creating a tree
you can load a tree from a file by clicking on the load other tree button:
supported tree formats are my internal non-documented xml formats for dependency trees and for topological phrase structures, and the TAGML trees for reprsenting TAG tree sketches how they come out of Bertrand Gaiffe's Metagrammar compiler.
(my
formats are non-documented but straight-forward
- take a look at the created xml files)
if you want to read in a tree from your recent trees list, just click on the desired tree name.
the tree list holds up to 100 files. they are kept in an xml file arborator.preferences at the root directory of the system.
the buttons under the recent tree list allow to show the previous or next tree.
this means for the next tree button:
- for a tree with filename of the form resultX.tag we try to look at resultX+1.tag
- for other trees we try the next .xml or .tag file
you can also create a tree from scratch by clicking on the file menu and by choosing new
Depending on what type of tree is chosen in the tree type combo box on the left , a tree of this type will be created, consisting of one root node with a default name.
note that the SVG Canvas on which the trees are drawn allows you at any time to zoom in and out of the picture, even to turn it (if you want to see your trees differently):
shift + left mouse button: move the picture
shift + right mouse button: zoom in and out
control + left mouse button: pick the zone to show
control + right mouse button: turn the tree (great feature!)
control + shift + right click: standard view
BUG: the chosen look is put back to normal during the next update.
