The Setup Processor dialog box is the same as the Encoding Converters dialog box, but with two main exceptions:
It does not have the Test or Advanced tabs.
The Available
Processors list includes only those processors described under
Important
below. However, such processors/converters are available in both dialog boxes. So, you can use the Test
and Advanced
tabs for processors you added in the Setup
Processor dialog box. Similarly, any deletion or change is
reflected in both dialog boxes.
To successfully use all the processor features, you need to have files, such as CC files and TECkit MAP files, available for selection using this dialog box. You may need to work with a consultant to collect and install the necessary files on your computer.
In a Bulk Edit tool (Entries, Reversal Entries or Wordforms), click the Process tab, and then click Setup.
The Setup Processor dialog box appears, with the contents of the Properties tab displayed.
Do any of the following:
ImportantThe processors in the Setup Processor dialog box are a subset of the encoding converters used with writing systems in the Encoding Converters dialog box. Only Unicode to Unicode or Unicode to and from Unicode encoding converters are available as bulk edit processors. Those used to convert legacy fonts-to-Unicode are only available for use with writing systems during import and will not appear in the Available Processors list.
Unicode to and from Unicode specifies a converter that is designed to work in the forward and reverse directions. TECKit files are often of this type. Unicode to Unicode means the converter is designed to work only in the forward direction. CC tables are of this type. For example, a converter that converts 9ab to 9ea in the forward direction, but one that can also convert 9ea to 9ab in the reverse direction would be a Unicode to and from Unicode converter. In FieldWorks Bulk Edit tools, we do not provide a way to use a converter in a reverse direction, so either one (Unicode to and from Unicode or Unicode to Unicode) can be used in bulk edit operations, but only in the forward direction.
A TECkit file may contain one or more passes. Each pass begins with a header line that specifies the type of data expected in this pass.
pass(type)
The type inside the parentheses can be Byte, Unicode, Byte_Unicode, or Unicode_Byte. In FieldWorks Bulk Edit tools, only TECkit files with type Unicode will be available for use in the Process tab. This is because all data in FieldWorks is Unicode, so Byte converters do not make sense in this context. From the Writing System Properties dialog or one of the Import dialog boxes, you can use a TECkit map with Unicode, Byte, or Byte_Unicode types as long as the output data is valid Unicode since input data can be byte or unicode. The pass type occurring in the file overrides the Conversion Type selection in the FieldWorks converter setup dialog box. To see the real type in the TECkit file, use the Advanced tab in the converter setup dialog, which you open from the Converters tab (Writing System Properties dialog box); check the Type from there.
The More button allows you to add other processors, such as Python or Perl or Compound converters besides TECkit, CC and ICU.
TECkit converters may be written for bidirectional operation. In FLEx, operations are normally one way. However, if you need to run a bidirectional converter in the reverse direction, it can be done in FLEx. To do this, click the More button next to the Converter Type, then add a Compound Converter through the dialog that comes up. If you add a bidirectional converter in the Setup tab, there is a Reverse check box that will run it in the reverse direction.
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