Intro

Basics

The document and its annotation are stored in several files, some of them optional:

• document.b.xml - Level 2 - the second level of corrections
• document.a.xml - Level 1 - the first level of corrections
• document.w.xml - Level 0 - segmented text with all editing changes applied
• document.html - formatted transcribed version of the document (optional)
• document.jpg - scan of the original document (optional)

Typically, you will open the file containing Level 2, the other files are opened automatically (assuming they are in the same directory).

• Drawing lines: Click the source of a line and Ctrl-drag to the target. Lines can be drawn from a form to a form, a form to a relation center (the place where legs of a relation meet), a relation center to a form, a relation center with a particular error to another relation center.
• Context menus work on most objects. They allow you to edit/delete/insert forms, split/merge sentence, delete relation legs, etc.
• Initially, Level 2 is empty and therefore nothing is visible of it. To add a new sentence to Level 2, right-click the sentence on Level 1 and select "Copy to Higher Layer".

Documentation

• Manual (in Czech)
• Manual in Google docs (in English, in very early stages of development)
• FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Annotation of Czech in the Czesl project:
  • (Hana et al 2010) - describes the basics of the annotation scheme
  • Transcription of hand-written documents (in Czech) update (in Czech)
  • Annotation of Czech (in Czech)

Download & Installation

If you use MS Windows, you have three options how to install feat:

1. Feat with its own Java environment.
   Pros: You do not need to install java.
   Cons: Large download.
   Click here to see instructions...
   1. Download this zipped file
      
   2. Unpack the file to a directory of your choice.
   3. Run feat/bin/feat.exe (you can right-click the file and send it as a shortcut to the desktop).
   4. Run update (Help > Check for Updates) after installation. Note: The updates are unsigned, you can ignore warnings about that.
2. Standard installation.
   Pros: Smaller download.
   Cons: Requires you to install or to have installed Java 6.
   Click here to see instructions...
   1. Make sure you have Java Runtime Environment Version 6 (aka 1.6) installed. You can use this online test to determine it.
   2. Download this zipped file
      
   3. Unpack the file to a directory of your choice.
   4. Run feat/bin/feat.exe (you can right-click the file and send it as a shortcut to the desktop).
   5. Run update (Help > Check for Updates) after installation. Note: The updates are unsigned, you can ignore warnings about that.
3. Feat runnable from a USB stick (no java needed):
   Click here to see instructions...
   1. Download this zipped file
      
   2. Unpack the file to a usb stick with at least 200 MB space.
   3. Run feat/feat.bat.
   4. Run update (Help > Check for Updates) after installation. Note: The updates are unsigned, you can ignore warnings about that.

See FAQ for instructions on how to reinstall or uninstall feat.

Known problems

• Uploading Error reports and gesture logs does not work. Workaround: Cancel the dialog. Report errors by email (see below).
• Disabled actions are still shown as enabled in context menus. Workaround: None. Selecting such an action has no effect.

Other

Reporting Errors

• log. This is how to get it on windows:
  1. Choose View > IDE Log in the menu.
  2. The IDE Log window opens.
  3. Click in the window and press Ctrl+A, then press Ctrl+C
  4. Switch to your email program and use Ctrl+V to past the log to the email.
• If relevant, screenshot of the application. (For capturing screenshots on Windows, see this guide).

Beta Update Center

1. In the menu, select Tools > Plugins. A Plugins dialog appears.
2. Switch to the Settings tab.
3. Check the checkbox next to Feat Beta Update Center 2. Leave the other checkboxes unchanged.
4. Click the Close button.

Jira

Support

• the European Social Fund and the government of the Czech Republic within the operational programme 'Education for Competitiveness' as a part of the project 'Innovation in Education in the Field of Czech as a Second Language' (project no. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/07.0259), and
• the Grant Agency Czech Republic (project ID: P406/10/P328).