Marcion

Marcion RC3

Marcion is Coptic - English/Czech dictionary related to Crum's Coptic dictionary, written in C++, based on MySql, with Qt4 GUI. Contains many Coptic texts, grammars, Greek texts, Liddel-Scott Greek-English lexicon, and others. It can be used as a Bible-study tool.

The Hypostasis Of The Archons, NHC II/4, 86:27-87:4

Installation and startup

More useful is to install all fonts from folder 'fonts' into your OS and turn off switch load internal fonts at startup in form settings (Main menu: application->settings ). Fonts SP Tiberian and SP Achmim are used due grammar of J.M. Plumley

Linux

Prerequisities:

Qt >= 4.6.0
djvulibre >=3.5.22

Download 'marcion_rc3-linux-x86.tar.bz2' and unpack it. Run executable 'marcion' in main directory. If output of ldconfig -p not contains important Qt libraries (for example if Qt is installed in /opt), edit /etc/ld.so.conf and execute ldconfig, or execute marcion with LD_LIBRARY_PATH .

for example:

bash$> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/qtsdk-2009.05/qt/lib/ ./marcion

Windows

Download 'marcion_rc3-win32.zip'. Unpack it and run marcion.exe

Building from sources

Tarball

Prerequisities:

these packages are necessary, headers and libraries:

qt4 >= 4.6.0
djvulibre >= 3.5.21
mysql = 5.1.41
libbzip2 >= 1.0.5
glibc >= 2.9

you must have installed build tool

scons >= 1.2.0

If you are using binary packages presented in your distro, ensure, that you have also installed “devel” packages with headers.

Download source package and unpack it. Navigate into directory 'marcion-src' and run scons with these parameters:

qt4lib: default value "/usr/lib/"
qt4inc: default value "/usr/lib/qt4/include/"
djvulibrelib: default value "/usr/lib/"
djvulibreinc: default value "/usr/include/"
mysqllib: default value "/usr/local/mysql/lib/"
mysqlinc: default value "/usr/local/mysql/include/"
bzip2lib: default value "/usr/lib/"
bzip2inc: default value "/usr/include/"
glibclib: default value "/usr/lib/"
glibcinc: default value "/usr/include/"
install: no value
installdir: default value "/opt/marcion/"

Assign to each variable correct value. You can also edit file 'SConstruct' and into command beginning with 'd=env.ParseFlags' insert additional flags for compiler.

example: If you have Qt installed in '/opt', GlibC and bzip2 in '/usr', MySql in '/opt/mysql' and DjVuLibre in '/home/user/software' and you want to have Marcion installed into '/home/user/software/marcion', do this:

bash $> tar -xjf marcion_rc3-src.tar.bz2
bash $> cd marcion-src
bash $> scons qt4lib=/opt/qt4/lib qt4inc=/opt/qt4/include \
        djvulibrelib=/home/user/software/djvulibre/lib \
        djvulibreinc=/home/user/software/djvulibre/include \
        mysqllib=/opt/mysql/lib mysqlinc=/opt/mysql/include \
        install installdir=/home/user/software/marcion

SVN

Prerequisites:

these packages are necessary, headers and libraries:

qt4 >= 4.5
djvulibre >= 3.5.21
mysql = 5.1.41
libbzip2 >= 1.0.5
glibc >= 2.9

you must have installed build tool

cmake >= 2.8

If you are using binary packages presented in your distro, ensure that you have also installed “devel” packages with headers.

Checkout source tree from svn repository.

bash $> svn co https://marcion.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/marcion marcion

Download proper gzipped mysql tar binary archive for your platform into directory 'depends' and unpack it. Create symlink 'mysql' pointed to 'mysql*' directory. (Tested on version 5.1.41, but newer versions should work also. If you have installed mysql in your OS already, you can use variables M_EXTRA_MYSQL_INC and M_EXTRA_MYSQL_LIB) Download data from project page, directory 'devel' file 'mdata.tar.bz2' into directory 'depends' and unpack it. (If you have marcion installed already and you want use data from it, use variable M_MARCION_DATA)

example:

bash $> cd <root-of-marcion>/depends
bash $> wget http://downloads.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.1/mysql-5.1.41-linux-i686-glibc23.tar.gz
bash $> tar -xzf mysql-5.1.41-linux-i686-glibc23.tar.gz
bash $> ln -sv mysql-5.1.41-linux-i686-glibc23/ mysql
bash $> wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/marcion/files/devel/mdata.tar.bz2/download
bash $> tar -xjf mdata.tar.bz2

Run cmake with these parameters:

M_EXTRA_DJVULIBRE_INC: default value ""
M_EXTRA_DJVULIBRE_LIB: default value ""
M_EXTRA_MYSQL_INC: default value "depends/mysql/include"
M_EXTRA_MYSQL_LIB: defaultní value "depends/mysql/lib"
QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE: default value ""
M_MARCION_DATA: default value "depends/mdata"
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX: default value "$HOME/MarcionRC3svn"

examples:

If you have all packages installed in obvious system places and you wish to have installed marcion in '$HOME/MarcionRC3svn', execute

bash $> cmake ..

