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Legends2k: Added history feature description

2012-10-09T04:33:19Z

Added history feature description

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	==Notifications==		==Notifications==
	Notifications are passive messages that pop up from the system tray (generally), without expecting ~~the user~~ to make an input, so that he/she can continue to do what he/she was doing, uninterrupted. These are sometimes called balloon tips (in Microsoft Windows). Artha has the capability to show notifications. If you enable notifications, and when you select some text on a window and press the hot key, instead of popping-up, Artha will show a notification of the most prime definition of the query and continue to stay on the system try, so that you can carry on with your work with out an interruption. Should you require more details on it, you can always click on the system try icon or the '''Detailed Lookup''' button on the notification window.		Notifications are passive messages that pop up from the system tray (generally), without expecting you to make an input, so that he/she can continue to do what he/she was doing, uninterrupted. These are sometimes called balloon tips (in Microsoft Windows). Artha has the capability to show notifications. If you enable notifications, and when you select some text on a window and press the hot key, instead of popping-up, Artha will show a notification of the most prime definition of the query and continue to stay on the system try, so that you can carry on with your work with out an interruption. Should you require more details on it, you can always click on the system try icon or the '''Detailed Lookup''' button on the notification window.


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	==On-the-fly Search==		==On-the-fly Search==
	[[Image:Autocomplete.png\|thumb\|Possible matches shown on-the-fly for ~~user's~~ input "gradu"]]		[[Image:Autocomplete.png\|thumb\|Possible matches shown on-the-fly for input "gradu"]]
	As you start typing letters in the Query box, Artha starts searching/filtering terms in the thesaurus for a match, to what is getting typed and shows a list of possible matches. This will help ~~the user~~ find the searched word quicker, and also the possibility of learning new words is made higher with this feature.		As you start typing letters in the Query box, Artha starts searching/filtering terms in the thesaurus for a match, to what is getting typed and shows a list of possible matches. This will help you find the searched word quicker, and also the possibility of learning new words is made higher with this feature. It can be thought of as an easier way to find a word, without typing it our fully or without knowing it's spelling correctly.

	==Regular Expressions Search==		==Regular Expressions Search==
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	[[image:mode_simple.png\|Car's Meronyms/Parts in Simple Mode]] [[image:mode_detailed.png\|Car's Meronyms/Parts in Detailed Mode]]		[[image:mode_simple.png\|Car's Meronyms/Parts in Simple Mode]] [[image:mode_detailed.png\|Car's Meronyms/Parts in Detailed Mode]]


			==Persistant History==
			[[image:history_options.png\|thumb\|right\|History data can be cleared or saved]]
			The lookups made in Artha can be seen in the Query box's drop down list; this list is persistant i.e. when you quit Artha and reopen it, the lookups made in the previous session will still be present in the drop down. History can be cleared if you feel it has data you don't need for later reference. History can also be saved so that if you're interested in having the list of words you learnt newly and to revisit them. Both clearing and saving history data can be done by right-clicking on the query box and selecting the appropriate option.

Legends2k: /* On-the-fly Search */ corrected image desc.

2012-10-08T14:00:19Z

On-the-fly Search: corrected image desc.

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	==On-the-fly Search==		==On-the-fly Search==
	[[Image:Autocomplete.png\|thumb\|Possible matches ~~show~~ for "gradu"]]		[[Image:Autocomplete.png\|thumb\|Possible matches shown on-the-fly for user's input "gradu"]]
	As you start typing letters in the Query box, Artha starts searching/filtering terms in the thesaurus for a match, to what is getting typed and shows a list of possible matches. This will help the user find the searched word quicker, and also the possibility of learning new words is made higher with this feature.		As you start typing letters in the Query box, Artha starts searching/filtering terms in the thesaurus for a match, to what is getting typed and shows a list of possible matches. This will help the user find the searched word quicker, and also the possibility of learning new words is made higher with this feature.


