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RUSSIAN ENGLISH ON-LINE DICTIONARY
Version 1.25
(C) Copyright 1991 by Leon Ungier
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Version 1.25 is shareware and may be freely
copied and shared on a non-commercial basis.
If you choose to register ($30 fee), I will
send you Version 1.3 of the Dictionary
(selectable keyboard layout) and printed
instructions. In addition, you may apply this fee
against the purchase of Version 2 of the Dictionary
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Hardware requirements
- IBM PC/XT/AT or compatible with at least one floppy drive,
- Graphics display card (Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA),
- DOS 2.0 or higher.
Introduction
Russian English On-Line Dictionary is a memory-resident program which
means that it needs to be installed in your computer memory every time
you turn on your computer. After that the Dictionary is always there
in the background, ready to be used no matter what is your computer busy
with (as long as it is on). Just press the "hot" keys combination and
the Dictionary pops up to the screen. Press Escape key and you are back
to your application or DOS prompt.
The Dictionary program contains the following files:
- CRUSENG.COM, ERUSENG.COM, VRUSENG.COM, and HRUSENG.COM
files are executable memory-resident programs, for CGA, EGA,
VGA and Hercules display cards respectively.
- RUSENG.BAT automatically loads appropriate program for the
active display card.
- RUSENG.DOC (this file) is an ASCII file describing how to use
On-Line Dictionary.
- DISTEST.COM is used by the RUSENG.BAT program to determine the
display card type of your computer.
- RUS-ENG.DIC is the Dictionary Data file.
Installation
To install the Dictionary, make sure that all Dictionary files are
in your current directory. Type RUSENG at DOS prompt, then press
Enter. The Dictionary setup and options will appear on the screen.
If the default setup suits your needs, press Enter again to complete
the installation.
Remember, however, that the Dictionary program needs to know where to
look for the Dictionary Data file. The default path is
A:\RUS-ENG.DIC. If your computer is equipped with a hard disk, you
may keep the Dictionary Data file in one of its subdirectories. It
this case, you would need to change the default setup.
To change setup, press Tab key once (the highlight on the screen will
move) and then press Enter. The current path to the Dictionary Data
file will be highlighted now. You can press Tab key now to leave it
as it is or press Enter and you will be prompted for a new path. You
must type the full pathname, e.g., C:\DOCS\RUS-ENG.DIC and then press
Enter. If you made a mistake or changed your mind while typing the
new path (but before pressing Enter) and want to keep the old path
just press ESC to cancel and highlight the next setup item.
The next item you may change is the "hot" key (key combination that
you press simultaneously) to activate Dictionary after it has been
installed. Again, you press Tab key to leave it as it is or press
Enter to select other hot key combinations.
After going through all the set-up options you will be asked to press
Enter if you want to save the changed setup to disk file or to press
Esc to keep the changed setup in computer memory only. In any case,
you can always change the setup again as many times as you wish. For
example, if at any time after installing the Dictionary you decide
that you would rather have different settings, make sure that all
files from disk #1 are in the current directory, type RUSENG at DOS
prompt and press Enter. The Dictionary setup screen will appear
again allowing you to make changes in the same way as described
above.
The last step is copy the dictionary data file into a subdirectory you
had indicated in your setup.
Looking up a word
Any time after installation, when the "hot" key combination is
pressed, the Dictionary program comes to the screen and waits for
the user to type in a word to look up. You type in the word using
keys shown on the screen and press Enter. Use backspace key to
delete one character at a time if you have made a mistake while
typing.
After pressing the Enter key the Dictionary will start searching
for the word you typed and after a brief period will show it in the
top row of the dictionary page along with its English rendition.
If the word you typed is not in a dictionary, the closest match
to your word will appear along with its English translation.
In addition, the screen will show Dictionary entries which
alphabetically follow the word you typed. Just like in a "regular"
dictionary you can "browse" the dictionary by using UP or DOWN
cursor keys.
To get on-line help, press F1 key. Help contains information on
Dictionary usage, and explanation of abbreviations and symbols used
in the Dictionary.
Press Esc to leave Dictionary and return to whatever you have been doing
before calling it.
Abbreviations
In "regular" dictionaries abbreviations are usually printed in a
different typeface to help to distinguish them from the rest of the
text. In our case we distinguish them by the dot at the end of every
abbreviation.
