Although I momentarily had a problem with #exploreInWNet not being
understood, I did the WNet release/initialize cycle again and it was OK.

Here are the files from the Mac distribution Database directory:

Directory of C:\WordNet 1.6\Database

08/18/99  11:20a        <DIR>          .
08/18/99  11:20a        <DIR>          ..
02/26/98  02:15p                20,308 adj.exc
02/26/98  02:15p                    85 adv.exc
02/26/98  02:16p               917,854 cntlist
02/26/98  02:16p                41,211 cousin.exc
02/26/98  02:16p                 4,068 cousin.tops
02/26/98  02:16p             2,887,187 data.adj
02/26/98  02:16p               510,412 data.adv
02/26/98  02:18p            10,989,663 data.noun
02/26/98  02:19p             1,894,107 data.verb
02/26/98  02:19p               768,221 index.adj
02/26/98  02:19p               165,059 index.adv
02/26/98  02:20p             5,709,814 index.gloss
02/26/98  02:22p             3,779,138 index.noun
02/26/98  02:26p             6,125,323 index.sense
02/26/98  02:26p               467,745 index.verb
02/26/98  02:26p                   804 lexnames
02/26/98  02:26p               111,135 noun.exc
02/26/98  02:26p                59,982 sentidx.vrb
02/26/98  02:26p                 4,470 sents.vrb
02/26/98  02:26p                 8,702 stoplist.pl
02/26/98  02:26p                83,167 verb.exc
              23 File(s)     34,548,455 bytes


-- Dwight

Steve Wart wrote:
> 
> I pulled the unix distribution (but I am using NT as well).
> 
> The different distributions may have different directory structures.
> Once I figured out which files to put into the "Database" directory,
> I tried your original instructions, but when I typed
> 
> 'house' exploreInWNet
> 
> I had no luck. It seems that the WNet class variables N, V, Adv, etc.
> were getting set to nil and it would break in different places after
> subsequent reinitialization attempts.
> 
> My problem is likely due to the fact that oldFileNamed: fails quietly
> even though the file exists, maybe because the file was already opened
> by the previous WNPOSDictionary>>directory:pos: (this could be an NT
> thing).
> 
> If I modify the code as follows (i.e. to raise an error if it cannot
> open the file), I get alternating error messages that it cannot open
> index.noun and index.verb each time I try a WNet release/initialize
> cycle.
> 
> Steve
> 
> directory: aDirectory pos: aString
> 
>         |fileName|
>         pathName _ aDirectory pathName.
>         pos _ aString.
>         aDirectory ifNil: [^self error: 'No Directory Specified'].
>         fileName _ 'index.', pos.
>         (aDirectory fileExists: fileName)
>                 ifFalse: [self error: 'Can''t Find ', fileName.].
>         (wordStream _ WNIndexStream oldFileNamed: (aDirectory fullNameFor:
> fileName))
>                 ifNil: [self error: 'Can''t Open ', fileName.].
>         fileName _ 'data.', pos.
>         (aDirectory fileExists: fileName)
>                 ifFalse: [self error: 'Can''t Find ', fileName].
>         (synsetStream _ WNDataStream oldFileNamed: (aDirectory fullNameFor:
> 'data.', pos))
>                 ifNil: [self error: 'Can''t Open ', fileName.].
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dwight Hughes [mailto:dwighth at ipa.net]
> > Sent: August 17, 1999 10:10 PM
> > To: Squeak Mail List
> > Cc: Andrew C. Greenberg
> > Subject: Re: A WordNet Browser in Squeak (Mach I alpha)
> >
> >
> > Ah, good - that worked. Thanks. I had assumed only a few class
> > definitions were missing - obviously much more was required. :-)
> >
> > BTW - I'm running it on WinNT. I simply pulled down the
> > WordNet_1.6.sea.bin file and used the Database directory out of it (the
> > equivalent PC distribution directory suffers from the dreaded MSDOS
> > limitations syndrome).
> >
> > -- Dwight
> >
> > "Andrew C. Greenberg" wrote:
> > >
> > > I am grateful to Dwight Hughes for pointing out that the changeset in
> > > my previous posting was fragmentary.  I decline, however, his
> > > gracious suggestion that I blame it on the 2.5 update -- the error
> > > was entirely due to my own carelessness.
> > >
> > > I believe that the changeset attached here will load correctly --
> > > having tested it by deleting all the classes and filing in once more.
> > > I have no doubt Dwight (and others) will let me know if I blew it a
> > > second time.
> > >
> > >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >    WNet.17Aug1144pm.csName: WNet.17Aug1144pm.cs
> > >                       Type: Macintosh BinHex Archive
> > (application/mac-binhex40)
> >