	==Regular Expressions Search==		==Regular Expressions Search==

Legends2k: Added autocomplete feature description

2012-10-08T12:27:36Z

Added autocomplete feature description

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	Notifications can be enabled or disabled by the '''Notify''' button on the tool bar or by right-clicking on Artha's system tray icon and choosing Notify in the pop-up menu. If no such button/menu appears, then check if libnotify and notifications-daemon are installed on your system. These components are mandatory to show notifications. Refer [[Installation#Notifications\|Installation]] for further details.		Notifications can be enabled or disabled by the '''Notify''' button on the tool bar or by right-clicking on Artha's system tray icon and choosing Notify in the pop-up menu. If no such button/menu appears, then check if libnotify and notifications-daemon are installed on your system. These components are mandatory to show notifications. Refer [[Installation#Notifications\|Installation]] for further details.


			==On-the-fly Search==
			[[Image:Autocomplete.png\|thumb\|Possible matches show for "gradu"]]
			As you start typing letters in the Query box, Artha starts searching/filtering terms in the thesaurus for a match, to what is getting typed and shows a list of possible matches. This will help the user find the searched word quicker, and also the possibility of learning new words is made higher with this feature.

Legends2k: /* Hot key Lookup */ Added hotkey editor details

2010-01-12T01:33:24Z

Hot key Lookup: Added hotkey editor details

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	==~~Hot key~~ Lookup==		==Hotkey Lookup==
	One of the most important feature of Artha that makes it handy is the ~~hot key~~ lookup feature. When you are reading an article in the browser, or composing a mail, or working on the Terminal, be it any window, when you select some text in it and press the pre-set hot key combination assigned to Artha, it ~~pops~~-up with the definitions of the selection made in that window. To know the hot key that is set currently, you can ~~see~~ the ~~About dialog by pressing the About button from~~ Artha~~'s tool bar~~. ~~Also~~, after installation, ~~on the first run~~, ~~Artha will show you a message box telling about~~ the ~~hot key set.~~		[[Image:Hotkey_Editor.png\|thumb\|Hotkey Editor (since 1.0.0)]]
			One of the most important feature of Artha that makes it handy is the hotkey lookup feature. When you are reading an article in the browser, or composing a mail on a mail client, or working on the Terminal, be it any window, when you select some text in it and press the pre-set hot key combination assigned to Artha, it will pop-up with the definitions of the selection made of that window. To know the hot key that is set currently or to change it, press the ''Hotkey'' button on the toolbar; this shows up the '''Hotkey Editor''' dialog using which you can view/change the hotkey currently set. Hotkey feature can be disabled as well; but to summon Artha for lookup or to get passive desktop notifications, hotkey should be set. When Artha is run the first time, after installation, it will try to set an arbitrary hotkey, in the order:

	~~Artha's hot key feature is currently not customizable i.e. it tries to set a hot key in the following order:~~
	* Ctrl + Alt + W		* Ctrl + Alt + W
	* Ctrl + Alt + A		* Ctrl + Alt + A
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	* Ctrl + Alt + Q		* Ctrl + Alt + Q

	When one fails it tries to set the next. If all the above hot keys are pre-occupied by some other application, ~~the hot key feature is disabled. Hence its highly recommended that you keep at least one of them free. If~~ no ~~hot key could~~ be set~~, you will be intimated that~~ the ~~hot~~ key ~~feature is disabled~~.		When one fails it tries to set the next. If all the above hot keys are pre-occupied by some other application, no hotkey will be set. You can change the same via tha hotkey editor to whichever key combination you prefer.


	==Notifications==		==Notifications==

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2009-05-24T01:13:33Z

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	* Expr. ‘a[c\|d\|e]{2,}‘ means the word looked for starts with a and then there are minimum 2 or more occurances of c, d or e. It fetches acc, accede, ace, add, ade and aec.		* Expr. ‘a[c\|d\|e]{2,}‘ means the word looked for starts with a and then there are minimum 2 or more occurances of c, d or e. It fetches acc, accede, ace, add, ade and aec.


