Arthaey, There isn't a universal format for dawgs or gaddags, and so files created by non-Quackle tools won't work in Quackle. Unfortunately it is a bit of a hassle to get it working right now. None of the release versions include makedawg or makegaddag, so you'd have to check out the source (see http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=157159) and build it yourself, and then you'll have to make a small change to Quacker (the Quackle GUI) and recompile it so that it'll see your language. If you're content with a quick hack you can just send me your lexicon and I'll send back a dawg that you can put in place of one of the existing languages.
John On Dec 29, 2007 4:10 PM, Arthaey Angosii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just downloaded Quackle (the Windows version) and would like to > create a custom dictionary to support a language other than English, > French, or Korean. > > The .quackle_alphabet file format is just plain text, and with the > comment in the Korean alphabet file documenting the columns as "char, > blank, score, count, vowel", that looks pretty straight-forward for > creating my own. > > But the .dawg and .gaddag file formats aren't plain text. I searched > this group for suggestions, but all I found was this message: > > http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/quackle/message/40 > > It suggests using the makedawg program to compile a list of words. But > where can I get makedawg? All I've been able to find online is the > utility program that's bundled with EDSSpell: > > http://www.onedomain.com/Components/EDSSpell/ > > But that's not free. Is there some freely downloadable version? > > Finally, it doesn't look like Quackle will automatically use new > .quackle_alphabet and .dawg files that appear in its directories. (I > just made copies of the English alphabet and dictionary with new file > names, and they didn't show up when I restarted Quackle.) This > implies that I will need to recompile it; will I need to modify any > source files to get it to find the newly created files?
