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−-*- outline -*-
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−* How install/uninstall?
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−To install in /usr/local/ run:
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−  $ make install
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−If you want install in different place run:
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−  $ make install prefix=PREFIX
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−If you install in nonstandard place and wont use dictionary for current user
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−run:
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−  $ make install-user prefix=PREFIX
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−To uninstall run accordingly:
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−  $ make uninstall
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−  $ make uninstall prefix=PREFIX
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−  $ make uninstall-user prefix=PREFIX
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−* What file needed to create dictionary?
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−.tab_ and .descr, which contain text data in UTF-8 encoding.
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−** .tab_ file format.
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−Used such format:
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−  WORD [TAB] TRANSLATION [LF]
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−When processing TRANSLATION string in all occurrence of "\n " (literary
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−back-slash small-letter-n and space) removed space.
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−** .descr file format.
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−First line added to .ifo file as value of description.
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−Next lines ignored and used for miscellaneous notes.
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−* IPA chars.
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−Hare list of spetial IPA chars (code present in UTF-8 encoding):
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−  θʃŋʧðʒæıʌʊɒɛəɑɜɔˌˈːˑṃṇḷ
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−  æɑɒʌәєŋvθðʃʒɚːɡˏˊˋ
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−You can copy/paste they in phonetic string.
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−** TODO
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−            Front       Central     Back
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−         long  short long  short long  short
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−  Close   iː    ɪ                 uː    ʊ
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−  Mid           e     ɜː    ə     ɔː
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−  Open          æ           ʌ     ɑː    ɒ
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−      Diphthong          Triphthong
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−  Closing    Centring
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−   /eɪ/       /ɪə/        /aɪə/
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−   /aɪ/       /eə/        /ɑʊə/
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−   /ɔɪ/       /ʊə/
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−   /əʊ/
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−   /aʊ/
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−** Old vs. new transcription.
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−From "Better English pronunciation.":
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−  Old  iː i e ɔː u uː ei ou ai au ɔi æ ɔ ʌ əː ɑː iə ɛə uə ə
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−  New  iː ɪ e ɔː ʊ uː eɪ əʊ aɪ aʊ ɔɪ æ ɒ ʌ ɜː ɑː ɪə eə ʊə ə
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−Also from wikipedia:
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−  Old  æ e əː ʌɪ ɑʊ ɛə
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−  New  a ɛ ɜː aɪ aʊ eə
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−** Emacs.
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−For entering IPA chars use IPA input method. To enable it type
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−  C-u C-\ ipa <enter>
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−All chars from alphabet typed as usual. How type special chars see below:
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−For vowel:
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−  æ ae
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−  ɑ o| (small letter o and ) or A (upper letter A)
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−  ɒ |o () or /A
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−  ʊ U (upper-letter-u)
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−  ɛ /3 (slash three)
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−  ɔ /c
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−  ə /e
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−  ʌ /v
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−  ɪ I
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−For consonant:
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−  θ th
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−  ð dh
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−  ʃ sh
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−  ʒ zh or 3
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−  ŋ ng
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−Special chars:
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−  ː : (semicolon)
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−  ˈ ' (quote)
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−  ˌ ` (back quote)
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