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Alex Larkin edited this page Mar 18, 2022 · 25 revisions

As with any piece of software, Language Forge has some known issues and limitations. We work hard to improve functionality and usability, but are unable to immediately address all known issues and limitations. For your reference, here are the known issues and limitations. Known issues and limitations may be addressed in the future. Some of the items below are labeled as anticipated to be addressed, or considered for being addressed.

FLEx Fields and Features Not Presently Available in LF

For all of the following, the easiest workaround will likely be to view and edit them in FLEx. This information will be saved in your project, even though it is not presently visible in Language Forge. If a header is in italics, it means that only the named fields in its section are unavailable. If it is not italicized, the entire section is unavailable.

  • Main Entry
    • Is Abstract Form
    • Morph Type
    • Environments
    • Stem Name
    • Dialect Labels (Entry)
    • Complex Forms
    • Components
    • Variant of
    • Publish Pronunciation In
    • Etymology
      • Preceding Annotation
      • Source Language
      • Source Form (Called "Etymology" in LF): Only the vernacular field is supported- not the analysis fields.
      • Bibliographic Source
      • Etymology Note
    • Cross References
    • Import Residue
    • Date Created (LF records this but does not display it)
    • Date Modified (LF records this but does not display it)
  • Senses
    • Reversal Entries
    • Dialect Labels (sense)
    • Complex Forms
    • Referenced Complex Forms
    • Subentries
    • Variants of Sense
    • Example Sentence
      • Translation Type
      • Reference
      • Publish Example In
    • Lexical Relations [Anticipated]
    • Picture
      • Image's file path at the time of its upload (LF documents this but does not display it.)
      • Publish Picture In
      • If sending and receiving, only images under 1MB can be used.
  • Variants [Considered]
  • Allomorphs [Considered]
  • Grammatical Info. Details
    • Inflection Class
    • Inflection Features
    • Exception "Features"
  • Publication Settings [Considered]

For even more information on unsynced features, you can look at this list and this list in a commented section of the LfMerge codebase (Also, the lists immediately below them.)

Send/Receive

  • Some types of FLEx custom lists will cause a project to go on hold in Language Forge. (See Issue 976 for more information.) [Anticipated]

Other

  • An internet connection is required to use Language Forge [Anticipated]
    • Workaround: use FLEx to export your data for offline reference. Possibly to a PDF, or an app made with the Dictionary App Builder.
  • Sign-in with Google does not work in the Language Forge app from the Play Store [Anticipated]
    • Workaround: Install Language Forge as a Progressive Web App from the browser instead. Here are instructions (external site)
  • Language Forge does not support creating, editing, or removing custom fields at this time

Other Resources

Click here to see the Release Notes and learn how we have been improving Language Forge for you.

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