diff --git a/demos/index.html b/demos/index.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9582581fb --- /dev/null +++ b/demos/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ + + + + +Grammatical Framework Demos + +

Grammatical Framework Demos

+ +
+ +

+Letter editor: compose +a letter in a language you don't know. +

+

+Numeral translator: see +number words in 88 languages. +

+

+Pizza: order a pizza by speaking +to your web browser. +

+

+Restauranggajden: write and read +restaurant reviews in a multilingual Wiki. +

+

+WebALT Math Editor: +create mathematical exercises in six languages simultaneously. +

+

+Tramdemo: find your way in +Gothenburg public transport system, in six languages (film). +

+

+Library API browser-editor: construct phrases in +the GF resource library +

+ + + + diff --git a/demos/index.txt b/demos/index.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a505275d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/demos/index.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Grammatical Framework Demos + + + + +[Letter editor http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~markus/gramlets/letter-applet.html]: compose +a letter in a language you don't know. + +[Numeral translator http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~bringert/gf/translate/]: see +number words in 88 languages. + +[Pizza http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~bringert/xv/pizza/]: order a pizza by speaking +to your web browser. + +[Restauranggajden http://www.restauranggajden.se/tomas/]: write and read +restaurant reviews in a multilingual Wiki. + +[WebALT Math Editor http://webalt.math.helsinki.fi/PublicFiles/CD/Screencast/TextMathEditor%20Demo.swf]: +create mathematical exercises in six languages simultaneously. + +[Tramdemo http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~bringert/misc/tramdemo.avi]: find your way in +Gothenburg public transport system, in six languages (film). + +[Library API browser-editor resource-api/editor.html]: construct phrases in +the [GF resource library ../lib/resource/doc/synopsis.html] + diff --git a/doc/gf3-release.html b/doc/gf3-release.html index 4f81e8a55..75557c94a 100644 --- a/doc/gf3-release.html +++ b/doc/gf3-release.html @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@

GF 3.0

Krasimir Angelov, Björn Bringert, and Aarne Ranta
+Beta release, 27 June 2008

@@ -15,10 +16,6 @@ language in 2.9, which means backward compatibility. But the target languages, t compiler implementation, and the functionalities (e.g. the shell) have undergone radical changes.

-

-The release of GF 3.0 is projected for 27 June. As usual, the developing sources -are available all the time via Darcs. -

New features

Here is a summary of the main novelties visible to the user: @@ -38,22 +35,25 @@ Here is a summary of the main novelties visible to the user: the shell, and the compiler are accessible via high-level APIs.

  • Resource library version 1.4: more coverage, more languages; some of the new GF language features are exploited. +
  • Uniform character encoding: UTF8 in generated files, user-definable in + source files

    Non-supported features

    -There are some features of GF 2.9 that will not work in the 2.7 June release. +There are some features of GF 2.9 that will not work in the 3.0 beta release.

    @@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ Inheritance of overload groups.

    - + diff --git a/doc/gf3-release.txt b/doc/gf3-release.txt index b065b4582..631752c90 100644 --- a/doc/gf3-release.txt +++ b/doc/gf3-release.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GF 3.0 Krasimir Angelov, Björn Bringert, and Aarne Ranta - +Beta release, 27 June 2008 GF Version 3.0 is a major revision of GF. The source language is a superset of the @@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ language in 2.9, which means backward compatibility. But the target languages, t compiler implementation, and the functionalities (e.g. the shell) have undergone radical changes. -The release of GF 3.0 is projected for 27 June. As usual, the developing sources -are available all the time via Darcs. - ==New features== @@ -29,20 +26,23 @@ Here is a summary of the main novelties visible to the user: the shell, and the compiler are accessible via high-level APIs. - **Resource library version 1.4**: more coverage, more languages; some of the new GF language features are exploited. +- **Uniform character encoding**: UTF8 in generated files, user-definable in + source files ==Non-supported features== -There are some features of GF 2.9 that will //not// work in the 2.7 June release. +There are some features of GF 2.9 that will //not// work in the 3.0 beta release. - Java Editor GUI: we now see the JavaScript editor as the main form of syntax editing. - Pre-module multi-file grammar format: the grammar format of GF before version 2.0 - is still supported, but its include mechanism is not; this means that grammars - consisting of multiple files have to be concatenated before use. + is still not yet supported. +- Context-free and EBNF input grammar formats. - Probabilistic GF grammars. - Some output formats: LBNF. - Some GF shell commands: while the main ones will be supported with their familiar - syntax and options, some old commands have not been included. + syntax and options, some old commands have not been included. The GF shell + command ``help -changes`` gives the actual list. Users who want to have these features are welcome to contact us, diff --git a/download/index.html b/download/index.html index d2366c808..b1fd1774f 100644 --- a/download/index.html +++ b/download/index.html @@ -1,56 +1,72 @@ - - + + + + +Grammatical Framework Download and Installation + +

    Grammatical Framework Download and Installation

    + +
    -GF Version 2.9, released 21 December 2007 as sources: - -Binaries: GF Version 2.8, released 8 July 2007; updated 12 September. - -The Sourceforge GF site -has currently only v 2.7 and older versions. - -

    - -Don't forget that you can always get the current sources from the -GF Darcs Repository. First time you do -

