After many weeks of work, and even more weeks of procrastinating, I have released a new version of my word study program, Zyzzyva. The latest release is...
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Kristen
yammymay
Jan 4, 2006 7:01 pm
You probably know this already, but I think you and I are the only current zyzzyva-users members. The new version looks super slick! One thing that I did...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 4, 2006 7:42 pm
Mike Howlett emailed me with a fairly serious problem in the Zyzzyva 0.9.0 release... the fonts are screwed up by default! I'm not sure why it was working on...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 4, 2006 8:18 pm
... Yeah, I know. :-) ... Mike Howlett saw that problem too, but it should be fixed in 0.9.1. Would you be willing to try the following to make sure the fix...
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SSmith
einroy
Jan 5, 2006 7:06 pm
I just ran through the Linux install and thought I'd share my initial thoughts. Tried first on a Fedora Core 3 box I had at my desk. Failed on compiling Qt4....
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 5, 2006 9:39 pm
... Thanks! I appreciate your feedback! ... This is a good feature request, thank you. Although you can't click the button by hitting Enter, you can click...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 6, 2006 7:02 pm
Thanks to everyone who has responded so quickly with comments and suggestions! I have just created a new release, 0.9.2, which incorporates some of the easier...
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enrique_hernandez_jim...
enrique_hern...
Jan 6, 2006 10:24 pm
Hello, First of all, congratulations for your excellent work and thank you very much for sharing it with the rest of the scrabble community. My question is...
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Richard F. Johnson
iamoffbyone
Jan 6, 2006 10:59 pm
Great job, Michael! I particularly like the Blank Anagram (I've seen this called Blanagram) feature. That's something that will help me find more bingos if I...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 7, 2006 12:45 am
... Thank you for using it, and for your comments! ... I agree, and that's one shortcoming Zyzzyva has had from the start... there are several assumptions...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 7, 2006 5:37 am
... And first of all, thank you for them! These are some great suggestions. ... Yes, I agree. The random shuffle button shouldn't be difficult to implement,...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 7, 2006 6:04 am
... Oh, wait a minute. After thinking about it some more, I think I'm making this more complicated than it needs to be. Here's my latest idea (and this may...
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Richard Johnson
iamoffbyone
Jan 7, 2006 6:28 am
... (Snip!) ... Not what I had in mind. What I meant was an additional option in the "Search Specification". I know I can create a list from View|Blank...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 7, 2006 11:18 am
The bug reports and suggestions are coming at a frenetic pace, and there have been several improvements in just the last 24 hours. So I've created a new...
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enric
enrique_hern...
Jan 7, 2006 2:54 pm
Dear Michael, Thank you for your answer! ... two R tiles ... "ch", "ll" and "rr" are are always taken as single letters so that it is NOT allowed to form ,...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 7, 2006 6:25 pm
... Excellent! That was the answer I was hoping for... it will make the programming much simpler. ... I definitely is on the roadmap, and thank you for...
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Enric Hernandez
enrique_hern...
Jan 10, 2006 10:18 am
Dear Michael, Fist of all, sorry for the delay in answering your questions. ... in ... while ... that ... very ... I posted a similar answer in another group: ...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 14, 2006 9:48 am
I've just released a new version, 0.9.4, which includes an OWL2 lexicon. As far as I know, the OWL2 list is accurate according to the 2-8 letter changes...
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mightyjackservo4000
mightyjackse...
Jan 15, 2006 2:11 am
On the Windows 98 partition, I'm having an annoying problem with the self-installing version of Zyzzyva... when the program opens up a sub- window (like when...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 16, 2006 5:11 am
... I'm sorry I wasn't able to fix the "window behind other windows" problem in the latest release. I wanted to get a release out with OWL2 as soon as...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 16, 2006 5:38 am
I've just created a bug fix release of Zyzzyva, 0.9.5. This release fixes a bug that caused Zyzzyva to crash when executing any search containing a "Must...
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J. Dalton
jdx512
Jan 16, 2006 6:14 pm
Using the Windows installer, it looks like the words were installed in c:\program files\zyzzyva ... even though I selected a different installation directory...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 16, 2006 6:34 pm
... Oh, good catch! Thank you for trying that. I'll try to fix the installer as soon as possible, to install the data directory in the same place as the...
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J. Dalton
jdx512
Jan 16, 2006 6:38 pm
Actually everything was installed in c:\program files\zyzzyva except for some predefined searches. Jonn ... links...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 16, 2006 10:21 pm
Good news, I upgraded the Mac OS X machine I have access to, so it's now running 10.4 (Tiger). I've been able to compile and install Qt, and Zyzzyva seems to...
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mightyjackservo4000
mightyjackse...
Jan 21, 2006 12:11 am
On my Linux version, when a new word pops into that window it's highlighted in a shade of darkish gray that makes it a bit difficult for me to read the hooks...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 21, 2006 12:49 am
... For the next version of Zyzzyva (hopefully to be released within a week or so), I'll lighten up the shade of gray... I've noticed that problem too, and...
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 22, 2006 2:04 am
Having procured the use of a Mac OS X machine for the weekend, I think I've finally been able to create a disk image (.dmg) file for Zyzzyva. *** THIS IS NOT...
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John O'Laughlin
johnaolaughlin
Jan 22, 2006 3:17 am
I built static Qt libs on my iBook and I'm trying to make an installer for Quackle myself. I'll take a shot at Zyzzyva too and let you know how it goes....
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Michael W Thelen
thelenm
Jan 22, 2006 8:38 am
... Thank you, any help you could give would be greatly appreciated! ... Thanks for trying this, and for the error messages... it looks like some frameworks in...
