Stackz Flashcard Organizer 7.1
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1. D D Radio Show all attributes Show all attributes of the entries using the full width per entry Radio Kana entry mode Ctrl SPACE Switch to the built in IME for entering hiragana characters NOTE Windows keyboard must be set to direct input in order Radio to work correctly A Direct input Ctrl SPACE Switch the built in hiragana IME off Radio La Dictionary setup Opens the dictionary setup dialog cf 4 Tab 2 Dictionary Dialog Functions 3 1 1 Sorting the query results A click on the header control of the columns sorts the entries according to the attribute texts in the corresponding column There are five sorting states Page 9 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration ClickNo Icon Explanation 1 4 Alphabetic ascending 2 Alphabetic descending 3 ia Length shortest first 4 y Length longest first 5 Default sorting Tab 3 Query Result Sorting 3 1 2 The Analyze query option ganaco Cla e ae wie jet fF H p EN Analyze P the original author of a tran original work author authoress Fig 4 Dictionary Dialog Analyze Option 3 1 3 The Dictionary Query Filters Pressing the gt gt gt button opens the advanced dictionary filter panel which allows to reduce the number of displayed entries cf Fig 5 The controls are listed in this section in the graphical top down and left right order Match at2. Restricts the match criteria to a certain position index in the dictionary entry The following settings are available No restriction ctrl n Lists all matching entries Exact match ctrl e Lists entries that exactly match the search string Match head ctrl h Lists entries beginning with the search string Match tail ctrl t Lists entries ending with the search string Match at ctrl 1 6 Lists entries having the search string at the specified index Page 10 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration Compounds Lists entries consisting entirely of kanji Verbs Lists entries having a typical verb ending u ku su tsu nu fu mu yu Note the flags of the EDICT file are not used for this filter Adjectives Lists entries having the adjective ending i Note the flags of the EDICT file are not used for this filter Others Lists all entries that are not compounds verbs or adjectives see above z l Match At Ctrl 1 6 2 Apply ia ande El adjectives _ only kanji hiragana no katakana Reading Meaning E HUL amp narrator speaker Hob bad fellow rascal ruffian HBO someone Wh eho va to entrust to a doctor for t VLe D2 doctor s mandate al EXL OD readers voice rh it rr ah aO A ammma l ta ru rara 1 7 a kh al Tr Mk mr 7 Fig 5 Dictionary Filter Match at 2 Kanji Restrictions Suppress
3. Sil Ahe Anahe GUEY OPONE eee es ee 10 Sal INE IM ida 10 3AA EXPLO EME GUANTE e td ds atar dee do e edo 12 ERA KANITINEO DIALOG aaraa a E a E E A Dee O TE A 12 5d CAINS EE Te OG lt a se aca hc cee chee 13 3 4 EXAMPLE SENTENCES DIALOG a o ee 14 3 5 NN A RR 15 4 DICTIONARY SETUP A secede devas scenes sexe 17 4 1 TRANSLATION DICTIONARIES JAPANESE OR CHINESE ccccscccesccessceeceeecceseceeeceescseseseeeseescsusesesseees 17 4 2 JAPANESE SPECIFIC DICTIONARIES sccscoccscoscecescscescsceccscsccscesescscoscscascecaseecesescssescssescssescscesceccasees 18 APPENDIX IL EIGURES AND TABLES wiesccdccccicccccdeeciacesiaictensascedicediceccedeedkccendacdeecccbeeticadcecdceseiceccessesceecdooss 19 LA A TE 19 I B AB rra A a E E E A A A ereT Rm Rn 19 Page 4 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration 1 Supported Languages and Dictionaries Stackz originally integrated Jim Breen s EDICT Japanese English Dictionary Since some other dictionaries are available in this format they were added as well Currently the follow ing dictionaries are possible to be used with the Stackz Dictionaries e Japanese EUC formatted dictionaries e Simplified Chinese dictionaries e Traditional Chinese dictionaries Because of the internal character conversions EDICT formatted dictionaries of other lan guages may or may not work Please contact us if you are aware of a dictionary that can not be correctly added to S
