Beneath the Local Corpus window, you will find two different tabs: Files and Favourites. This section describes Files and its Working Directories while Section 3.5 focuses on Favourites. This window is responsible for linking a folder from your computer to Arbil so that media files can be transferred into your corpus. It is advisable to have one or more folders on your computer that contains all the necessary files that you would like to upload to your corpus. This way, you can simply link this folder and retrieve all the necessary files.
The option Files is selected by default. Its Working Directories are meant to keep at hand the resources that you want to add to your corpus (such as annotations, audio files, pictures etc.). To add a new Working Directory, right click on the Working Directory node and select Add Working Directory. Now browse to the directory you want to add, select it and click Open. In the figure 3.8, the directory "Recursion pics" is about to be added to the Working directory, so as to access the media files present in this folder.
After linking a directory to Arbil, you will have access to the folder. To import the media files (e.g.. Droste.jpg) to a session of a corpus, simply drag and drop them into a session of a local corpus.
Note: If you right click on Working Directories, you will also see that it is possible for Arbil to show you all hidden files (option Show hidden files). This option is useful when you want to include corpus files which are normally hidden in your file manager.
Browsing through Working Directories is very similar to browsing through the Remote or the Local Corpus. To open/close a folder click on the bullet or double click on its name. If you have added or modified the content of a directory outside Arbil, by right clicking on the Working Directory, you can update its content in Arbil (the Reload option).
Viewing file information is done in the same way as it has been described in Section 3.2.2. (Viewing Remote Corpus Information). Remember that if you place the cursor over a file, an information window will appear that will give you a file description, including the information about whether the file is archivable or not. Archivable files can be uploaded to the server. Image 3.7 shows an example of an archivable file:
Editable files from the Working Directory can also be opened by external applications. Right click a given file (e.g.. audio file, picture) and select Open in External Application.
If the file is not archivable, the icon will appear. If you hold the mouse pointer on
the file, you will see the following information:
For the list of accepted file types and formats, check the LAMUS manual.
A file that is not supported by Arbil can be kept in Arbil and still be added to a
Session, overriding the decision of the internal type checker. Right click on it and select
Override Type Checker Decision, a pop up window will
appear where you have to choose if this is a media file
or a written resource; the will then change into an icon
of either a Media file or a Written Resource file and can be added as a resource file. To
open the file right click it again and select Open in External
Application. Beware that overriding the type checker decision can cause your
corpus not to be accepted into the archive (rejected by Lamus).