LuiRc

LUI User Configuration File

LUI checks for a file named .luirc in your home directory on startup. If such a file exists, LUI reads one parameter per line from it. The syntax for the parameters is parameter param-name param-value. Blank lines are ignored, as are comments, i.e. lines starting with #, ;, /, or %.

Parameter values have one of several types, including symbol, string, integer, font, and color. Symbols are sequences of alphanumeric characters, and strings are the same bracketed by double quotes ("). A color is either the English name of a common color (e.g. red, blue, green) or a description of the form #C[red green blue], where red, green, and blue are each integers from 0 to 65535. A font is a tuple of the form #F[family size style color], where style is one of roman, italics, bold, or bold-italics.

Some parameters take lists as their values. The syntax is a space-delimited sequence of values, bracketed by [ and ], for example [one two three].

Parameter Reference

Parameter Name	Type	Description
LIST-TYPE	Symbol	Which AVM type is displayed as length-unspecified lists (e.g. *LIST*).
EMPTY-LIST-TYPE	Symbol	Which AVM type is displayed as the empty list (e.g. *NULL*).
NON-EMPTY-LIST-TYPE	Symbol	Which AVM type is displayed as a non-empty list (e.g. *CONS*).
LIST-HEAD	Symbol	Feature name for the first element of a list (e.g. CAR or FIRST).
LIST-TAIL	Symbol	Feature name for the rest of a list (e.g. CDR or REST).
AVM-HIDDEN-FEATURES	List of symbols	Features whose display is normally supressed.
AVM-COLLAPSED-FEATURES	List of symbols	Features whose values should be initially collapsed.
AVM-HIDDEN-TYPES	List of symbols	Types of sub-AVMs to not display.
AVM-COLLAPSED-TYPES	List of symbols	Types of sub-AVMs to initially collapse.
AVM-CENTER-FEATURES	1 or 0	Whether to vertically center feature names on their values.
AVM-MARGINS	Integer	How many pixels of margin to leave in the AVM browser.
AVM-STRUCTURE-BRACKET-COLOR	Color	What color to use for the [ and ] in AVM rendering.
AVM-LIST-BRACKET-COLOR	Color	What color to use for the < and > in AVM list rendering.
AVM-TAG-BOX-COLOR	Color	What color to use for the box around coreference tags in AVM rendering.
AVM-TYPE-FONT	Font	Used to display type names in AVMs.
AVM-FEATURE-FONT	Font	Used to display feature names in AVMs.
AVM-ATTRIBUTE-FONT	Font	Alias for AVM-FEATURE-FONT.
AVM-TAG-FONT	Font	Used to display coreference tags in AVMs.
AVM-PATH-FONT	Font	Used to display the moused-over feature path in the AVM browser.
AVM-BAR-FONT	Font	Alias for AVM-PATH-FONT.
CHART-EDGE-FONT	Font	Used to display edge identifiers in the chart browser.
CHART-WORD-FONT	Font	Used to display the orthographies at the bottom of the chart browser.
CHART-BAR-FONT	Font	Used to display information about the moused-over edge in the chart browser.
TEXT-LEADING	Integer	How many pixels of leading (extra vertical space) to add in the text browser.
TEXT-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR	Color	What color to highlight moused-over active elements in the text browser.
TEXT-PLAIN-FONT	Font	Used as the default font for passive elements in the text browser.
TEXT-ACTIVE-FONT	Font	Used as the default font for clickable elements in text browser.
TREE-SUMMARY-NODE-FONT	Font	Used to display tree nodes in the tree summary browser.
TREE-DETAIL-NODE-FONT	Font	Same, for the tree detail browser.
TREE-SUMMARY-SURFACE-FONT	Font	Used to display orthographies in the tree summary browser.
TREE-DETAIL-SURFACE-FONT	Font	Same, for the tree detail browser.
TREE-SUMMARY-BAR-FONT	Font	Used to display information about the moused-over node in the tree summary browser.
TREE-DETAIL-BAR-FONT	Font	Same, for the tree detail browser.

Sample .luirc File

#
# sample user-specific LUI configuration file (install as `~/.luirc').
#

#
# the feature structure browser
#
parameter avm-center-features 1
parameter avm-margins 2
parameter avm-hidden-features [INSTLOC WLINK CFROM CTO]
parameter avm-collapsed-features [ARGS]
parameter avm-hidden-types []
parameter avm-collapsed-types [non_local]
parameter avm-bar-font #F[Helvetica 12 roman black]
parameter avm-type-font #F[Helvetica 12 bold blue]
parameter avm-feature-font #F[Helvetica 12 roman black]
parameter avm-tag-font #F[Helvetica 12 roman green]
parameter avm-structure-bracket-color #C[8448 9448 33792]
parameter avm-list-bracket-color #C[8448 9448 33792]
parameter avm-tag-box-color green

#
# the summary browser for trees, showing all trees in a single window
#
parameter tree-summary-bar-font #F[Helvetica 10 roman black]
parameter tree-summary-node-font #F[Helvetica 10 roman black]
parameter tree-summary-surface-font #F[Helvetica 10 italic black]

#
# the detailed tree browser, showing one single tree at a time
#
parameter tree-detail-bar-font #F[Helvetica 14 roman black]
parameter tree-detail-node-font #F[Helvetica 14 roman black]
parameter tree-detail-surface-font #F[Helvetica 14 italic black]

#
# the chart browser
#
parameter chart-bar-font #F[Helvetica 12 roman black]
parameter chart-word-font #F[Helvetica 12 roman black]
parameter chart-edge-font #F[Helvetica 12 roman black]

#
# the text browser
#
parameter text-plain-font #F[Helvetica 14 roman black]
parameter text-active-font #F[Helvetica 14 roman black]
parameter text-leading 4
parameter text-highlight-color green