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Re: Programmers requested for dictionary

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Friday, October 27, 2000, 17:58
A great idea!

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Peter Clark wrote:

> - Data entry with automatic sorting. Sorting should be by the >"alphabet" used; for instance, English abcde, Russian abvgde , etc. So >there would have to be some way to setup the program to understand what >word is being entered in what language so that it would sort correctly. >(It should also be able to handle things like sh, th, ch, dzh, etc.)
A setting that allows the user to enter valid letters and letter combinations and alphabetic order would solve this. [In other words, ll is a valid letter in Spanish (and Brithenig) but not in English (and Kerno).] Padraic.
> :Peter