From 4e1b19c1afc4a9404cf22f130dbd25fe8d71d957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "john.j.camilleri" Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 06:28:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] GF homepage: Add section for "getting help" (mentioning IRC channel) and remove "fragments" from Maltese --- index.html | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 2eb4b60b8..a2e29e702 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ January 2013 | GitHub | Interactive MapNew! | GF Cloud Service -] +]

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ January 2013

-
2013-06-24:We are now running the IRC channel #gf on the Freenode network. +
2013-06-24:We are now running the IRC channel #gf on the Freenode network.
2013-06-19:New resource grammar language: Maltese. See library synopsis.
2013-04-25:New resource grammar language: Greek. @@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ January 2013

What is GF

-GF, Grammatical Framework, is a programming language for +GF, Grammatical Framework, is a programming language for multilingual grammar applications. It is

    -
  • a special-purpose language for grammars, like YACC, Bison, Happy, BNFC, +
  • a special-purpose language for grammars, like YACC, Bison, Happy, BNFC, but not restricted to programming languages
  • a functional language, like Haskell, Lisp, OCaml, Scheme, SML, but specialized to grammar writing @@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ GF can be used for building

    Availability

    -GF is open-source, licensed under GPL (the program) and +GF is open-source, licensed under GPL (the program) and LGPL and BSD (the libraries). It -is available for +is available for

    • Linux @@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ is available for

      Projects

      -GF was first created in 1998 at -Xerox Research Centre Europe, +GF was first created in 1998 at +Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble, in the project Multilingual Document Authoring. At Xerox, it was used for prototypes including a restaurant phrase book, @@ -180,17 +180,17 @@ an authoring system for medical drug descriptions. Later projects using GF and involving third parties include, in chronological order,

        -
      • GF-Alfa: +
      • GF-Alfa: natural language interface to formal proofs
      • Efficient: authoring tool for business models. -
      • GF-KeY: +
      • GF-KeY: authoring and translation of software specifications -
      • TALK: +
      • TALK: multilingual and multimodal spoken dialogue systems -
      • WebALT: +
      • WebALT: multilingual generation of mathematical exercises (commercial project) -
      • SALDO: +
      • SALDO: Swedish morphological dictionary based on rules developed for GF and Functional Morphology
      • MOLTO: @@ -203,13 +203,13 @@ fifty scientific publications (see GF publica

        Programming in GF

        -GF is easy to learn by following the tutorial. +GF is easy to learn by following the tutorial. You can write your first translator in 15 minutes.

        -GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler. -Grammars can be compiled to parser and translator code in many different -formats. These components can then be embedded in applications written +GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler. +Grammars can be compiled to parser and translator code in many different +formats. These components can then be embedded in applications written in other programming languages. The formats currently supported are:

          @@ -230,11 +230,22 @@ The GF programming language is high-level and advanced, featuring
        • module system with multiple inheritance and parametrized modules
        +

        Getting help

        +

        +If you need some help with GF, the first places to start are the Tutorial and Reference pages. +The printed book contains all the material in the tutorial and some extra bits, and is the recommended reference for GF. +

        + +

        +We run the IRC channel #gf on the Freenode network, where you are welcome to look for help with small questions or just start a general discussion. +If you have a larger question which the community may benefit from, we recommend you ask it on the mailing list. +

        +

        Libraries

        -Libraries are at the heart of modern software engineering. In natural language +Libraries are at the heart of modern software engineering. In natural language applications, libraries are a way to cope with thousands of details involved in -syntax, lexicon, and inflection. The +syntax, lexicon, and inflection. The GF resource grammar library has support for an increasing number of languages, currently including

        @@ -259,7 +270,7 @@ support for an increasing number of languages, currently including
      • Italian
      • Latin (fragments)
      • Latvian -
      • Maltese (fragments) +
      • Maltese
      • Nepali
      • Norwegian bokmÃ¥l
      • Persian @@ -277,8 +288,8 @@ support for an increasing number of languages, currently including

        -Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9 -months - contributions +Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9 +months - contributions are welcome! You can start with the resource grammarian's tutorial.