Sun Feb 15 20:30:19 1998, faith@cs.unc.edu


WHAT:

The files contained herein are designed to convert various databases
into working databases and indices for the DICT server.

The original data is available from:

jargon: http://www.ccil.org/jargon
foldoc: ftp://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/Dictionary.gz [*]
elements: mailto:jkominek@xtn.net (not yet officially released)
easton: ftp://ccel.wheaton.edu/ebooks/HTML/e/easton/ebd/
hitchcock: ftp://ccel.wheaton.edu/ebooks/HTML/bible_names/bible_names.txt

[*] FOLDOC is updated nearly every night, so the version here is bound to
be out of date.  If you can't find the term you're looking for, please
update the database or visit the FOLDOC home site:
        http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/

This package contains conversion software and a copy of the original data.
Please see the raw data for distribution terms for the raw and formatted
data.  The formatting _software_ is currently distributed under the GNU
General Public License.  If you need it use it under another license,
contact the author.


CONFIGURATION:

EXECUTION:

make          builds the libraries and executables
make db       formats the database
make install  installs the database (no executables are installed)

dictzip will be run if it is available.

Headwords:
    jargon:      2136*
    foldoc:     11509
    elements:     132
    easton:      3969
    hitchcock:   2606

* 2336 in ver. 4.2.0 RDH 4/5/00 

PROBLEMS:

If the problem is with the programs, you should contact me, Rik Faith
(faith@cs.unc.edu).  Patches or suggestions are always welcome, but my time
is limited and I might not reply to your email immediately.  If its many
years after 1998, faith@acm.org might be a better alternative address.
