Re: alphabetizing

From: Kari Valkama (valkama@mozcom.com)
Date: Tue May 09 2000 - 21:52:39 EDT


Dear all,

Shoebox is available for the Mac.

Kari Valkama

> From: "Wayne Leman" <wleman@mcn.net>
> Reply-To: "Wayne Leman" <wleman@mcn.net>
> Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 19:16:53 -0600
> To: Biblical Greek <b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: alphabetizing
>
> Shoebox software, free from SIL, can do special sorts (if you're feeling out
> of sorts!):
>
> http://www.sil.org
>
> Go to the computer software section of the website from the main page.
> Shoebox is specially designed to maintain lexical databases, so it should
> work quite well with your Greek data. It displays special characters fine. I
> *think* there is a version of the software for the Mac. If not, you could,
> of course, run it with a Windows simulator on your Mac.
>
> You can specify your alphabetizing sequence with Shoebox, any sequence you
> want. The downside is that you have to learn to run the program. It's not as
> tough to learn as some of SIL's software, but there is still a learning
> curve.
>
> There surely are other programs out there with which you can specify your
> own alphabetization sequence. Have you tried Internet Web searches on
> keywords such as "alphabetizing sequence", "sorting alphabetically", etc.?
>
> Wayne
> Bible translation website: http://www.egroups.com/group/bible-translation
>
>
>> Does anyone know of a program or way to alphabetize a list of greek words?
>> I'm working on a project with a database list of 4,524 words and many more
>> to enter.
>> I have been doing it by sight - but such a method hampers my enthusiasm and
>> hogs my research time.
>> I use an Imac-OS9 with SMK font. I have tried JagSort with no success.
>>
>> Thanks for any idea.
>>
>> ps: I'm a new member so go easy on me.
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