LiftTools

The Homograph merger has been updated:

• Multiples senses are now considered as candidates for merging.
• 'option list' type properties can now be merged in, rather than causing entries to remain separate.
• Fixed a bug whereby multiple homographs were not considered as candidates for merging.

The CAWL tool can be used to strip unwanted language forms in lift for glosses and definitions. Such forms may have been introduced through the use of the CAWL task for example in WeSay. After removing unwanted forms, you can then use the Writing Systems tool to remove the now redundant writing systems definitions.

There are two main issues with the use of Writing Systems in Lift that this tool addresses:

1. Writing Systems that are essentially duplicates of each other, but have been used in the lift data independently.
2. Unused writing systems that have a definition and thus show up in the UI.

• Reports on Writing Systems in use in the Lift file.
• Provides a function to rename one Writing System (or regular expression) to another Writing System.
• Deletes (now) unused Writing Systems from the Writing Systems folder.

Some recent issues in some dictionary software applications have caused audio files to become detached from the lift file. This is because either the file is inadvertently renamed, or the link inside the lift file is deleted. The 'Audio Files' tool attempts to reconnect audio files to lift by:

1. Attempting to rename the audio file if it is incorrectly named.
2. Attempting to find an entry in the lift file that matches part of the audio file name.