I don't have anything right now for the TW5 version. Is there a 101 for
doing a data dictionary?

On Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 8:21 PM 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki <
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> Do you want to have 3 english fields, or would you prefer a single list
> field with as many words as relate (e.g. [[Wordy 1]] [[Wordy 2]] [[Wordy
> 3]]) ??
>
> You mention EnglishIndex tiddler. Does that mean that you have a data
> dictionary with english definitions, or were you referring to a group of
> tiddlers each with their respective English definitions? A data dictionary
> would let you make a simple word -> definition glossary.
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 5:51:54 PM UTC-7, Silvercat wrote:
>>
>> I'm not worried about *maximum *flexibility as there are just too many
>> parts in an entry. The standard noun has the word, between one and ten
>> meanings; any irregularity; an abbreviated form for deriving words; notes;
>> the spelling, stress, IPA, and phonetic of the singular, plural, and
>> paucal; and at least one translated sentence. Verbs, adjectives, and
>> affixes are simpler. Stamps are making my life much easier.
>>
>> Still not sure how to do the English index. Some examples: 'chanyki' has
>> three meanings that would be listed separately (color, skin, and surface),
>> while 'chuBi, liBi, syBi,' and 'mymsy' would all be listed under 'here'.
>> I've given 'chanyki' three fields: english1, english2, and english3... I'm
>> sure there's a way to pull those three fields from each word entry and
>> match them up with their title on the EnglishIndex tiddler, I just don't
>> know how.
>>
>> Can y'all tell I'm not a programming person? :p
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 3:35:05 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote:
>>
>>> I would say that for maximum flexibility, instead of fixing the
>>> formatting, put the various bits of information into fields. Then use
>>> template tiddlers to display the field information as needed. If the
>>> information is stored as fields, then you can do things like list English -
>>> word - phonetic or put your comparable words in a list field and then for
>>> each english word you could also list each (??) word followed by its notes.
>>>
>>> Play with it a bit, of course, before committing to any one approach.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 3:03:34 PM UTC-7, Silvercat wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I did that. I'm working on fixing all the old formatting. There's
>>>> double because there's the lexicon entry itself then the english index
>>>> entry. To use Spanish as an example instead of my weirdo language, there'd
>>>> be the lexicon entries for 'ser' and 'estar' with their definitions, notes,
>>>> and example sentences and the english index of 'to be'.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 2:52 PM Mat <matia...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Silvercat wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas of an easier and better way of doing it? My current method
>>>>>> effectively doubles the number of tiddlers needed and since I have over 
>>>>>> 300
>>>>>> words, it's kinda a pain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not really clear what "doing it" means, or exactly what you mean with
>>>>> "double" (maybe two tiddlers per word?) - but did you know that you can
>>>>> import a TW classic into a TW5 so you probably don't have to re-create 
>>>>> your
>>>>> actual word tiddlers?
>>>>>
>>>>> <:-)
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