<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&kthesaurus;"> <!ENTITY wordnet "WordNet"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>&kthesaurus;</title> <authorgroup> <author> &Daniel.Naber; &Daniel.Naber.mail; </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2003-04-12</date> <releaseinfo>0.95.00</releaseinfo> <copyright> <year>2002</year> <year>2003</year> <holder>&Daniel.Naber;</holder> </copyright> <abstract> <para> &kthesaurus; lists words related to a given term and offers a user interface to &wordnet;, a powerful lexical reference system. By default, only the English language is supported. </para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>thesaurus</keyword> <keyword>WordNet</keyword> <keyword>synonyms</keyword> <keyword>dictionary</keyword> <keyword>lexicon</keyword> <keyword>English</keyword> <keyword>words</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="thesaurus"> <title>The Thesaurus Tab</title> <para>The <guilabel>Thesaurus</guilabel> tab offers a small thesaurus, built from a subset of <link linkend="frontend">&wordnet;</link>. The results are listed in three categories: <guilabel>Synonyms</guilabel>, <guilabel>More General Words</guilabel> (hypernyms), <guilabel>More Specific Words</guilabel> (hyponyms). Synonyms are words with a very similar meaning. They do not necessarily apply to all senses of each word, so you cannot always replace a word with any synonym.</para> <para>You can double click on a word to search for its synonyms &etc;. You can also type a word directly into the <guilabel>Search for:</guilabel> box at the top and press <keycap>Return</keycap>. The word which is currently visible in the <guilabel>Replace with:</guilabel> box at the bottom is the one that will be used if you click on <guibutton>Replace</guibutton>.</para> <note><para>&kthesaurus; can be used as a standalone application, but it can also be used from other applications (like &kword;, typically by right clicking on a word and selecting <guilabel>Show related words</guilabel>). The <guibutton>Replace with:</guibutton> button will only be visible if &kthesaurus; is called from another application.</para></note> <para>We have to keep the data file small so that it can be included in &koffice; — this introduces several limitations (compared to &wordnet;):</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Only exact matches are found, ⪚ if you search for a plural form nothing will be found.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Many not so common words have been removed.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>It doesn't distinguish between parts of speech, ⪚ verbs and nouns are mixed up in the lists of words.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>It won't separate the different meanings words can have.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Adjectives don't really have a <quote>more general</quote> / <quote>more specific</quote> meaning, so one word may appear in more than one list at the same time.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>On the other hand, a few words have been added (function words like <quote>if</quote> and very few words specific to &kde;).</para> <para>Please do <emphasis>not</emphasis> report bugs in the thesaurus to the &wordnet; project, but to &kde;.</para> </chapter> <chapter id="languages"> <title>Using languages besides English</title> <para>By default, only the English language is supported in &kthesaurus;. You can check out <ulink url="http://www.koffice.org/addons/#thesauri">the &koffice; download page</ulink> to see which other languages are available.</para> </chapter> <chapter id="frontend"> <title>The &wordnet; tab</title> <para>The <guilabel>&wordnet;</guilabel> tab provides a user interface to a local installation of <ulink url="http://wordnet.princeton.edu/">&wordnet;</ulink>. &wordnet; is <quote>an online lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory.</quote> The &kthesaurus; user interface offers nearly all options which are available on the command line. It calls the <command>wn</command> binary, which has to be in your <envar>PATH</envar>.</para> <para>To learn more about &wordnet;, please see the &wordnet; <command>man</command> pages or have a look at the <ulink url="http://wordnet.princeton.edu/">&wordnet; homepage</ulink>. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="legal"> <title>Copyright and Licensing</title> <para> &kthesaurus; and this documentation is copyrighted by &Daniel.Naber;. </para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> &documentation.index; </book>