B6. Reversal Indexes II

This lesson, the second in a three-part series on Reversal Indexes, builds upon the introduction from Reversal Indexes I. Learners deepen their skills in creating and refining reversal entries within FLEx.

Key elements include:

• Bulk Edit Tools: Activities use Bulk Copy, Click Copy, and Bulk Replace to populate the English Reversal Index more effectively.
  
  

• Click Copy Operations: Focus on handling multi-word glosses, such as English infinitives ("to run"), French reflexive verbs ("se préparer"), and two-word phrases. Learners practice when to separate items (with semicolons) and when to keep them together.
  
  

• Gloss Management: Covers filtering glosses, copying synonyms, reordering words in reversal entries, and deciding the best headword for phrases (e.g., “lion cubs” → under cub vs. lion).
  
  

• Direct Editing: Demonstrates typing reversals manually and managing exceptions, such as functors and dialectal variants.
  
  

• Complex Cases: Addresses bound roots/stems, bulk replacement using regular expressions, and handling idiomatic phrases.
  
  

• Deletion & Sorting: Introduces deleting reversal entries and sorting them by different criteria (forms, referenced senses).
  
  

The lesson emphasizes accuracy, efficiency, and lexicographic judgment when creating reversal indexes. The next module (Reversal Indexes III) will advance to List Choice, Delete, categories, and configuration.