This is the readme file for the PC version of WordNet 1.5. The PC package contains binaries for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows interfaces, the WordNet database, and documentation. Once installed, the package takes up approximately 19MB of disk space. To install WordNet, you need at least 26MB of disk space. You can obtain WordNet either via ftp or on diskette. Installation instructions follow for both forms of distribution. If you receive WordNet via ftp, please send email to wordnet@princeton.edu to register yourself in the user database, noting that you are using the PC version. Registered users are informed of updates and bugs. All other correspondence should also be sent to this email address. The default installation directory is :\WORDNET, where is your hard drive, usually C. NOTE: If you are upgrading from WordNet 1.4, you should move the contents of the C:\WORDNET directory to some other location if you wish to preserve version 1.4. Version 1.5 is organized into subdirectories - the standard installation procedure places them under C:\WORDNET (version 1.4 did not use subdirectories). --- To obtain and install wordnet via FTP --- STEP 1 Create the directory :\WORDNET using the 'mkdir' command (where is your hard drive). Move into the directory using the 'cd' command. STEP 2 Use FTP client software (eg. NCSA Telnet) to download the following files (IMPORTANT - remember to FTP in BINARY mode): wn15.zip (required) pkunzip.exe (needed if you do not have pkunzip on your system) wn15si.zip (optional sense index file - additional 5.6 MB file, see "Sense Index" below) These files must be in the :\WORDNET directory that you just created. STEP 3 To install the WordNet package, use the command: pkunzip -d wn15.zip To install the sense index package, first move into the database directory, :\WORDNET\DICT (where is your hard drive), then use the command: pkunzip -d wn15si.zip --- To install WordNet from diskette --- STEP 1 You should begin the installation by setting your current drive to the hard drive. Insert Disk 1 into your floppy drive, and type: :wnsetup : : where is the drive containing the diskette, and is your hard drive, usually C. This will copy the installation program WNINST.BAT into the DOS directory of the hard drive specified as . STEP 2 Leave Disk 1 in your floppy drive. Type: wninst : : where is the drive containing the diskette, and is your hard drive, usually C. WNINST will create the target directory :\WORDNET, and will install the package. Swap diskettes as instructed. STEP 3 (optional installation of sense index) Copy the contents of both Sense Index diskettes into the the directory in which the WordNet database is installed (the default is C:\WORDNET\DICT). Type: siinst --- After the installation --- The DOS version of WordNet contains two interfaces to the WordNet database. WNDOS.EXE is a command line interface and WNWIN.EXE is a Microsoft Windows interface. WNDOS is generally accessed via WN.BAT which runs WNDOS and pipes the output through 'more'. The correct installation of WordNet results in the following subdirectories being created in the :\WORDNET directory (where is your hard drive): :\WORDNET\BIN - executable programs wn.bat wndos.exe wnwin.exe :\WORDNET\DICT - WordNet database files *.exc (noun, verb, adj, adv, cousin) *.dat (noun, verb, adj, adv) *.idx (noun, verb, adj, adv) cousin.tps vframes.txt cntlist lexnames :\WORDNET\MAN - WordNet documentation *.txt *.ps --- Informing DOS of the new program --- The WordNet interfaces expect the database files to be installed in the directory C:\WORDNET\DICT by default. If you have NOT installed the database files here, you must put the following line into your "autoexec.bat" file: set WNSEARCHDIR=:\DIRECTORY where is your hard drive and DIRECTORY is the directory in which the WordNet database files have been installed. DOS also needs to know where the executable programs reside. You must add the path to the PATH environment variable in your "autoexec.bat" file. You should add the following to the end of your "autoexec.bat" file: PATH %PATH%;:\DIRECTORY where is your hard drive and DIRECTORY is the directory in which the WordNet interface programs have been installed. If you have used the installation program provided, DIRECTORY will be WORDNET\BIN. You should reboot (or type "autoexec") after making these changes so that DOS will be informed of the changes. --- Informing Windows of the new program --- If you use Microsoft Windows, you may also wish to place the WNWIN icon in the Program Manager so you can use WordNet simply by double-clicking on the icon. This is done by selecting "New" from the Program Manager file menu. Then select "New Program Item" from the dialog box, and press OK. Type in the full pathname of the program: :\DIRECTORY\WNWIN.EXE in the box labeled "Command Line", where and DIRECTORY are as described above (default location is C:\WORDNET\BIN). For more information on the Program Manager and Program Items, refer to your Microsoft Windows documentation. --- Hints for using the command line interface --- Entering WNDOS with no arguments will print out a usage statement listing the valid options. The command "WNDOS search_word" prints a list of the searches that are available for the word in all the parts of speech. If you use WN, all output is piped through 'more'. The WNDOS command is useful if you want to redirect search results to a file. For example: WNDOS search_word search_type > SEARCH.OUT performs the desired search on the search word, writing the results to SEARCH.OUT, rather than the terminal. To search for a collocation, either enclose the search string in double quotes or connect the individual words with underscore characters. Please read the document "wn.txt" for more information on the command line interface. --- The Sense Index --- New with version 1.5 is the "sense index". The sense index provides an alternate method for accessing synsets in the WordNet database. A specific WordNet sense can be used to directly index into this file and obtain the WordNet sense number and synset address for the sense. The sense index file is 5.6MB, and is not used by the WordNet interfaces. Due to its size, and the fact that it is not needed by the package, it is not included in the PC package. It can be obtained and installed via FTP as described earlier. It is also distributed on diskette for an additional $10 charge. Please send a check, payable in US currency, to Princeton University at the address below: Pamela Wakefield Department of Psychology Green Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544-1010 Attn: WordNet