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English-Vietnamese Dictionary Limited Edition 1.0b
VIET-STD VISCII/VIQR COMPLIANT
(C) Copyright Bold Technology, 1994
You may freely distribute this software without
disassembling or modifying its content in anyway.
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readme.txt - 28APR94
Welcome to the first English-Vietnamese Dictionary software
available today that runs on a PC-Windows based machine!
1. What is in this version?
2. Installing the dictionary
3. Features of the dictionary
4. Future database dictionaries
5. Where to contact Bold Technology
1. WHAT IS IN THIS VERSION?
This version is a limited 1.0b beta release of the Dictionary.
The functionality of the software is fully featured with exception to the
"Add" feature and the on-line help. Also, the vocabularies contains only a
limited version of the dictionary (only letters from a through e).
2. INSTALLING THE DICTIONARY
Unzip the file diction.zip by running
pkunzip -d diction.zip
The following file and directories are generated:
readme.txt
disk1
disk2
copy all the files from disk1 directory into a floppy disk and label it disk1
copy all the files from disk2 directory into a floppy disk and label it disk2
Run windows and run setup.exe from disk 1.
Answer questions from the installation program which will guide
you through the installation procedure.
You may required by the installation program that you must add the line
SHARE.EXE /L:500
to your AUTOEXEC.BAT and restart your computer before running the Dictionary
The installation also added the line
Sans Serif VISCII 1.1 (VGA, C.T.Nguyen)=TCVSS11.FON
to your win.ini file under the [font] section
if your system does not have it yet.
Depending on your machine configuration, you should have
at least 4 megs of hard disk space.
Due to the requirements of the SimTel archive, the file VBRUN300.DLL has
been left out of this package. Please check your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
to see if you already have this file. You need it to run this dictionary.
If you don't already have it, you can obtain it from many software archives,
probably including where you got this program. In the SimTel archive and
its mirrors, this file can be found as vbrun300.zip in the windows3 directory.
3. FEATURES OF THE DICTIONARY
o Full word to definition lookup with examples.
o Can run in the background and use it within any application.
Just iconize the dictionary, then within your application, say
MS Words, just double-clicked on the word and the dictionary will
pop up with the Vietnamese definition.
o User may delete and modify the vocabularies to dictionary database.
(The release version will allow user to add new vocabularies to the dictionary database)
o User may create and open other dictionaries either from user created
dictionary or dictionaries provided by Bold Technology.
(Please see the later portion of this readme file for future dictionaries release)
o Hypertext lookup.
While reading the definition, user may double-clicked on another English
word and the dictionary will automatically lookup that word while
saving the present word you were reading in a list for later reference.
o Wild card lookup - Pattern Matching and Regular Expressions
The special characters and the way they are used is described below.
* Character wildcard. Matches zero or more characters. Must
be enclosed in [ ] to match itself. For example, a*a
matches aa, a3a, aBa, and aBBBa.
? Character wildcard. Matches any one character. Must be
enclosed in [ ] to match itself. For example, a?a matches
aaa, a3a, and aBA, but not aBBBa.
# Numeric wildcard. Matches any one character from 0 through 9.
Must be enclosed in [] to match itself. For example, a#a matches
a0a, a1a, a2a, but not aaa or a10a.
[class ]Character class. Matches any one character in the class.
You can specify ranges by separating starting and ending
characters with a hyphen. For example, [a-z,0-9] matches
any alphanumeric character. Because the pattern matching is not
case-sensitive, a-z works for both lowercase and uppercase letters.
A class can contain multiple clauses, each separated by a comma.
Each clause can consist of a single character or a range of
characters. For example, [D-Z,0-9] matches any letters and
numbers but A, B, and C.
[!class]Not character class. Matches any character not specified in the
class. For example, [!a-z] matches anything but letters; [!0-9]
matches anything but numbers. You can use the exclamation point (!)
only in the first character position of a class specification.
Other rules are the same as those in the character class.
o Definition lookup
It is possible to lookup words by providing the definition.
For example: you may provide the word "xe" and the dictionary will
return "car" - thus, in essence you have a Vietnamese-English dictionary,
but the procedure is slow ... Ofcourse you may combine wild-card lookup in
this mode as well. Note: If you have VNKey from Trichlor, it is
possible to type Vietnamese characters. VNKey and VietVu are among the best
Vietnamese keyboard input in the market today, and they are free!
There are other excellent commercial Vietnamese keyboard available as
well, but be aware that it must conform to VIET-STD VISCII/VIQR COMPLIANT
in order to work with the Dictionary software.
Please contact Trichlor for the latest version. Bold Technology will provide
VNKey software free of charge with the release version.
o On-line help is not available with this limited edition.
4. FUTURE DATABASE DICTIONARIES
o Bold Technology will provide the following dictionaries in the near future.
- Vietnamese-English
- Vietnamese-Vietnamese
- Medical
- Computer
- Electronic
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mechanical
more to come as we expand our databases.
o Note a unique feature of the dictionary is to allow user to add new
vocabularies to the database. (This feature is available in the release
version). Utilizing this feature, user may contribute his vocabularies
to Bold Technology and receive discounts to future dictionaries!
o Future version of the software will provide the following features:
- Speech capability both in English and Vietnamese
- Quick reference to the names of the countries
- Automatic spelling check as you type from within your applications.
- Document translations. (You provide the document in one language,
Dictionary will translate your entire document into another language.
5. HOW TO CONTACT BOLD TECHNOLOGY
o Bold Technology can be contacted in several ways:
- e-mail via Internet : chi@rcp6.elan.af.mil
- Postal mailing address : Bold Technology
45137 Loma Vista Drive
Lancaster, CA 93535
- Phone : (805) 277 - 6743
o The release version will costs about $40 US Dollar
The Limited Beta Edition is free.
Additional Dictionary database mentioned above will costs about $20
Pricing may change without notice.
The release version will be available in summer of 1994 with full
feature and manual.
This software is not possible without my fiancee, NgocLan.
Thank you darling for giving me the encouragement...
(now you can stop turning those pages in the dictionary!)
Many thanks to others who provide countless tips and opinions.
Special thanks to the Trichlor group which provide the VNKey for the
development of the dictionary database.
- end of readme.txt 22APR1994 -