+1 to Andy's suggestion. Ease of initiation + community engagement = positive growth.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Miller, Timothy < timothy.mil...@childrens.harvard.edu> wrote: > I think this is also an area where Maven integration was a small step > backwards (I greatly appreciate the steps forward it allowed). I used to > run stuff from the command line and in scripts more often but it's slightly > less straightforward setting up the classpath with maven -- before you > could put a simple java -cp lib/*.jar <class name> in a script, now I'm not > sure how to go about it using maven. I'm sure there's a way, but I am > afraid of falling down the maven rabbit hole. > Tim > > > On Oct 29, 2013, at 5:53 PM, Chen, Pei wrote: > > > +1 > > Pan, the short answer is yes- it can be done in CLI. > > The problem is that most of us who are already familiar with the nitty > gritty are probably doing this with some sort of custom scripts or solution. > > Cc' the dev group to get a fresh perspective; not sure what the easiest > would be-- run the CPE via command line with default input/output > directories or running a Driver Main Class as part of examples. > > > > --Pei > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Andrew McMurry [mailto:mcmurry.a...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 5:41 PM > >> To: dev@ctakes.apache.org > >> Cc: Pan Teng; and...@apache.org > >> Subject: Re: cTAKES user interface > >> > >> In my opinion, this user request is totally reasonable. > >> > >> Download time aside, it should take NO LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES to get > >> started with cTakes. > >> True, cTakes is massively powerful and UMLS is a license headache. > >> Nonetheless! > >> > >> This keeps coming up, we should strongly consider an improved VM > >> distribution option so folks can get online with "copy-paste" text ready > >> applications on their local machine. > >> > >> IT WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER IN A GOOD WAY > >> > >> I'm strongly considering making an Ubuntu 13.10 cTakes distribution for > my > >> own work, would others want this as well? > >> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop > >> > >> Yes I know thats a tall order, but its true ! :) > >> > >> We dont have to provide the full UMLS instance, just the non-commercial > >> dictionaries. > >> Just get new users "hooked on cTakes" with ICD9 diagnoses, procedures, > >> medications annotations. > >> > >> How do the other committers feel about this? > >> > >> PS: I'm back and with more vigor++ > >> > >> On Oct 29, 2013, at 2:02 PM, "Chen, Pei" < > pei.c...@childrens.harvard.edu> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Pan, > >>> Fwd'ing to dev@ > >>> > >>> From: Pan Teng [mailto:teng...@udel.edu] > >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:37 PM > >>> To: user-ow...@ctakes.apache.org > >>> Subject: Fwd: cTAKES user interface > >>> > >>> Hi there, > >>> I'm trying to explore the cTAKES system. Just curious whether there is > an > >> way that I can use cTAKES system just in the terminal window by typing > some > >> command line including input and then the output data can be generated? > >> Your kindly reply will be appreciated. > >>> Best, > >>> Pan > >>> > >>> > > > >