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Added a "Quit" option to Savant's File menu. Factored out the Close option in doing so. Exceptions in many action listeners are now handled by org.thdl.util.ThdlActionListener or org.thdl.util.ThdlAbstractAction. Many exceptions that we used to just log now optionally cause aborts. This option is on by default for developers using 'ant savant-run'-style targets, but it is off for users. An erroneous CLASSPATH now causes a useful error message in almost all situations. Fixed some typos and bad links in Javadoc comments. Added a simple assertion facility, but the overhead is suffered even in release builds. Factored out the code that sets up log files like savant.log and jskad.log.
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Copyright 2001-2002 Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
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This software is the confidential and proprietary information of
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the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library. You shall use such
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information only in accordance with the terms of the license
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agreement you entered into with the THDL.
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Provides facilities for manipulating text, audio, and video in Tibetan and other Himalayan languages.
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From the THDL Tools project's
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=214100">
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News</a> archive:
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Posted By: eg3p
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Date: 2002-09-26 12:14
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Summary:THDL Projects and Goals
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</pre>
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<p>
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Hello. You'll see that we at the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
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have been developing several Tibetan language and culture related
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software tools, all of which take advantage of Tony Duff's free
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cross-platform TibetanMachineWeb fonts. We think these tools have
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reached a level of development that they now need the active
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participation of the larger programming community in order to
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progress.
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<p>
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On the one hand, we've developed Java-based tools for inputting and
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displaying Tibetan script (Jskad), as well as for the transcription of
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Tibetan-language videos (QuillDriver), and the synchronized playback
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of videos along with their associated transcripts (Savant).
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On the other hand, recognizing the ubiquity of Word, we've also
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developed Visual Basic macros for inputting Tibetan script (WylieWord)
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and diacritics useful for Asian studies (DiacriticsForWord,
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DiacriticsForWin2k) into Microsoft Word.
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The Java side of our project has several goals. First, we'd like to
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create a high quality cross-platform word processor/display engine
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optimized for Tibetan script input and display. This probably means
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embedding Jskad in an established open source text editor.
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</p>
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Second, we are developing educational and research-oriented software
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that takes advantage of these basic Tibetan display
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capabilities. QuillDriver, designed for transcription of videos, and
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Savant, an integrated tool for learning language from digital video,
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are examples of this. Here, several tasks are on the horizon: merging
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QuillDriver and Savant into the same tool, which has both edit
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(QuillDriver) and display (Savant) modes; and integrating both with
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Tibetan dictionary, grammar and pedagogy modules also being developed
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at the THDL. Finally, note that unlike Jskad, both QuillDriver and
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Savant are meant to be truly multilingual, and not just specialized
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Tibetan software.
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</p>
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Still, we know that no matter what the open source community does,
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Microsoft Word will still remain the most dominant (and arguably the
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best) word-processor. There will always be people, and always
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occasions, to type Tibetan into Word. Therefore, we are also pushing
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our Visual Basic macros for Tibetan and diacritic input. Our main
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goals with these tools is to make them as bug-free and user-friendly
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as possible, and to develop stable Mac versions. Another possible goal
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would be to extend these tools to work with other Office applications,
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such as Excel or Access.
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</p>
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Given the various projects, we are setting up several forums for
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specialized discussion:
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1) General
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2) Jskad
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3) QuillDriver/Savant
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4) WylieWord
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5) Diacritics
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</p>
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<p>
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Please occasionally consult those forums of interest to you. Also,
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please take a look at the mailing lists and subscribe to those you
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want to follow.
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</p>
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<p>
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Spread the word: THDL Tools are on SourceForge!
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</p>
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