If you wish to install marcion into different place, for example '/home/user/marc-svn', use variable CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX

bash $> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/user/software/marc-svn ..

If you have Qt installed in '/opt', GlibC and bzip2 in '/usr', MySql in '/opt/mysql' and DjVuLibre in '/home/user/software' and you want to have Marcion installed into '/home/user/software/marcion', do this:

bash $> cmake -DM_EXTRA_DJVULIBRE_INC=/home/user/software/djvulibre/include \
        -DM_EXTRA_DJVULIBRE_LIB=/home/user/software/djvulibre/lib \
        -DM_EXTRA_MYSQL_INC=/opt/mysql/include \
        -DM_EXTRA_MYSQL_LIB=/opt/mysql/lib \
        -DM_MARCION_DATA=/home/user/software/marcion \
        -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=/opt/qt/bin/qmake \
        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/user/software/marcion ..

or alternatively execute cmake in interactive mode and set values in prompt line

bash $> cmake -i ..

After successful configuration execute:

bash $> make
bash $> make install

notes:

Parameter -L shows you current content of all variables in cache.

Execute

bash $> cmake --help

and learn more about this powerful tool.

You can also try

bash $> cmake-gui

Usage

Marcion

(fonts New Athena Unicode and Ezra SIL are needed)

Dictionaries

Coptic (Crum)

printed (djvu)

Crum

Main menu: action->crum (coptic)

Dictionary is viewed by DjView component, so you can use all features of this browser. On the top panel is an editable combobox containing letters for navigation through dictionary. You must select char(s) from list or insert two chars (one char + space). Chars can be latin or coptic (table).

text (mysql)

Crum (query)

Hlavní menu: action->crum-query(coptic)

Shows window with GUI for searching words in Crum's Dictionary. Database is still under construction, for now contains 3350 words, 4837 derivations and over 48 000 indexed items.

Data import:

Content of dictionary is possible to backup into .csv (2 files) or .sql file.(Main menu: database->local->export coptic tables->csv, database->local->export coptic tables->sql)

Data export:

Main menu: database->local->import data

Only for .sql files. Upgrades of database are placed in project page in folder 'extras/crum-data' . After successful import rebuild index.(Main menu: database->local->(re)create index of coptic tables).

GUI contains these components:

numeric fields (limit of output)
switch

direct: search word directly
index: search word through index

checkboxes

show czech: (don't) show czech
greek equivs: (don't) show greek
show derivations: (don't) derivations

tabs

coptic

search for coptic word

exact: exact match
like: '%' stands for any group of chars (including empty) and '_' stand for exactly one char. (official documentation)
regexp: match regexp regular expression (official documentation)

dialects: filter by dialect
czech/english: fulltext search of czech/english text
greek: fulltext search of greek text
crum: shows words by pages

toolbar with output components

tree: complete view
show: navigates to word
show all in tree: complete view of entire result

outpitTemplate:Fix/category^{[check spelling]} text area

There are two ways how to search in dictionary - directly or through index.

direct search (obsolete)

You can use Latin and Coptic script, mixed also. If option exact is enabled, then non-word chars and spaces are removed after query. Spaces are always ignored. After query inpu text is converted into Latin.

Looks only for complete word, like ⲛⲟⲃⲉ, ⲛⲁⲃⲉ, ⲛⲟⲃⲓ - not ⲣ.ⲛⲟⲃⲉ, ⲣ.ⲛⲁⲃⲉ, ⲉⲣ.ⲛⲟⲃⲓ, ⲣⲉϥ.ⲣ.ⲛⲟⲃⲉ etc.

through index (recommended)

Index contains whole words and their combinations with various kinds of words - so you can search for words like ⲁⲧ.ⲣⲱⲙⲉ, ⲙⲛⲧ.ⲁⲧ.ⲧⲁⲕⲟ, ϯ.ⲡⲁϩⲣⲉ, ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ, ⲣⲙ.ⲛ.ϩⲏⲧ etc. After import of data of dictionary (files "crumX-Y.sql.bz2") and after manual editing is important to rebuild index (Main menu: database->local->(re)create index of coptic tables). Function resolve of popup menu of toolbox tree shows how index is built.

