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[http://twext.com/faq twext] is twin text to help you to learn and teach language..<br>
[http://twext.com/faq twext] is twin text to help you to learn and teach language.. [http://test.twext.com alpha demo]<br>
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"twext" and "twexter" are trademarks of [http://more.read.fm/more_language READ.FM]</font>
"twext" and "twexter" are trademarks of [http://more.read.fm/more_language READ.FM]</font>


=twexter=
=twexter=
twexter is [https://github.com/tudisco/twext/commits/simple_ui software] that twexts text..
twexter is [http://github.com/tudisco/twexter software] that twexts text..
twexter helps you do three things:
twexter helps you do three things:


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predictably in fixed font monospace typeset like andale mono:
predictably in fixed font monospace typeset like andale mono:


[[image:Twext50PercentSizeOfTEXTinMonospace.png]]
[[image:TEXTsize2Xtwext.png|444px]]


this makes it easier to input and edit twext:
this makes it easier to input and edit twext:
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==xcroll==
==xcroll==
xcroll still controls 2+ windows with one scrollbar..
xcroll still controls 2+ windows with one scrollbar..
xcroll is good for machine translation and human proofreading
xcroll makes it easy to input lines of space chunked twext..
but space chunking does not really require xcroll:
but space chunking is easier in single input window..


==type twext==
==type twext==
space chunking means you can just type twext:
space chunking means you can just type twext:


si tecleas dos o mas espacios
esto es una prueba de twext
if you type two or more spaces
this is a test of twext
twexter puede conocer la segmentación
queremos saber si este texto
we want to know if this text
software can know the chunking
se ve como el imagen debajo
looks like the image below


simple.. just add a space where you want to chunk,
simple.. just add a space where you want to chunk,
and add corollary space in the translation line..
and add similar spaces in translation line below..
twexter now reads such input and saves:
twexter now reads such input and saves:


si tecleas dos o mas espacios
esto es una prueba de twext
this is a test of twext
if you type two or more spaces
twexter puede conocer la segmentación
queremos saber si este texto
we want to know if this text
software can know the chunking

se ve como el imagen debajo
minimal styling makes it easier to see
looks like the image below
<b>
queremos que sea super fácil</b>
we want it to be muy easy<b>
de twextear texto en donde sea</b>
to twext text anywhere


so you can now edit twext in a single text file:
so you can now edit twext in a single text file:
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and F2 toggle to xcroll (twin inputs)
and F2 toggle to xcroll (twin inputs)
* explicit chunks (vertical array, to autotranslate and proof)
* [http://twext.com/method#super_chunks super chunk] (vertical array, to autotranslate and proof)
* space chunk (text/twext side to side, for real fast input)
* space chunk (text/twext side to side, for real fast input)
then back to just type twext in single input..
then back to just type twext in single input..
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[http://dev.read.fm/open/2008/10/29/EL.D%C3%8DA.DE.LOS.TIEMPOS wixi is for kids]
[http://dev.read.fm/open/2008/10/29/EL.D%C3%8DA.DE.LOS.TIEMPOS wixi is for kids]

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below probably needs a movie
before anyone can really produce twext
because there are some wierd bugs in ui

this may take a while to produce because
of funding.. we're moving work toward print
twext for sale so we can fund this dream
of anyone who want to twext themselves

there are some real usability problems
which hopefully can be fixed with IDN
and urls and back button, all kinds of
things we can't afford yet

anyway we are finally making progress
and if anyone at olpc cares, it wouldn't
take much to get this thing testing
between olpc kids in two or four languages

i've spent years and years on this dream
maybe someday someone at olpc with spend
the few hours it'll take to seriously
get this tool in front of some olpc kids

maybe someday, right? =)

=olpc=
currently being used by how many languages?
* english
* spanish
* tibetan
* aymara
* thai?
* yoruba?
* arabic?
twext now works with any language or dialect,
but needs testers willing to battle alpha bugs..

if you can translate any of above languages,
you can make twext for kids to play with now

-->

Latest revision as of 00:57, 14 December 2008

twext is twin text to help you to learn and teach language.. alpha demo
"twext" and "twexter" are trademarks of READ.FM

twexter

twexter is software that twexts text.. twexter helps you do three things:

chunk

break text into word groups or "chunks"

translate

translate the chunks

format

style the chunk translation as twext

test

esto es una prueba de twext
this is     a test         of  twext
queremos saber si este texto
we want      to know if   this text
se ve como el imagen debajo
looks    like   the image     below

above might look like below:

TwextTestSimpleHtml.png

if not, no big deal.. but it may show text twexting predictably in fixed font monospace typeset like andale mono:

TEXTsize2Xtwext.png

this makes it easier to input and edit twext:

space chunking

space chunk means you can define chunks with spaces, so twext translation is lots easier to edit.. we're starting to test space chunking here:

http://test.twext.com

test in any language or dialect

xcroll

xcroll still controls 2+ windows with one scrollbar.. xcroll is good for machine translation and human proofreading but space chunking is easier in single input window..

type twext

space chunking means you can just type twext:

si  tecleas  dos  o  mas  espacios
if  you type  two  or  more  spaces
twexter  puede  conocer  la segmentación
software  can  know  the chunking

simple.. just add a space where you want to chunk, and add similar spaces in translation line below.. twexter now reads such input and saves:

si  tecleas   dos  o   mas   espacios
if  you type  two  or  more  spaces
twexter   puede  conocer  la segmentación
software  can    know     the chunking

minimal styling makes it easier to see


queremos que sea  super  fácil
we want it to be  muy    easy
de twextear texto  en donde sea
to twext text      anywhere

so you can now edit twext in a single text file:

F2

TwextEditF2.gif

and F2 toggle to xcroll (twin inputs)

  • super chunk (vertical array, to autotranslate and proof)
  • space chunk (text/twext side to side, for real fast input)

then back to just type twext in single input..

to test cursor must be active in twext edit, which you access by clicking "left" or "west" part of twext x icon in upper left of page

direct edit

soon you will be able to edit twext more directly

TwextDirectEdit.png

wixi

when twexter is really easier to use, then we can wixi (make twext work with wiki software)

wixi is for kids