4. The Textpad can be used with all dictionary tools to save intermediate text results Selected text in the textpad can be used to directly run new dictionary queries with the context menu The query results in most dictionary tool dialogs can be conveniently added to the selected stack of the currently active Stackz document with the Add to selected Stack function in the context menu of the query results Fig 1 shows how the tool dialogs are linked conceptually in Fig 2 a screenshot of a test session with heavy use of the dictionary integration is shown Ele Options Toots Wordists Dictionsnes Window Help FINI ass __ PaA gt AS Mesreng head arare 7 gt close 7 Match whole word Radical A vL inf lox Ea hice ends oS A j Jouyou Grade 18 Feely gt reas C Go aan ES Ma A Hii aons Engish SAH My head aches E actions AEV I feel heavy in the head Heme Cool off Fig 2 Dictionary Integration Japanese test session Page 7 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration 3 The Tool Dialogs In this section all tool dialogs are described in detail 3 1 Dictionary Dialog The purpose of the dictionary tool dialog is to list the words of the EDICT dictionary that match search criteria This is useful in many situations e g when translating a word from English to Japanese or vice versa list all the kanji combinations that contain a g
5. MindDate Software Stackz Flashcard Organizer 7 1 Dictionary Edition User Manual Supplement V 1 0 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration MindDate Software www stackz com info stackz com Page 2 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration About this Document What is Stackz Dictionary Edition As the name suggests the Dictionary Edition of the Stackz Flashcard Organizer integrates translation dictionaries for convenient lookup during the study activities What s new in version 7 1 Stackz 7 0 is a major upgrade from earlier releases It features a completely new user inter face with new icons The dictionary tools can now be docked in the main window Stackz 7 0 is a service release with some minor fixes and enhancements The generation of the dictionary index files has been made more robust index free kanji query has been im proved and the performance of exact match queries has been improved Page 3 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration Table of Content ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT can ias 3 W HATIS STACKZ DICTONARY EDITION a ds e et e e ds a e o 3 WHAT S NEW INVERSION TA sio 3 1 SUPPORTED LANGUAGES AND DICTIONARTEG cccsccsccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccscccceccsces 5 2 DICTIONARY CONCEP F rnana N a E 6 3 THE TOOL DIA LOGS 00 E E O a 8 3 1 DICTIONARY DIALOG reas A aia 8 dd Ly OF ENE GUEIV TES US ASA AAA A 9
6. SPACE Switch to the built in IME for entering hiragana charac ters NOTE Windows keyboard must be set to direct input in order to work correctly A Direct input Ctrl SPACE Switch the built in hiragana IME off Radio 3 5 Textpad The textpad can be used to store intermediate text Page 15 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration Fig 9 Textpad Dialog Icon Purpose Shortcut Explanation Ea Query F6 Runs another dictionary query with the selected text E Analyze Ctrl F6 Runs a dictionary query with the Analyze checkbox de ticked cf 0 Select Kanji Opens the Kanji Select Dialog cf 3 3 to list all kanji in relation to the selected text Kanji Info Opens the Kanji Info Dialog cf 3 2 to show the charac teristics of the selected kanji Only enabled if kanji is selected Search Examples Opens the Example Sentences Dialog cf 3 4 to list all examples containing the selected text Convert to Kanji F5 Lists all exact dictionary matches of the selected text in a dropdown listbox and replaces the selected text with the listbox content on double clicking or pressing Enter y Cut Ctrl x Cut entry to clipboard Aa Copy Ctrl c Copies the text of the selected cell to the clipboard t Paste Ctrl v Paste entry from clipboard Kana entry mode Ctrl SPACE Switch to the built in IME for entering hiragana charac ters NOTE Windows keyboard must be set to direct input in order to work correct
