4.3 Starting PC-KIMMO
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The following instructions describe how to start the various versions of
PC-KIMMO.
To start the MS-DOS version of PC-KIMMO on a PC, first be sure that DOS
is logged onto the drive where PC-KIMMO is located. To change to the
subdirectory that contains the English example, enter cd
\english on a floppy disk system, or cd \pckimmo\english on
a hard disk system. Now type pckimmo (if your PATH variable is
not correctly set to include the PC-KIMMO subdirectory, type
..\pckimmo). When PC-KIMMO has successfully started up, you will
see a version message and the PC-KIMMO command line prompt.
To start the Windows version of PC-KIMMO on a PC, double-click on the
PC-KIMMO program icon.
To start PC-KIMMO on a Macintosh, double-click on the PC-KIMMO program
icon.
The MS-DOS and UNIX versions of PC-KIMMO can also be started with optional
command line arguments.
The format of the command line is:
pckimmo [-r rulefile] [-l lexiconfile] [-g grammarfile]
[-t takefile]
The options are used as follows:
- The -r option specifies a rules file to be loaded. It is
equivalent
to issuing the load rules command from the program prompt.
- The -l option specifies a lexicon file to be loaded. It is
equivalent to issuing the load lexicon command from the program prompt.
It must be used with the -r option.
- The -s option specifies a synthesis-lexicon file to be loaded. It is
equivalent to issuing the load synthesis-lexicon command from the program prompt. It must be used with the -r option.
- The -g option specifies a grammar file to be loaded. It is
equivalent to issuing the load grammar command from the program prompt.
- The -t option specifies a "take" file from which PC-KIMMO reads
and executes commands. It is equivalent to issuing the take command
from the program prompt.
On start-up, PC-KIMMO automatically tries to load user-defined settings from a
"take" file named PCKIMMO.TAK or PC-KIMMO.TAK.
Command line arguments are executed after loading the default "take" file.
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