z to be able to restore analyses (see below).
* Option to be able to click on an analysis to remove it. (basically, when you click in between / /, it removes the part in between. Would need CTRL+Z to be able to restore analyses (see below).
* Some kind of undo on a per text-pane/stage basis.
* Some kind of undo on a per text-pane/stage basis.
* Ability to detach windows (particularly input and output windows).
* <s>Ability to detach windows (particularly input and output windows).</s>
* Scroll panes down when they fill with more information.
* Remember settings when closed.

==Related software==


* [[Apertium-viewer]] is an improved version, which does not require dbus and which is written in Java


* [[Apertium-tolk]] is similar to, but much simpler than Apertium-view. It only has an input window and an output window. Where Apertium-view is aimed at developers, Apertium-tolk is intended to be as user friendly as possible.


[[Category:Tools]]
[[Category:Tools]]
[[Category:User interfaces]]

Latest revision as of 06:26, 27 May 2021

Note: After Apertium's migration to GitHub, this tool is read-only on the SourceForge repository and does not exist on GitHub. If you are interested in migrating this tool to GitHub, see Migrating tools to GitHub.

Apertium-view is a little program which can be used to view and edit the output of the various stages of an apertium translation.

The various stages update while you type, and a change made in any one pane updates the subsequent stages.

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Currently, the program is in its early stages and it will take some time before it becomes fully usable. But if you are a developer with some knowledge of Python and PyGTK, you can already dive in.

What you need[edit]

  • The Apertium D-Bus Service
  • A working Apertium 3.0 installation (note: this must be installed)
  • The python bindings for the GTK SourceView V 2.0 module if you want syntax highlighting

Getting apertium-view[edit]

Note: After Apertium's migration to GitHub, this tool is read-only on the SourceForge repository and does not exist on GitHub. If you are interested in migrating this tool to GitHub, see Migrating tools to GitHub.

Check out the apertium-tools/apertium-view from the subversion repository.

Running apertium-view[edit]

If you installed the D-Bus service for Apertium correctly, Apertium-view should just work (you should only have to run python apertium-view.py). If it fails to start up, then there might be a problem with your D-Bus setup. Have a look at the D-Bus page for possible solutions, or come and ask for help in #apertium on irc.oftc.net.

Testing unreleased language pairs from source[edit]

You need to install your language pair it in /usr: ./configure --prefix=/usr; make; make install (the last as root). If make install fails with stat() './en-eo.mode': No such file or directory, then try first ln -s modes/* .

Feature requests[edit]

  • Removing scrollbars when not wanted.
  • Allow users to set 'mark unknown words' or not.
  • Automatically resizing panes to fill the screen (when others are minimised)
  • Syntax highlighting
tags are #aaaaaa, ^ and $ are #009900 { } are #999900 @ * # are #990000 and [] are #aaaaff
  • Moving chunks as units rather than text.
  • Configuration / choosing language pair in the GUI.
  • Option to be able to click on an analysis to remove it. (basically, when you click in between / /, it removes the part in between. Would need CTRL+Z to be able to restore analyses (see below).
  • Some kind of undo on a per text-pane/stage basis.
  • Ability to detach windows (particularly input and output windows).
  • Scroll panes down when they fill with more information.
  • Remember settings when closed.

Related software[edit]

  • Apertium-viewer is an improved version, which does not require dbus and which is written in Java
  • Apertium-tolk is similar to, but much simpler than Apertium-view. It only has an input window and an output window. Where Apertium-view is aimed at developers, Apertium-tolk is intended to be as user friendly as possible.