7. ary tool Press the Add button to add a new dictionary and assign a symbolic name to it e g Japanese English The symbolic name can be any string including space characters Page 17 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration Dictionary Title Symbolic name identifying the dictionary The title can be edited directly in this field any time Language The dictionary is only visible in the Dictionary Tool if Stackz is set to this applica tion language please consult the Stackz User Manual for more information about the lan guage concept in Stackz Edict The path to the dictionary file The browse button allows to locate a file Index The path to the index file The browse button allows to locate a file Use index checkbox Must be checked for indexed queries Indexed queries are faster but they only find the matches included in the index file Index files usually index every single character in the kanji part of the entry and only the first characters of the reading and translation parts Therefore an indexed search will e g not find the entry apple with the query pple The slower unindexed search method can be used in this situation by un ticking this checkbox Generate Index file The Generate Index button opens the Generate Edict index file dialog which allows generating the index file of the selected Edict file With the two optional checkboxes all characters of the reading pa
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9. cted kanji to the selected stack using the Stack first two on and the first two kun readings Exactly one stack must be selected in the Stackz document sd Copy Ctrl c Copies the selected text to the clipboard Tab 4 Kanji Info Dialog Functions 3 3 Kanji Select Dialog The purpose of the kanji select tool dialog is to select kanji according to a set of conditions The selected kanji are a starting point for automatic queries in the dictionary tool Detailed information about the selected kanji can be found in the Kanji Info dialog Page 13 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration Bia al ala y Y Go Y Match whole word Radical Exact hiragana ending Jouyou Grade al H WS Br fs at Se de FE Fig 7 Kanji Select Dialog Purpose Shortcut Explanation eq Query F6 Opens the Dictionary Dialog cf 2 to list all entries CA matching the selected text Kanji Info Opens the Kanji Info Dialog cf 3 2 to show the charac teristics of the selected kanji Only enabled if kanji is selected Search Examples F11 Opens the Example Sentences Dialog cf 3 4 to list all examples containing the selected text Add to Textpad Fo Opens the Textpad cf 0 and copy the selected text there Add to selected Adds the selected kanji to the selected stack using the first two on and the first two kun readings Exactly one stack must be selected in the Stackz document Ctrl c Copies t
10. es all matches containing at least one kanji that is not included in the specified kanji range Several indexing schemes and a corresponding range can be specified Jouyou Grade Kanji amp Kana New Nelson Halpern Haig and De Roo Useful if only entries with the known kanji shall be listed e g Jouyou levels 1 3 Only kanji hiragana Suppresses all matches that do not follow this simple pattern No katakana Suppresses all katakana matches Page 11 0f 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration 3 1 4 Exploring the query result Once you have listed a kanji combination in the dictionary you can do one of the following things e Inspect the kanji A double click on the dictionary item opens the kanji info dialog with all corresponding kanji The usual kanji information as readings meanings and many other details is displayed From there it is very easy to start a new query with any of those attributes e Inspect the components Long kanji combinations are often composites of several shorter kanji combinations The Analyze function in the dictionary dialog lists all meaningful kanji combinations that are included in the current kanji combination This makes the internal structure of long kanji combinations easy to understand e Find longer combinations Simply run a new query in the dictionary to find longer kanji combinations that have the current kanji combination as a composite This gives you some examples
11. he selected text to the clipboard Kana entry mode Ctrl SPACE Switch to the built in IME for entering hiragana charac ters NOTE Windows keyboard must be set to direct input in order to work correctly A Direct input Ctrl SPACE Switch the built in hiragana IME off a j Radio Radio Tab 5 Kanji Select Dialog Functions 3 4 Example Sentences Dialog The purpose of the Example Sentences Dialog is to list example some sentences that in clude the query string Page 14 0f 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration a Alal Bl A a Japanese FA RE BS First come first served i CL re eo aE He is a highly paid man Rot SKRBE Finders keepers EZ r It makes him a laughingstock MIE CAS He is a man of letters MITE ERA He is a person who never cuts corner ARB TEE First come first served KObh CAL The black sheep of the family Prov FF th PA bk Ow Who doesn t know 4 et HE CEM Whoever comes will be welcomed EE hOp o As many men as came were caught B bntrgbor Some pitied then min Sees pi Drowning men clutch at strans Fig 8 Example Sentences Dialog Shortcut Explanation Opens the Kanji Info Dialog cf 3 2 to show the charac teristics of the selected kanji Only enabled if kanji is selected Ctrl F6 Runs a dictionary query with the Analyze checkbox ticked cf 0 Ctrl c Copies the text of the selected cell to the clipboard Kana entry mode Ctrl
