Demophin

A DELPH-IN Web Demo

Quick Start

Ensure ACE is installed and available on PATH; e.g., on Linux, add the following to your .bashrc file:

export PATH=/path/to/ace:"$PATH"

Clone this repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/goodmami/demophin.git

Get the ERG image (from the ACE website) and move it to the demophin directory as erg.dat. E.g., something like this (using the URL appropriate for your installed version of ACE):

$ wget -O - http://sweaglesw.org/linguistics/ace/download/erg-1214-x86-64-0.9.22.dat.bz2 | bunzip2 > demophin/erg.dat

Run Demophin locally:

$ cd demophin
$ python demophin.py

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080/

Requirements

Demophin depends on several pieces of software:

• Bottle (included)
• pyDelphin (included as minidelphin.py)
• ACE

In addition, Demophin requires a grammar file compiled with ACE.

Configuration

The file demophin.json is used to add grammars and configure ACE. If ACE is downloaded but not on PATH, the path to the ACE executable can be given at demophin.ace.executable. For example:

{
    "demophin": {
        ...
        "ace": {
            "executable": "/opt/ace-0.9.20/ace"
        }
    }
}

Additional grammars can be configured at demophin.grammars:

{
    "demophin": {
        "grammars": [
            ...,
            {
                "name": "Jacy",
                "path": "/home/goodmami/repos/jacy/jacy.dat",
                "description": "The Jacy Japanese Grammar"
            },
            ...
        ]
    }
}

The name field should be short and contain no spaces as it is used in the URL scheme (e.g. .../demophin/jacy/).

Compatibility

Demophin is tested on Linux but should also work on Mac. Windows is not supported because ACE does not run on Windows. Python versions 2.7 and 3.3+ should all work.