Installation of WordNet 1.4 on a PC

You may have recieved WordNet 1.4 on diskettes or via ftp.  When
unpacked the program and data files take up approximately 13 Megabytes
of disk space.

This example assumes that you are going to install WordNet on a fixed
disk drive c: in a directory called wordnet (c:\wordnet)

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.exe' is generally accessed via
'wn.bat' which runs the command line interface and pipes the output
through more.

STEP 1

Make a new directory called wordnet on your c: drive:
(mkdir wordnet)

Move into that new directory:
(cd wordnet)

STEP 2  (Only do this step if installing from diskettes)

Copy all the files on the floppy disks in to the wordnet directory on
your fixed disk.

(if you are using floppy a:    copy a:*.* /v/b)
(if you are using floppy b:    copy b:*.* /v/b)

STEP 3

If you have obtained WordNet on diskette, enter the command:
makewn

makewn uncompresses all the WordNet files for you.

If you have obtained WordNet via ftp, enter the command:
.\arc x wn14.arc

You must either have arc insalled on your pc, or you can ftp the file
'arc.exe' from the same place that you obtained WordNet and this file.

The following files should now appear in this directory:

Documentation (man pages):
	wn1.lpr
	wnwin1.lpr
	wnintro1.lpr
	wnintro3.lpr
	wnintro5.lpr
	wninput5.lpr
	uniqbeg7.lpr
	wndb5.lpr
	morph7.lpr
	wnintro7.lpr
	wngloss7.lpr

Morphology exception lists:
	adj.exc
	noun.exc
	verb.exc

Data files:
	adj.dat
	noun.dat
	verb.dat
	adv.dat

Index files:
	adj.idx
	noun.idx
	verb.idx
	adv.idx

WordNet programs and batch file:
	wn.bat
	wndos.exe
	wnwin.exe

Miscellaneous stuff:
	arc.exe
	makewn.bat	(diskette version only)
	readme.pc
	vframes.txt

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STEP 4

Informing DOS of this new program:

'wndos.exe' can be run using the batch file 'wn.bat'.  If you put this
file into a directory which is already in your path, you can disregard
the rest of this section.  Note that 'wn.bat' assumes that you've
installed WordNet in the directory c:\wordnet.  If you've installed
'wn.bat' elsewhere, you should edit 'wn.bat' to reflect your path.
This batch file runs 'wndos.exe' and pipes the output to 'more', which
makes reading it on the screen a little easier.

Informing WINDOWS of this new program:

'wnwin.exe' can be run by typing 'win wnwin' on the command line from
the directory it resides in, or from anywhere if the directory
'wnwin.exe' lies in is known to DOS (as above for wndos).

Alternatively you may wish to place the 'wnwin' icon in the program
manager so you can use it 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 'wnwin.exe' file in the box labeled "Command
Line".  In the default installation it is 'c:\wordnet\wnwin.exe'.  For
more information on the Program Manager and Program Items, refer to
your Microsoft Windows Documentation.

ONLY READ THE FOLLOWING IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO USE 'WN.BAT' OR IF YOU ARE
USING THE MICROSOFT WINDOWS INTERFACE.

'wndos.exe' and 'wnwin.exe' both use the environment variable
WNSEARCHDIR to locate the database files.  It should be set in your
'autoexec.bat' file.  In the default installation the database files
are located in c:\wordnet, therefore, WNSEARCHDIR should be set to
c:\wordnet.  The proper syntax is:

set WNSEARCHDIR=c:\wordnet

DOS also needs to know where the executable programs 'wndos.exe' and
'wnwin.exe' reside.  By default, this is also c:\wordnet, therefore
c:\wordnet should be added to the path statement in your
'autoexec.bat' file.  You should add the following onto the end of
your current 'set PATH=' statement:

;c:\wordnet

You should reboot your computer after these changes are made so that
DOS will be informed about the new path and WNSEARCHDIR.

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Hints for using 'wndos':

Entering 'wndos' (or 'wn') with no arguments will print out a usage
statement for the program.

Unless you have a fancy monitor (more than 25 lines) the information
will scroll off the screen.  If you use 'wn.bat', the output will
automatically be piped to more.  If you use 'wndos', you may pipe the
ouput to more as follows:

	wndos | more

Another approach is to redirect the ouptut of the 'wndos' program to a
file so that it can be viewed later.

	wndos > search.out

This example shows how to redirect the output of wndos to a file
called 'search.out'.  The 'more' command and file redirection are
discussed in detail in your DOS manual.

Entering 'wndos search_word' prints a list of the searches that are
available for the word for all the parts of speech.

WordNet knows about collocations as well as individual words.  To
search for a collocation, you must either enter the string in double
quotes or connect the individual words with an underscore character.

This document was designed to help you install WordNet and start using
it - it is not meant as a user guide.  You should read the
accompanying man pages for detailed information on the database and
interface code.