Connection to Paratext

[Jeff Heath]

Can anyone explain the current connection between Paratext andd FLEx? I know I can associate a FLEx project to a Paratext project, and look up words, and I believe I can add words that are not found. There used to be a way to import Scripture texts into the interlinear (in the BTE version of FLEx, which doesn't exists anymore, I believe). Is that still possible? Thanks for clarifying.

[Peter Knapp]

Hi Jeff,

Beside the dictionary look-up feature, Paratext will add glosses to your dictionary when you use the the interlinearizer: whenever you add a new gloss to a morpheme in the PT interlinearizer it will add add it to your FLEx database. 

In principle this is a great feature, however, it is flawed, so much that I don't add words to the interlinearizer when I have a FLEx project associated. FLEx will add glosses as a new sense often to the wrong homonym. It does not ask for confirmation. Sometimes it adds a new sense even if a homonym with that sense already exists. The worst part is that Paratext leaves no trace, it does not update the date stamp, so you can't search for entries that have been changed while you were working in Paratext.  

I have submitted this issue to the Paratext developers and am eagerly looking forward to the day it is fixed. 

I think you can still (manually) import your Bible translation into the text area of FLEx and interlinearizer it there.  Haven't done it in a while.

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 6:29 AM Jeff Heath <jeff_...@sil.org> wrote:

Can anyone explain the current connection between Paratext andd FLEx? I know I can associate a FLEx project to a Paratext project, and look up words, and I believe I can add words that are not found. There used to be a way to import Scripture texts into the interlinear (in the BTE version of FLEx, which doesn't exists anymore, I believe). Is that still possible? Thanks for clarifying.

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[Beth-docs Bryson]

I have a suggestion about how to make it work, but it would be better to have this conversation on the Paratext Support list.  Can we move it over there?  

I am interested in how many people are using this feature.  That is, how many are using it “as is” and would lose data if the behavior changes, and how many are not using it, but would use it if it were not broken.   

But please don’t answer to the list.  Either answer me privately, or look for the conversation on the Paratext Support list.

-Beth

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