FYI: Syntax Software, Translators' Website
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Su-ying Hsiao
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Joseph Hilferty posted a message on how to use the Syntax Student's Companion program(a Java application to draw syntactic trees) on Oct. 8. Unfortunately, Macintosh users cannot use the SSC program by the way Joseph described. To run the SSC program on a Mac, Mac users need MacOS Runtime for Java, which comes with the system software or can be downloaded from http://www.apple.com/java , the SSC program, and an application which "tells" the computer where the Java archive *.jar is and which file should be executed first. Here's the way to write such a program by yourself. First, you need an application called JBindery. JBindery is a component of MRJ SDK 2.1 (Mac OS Runtime for Java Software Developmen Kit), which can be downloaded from http://developer.apple.com/java a. Launch JBindery b. Go to "command" panel. Type in the class name: SSCFrame c. Switch to "classpath" panel. Click the button "Add manually" d. Add an item to classpath "file:///$APPLICATION/SSC.jar" then click "OK" e. Click "Save settings", name the settings as SSC4Mac (or any name you like) and save it to the folder "SSC041" (where the SSC program is). f. Quit JBindery Make sure to place SSC4Mac application in the same folder as SSC.jar. You can make an alias and use the alias to launch the program. To use the SSC program, double click the SSC4Mac application. Hope this helps. Su-ying Hsiao Institute of Linguistics Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan Stella Su-ying Hsiao Institute of Linguistics Academia Sinica Taipei, TAIWAN suying@sinica.edu.tw |