    -  darcs get --partial --set-scripts-executable http://www.cs.chalmers.se/Cs/Research/Language-technology/darcs/GF/
-
    -and subsequent times -
    -  darcs pull -a
-
    -Then compile and install as described in -GF/src/INSTALL. - - - - + + + diff --git a/download/index.txt b/download/index.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b036e0ccc --- /dev/null +++ b/download/index.txt @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +Grammatical Framework Download and Installation + + +==Latest developer code== + +[GF darcs repository ../doc/darcs.html] + +==Latest release== + +[GF 3.0 beta Linux binary gf-3.0beta-linux.gz] (Intel, Ubuntu) + +[GF 3.0 beta MacOS X binary gf-3.0beta-mac.gz] (Intel Mac with Leopard) + +[GF 3.0 beta Windows binary gf-3.0beta-mac.exe] + +[GF 3.0 beta sources gf-3.0beta.tgz] + +[GF libraries v 1.4 gf-lib-1.4.tgz] (compiled resource grammar libraries) + + +==Old releases== + +[GF 2.9 download page ../GF2/download/index.html] + + +==Installation instructions== + +To compile and install from source: +``` + tar xvfz gf-3.0beta.tgz + cd GF/src + autoconf + ./configure + make + make install +``` +To install a binary, +``` + tar xvfz BINARY-PACKAGE.tgz + cd GF-... + ./configure + make install +``` +You may need ``sudo make install``. +If you cannot write in ``/usr/local/``, you can change the target directory +by ``./configure --prefix=MYDIR``. + +The Mac OS X binary (Intel) requires Readline from +[Mac Ports http://www.macports.org/]. To install, see above item. + +The Windows binary is easiest if you have +[Cygwin http://www.cygwin.com/]. To install, see above item. + diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 6146230c0..6d046daf6 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ June 2008

    -[ Demos -| Download +[ Demos +| Download | Libraries | Reference | Tutorial @@ -34,14 +34,15 @@ June 2008

    -[ Demos -| Download +[ Demos +| Download | Developers | Events -| Libraries +| Libraries | People | Projects | Publications +| QuickRefCard | Reference | Tutorial ] @@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ June 2008

    News

    -27 June 2008: release of GF 3.0 and a new web page; the old web page is +27 June 2008: +release of GF 3.0 and this new web page; the old web page is here.

    diff --git a/index.txt b/index.txt index 4fd1fe56d..52976c41e 100644 --- a/index.txt +++ b/index.txt @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ June 2008 #BELARGE -``[`` [Demos demos/] -``|`` [Download download] +``[`` [Demos demos/index.html] +``|`` [Download download/index.html] ``|`` [Libraries lib/resource/doc/synopsis.html] ``|`` [Reference doc/gf-refman.html] ``|`` [Tutorial doc/gf-tutorial.html] @@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ June 2008 #ENLARGE -``[`` [Demos demos/] -``|`` [Download download] +``[`` [Demos demos/index.html] +``|`` [Download download/index.html] ``|`` [Developers doc/darcs.html] ``|`` [Events doc/events.html] -``|`` [Libraries lib/] +``|`` [Libraries lib/resource/doc/synopsis.html] ``|`` [People doc/gf-people.html] ``|`` [Projects doc/projects.html] ``|`` [Publications doc/gf-tutorial.html] +``|`` [QuickRefCard doc/gf-reference.html] ``|`` [Reference doc/gf-refman.html] ``|`` [Tutorial doc/gf-tutorial.html] ``]`` @@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ June 2008 ==News== -27 June 2008: release of GF 3.0 and a new web page; the old web page is +27 June 2008: +[release of GF 3.0 doc/gf3-relesase.html] and this new web page; the old web page is [here index-2.html]. @@ -91,22 +93,23 @@ GF can be used for building ==Availability== -GF is **open-source**, licensed under [GPL ] (the program) and [LGPL ] (the libraries). It +GF is **open-source**, licensed under [GPL LICENSE] (the program) and +[LGPL lib/LICENSE] (the libraries). It is available for -- [Linux ] -- [Mac OS X ] -- [Windows ] -- via compilation to [JavaScript ], almost any platform that has a web browser +- Linux +- Mac OS X +- Windows +- via compilation to JavaScript, almost any platform that has a web browser ==Projects== -GF was born in 1998 at Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble in the project +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 in 6 languages, -a database query system in 7 languages, +a restaurant phrase book, +a database query system, a formalization of an alarm system instructions with translations to 5 languages, and -an authoring system for medical drug descriptions in 2 languages. +an authoring system for medical drug descriptions. Later projects using GF and involving third parties include, in chronological order, - GF-Alfa: natural language interface to formal proofs @@ -123,13 +126,13 @@ fifty [scientific publications ]. ==Programming in GF== -GF is easy to learn by following the [tutorial doc/gf-tutorial.html]. You can write your -first translator in 15 minutes. +GF is easy to learn by following the [tutorial doc/gf-tutorial.html]. +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 in other programming languages. The formats -currently supported are: +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: - Haskell - Java - JavaScript @@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ support for an increasing number of languages, currently including Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9 -months - [contributions doc/projects.html] +months - [contributions doc/gf-projects.html] are welcome! % [doc/10lang-small.png]