LexCheck

Configuration Setup

This version of LexCheck Java provides users a choice of different set up options through the configuration file. The default configuration file is $LC_DIR/data/config/lexCheck.properties. The variables used in the configuration file are listed in the following table. "Relative path" refers to the path relative to $LC_DIR.

I. Configuration variables

Variable NamesExplanations Variable Values (Default)
Directories and files
LC_DIR the absolute path of the lexical tool directory
  • /Projects/lexCheck${YEAR}/
  • d:/Projects/lexCheck${YEAR}/
    • Variables
    TEXT_INDENTIndent for text output in lexRecord
    • \t
    XML_INDENTIndent for Xml output in lexRecord
    • "  "
    XML_HEADERContent of Xml output
    • <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    PREPOSITION_FILErelative location for prepositions file
    • data/prepositions.data
    IRREG_EXP_FILErelative location for irreg exceptions file
    • data/prepositions.data

    II. Syntax

    • # -- comment lines begin with "#".
    • variable=value: set variable to value

    III. File Location

    • default: data/config/lexCheck.properties
    • may be specified by option -x:file_absolute_path

    Notes: The lexCheck installation program generates data/config/lexCheck.properties automatically (from data/config/lexCheck.properties.TEMPLATE) according to options users chose during the installation.