MacWordNet - version 1.5
 This is the readme file for the Macintosh version of WordNet 1.5.
Installing MacWordNet requires at least 23Mb of free disk space on
your Macintosh.  If you wish to obtain MacWordNet via ftp, you also
require a file transfer utility such as NCSA Telnet or Fetch to be
running on your Macintosh.

MacWordNet is also distributed on diskette (3 1/2" high density only)
To receive MacWordNet on diskette, please send a check for $25,
payable in US currency, to Princeton University to the address listed
at the end of this document.

Obtaining MacWordNet via ftp and installing it:

*** 	When transferring to the Macintosh, remember to ftp
***	MacWordNet1.5.sit.bin in MacBinary mode.  Note that 
***	this is different from standard binary or image mode.

If you have an ftp client for your Macintosh, such as Fetch or
NSCA/BYU Telnet, you may initiate an anonymous ftp session directly to
clarity.princeton.edu and transfer MacWordNet from clarity directly to
your Macintosh.  Note that standard NCSA Telnet does not support
direct ftp connections.

If do not have an ftp client for your Macintosh, you will first have
to log on to a UNIX machine on which you have an account, ftp the file
to your UNIX machine, and then ftp MacWordNet from this machine to
your Macintosh.

MacWordNet is distributed as a Stuffit file.  The file that you should
ftp is MacWordNet1.5.sit.bin.  If you do not have the UnStuffit
program, you should also ftp UnStuffit-Deluxe-TM.bin.

Once you have MacWordNet on your Macintosh, you must unpack the
MacWordNet1.5.sit archive by running UnStuffit and selecting the
MacWordNet.sit archive as the one to unpack.  After several minutes
this should unpack a folder called "Database", a folder called
"WordNet Manual", an application called "MacWordNet", and the two
printing appliations "SendPS" and "LaserWriter Utility" in the current
folder.

You should now be able to run "MacWordNet" by simply double clicking
on the "MacWordNet" icon.  You can print the documentation as
described below.


Installing MacWordNet from diskette: 

MacWordNet is distributed on 5 diskettes as 5 segments of a
self-extracting archive.  You should copy all 5 diskettes into the
folder in which you want WordNet installed, then double click on the
"MacWordNet15.sea" icon to decompress and install the archive. This
should unpack a folder called "Database", a folder called "WordNet
Manual", an application called "MacWordNet", and the two printing
appliations "SendPS" and "LaserWriter Utility" in the current folder.

You should now be able to run "MacWordNet" by simply double clicking
on the "MacWordNet" icon.  You can print the documentation as
described below.


Printing the MacWordNet documentation:

The WordNet documentation consists of "man" pages that are distributed
both as Postscript files (eg. "wn1.ps"), and as plain text files
(eg. "wn1.txt").  The plain text files can be browsed by double
clicking on them (which starts TeachText or SimpleText). All manuals
are located in the folder "WordNet Manual", and can be printed using
either the "LaserWriter Utility" application (System 7) or the
"SendPS" application(System 6).  Both of these utilities are included
in the distribution - you should use whichever one works with your
system.

Problems with MacWordNet

 There is a known bug with "Grouped Searches" of some nouns when
MacWordNet is run on a PowerPC Macintosh.  MacWordNet terminates
abnormally on these searches. We have not yet been able to resolve the
problem. Ordinary Macintosh computers should not have this problem.
Please report any bugs to the WordNet team at Princeton by sending
email to wordnet@princeton.edu, or by writing to the address listed at
the end of this document.

 The Sense Index

 New with version 1.5 is the "sense index". The sense index provides
an alternative method for accessing synsets in the WordNet database. A
specific WordNet sense can be used to directly index into this file
and obtain the WordNet sense number and synset address for the
sense. The sense index file is 5.6 MB, and is not used by WordNet
interfaces. Due to it's size, and the fact that it is not needed by
the package, it is not included in the Macintosh package.  It can be
obtained and installed via ftp as described earlier, or on 2 diskettes
by writing to the address below. There is an additional charge of $10
for the diskettes.  Please send a check, payable in US currency, to
Princeton University to the address below.


Contact address:

 Pamela Wakefield
 Department of Psychology
 Green Hall
 Princeton University
 Princeton, NJ 08544-1010
 Attn: WordNet