12. in what other context the current kanji combination is used e Use the floating tooltip window Move the mouse over an item in the query result list and wait until the tooltip window appears Text that was not completely visible due to its length becomes fully visible In this window text can be selected The con text menu allows starting any new query with the selected text 3 2 Kanji Info Dialog The purpose of the kanji info tool dialog is to display information about a list of kanji No kanji can be selected in this dialog it is opened from other points in the software where kan ji can be selected The displayed information is a starting point for automatic queries in the tool dialogs Dic tionary Kanji Select and Sample Sentences Page 12 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration someone person Jouyou Grade Stroke count Kanji 4 Kana New Nelson Shortcut Explanation Opens the Dictionary Dialog cf 2 to list all entries matching the selected text Kanji with same Opens the Kanji Select Dialog cf 3 3 to list all kanji radical with the same radical as the selected kanji Opens the Kanji Select Dialog cf 3 3 to list all kanji in relation to the selected text Search Examples F11 Opens the Example Sentences Dialog cf 3 4 to list all examples containing the selected text Add to Textpad Fo Opens the Textpad cf 0 and copy the selected text there Add to selected INS Adds the sele
13. iven kanji and translate an entire text e g a page from the web The dictionary tool window can be opened manually and used for manual queries The dic tionary tool window is also opened for automatic queries from several other points in the software The search results which can be filtered in many ways are a starting point for automatic queries in the tool dialogs Kanji Info and Kanji Select and also new Dictionary queries translate difficult to translate to translate translated book translated poem a translation translated sen j translated text Fig 3 Dictionary Dialog Page 8 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration Purpose Shortcut Explanation Query F6 Runs another dictionary query with the selected text Analyze Ctrl F6 Runs a dictionary query with the Analyze checkbox ticked cf o Kanji Info Opens the Kanji Info Dialog cf 3 2 to show the characteris tics of the selected kanji Only enabled if kanji is selected Search Examples Opens the Example Sentences Dialog cf 3 4 to list all exam ples containing the selected text Select Kanji Opens the Kanji Select Dialog cf 3 3 to list all kanji in relation to the selected text Add to Textpad Opens the Textpad cf o and copy the selected text there uE Common Entries Entries marked as common are only listed if checked NOTE Only EDICT 2001 and later files contain such c
14. ly A Direct input Ctrl SPACE Switch the built in hiragana IME off O Radio Radio Tab 6 Textpad Functions Page 16 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration 4 Dictionary Setup The menu entry Dictionaries Setup opens the Dictionary files setup dialog The dictionary uses EDICT formatted dictionary files to retrieve the translation An unlim ited number of Japanese and Chinese dictionaries can be added with symbolic names to the dictionary tool in the Translation dictionaries part of the Dictionary files setup dialog The paths to the Japanese kanjidic file and to the Japanese example file can be entered in the lower Japanese dictionaries part of the dialog FA Dictionary files Translation dictionaries Chin Trad lt gt English Dictionary Tite Japanese lt gt English Japanese lt gt Deutsch Stackz Language Japanese change Mandarin lt gt English Edict File EUC E D atas J DICT edict AX Add Remove Use Index File v E Data JDICT edict jds browse Download dictionary file Entries in Dictionary 97929 O Japanese dictionaries kanjidic EUC EXData DICT kanjidic browse Tanaka Corpus Example Sentence file EUC E Data anaka examples browse a Lancel Fig 10 Dictionary Setup Dialog 4 1 Translation dictionaries Japanese or Chinese These dictionaries are needed for the Diction
