I've run a wiki for a long time, with the goal of having a good online resource for linguistics hobbyists. Now that I'm working on the website again, I hope to improve and expand the contents.
The Gloss Plugin Works! (2010-02-26)
Well, after a few evenings of fiddling with PHP, I think I’ve finally got my simple dokuwiki gloss plugin doing what I want it to. It’s probably still not perfect, and might be improved by adding some extra features, but it’s good enough and it has the ...
moreFormatting Glosses In Html (2010-02-24)
So, as part of setting up dokuwiki I decided to write a simple plugin to format glosses properly by generating HTML and CSS. That means:
- Aligning words in the foreign language with their English translation.
- Align morpheme boundaries within the word correctly.
These first two can be accomplished simply by ...
moreThe Ugliness That Is Php (2010-02-24)
Yesterday evening, I had a quick go at programming a plugin for dokuwiki that automatically formats glosses. Dokuwiki itself makes it fairly easy to define new syntax, and really the only downside is the fact that the plugins have to be written in PHP. I’ve (successfully) done my best ...
moreThe Wiki Is Up (2010-02-21)
The wiki is now up again, and I’ve transferred the major content from the previous incarnation. After a bit of thought, I’ve decided to stick with dokuwiki instead of moving to mediawiki or any of the other alternatives.
My major problem now is getting a vaguely consistent look ...
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