USER'S GUIDE
(Last updated: 07 Nov. 2003)
This is the window version of the Lancaster CLAWS POS tagger.
To run the Java interface, click on the file "run_jclaws.bat" to start the claws window interface.
I. Menu "File" - provides basic functions of openning/saving text from/to file for the pair of display windows. Menuitems "New left Window" and "New right Window" clear the left and right windows respectively.
II. Menu "View" - provides functions for wrapping/unwrapping lines and changing colours of the words and background.
III. Menu "Tools" - Provide basic functions for searching, window-copying and sorting.
1. Sub-menu "Find" - Put the cursor at the beginning point of search,
the program searches for a given item downward from the point.
1) menu_item "Left window": find item in the left window.
2) menu_item "Right window": find item in the right window.
2. Sub-menu "Copy between Windows" - Copy content of a window to the other.
1) Menu_item "Copy left window to right window"
2) Menu_item "Copy right window to left window"
IV. Menu "JClaws" - Window version of Lancaster CLAWS POS tagger.
1. Sub-menu "Tag Text in Left Window" - open the file on the left window.
The tagged text will be displaied on the rigfht window.
1) Menu_item "Vertical format": The output text will be in vertical format.
2) Menu_item "Horizontal format": The output text will be in horizontal format.
2. Sub-menu "Tag Text in Files" - Select file(s) using file chooser to tag the
text(s). The output file keeps the same name as the input file, but with
suffix of "cls".
1) Menu_item "Vertical format": The output text will be in vertical format.
2) Menu_item "Horizontal format": The output text will be in horizontal format.
3. Menuitem "Vertical to Horizontal" - This is auxiliary function for changing
vertical output format into horizontal format. To run this function, open a
tagged text in vertical format on the left window, next click this menuitem,
then the converted text will be displaied on the right window.
V. Menu "Help" - mainly include "Readme" item for displaying User's guide on the right window.
This program can also be run using command line:
java EstClaws testout.txt < testin.txt
For further information, please contact Scott Piao (
s.piao@lancaster.ac.uk) or Paul Rayson (
paul@comp.lancs.ac.uk).