15. ommon entries Toggle a Normal Entries Normal entries i e not marked as common are listed only if checked Toggle NOTE Other than EDICT 2001 and later files contain normal entries only pal Add to selected INS Adds the selected entries to the selected stack Exactly one Stack stack must be selected in the Stackz document Copy Opens dropdown menu Copy selected cell Ctrl c Copies the text of the selected cell to the clipboard Can be as text pasted to any edit control Copy selection as Copies the selected entries to the clipboard Can be pasted to entry stacks and not to edit controls Peai Print Opens dropdown menu TF Print selection as Prints the selected entries as list list Print selection as Prints the selected entries as flashcards flashcards Print all as list Prints all listed entries as list Print all as flash Prints all listed entries as flashcards cards Auto paste clipboard If checked observes the clipboard and automatically starts a query with any new content Note This is useful for conveniently looking up words when reading a text in a web browser or any other text application selecting a word and copying it to the clipboard is enough for looking it up and maybe even adding the result to a stack with the function add to selected stack INS described above Toggle 0 O Show only kanji Show merely kanji of the entries using a multi column list for better overview
16. rt and the translation part can be indexed Indexing all characters is generally not recommended because it leads to very big index files that slow down the query response time 4 2 Japanese Specific Dictionaries Kanjidic EUC The path to the kanjidic file in EUC encoding on the local drive The browse button allows to locate a file This Japanese kanji dictionary is used for the Kanji Info and the Kanji Select Dialogs Tanaka Corpus Example File EUC The path to the said file in EUC encoding on the local drive The browse button allows to locate a file This file is used for the Example Sen tences Dialog Page 18 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration Appendix Figures and Tables LA Figures Fig 1 Dictionary Tools relations Japanese ONIY ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Fig 2 Dictionary Integration Japanese test session ccooocccconoccnnnnncnnnnoncnnnnanononnncnnonnnnnos A a e Fig 4 Dictionary Dialog Analyze OptiOD ooccccococooooaaanonccccnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnononnnnnnanannnnnos Fige Dictionary Filter Mate dt 2 ias FIG kani MODIANO POOLE COPA O ER N A ce tice gre Decca ee Deca eg re Die cee ene Dati ceeied FIG 6 Example Sentences Dil stes dad dad dad Fig 9 Tetpaa Dial usara a FIG ioe Dictiona SCtUP DIO rotar LB Tables Tab E Dictionary Dialogs ts Tab 2Dictionan Dialog FUNCIONS crust Taba QUE RESUIE SON e Tabe anio Dialog FUNCHUON S
17. tackz Page 5 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration 2 Dictionary Concept The Stackz dictionary interface allows browsing through dictionary files in a convenient way There are several tool dialogs cf Tab 1 each of which focusing on a different aspect The Kanji Info Kanji Select and Example Sentences Dialogs are available for Japanese only Tool Dialog Purpose Supported Languages Japanese Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional a Kanji Info Show detail information of kanji Japanese only Dictionary Translate Words Ez Kanji Select Select kanji according criteria Japanese only E p p List sample sentences Japanese onl Sentences P P y QJ Textpad Copy Paste intermediate text Language Independent Tab 1 Dictionary Dialogs The Stackz Study Dialogs allow conveniently running quick dictionary tool queries with any selected text typically the words that must be studied All dictionary tool dialogs ex cept the Kanji Info Dialog can also be opened from the Stackz Flashcard Organizer menu In this case the query string is entered in the dictionary tool dialog after its appearance Add to selected stack Fig 1 Dictionary Tools relations Japanese only Page 6 of 19 Stackz 7 Flashcard Organizer Dictionary Integration The query result that is then displayed in the tool dialog can be selected and used as new query string for a next dictionary query with one of the tools
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