I hope someone can help me. I followed the directions below. Instead of generating CSW definitions with the # symbol, I now get no definitions at all when I...
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Sam Rothbart
sambart1
Aug 15, 2010 5:31 am
I have a Macbook with Mac OSX 10.411. I downloaded Zyzzyva 2.10 and a disc icon appears but I am unable to open the application. I'd appreciate assistance...
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Kristian Saether
kris.saether
Aug 15, 2010 6:01 am
On a vaguely related topic, anyone got any idea as to a tentative release for Zyzzyva on Mac OSX Power PC?...
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Michael Thelen
thelenm
Aug 15, 2010 9:51 pm
... Thanks for reporting this; there was a problem with the OS X Intel release that rendered it unable to run on OS X 10.4. I have created a new build on a...
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Michael Thelen
thelenm
Aug 15, 2010 9:56 pm
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Kristian Saether ... I'm sorry I haven't been very responsive about this. I have a PowerPC machine myself but it has been...
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Sandwalker
sandwalker81
Aug 16, 2010 4:48 am
I had occasion to look a word up the other day, and I noticed that the definition for HE and HER were very wrong -- they look as if they've just been cut out...
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Robert Richland
robert.popwords
Aug 16, 2010 9:00 am
Sandy . . . I'm sure Michael T will eventually sort all the definitions back into proper shape . . . but these are classic! "Unusual definition spotting" sure...
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Michael Thelen
thelenm
Aug 16, 2010 5:09 pm
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Robert Richland ... Heh, yep, these are because of a bug in how Zyzzyva reads the definitions file. Any definitions longer...
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goalstate
Aug 16, 2010 10:19 pm
Seems more precise than "snips, snails and puppy dog's tails," and "sugar and spice." Not sure what the problem is with these......
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Michael Thelen
thelenm
Aug 18, 2010 3:16 pm
... There is now a PowerPC disk image of Zyzzyva 2.1.0. Thanks to Michael Donegan for building it! http://zyzzyva.net/download.shtml -- Michael W. Thelen...
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moniquekornell
Aug 19, 2010 3:57 pm
Call me incredibly lazy or conditioned by using anagram programs on my phone but I would like the option of designating a blank with a "." rather than a "?"....
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argarg1
Aug 31, 2010 7:01 pm
Any word on if and when Zyzzyva will be available for the iPad. So far, this is the one program I can't use on the iPad and I love Zyzzyva. It's really helped...
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Chris Lipe
kewlness12
Aug 31, 2010 7:08 pm
I've asked the question about zyz for the iPhone. Apparently porting it would require a lot of work redoing the interface, since zyz is written using Qt, and...
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Michael Thelen
thelenm
Aug 31, 2010 9:58 pm
... Unfortunately, you're not wrong. http://zyzzyva.net/faq.shtml#when-handheld -- Michael W. Thelen...
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Becky Dyer
bdyer22002
Sep 1, 2010 12:05 am
Is it possible to set up a quiz that contains words from 2 different lexicons (CSW, OWL2+LWL)? For example, if I wanted to quiz on all 3-letter words that are...
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Chris Lipe
kewlness12
Sep 1, 2010 12:11 am
Everything in OWL2 is also in CSW (CSW is a superset of OWL). So if you do a quiz for CSW without anything special (I think - haven't tried), you'll get all...
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Becky Dyer
bdyer22002
Sep 1, 2010 1:23 am
Thanks, Mike and Chris - I didn't know that! I figured there was probably an obvious answer that I was missing and that was definitely it. I thought I had...
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G. Vincent Castellano
gvcastellano
Sep 1, 2010 1:53 pm
... Last time I checked, OpenGL was a 3-D rendering API. Has the name been overloaded or is this the same thing extended? (Nothing against Apple stuff, but I...
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slipk
Sep 1, 2010 3:53 pm
... Yes ... Not OpenGL, but "UIKit". It's a distinction without a difference; the port would still be a lot of work without Qt support. Even with Qt support,...
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eelknarf@...
eelknarf
Sep 27, 2010 11:44 pm
http://capitolbird.org/christine.htm...
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beckham27ng
Oct 12, 2010 8:26 pm
Hi guys, I downloaded and installed the Zyzzya software on my Laptop and when I tried to open it(after installing) it asked to create a database but it just...
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noone
simonsaysnobody
Oct 13, 2010 3:59 am
I am trying to get a list of all words ending in -ID but NOT in -OID (there are so many OIDS that the list gets too unwieldy). I have tried "Pattern" of *ID...
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Anand Buddhdev
arhbkb
Oct 13, 2010 4:04 am
Hi Allan, Use the pattern *[^O]ID Regards, Anand On 12 October 2010 18:11, noone <allansimon@...> wrote: I am trying to get a list of all words ending...
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noone
simonsaysnobody
Oct 13, 2010 4:42 am
I am trying to get a list of all words ending in -ID but NOT in -OID (there are so many OIDS that the list gets too unwieldy). I have tried "Pattern" of *ID...
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Michael Thelen
thelenm
Oct 13, 2010 4:42 am
... Also, in the latest version, 2.1.0, a negated Pattern Match will work as expected: Pattern Match: *ID NOT Pattern Match: *OID -- Michael W. Thelen...
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beckham27ng
Oct 13, 2010 9:29 am
Hi guys, I downloaded and installed the Zyzzya software on my Laptop and when I tried to open it(after installing) it asked to create a database but it just ...
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Ed
letter_mun2000
Oct 14, 2010 4:39 am
I just began using Zyzzyva for study after years of seeing it as my word judging tool, and there's a curious problem occurring. I save my quizzes, and the show...
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Kevin
kjturner71
Oct 14, 2010 12:55 pm
I believe the 'saved' folder, on a Mac, is in a hidden "." folder in your home directory. To get to it type : Cmd + Shift + G Then enter :...
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Michael Thelen
thelenm
Oct 14, 2010 5:00 pm
... Thanks, Kevin. By the way, apparently I wasn't thinking very clearly when I made the decision to put Zyzzyva's default data directory a hidden dot-folder....
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Becky Dyer
bdyer22002
Oct 16, 2010 12:07 am
In case it helps anyone else - for me the easiest way to delete a quiz has always been to follow the steps as if I were going to open the quiz, but then...
