Do I need to program in order to use Emdros?
Short answer: Maybe. Slightly longer answer: Emdros is a general purpose text database engine. As such, it is really a software library that other programs can take advantage of. However, I have written a number of programs which may mean that you don’t have to program yourself in order to use Emdros. These programs include: • The Emdros Query Tool: A graphical tool to query databases which are already in Emdros. • Some importers: I have written some import-programs which enable import of data. Please contact the author if you have a format that you’d like to import. The currently supported importers include: • Penn Treebank format • “Plain text” • “Slashed/V/slash Text/N/text” • TIGER XML • NeGRA format (version 3) • SIL SFM (Standard Format Markers) • Unbound Bible If you find that you need to program in order to use Emdros, there is a file, HOW-TO-USE in the doc/ directory of the sources which gives you some pointers for how to get going. The Programmer’s Reference Guide also has a
