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Basic instructions

• Make sure Java 1.5 or later is installed on your machine. The software should work irrespective of platform (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X).
• Create a new directory (a.k.a. 'folder').
• Download PhilologEg-0.*.jar (57.0 MB) and store it in above-mentioned directory.
• One may now view the St Andrews corpus, or create a new corpus. Whether one prefers to do this using a command-line interface or using the mouse pointer depends on the platform (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X).
• With command-line (preferred for Linux, also Mac OS X):
  • For viewing the St Andrews corpus, execute from the command-line:

    java -jar PhilologEg-0.*.jar

  • For editing a particular corpus, provide an existing corpus file e.g.:

    java -jar PhilologEg-0.*.jar mypath/corpusdir/corpus.xml

• With mouse (preferred for Windows, also Mac OS X):
  • Click on PhilologEg-0.*.jar to view the St Andrews corpus.
  • To view another corpus if it is available (e.g. your own), click open and find appropriate XML file.
• Before creating a new corpus, it is advisable to create a new directory with four subdirectories named align, pdf, resources, texts. Then open the corpus viewer (by command-line or by mouse click), click open, navigate to the appropriate main directory, and enter as corpus file name for example corpus.xml.
• Further read the help pages by clicking on the help button of the corpus viewer.

Instructions for advanced use

• Execute (in command-line): jar xf PhilologEg-0.*.jar, or unpack the jar file using WinZip or WinRAR (on Windows).
• Follow the instructions in the readme file.

Versions

• Version 0.5.14 (2020-07-09):
  • Added Unicode functionality.
• Version 0.5.13 (2018-12-02):
  • Fixed bugs in Lexical Annotator and OCR tool.
  • Introduced 3D functionality.
• Version 0.5.12 (2016-01-28):
  • Redesigned OCR tool.
• Version 0.5.11 (2015-11-08):
  • Fixed problem with boxes in OCR tool, and added IFAO prototypes.
  • Updated readme file.
  • Added PDF output for ResToImage.
• Version 0.5.10 (2015-05-23):
  • Made corrections to orthographic model.
• Version 0.5.9 (2015-04-02):
  • Refined orthographic model.
• Version 0.5.8 (2015-02-09):
  • Fixed problem with information windows.
  • Refined orthographic annotator.
• Version 0.5.7 (2014-12-29):
  • Fixed problem with shading of complex groups.
  • Fixed bug in RES editor.
  • Fixed display of empty hieroglyphic groups.
• Version 0.5.6 (2014-08-28):
  • Fixed problem with access to inner JAR file.
• Version 0.5.5 (2014-08-27):
  • New type of resource for lexical annotation.
  • Interface to lexicon.
  • Code to create web pages.
• Version 0.5.4 (2014-07-08):
  • Functionality added to link text and images.
  • Various improvements to GUI and code structure.
• Version 0.5.3 (2014-04-24):
  • OCR functionality completed.
  • Prototypes for OCR are now included.
  • Patch to RES editor.
• Version 0.5.2 (2013-12-29):
  • Tool for OCR of handwritten hieroglyphic transcriptions.
• Version 0.5.1 (2013-11-15):
  • Transition from Java 1.4 to Java 1.5.
  • Fixed problem with last-modified date.
  • Patch to transliteration font.
  • Tools for orthographic annotation.
• Version 0.5.0 (2011-12-22):
  • xscale and yscale implemented in RES.
• Version 0.4.5 (2010-08-05):
  • Patch for Java version 7 and Web addresses.
  • Patch to fix bounding box for EPS output.
  • ResToImage reimplemented, to accommodate for REStex and REShtml.
• Version 0.4.4 (2010-01-24):
  • Added framework for joint translations.
  • Added choice between hieroglyphic fonts.
  • Corrected two minor bugs in RES editor.
  • Corrected bugs in hyperlinks.
  • Corrected bug in manual alignment.
  • Corrected bug that arose in Windows path names with spaces.
• Version 0.4.3 (2009-09-11):
  • Corrected bug with note in empty glyph.
  • Close of corpus blocked when resource is open.
  • Corrected transliteration fonts.
  • Improved scrolling upon reformat.
• Version 0.4.2 (2009-08-31):
  • Solved problems with character encoding and keyboard shortcuts.
  • Solved problem with focus in glyph chooser.
• Version 0.4.1 (2009-08-23):
  • Corrected two minor bugs in RES editor.
  • Corrected bug in resource editor.
  • Circumvented Java bug affecting path names in Windows.
  • Corrected incompatibility Linux versus Windows in text panes.
  • Circumvented problems with entities in HTML output.
• Version 0.4.0 (2009-08-18):
  • Renamed data formats and software to PhilologEg.
  • Almost complete reimplementation of data formats, alignment and rendering.
  • Editing of corpus now completely with graphical user interface.
• Version 0.3.3 (2009-01-07):
  • Corrected minor bugs in RES editor, and extended some features. Corrected bugs in RES rendering.
  • Implemented automatic conversion from MdC format to RES/AELalign.
  • Started transition to RES 0.4.
  • New hieroglyphic font.
• Version 0.3.2 (2008-07-03):
  • Corrected minor bugs in RES editor.
• Version 0.3.1 (2007-01-22):
  • Introduced Ant.
  • Introduced RES editor.
  • Added the possibility to include external TrueType fonts in export to PDF, to accommodate for e.g. the Polish script.
  • Corrected orientation of sign L3 in font.
• Version 0.3 (2005-08-15):
  • For AELalign 0.3.
  • Incorporates ResToImage for RES 0.3.
• Version 0.2.3 (2005-06-13):
  • Added facilities for hieroglyphic and transliteration in resource windows.
  • No more pixelization of hieroglyphic in PDF.
• Version 0.2.2 (2005-04-29):
  • For AELalign 0.2.
  • Programmed in Java.
• Version 0.1 (December 2000):
  • For AELalign 0.1.
  • Programmed in Perl. Now obsolete.