Showcase: Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (Dictionary of Galician Language)

We are pleased to announce another new "made with TLex" dictionary:

Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (Dictionary of Galician Language)
Client: Real Academia Galega & Fundación Barrié
Publication Media: Online, Android and iOS

Made with TLex: Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (Dictionary of Galician Language)

Notice for ODBC Users of TLex, tlTerm and tlDatabase

To users of TLex, tlTerm or tlDatabase using ODBC with PostgreSQL: It is recommended that you upgrade to the latest Windows PostgreSQL ODBC driver:

http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/

This driver (version "09_03_03" 17 May 2014) incorporates a fix (that we implemented and submitted to the PostgreSQL developers) for a reliability issue that may occur if you are working on an unreliable network (e.g. periodic network disconnects, or high packet loss).

We also recommend ODBC users upgrade to the very latest version of TLex (or tlTerm etc.), as we have been working on many improvements to make it more robust on unreliable networks.

New Tutorial Video: Filter (F5) "Node intersection" Mode (TLex, tlTerm, tlDatabase)

A new tutorial video is available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_7LKmiw5f0


This describes the basic Filter (F5) 'modes', in particular', the recently introduced 'Node intersection' mode.

This applies to TLex, tlTerm, and tlDatabase.

Beta program news: New 'Web layout engine' option Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF3)

For those relatively more advanced users (of TLex) who don't mind trying out the latest ('bleeding-edge') changes, we have some important changes we would like some help testing. We have a 'beta' release line of the Windows version of TLex Suite that includes generally some of the newest changes not yet rolled into our 'official' builds ... these beta releases are linked at the bottom of the TLex Suite download page on our website. The latest beta version (version .1213 or higher) includes a new 'Web layout engine' ('HTML window provider') that we'd like early public testing on (this is the 'Web browser engine' that drives the Preview Area and various other windows within the software). The new Web layout engine is called CEF3 (Chromium Embedded Framework), and it's based on basically the same open source engine underlying the Chrome browser.

This should fix the small-caps display problem if using the wxWebkit option, and the 'invisible cursor' problem some users have if using the Internet Explorer option. It's also a generally more capable 'browser engine' that is going to allow us to add a lot more 'interesting' functionality in the Preview Area and elsewhere in the near future.

If you've installed the new beta version, CEF3 is not yet selected by default, so to test it out, run TLex (or tlTerm), select the menu option 'View / HTML window provider / CEF3', then restart TLex (or tlTerm). Ideally, that should be all you need to do - everything else should then just continue to work 'as is'. Please report any problems to us.

TLex Suite Download Page:
http://tshwanedje.com/downloads/download.php?app=TLexSuite

The following Knowledge Base articles may also be of relevance:
http://tshwanedje.com/kb/4
http://tshwanedje.com/kb/7

Note also we are still offering beta program sign-ups here: http://tshwanedje.com/beta

New TshwaneDJe Knowledge Base

We have created another new support resource for our software users, the TshwaneDJe Knowledge Base:

http://tshwanedje.com/kb/

This supplements our existing support resources, e.g. FAQs, User Guides, mailing list etc.

This Knowledge Base has been created using our TLex Online Publishing platform, which allows us to easily add new articles with the 'click to publish' functionality from within TLex, and provides an additional "use case" demonstrating the flexibility of our online publishing platform, i.e. it can be used for more than just dictionary and terminology websites!

TLex Suite 2013 released - free upgrade available

TLex Suite 2013, tlTerm 2013 (Standalone), tlCorpus 2013 (Standalone) and tlDatabase 2013 are now available. There are over 150 new features and improvements.

All users have been upgraded free to version 2013. (See 'how to upgrade' below.)

Survey

• We'd like to hear from you what are the main new features or other improvements you'd like to see from us - please complete our customer survey: http://tshwanedje.com/survey/

Looking Ahead: Version 2014

• Upgrades will remain free for the upcoming version 2014

• We have many new features on the cards for version 2014, including 'edit-in-Preview' functionality, LanguageTool spellchecker integration, and much more. Other ideas in the pipeline include possible 'cloud' multi-user editing or 'instant online' dictionary publishing services with our TLex Online platform. Watch the ChangeLog, or follow our blog, Twitter, or Facebook pages.

Need a Custom Feature?

• We gladly add new features on request, and regularly do so for our customers (this is typically quoted at our hourly programming rate). One of our strengths is our rigorous automated software build and test processes that allow a potentially fast turn-around time for integrating requested changes - for small feature additions, it can theoretically be as quick as 24 hours from request of feature, to being in the official release and on the customer's "desk"! So contact us for a quote if there's anything, big or small, you'd like added.

• Just a reminder we also offer paid support. Pre-paid 'support packs' can be purchased on our website.

• Free tutorial videos are also available on our website, and we also offer paid training via the Web or on-site.

How to Upgrade

• To upgrade, use 'Help / Check for updates' from within the software and follow the instructions, or download the latest via the 'Downloads' section of our website. (As always, back up your data first.)

• License Numbers will work for both v2012 (or earlier) and v2013. If you already have v2012 installed, you can upgrade without re-activating.

• Version 2013 remains backwards-compatible with all previous releases going back to version 1, so no users have been 'left behind' - all users can update to version 2013.

Survey: Tell us what to do ...

We request our customers, other users of our software or services, or just anyone with an interest, to please fill in our brief customer / user survey:

http://tshwanedje.com/survey/

Tell us what features you'd like to see added to our software! Tell us what else we're doing right, or wrong. Any and all feedback is welcome.

Attention Apple Mavericks Users

If you are using TLex, tlCorpus, tlTerm or tlDatabase on the new Apple "Mavericks", we would like to draw your attention to the following issue that you may encounter: http://tshwanedje.com/kb/1; the bug is seemingly in Apple Mavericks itself (not in our software), and the workaround for now is to disable "Cover Flow mode" in Finder (the issue only occurs if you are using Cover Flow mode). Windows users are not affected.

Tutorial Video: Auto-sorting Subentries in TLex

New tutorial video: http://youtu.be/p82w0YL8AI4. (Note you'll need to update your software to the very latest to try this).

This new functionality is also applicable to tlTerm and tlDatabase.

Esperanto - English Dictionary and Chinese - English Dictionary Updates

We've created a new online-searchable mirror of Paul Denisowski's Esperanto - English dictionary:

We've also uploaded a few updates and feature improvements to our CC-CEDICT (Chinese - English Dictionary) mirror.