In general, the layout of the Dictionary follows the layout of
hard-copy dictionaries. However, to save space, abbreviations for
self-evident cases are omitted. Thus, nouns and verbs are usually
not preceded with any abbreviation (n. or v.). We know that the
Russian word is a verb if the English rendition starts with a to;
otherwise it is a noun. All other cases are always preceded with an
appropriate designation. Unless indicated otherwise, it may be
assumed that the verb listed has an imperfective aspect. Gender is
indicated for irregular nouns only or to avoid confusion. Thus, the
designation f.& m. means that the noun gender depends on the gender
of the person it refers to. Also, in some cases, nouns and verbs are
explicitly designated as such to avoid confusion.
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Personal Dictionary Manager
General
Pressing F2 from the main Dictionary screen (Fig. 2) brings you to
the Personal Dictionary Manager screen (Fig. 3). Here you can create
your own Dictionary files, add new records to these files or
search them for records you have added earlier. The program will not
let you to add records to the main Dictionary file or search it while
in the Personal Dictionary screen.
Dictionary selected.
The file which will be searched or which will have a record added to
is shown in inverse video. This is the dictionary selected. You can
instantly select one of the two files shown by pressing F5 or F6
function keys. You can also replace either one of the two files shown
with a new one by pressing F7 and then typing new file name. If you
change your mind and decide to return to the old selection, just
press ESC before pressing Enter and the old file name will reappear,
(pressing Enter with no characters typed in will do the same). The
name of the file you chose does not have to be a name of an existing
file. In fact, the very first time you start the Personal Dictionary
Manager you will not have any Personal Dictionary files. You will be
given an option to create a file when trying to add a record to such
non existing file. However the names you give still have to be valid
DOS file names. Again we recommend typing full path name, that is
drive, directory and the name itself; for example, c:\docs\mydict.001.
You can also select your personal dictionary files from the
installation screen (Fig. 1) following the same customization
procedure as described in changing the main Dictionary location.
Searching and Adding.
The two basic modes of operation of the Manager are SEARCH mode and
ADD mode. Pressing F9 key puts the Manager into SEARCH mode while F10
switches it into ADD mode. The prompt (short underline) shows which
mode the Manager currently is in. In SEARCH mode the prompt and the
characters you type appear in the same row and following the Search:
sign, whereas in ADD mode the prompt and the characters you type
appear in the row below the Add: sign
Searching
SEARCH mode functions pretty much the same way the main Dictionary
does. You type the string to search for and press Enter. The manager
starts searching the file selected and displays Searching ... sign.
After a while, if the search is successful, it displays Found sign
and in the row below what it has found and then waits for your
keystroke. You can now either type another string to search for,
switch to a different file and search again for the same string
without retyping it, switch to ADDING, or escape back to the Main
Dictionary.
Adding
Adding is similar to searching except that in ADD mode you type the
whole record rather than just the search string. The record usually
consists of two strings: 1. the keystring, this is the string which
you or someone else will presumably search for later; 2. the explanation
string or the text which follows the keystring. The keystring can be
any combination of characters (English or Russian) up to 31
characters long. The explanation string can also contain any
characters and any length from zero to 45 characters.
In ADD mode you start with typing the keystring first. After typing in
the string (one or more characters) press Enter to mark the end of
the keystring. The cursor will move several spaces to the right and
appear under the Translate a: sign. Type the explanation string now
and press Enter at the end of it. The program will start adding
process and you will see Adding ... sign displayed in the place where
before was the Add: sign. If ADD is successful the program will display
Adding done message and will wait for your keystroke. Again, you can
now type another record to add, switch to searching, and so on.
If adding is unsuccessful the program will display an explanatory
message and will wait for your action. For example, If you select a
file which does not exist yet the program will display the following:
XXX.YYY File not found, create it? Y/N, where XXX.YYY is the name of
the file you gave selected. You should answer Y (Yes) if you want to
start a new file. You should answer N (No) if you believe that the
file does exist and then press F7 and retype the selection to make
sure the correct and full pathname is specified.
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Please direct all your questions and comments to
Leon Ungier
1922 Garryanna Pl.
Corvallis, OR 97330
(503)-737-3177
(503)-752-1223
e-mail: UNGIERL@CCMAIL.ORST.EDU