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Bulk edit in Filter Mode #64

Open Paul32N opened 3 years ago

Paul32N commented 3 years ago

Starting point https://nena.ames.cam.ac.uk/grammar/features/392?entry=k-,%20%C4%8D-%20(with%20verba%20primae%20infirmae,%20but%20rare) I came here via https://nena.ames.cam.ac.uk/grammar/ and then clicked on "57 dialects" for tree branch 6.6.1. and reached feature 392 at https://nena.ames.cam.ac.uk/grammar/features/392. Then I filtered the entries containing "k-, č- (with verba primae infirmae, but rare)"

Problem I want to clean up some data, namely remove some comments in the entries ("examples") to the comment field on entries. These entries all have the same problem: a comment within an entry, and the filter function nicely allows me to filter entries like this. But I need to edit them all individually.

Solution? Is there a way that I can bulk edit the filtered entries and don't have to edit them one by one? This would be especially helpful when their entries are identical. This way I can simply remove the comments from all entries to the comment field in one go.

Many thanks once again! Looking forward to hearing from you.

jamespstrachan commented 3 years ago

@Paul32N sorry I confused this with a similarly titled ticket and missed it until now. What you suggest is definitely possible, I just have a few questions to make sure our target is aligned.

If I understand correctly, you're looking to edit a single feature across a set of dialects where the existing bulk-edit is for neighbouring features of a single dialect - is that correct?

At the moment you are filtering for the ones you want using the generic grammar tree, then linking to just those dialects which have an entry for the feature in question. Is that a sensible path for selection of this new bulk-edit? Or might we need to ultimately bulk-edit dialects which don't yet have an entry?

Final question: is the current simplified format for bulk editing (eg. /w/ P ~ /v/ M "only at end of word") expressive enough to allow you to make the changes you want in a one-line statement?

Paul32N commented 3 years ago

This new tool would help us identify and clean the data more efficiently.

@Paul32N sorry I confused this with a similarly titled ticket and missed it until now. What you suggest is definitely possible, I just have a few questions to make sure our target is aligned.

If I understand correctly, you're looking to edit a single feature across a set of dialects where the existing bulk-edit is for neighbouring features of a single dialect - is that correct?

Yes, this concerns bulk editing a single feature across all/a set of dialects. The existing bulk-edit allows you to edit one dialect across a set of features.

At the moment you are filtering for the ones you want using the generic grammar tree, then linking to just those dialects which have an entry for the feature in question. Is that a sensible path for selection of this new bulk-edit? Or might we need to ultimately bulk-edit dialects which don't yet have an entry?

Good point. I'm not sure about this. I think at the moment simply bulk editing a feature for which there are entries in multiple dialects.

Final question: is the current simplified format for bulk editing (eg. /w/ P ~ /v/ M "only at end of word") expressive enough to allow you to make the changes you want in a one-line statement?

The editing of entry by entry basis allows for a bit more specification, but the current one-line statement should be OK for bulk editing.