20100704 delph-in summit - matrix customization system overview - group notes

This break-out used Mauritian Creole as a demonstration of filling out the Matrix questionnaire

more explanation about determiner choices please it would be nice to have diagnostic questions for every question in the questionnaire, something like "are there quantifiers as determiners... and is there anything that substitutes for those..."

more high-end (linguist oriented) explanation of the *effects/consequences* of each choice you make i.e. in the auxiliary type definition section

add a link to predicate naming conventions on delph-in wiki from the questionnaire lexicon page.

explain convention of naming '_pronoun_n_rel'

Laurie's idea: as you're typing the spelling of the lemma on the lexicon page, it autocompletes i.e. _foo_n_rel in the predicate field... (despite the fact that generally we �matrix grammars use the english...)

for Laurie: reminder to give the option of only a single 'form' (where appropriate) if there's no finite distinction

determiners should immediately follow nouns on the lexicon page

test-by-gen crashes when deleting a first noun stem and then (re-) adding it at the end -- the numbering probably got messed up.

does python have exception handling whereby you can install a top-level exception handler to catch *every* purple screen and automatically email the details to matrix-dev. (ask Glenn for details, thai-language.com does this)

test-by-generation: explain limitations on the set of things that are demonstrated by TBG, so you don't think it's your fault. e.g. A list of what will *not* be demonstrated by TBG