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diff --git a/doc/gf-quickstart.html b/doc/gf-quickstart.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9f51974d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/gf-quickstart.html @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> +<html><head><title>GF Quickstart</title></head> + + +<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> + +<center> +<img src="gf-logo.gif"> +<p> +Aarne Ranta +<p> +20 May, 2005 +</center> + +<h1>Grammatical Framework Quick Start</h1> + +This Quick Start shows two examples of how GF can be used. +We assume that you have downloaded and installed GF, so that +the command <tt>gf</tt> works for you. + + + +<h2>Translation and generation</h2> + +When you have downloaded and installed GF: + +<ol> +<li> Copy the files +<a href="doc/tutorial/Paleolithic.gf"><tt>Paleolithic.gf</tt></a>, +<a href="doc/tutorial/PaleolithicEng.gf"><tt>PaleolithicEng.gf</tt></a>, and +<a href="doc/tutorial/PaleolithicIta.gf"><tt>PaleolithicIta.gf</tt></a>. + + <li> Start GF with the command +<pre> + gf PaleolithicIta.gf PaleolithicEng.gf +</pre> + +<li> <b>Translation</b>. Try your first translation by giving the GF command +<pre> + t PaleolithicEng PaleolithicIta "the boy eats the snake" +</pre> + +<li> <b>Generation</b>. Random-generate sentences in two languages: +<pre> + gr | l -multi +</pre> + +<li> <b>Grammar development</b>. Add words to the <tt>Paleolithic</tt> +grammars and try the above commands again. For instance, add the following lines: +<pre> + Black : A ; -- in Paleolithic.gf + Black = {s = "black"} ; -- in PaleolithicEng.gf + Black = {s = "nero"} ; -- in PaleolithicIta.gf +</pre> +and start GF again with the same command. Now you can even translate +<i>the boy eats the black snake</i>. +</ol> +To lear more on GF commands and +grammar development, go to the +<a href="doc/tutorial/01-gf-tutorial2.html">New Grammarian's Tutorial</a>. + + + +<h2>Multilingual authoring</h2> + +This demo also requires the GUI package, which makes the command +<tt>jgf</tt> work for you. +<ol> +<li> Download the file <a href="../examples/letter/Letter.gfcm"><tt>Letter.gfcm</tt></a>. +<li> Start the GF editor by the command +<pre> + jgf Letter.gfcm +</pre> +<li> When the editor window is open, select "Letter" from the "New" menu. +<li> Push the button "Random" in the lower end of the window. +<li> Move the pointer to some place in the text, e.g. to the first word (in any + of the languages), and click. The first word should now be highlighted and + a number of alternatives appear in the lower window part (a similar situation + is shown in the picture below). +<li> Double-click at some of the alternatives marked "ch ..." and observe how + the text changes in each of the languages. +</ol> +See the <a href="../../GF2.0/doc/javaGUImanual/javaGUImanual.htm">Editor User Manual</a> +for more information on how to use the +editor. To change the grammars, you should not edit <tt>Letter.gfcm</tt>, +which is low-level code generated by the GF grammar compiler. Instead, you +can edit the files in <tt>examples/letter</tt> in the GF grammar package, +and compile by using the script <tt>mkLetter.gfs</tt> in the same package. + +<p> + +<img src="quick-editor.gif"> + +</body></html> |