	==WordNet==		==WordNet==
	WordNet is a free open lexical database for English, by Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor [[Wikipedia::George Armitage Miller\|George A. Miller]]. It is what its name says. Each word will have one or more definitions (or senses, technically). Apart from these definitions, a word is interlinked to other words by a relation like Synonyms, Hypernyms, etc. Generally, We tend to forget a word by learning a word's definitions alone. That's the prime reason, WordNet has this relatives feature by creating a net of words. When you learn a word, you also learn (or would at least glance) its relatives like what are its similar terms, what does a verb entail doing, etc. which makes a complete net of a word and its associates. These are displayed in an easily comprehend-able fashion by Artha.		[http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ WordNet] is a free open lexical database for English, by Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor [[Wikipedia::George Armitage Miller\|George A. Miller]]. It is what its name says. Each word will have one or more definitions (or senses, technically). Apart from these definitions, a word is interlinked to other words by a relation like Synonyms, Hypernyms, etc. Generally, We tend to forget a word by learning a word's definitions alone. That's the prime reason, WordNet has this relatives feature by creating a net of words. When you learn a word, you also learn (or would at least glance) its relatives like what are its similar terms, what does a verb entail doing, etc. which makes a complete net of a word and its associates. These are displayed in an easily comprehend-able fashion by Artha.

Legends2k: /* Suggestions */ Added image to Suggestions feature

2009-05-22T07:33:05Z

Suggestions: Added image to Suggestions feature

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	==Suggestions==		==Suggestions==
			[[Image:Artha Suggestions.png\|thumb\|Suggestions given when a word is misspelt]]
	When you type a word incorrectly/misspell and query it in Artha, apart from saying that it couldn't find a definition for it, Artha will show a set of words which are close matches to the searched word i.e. it will suggest you with other valid words, which could have been what you really meant.		When you type a word incorrectly/misspell and query it in Artha, apart from saying that it couldn't find a definition for it, Artha will show a set of words which are close matches to the searched word i.e. it will suggest you with other valid words, which could have been what you really meant.

	For suggestions feature to work, make sure you have libenchant and an English dictionary (of ''any'' locale) installed on your system. Refer [[Installation#Suggestions\|Installation]] for further details.		For suggestions feature to work, make sure you have libenchant and an English dictionary (of ''any'' locale) installed on your system. Refer [[Installation#Suggestions\|Installation]] for further details.

Legends2k: /* Regular Expressions Search */ Added images to Regex Search feature

2009-05-22T07:24:17Z

Regular Expressions Search: Added images to Regex Search feature

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	==Regular Expressions Search==		==Regular Expressions Search==
			[[Image:Regex wildcard.png\|thumb\|Regex search using wildcard (*)]]
	Regular expressions (regex) can be used easily to search for terms in the thesaurus. It's a powerful way to zero-in a particular word you vaguely know it's spelling and want to locate it in the thesaurus. Artha’s regular expression pattern closely follows [[Wikipedia::wildmat\|wildmat]] syntax by Rich Salz owing to its simplicity. Possible regex searches are:		Regular expressions (regex) can be used easily to search for terms in the thesaurus. It's a powerful way to zero-in a particular word you vaguely know it's spelling and want to locate it in the thesaurus. Artha’s regular expression pattern closely follows [[Wikipedia::wildmat\|wildmat]] syntax by Rich Salz owing to its simplicity. Possible regex searches are:

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	'''Examples''':		'''Examples''':
			[[Image:Regex joker.png\|thumb\|Regex search using joker (?)]]
	* Expr. ‘cro*p‘ means the term you want to corner starts with ‘cro‘ and ends with ‘p‘ while the number of characters in between are unknown. It fetches crop, crop up, croup, crock up and crow step.		* Expr. ‘cro*p‘ means the term you want to corner starts with ‘cro‘ and ends with ‘p‘ while the number of characters in between are unknown. It fetches crop, crop up, croup, crock up and crow step.

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	* Expr. ‘a[c\|d\|e]{2,}‘ means the word looked for starts with a and then there are minimum 2 or more occurances of c, d or e. It fetches acc, accede, ace, add, ade and aec.		* Expr. ‘a[c\|d\|e]{2,}‘ means the word looked for starts with a and then there are minimum 2 or more occurances of c, d or e. It fetches acc, accede, ace, add, ade and aec.