Greek (LSJ)

LSJ

tabs

search in dictionary: base morph
parse inflection: indicates word class and morph

options

switch tr: (don't) convert
exact: exact match
regexp: matches regular expression (official documentation)

Compared is text of output field (converted text).

Grammars

J.M. Plumley

Plumley

An Introductory Coptic Grammar

H. Tattam

Tattam

A Compendious Grammar Of The Egyptian Language

special components

Translit widget

tr

Component works with one of four scripts:

Latin
Greek
Coptic
Hebrew

widgets:

editable text field: input text
output text field: converted text
switch tr: (don't) convert

popup menu:

copy: copy content of output text field into clipboard
clear: clear all
update: convert text of input text field into Latin and replace it
strip: remove non-word chars
update+strip: both

Library

library

Hierarchy of items of library is ordered in four levels:

script
language
collection
book

Only collections can be added or removed.

maintaining

add collection

Main menu: library->import collection případně database->local->import data

Files with collections (.sql or compressed .sql.bz2) are stored in folder 'data/backup' and on page of project in folder 'texts'.

create index

popup menu of library component: index->create index

Collection can be searchable only if index of it is built. Informations about state of collections shows popup menu of library component: index->show .

remove collection

popup menu of library component: delete a delete all

If collection is deleted, is deleted its index also.

searching

library - search

Main menu: library->search library

components of panel:

list of scripts: choose script
list of languages: choose language
list of collections: collections written in chosen language

tabs

simple: search for one word/phrase
extended: using of logical operators

switch

word: search for word
phrase: search for phrase

numeric fields: limits of output

button query

In lists choose language, script and check collections in which will be searched. If collection have no index, then is inactive and cannot be checked.

Types of index:

simple: All words of verse and entire verse are indexed.
extended: All words of verse, entire verse, entire next verse and combination of last word of first verse with first word of second verse are indexed.

Items of index are small letters without diacritic. Is possible to search word or phrase in extension of one verse, matched is always regular expression case insensitive without diacritic.

tab simple: Search for only one word or one phrase.

tab extended: logical operators

examples:

option	tab	regular expression	result
word	simple	^(ouaein\|ouoein\|ouoin)$	returns verse, which contains minimal one of words ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲛ, ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ, ⲟⲩⲟⲓⲛ
word	simple	^ou(ae\|oe\|o)in$	returns verse, which contains minimal one of words ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲛ, ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ, ⲟⲩⲟⲓⲛ
word	simple	^alhq	returns verse, which contains word beginning αληθ
word	extended	^ui AND ^anqrwp	returns verse, which contains word beginning υι and word beginning ανθρωπ
phrase	simple	ui.+ anqrwp	returns verse, which contains text beginning υι followed by at least one char and space and word beginning ανθρωπ

content of library

collection	script	language
New Testament	coptic	coptic (sahidic dialect)
Nag Hammadi Library	coptic	coptic (sahidic dialect)
codex Tchacos	coptic	coptic (sahidic dialect)
codex Achmim	coptic	coptic (sahidic dialect)
Life of st. Anthony	coptic	coptic (sahidic dialect)
Pistis Sophia (djvu)	coptic	coptic (sahidic dialect)
Books of Ieu (djvu)	coptic	coptic (sahidic dialect)
Gospel of Thomas (djvu, photo)	coptic	coptic (sahidic dialect)
New Testament	coptic	coptic (bohairic dialect)
Septuagint	greek	greek
New Testament	greek	greek
Westminster Leningrad Codex	hebrew	hebrew
King James Version	latin	english
Bible of Kralice	latin	czech
Cesky ekumenicky preklad	latin	czech

Transscription

(fonts New Athena Unicode and Ezra SIL are needed)

greek and coptic

char	Coptic	Greek
a	ⲁ	α
b	ⲃ	β
g	ⲅ	γ
d	ⲇ	δ
e	ⲉ	ε
z	ⲍ	ζ
h	ⲏ	η
q	ⲑ	θ
i	ⲓ	ι
k	ⲕ	κ
l	ⲗ	λ
m	ⲙ	μ
n	ⲛ	ν
j	ⲝ	ξ
o	ⲟ	ο
p	ⲡ	π
r	ⲣ	ρ
s	ⲥ	σ,ς
t	ⲧ	τ
u	ⲩ	υ
f	ⲫ	φ
x	ⲭ	χ
c	ⲯ	ψ
w	ⲱ	ω
S	ϣ	-
F	ϥ	-
H	ϩ	-
K	ϧ	-
Q	ⳉ	-
J	ϫ	-
G	ϭ	-
T	ϯ	-
V	ⲋ	-