It's been a while...

I haven't posted here for a long time. I've been very busy this semester and I also started a new personal project. I've been updating CasualConc and a few other apps since I last posted here. So if you haven't updated CasualConc in the last 3-4 months, please try the latest build.

Other bug fixes, I mostly make changes based on users' feedback, which I receive not very often. So if you have some ideas, please let me know. I might not be able to answer all your requests, but I'll try.

Also, though I really want to update the documentation, I must admit I'm a way behind. I started updating the CasualConc 'how to use', but haven't been able to work on it since last summer. I hope I can make a progress during the spring break...

CasualConc bug fixes and more

Since I last posted here, I made a few changes and fixed bugs.

Features
Concord
- some minor interface changes (sort, context word, etc)
- you can now save the Concord result table as PDF (Print or Command + P)
- more accurate keyword coloring in the context view when tags are suppressed

Word Count
- Phrase-frames list (i.e. in * of, etc.): Preferences->Others, Word Count, Advanced Mode


General
- the minimum window size is set to 800 x 550px
- some minor interface changes to accommodate the minimum window size


Bug fixes

Concord- saving the results should work now
- keyword coloring in the context view in the Database mode

General
- should run in non-Japanese environment (it didn't)


I also started to update the documentation. The ones with (updated) on the How to Use page are partially updated.

CasualConc beta bug fix

With the recent changes, I introduced one serious bug to the Concord data save function, so I fixed it. Now it should work fine.

I also made a few more changes to the Concord Plot function.

Concord Plot
- you can divide the plots by a fixed number of units (characters/words)

Let me know if you find any problem.

CasualConc beta minor update

Upon requests, I added a few minor features to CasualConc beta.

Concord
- If you enable lemmatization and apply lemmatization to Concord search words, you can sort the Concord results by lemmas of the key.
- When you export Concord results, you can insert characters before and after the key.

Concord Plot
- export plot data (File -> Save Table)
- import to the plots of the same corpus/files (File -> Open Saved Data)
- variable plot widths for each file
- fixed widths for the plot view
- refresh to reflect changes to the Concord results (by deletion)



Bug fix
- context tag handling in Concord


With the changes to Concord, you can now sort by lemma, and then by each word. This is not available to the keyword group function at the moment. I'll see if I can apply to it if I get requests.

If you use the lemmatization function with word family lists, you can sort by the word family first, and then by each word.

If you want to insert characters before and after the key when you export Concord results, go to Preferences -> Concord 

With the Concord Plot changes, you can now put three different search results on one plot. First, search any word(s)/phrase(s) on Concord with the plotting on, then save the data on the Plot view. If you do this with another search and save the data. Then with the same corpus/files, search new word(s)/phrase(s) and then on the Plot view, open the saved data one by one. You can set the color of plots in Preferences -> Others and check Insert markers and type any characters before and after KEY.

To make the plot widths relative to the file length, Preferences -> Others -> Concordance Plot, and select Relative (or Same Width for the same plot width for all the files).

If you want to make the plots width wider, set Width (print) to whatever number (pixels) you want and check Apply to On-screen.

I might move the settings to new tab later, but for now, the settings are under Others.

The new beta version is 1.9.5.

If you find any problem, please let me know.

Bug fix to CasualConc beta

With a few minor changes I made in the last couple of weeks, I introduced yet another bugs.

If you tried to search anything in Concord, you had a warning message, though you still should have been able to search words/phrases. Now I addressed this bug with the latest build (20120423).


The change I made was to allow wildcard character only search in Concord in Word(s) mode and non-word character search in Character/Regular Expression search modes.

Also I made one minor feature addition upon request. If you add (x is any string of your choice) to your corpus files and search Concord with Concord Plot, you will see red lines where the tag(s) is inserted. So if you have any section break in your file(s), you can mark them on plots. This is still an experimental feature and hopefully I can make it more a little more flexible as soon as I have time to work on it more.

In any case, if you have downloaded CasualConc in the last couple of weeks, please get the latest beta build.