	==WordNet==		==WordNet==

Legends2k: Added Regex feature

2009-05-17T06:02:57Z

Added Regex feature

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	Notifications can be enabled or disabled by the '''Notify''' button on the tool bar or by right-clicking on Artha's system tray icon and choosing Notify in the pop-up menu. If no such button/menu appears, then check if libnotify and notifications-daemon are installed on your system. These components are mandatory to show notifications. Refer [[Installation#Notifications\|Installation]] for further details.		Notifications can be enabled or disabled by the '''Notify''' button on the tool bar or by right-clicking on Artha's system tray icon and choosing Notify in the pop-up menu. If no such button/menu appears, then check if libnotify and notifications-daemon are installed on your system. These components are mandatory to show notifications. Refer [[Installation#Notifications\|Installation]] for further details.


			==Regular Expressions Search==
			Regular expressions (regex) can be used easily to search for terms in the thesaurus. It's a powerful way to zero-in a particular word you vaguely know it's spelling and want to locate it in the thesaurus. Artha’s regular expression pattern closely follows [[Wikipedia::wildmat\|wildmat]] syntax by Rich Salz owing to its simplicity. Possible regex searches are:

			* wildcard - * - matches any number of (including zero) unknown characters

			* joker - ? - matches one unknown character

			* range - [...] - matches one unknown character within the range specified

			* limits - {m, n} - upper & lower limits of the number of characters in a range; should be used in combination e.g. [a-e]{1,2} will match minimum 1 and maximum 2 occurrences of a to e

			* no in the range - [^...] - matches one unknown character NOT within the range specified


			'''Examples''':
			* Expr. ‘cro*p‘ means the term you want to corner starts with ‘cro‘ and ends with ‘p‘ while the number of characters in between are unknown. It fetches crop, crop up, croup, crock up and crow step.

			* Expr. ‘*chester‘ means the searched word ends with a ‘chester‘ while the beginning and its number characters are unknown. It fetches chester, manchester, rochester, winchester and toy manchester.

			* Expr. ‘can????r‘ means the term sought starts with ‘can‘ and ends with ‘r‘ while you are sure that there are 5 unknown characters in between. It fetches canister and cannular.

			* Expr. ‘andre*[x\|y\|z]‘ means the word searched for starts with andre and ends with either an x or y or z, and there could be any number of terms in betweem these. It fetches andre malraux, andrei tarkovsky, andres martinez, etc.

			* Expr. ‘a[c\|d\|e]{2,}‘ means the word looked for starts with a and then there are minimum 2 or more occurances of c, d or e. It fetches acc, accede, ace, add, ade and aec.

Legends2k: Fixed line spacing

2009-02-13T07:00:22Z

Fixed line spacing

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	[[image:Sense_mapping.png\|Relative-Sense Mapping of rich's synonym deep]]		[[image:Sense_mapping.png\|Relative-Sense Mapping of rich's synonym deep]]


	==Dual Modes==		==Dual Modes==

Legends2k: Specific links added for Notifications and Suggestions

2009-02-13T05:14:22Z

Specific links added for Notifications and Suggestions

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	Notifications can be enabled or disabled by the '''Notify''' button on the tool bar or by right-clicking on Artha's system tray icon and choosing Notify in the pop-up menu. If no such button/menu appears, then check if libnotify and notifications-daemon are installed on your system. These components are mandatory to show notifications. Refer [[Installation]] for further details.		Notifications can be enabled or disabled by the '''Notify''' button on the tool bar or by right-clicking on Artha's system tray icon and choosing Notify in the pop-up menu. If no such button/menu appears, then check if libnotify and notifications-daemon are installed on your system. These components are mandatory to show notifications. Refer [[Installation#Notifications\|Installation]] for further details.


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	When you type a word incorrectly/misspell and query it in Artha, apart from saying that it couldn't find a definition for it, Artha will show a set of words which are close matches to the searched word i.e. it will suggest you with other valid words, which could have been what you really meant.		When you type a word incorrectly/misspell and query it in Artha, apart from saying that it couldn't find a definition for it, Artha will show a set of words which are close matches to the searched word i.e. it will suggest you with other valid words, which could have been what you really meant.

	For suggestions feature to work, make sure you have libenchant and an English dictionary (of ''any'' locale) installed on your system. Refer [[Installation]] for further details.		For suggestions feature to work, make sure you have libenchant and an English dictionary (of ''any'' locale) installed on your system. Refer [[Installation#Suggestions\|Installation]] for further details.