Bulk edit

[Mateo Morales]

I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to do a bulk edit to remove compound forms? I have quite a few compound forms in my dictionary but don't like how it links the "compound entry" to the "base" entry. I was simply attempting to use the compound form feature to show the relationship between words in the different lexical entries--not to make the compound a sub-entry of the base forms. 

Is there a way to remove the compound identifier without deleting the entire entry?

Thanks,

Matthew

[kevin_...@sil.org]

Hi, Matthew.

 

Yes, it is possible to unlink the entries that are related as X is a compound of Y, without deleting either of the entries. Because of the complexity of the relationship, however, it is not possible to do this via Bulk Edit. But before you make a final decision to move in that direction, I want to be sure that you are aware that it is possible to maintain the relationship in your FLEx database without displaying the compound as a subentry of its component (as it’s termed in FLEx).

 

Here’s an example of a compound from French (chauffer ‘to heat’ + eau ‘water’ è chauffe-eau ‘water heater’). By default, with the Root-based layout selected as the template for displaying these entries, they look like this:

 

I’m understanding you to say that you don’t like the part that’s highlighted in yellow, but it is possible to suppress this, so that the entries look like this:

 

 

If you want to eliminate all references to the “compound” relationship, that is possible as well. Or if you want the compound chauffe-eau to be mentioned in the component entry, chauffer, but displayed differently than as a subentry, that too is possible.

 

Here are a couple of other ways that these entries can be formatted for display without breaking the link between them. Maybe one of them is close to what you’re wanting?

 

 

Could you mock up an example (in a text editor) of what you would like to see for each entry that is involved in the “compound” relationship, and then take a screenshot of that and share it here? When I understand more clearly what you do and don’t want, I can give you specific advice about how to achieve it—all without unlinking the entries that you’ve told FLEx are in a “compound” relationship.

And if you decide that you really do want to unlink these entries, I can point you toward the lesson in our online course that provides step-by-step instructions for doing that (and alerts you to the fact that if you do it incorrectly, you end up deleting one of the entries!).

 

Best wishes,

Kevin

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[Mateo Morales]

Kevin,

Thanks for responding. I figured out how to unlink individual entries but didn't want to take the time to do that to all of them (since there are quite a few). 

I do like this option (it's pretty close to what I originally had in mind) that you presented:

I just really dislike the current display within the Lexicon edit (next snip) since I can't see any of the examples, etc. in this window--I have to scroll down in the entry pane to see if I've already entered example sentences or not:

Since many of the words are "compounds" I don't want this to be my default display (either within the entry pane or the actual dictionary view).

Thanks,
Matthew

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