Precodes and continuation markers

[Kevin Donnelly]

Hi

We are using the new(er) precode system for marking language stretches in 
bilingual files.  There is not a great deal of information about this in the 
manual, so perhaps I could post a query on the list.

We have been putting the precodes first in the speaker tier, for reasons of 
readability, and also because it makes computer analysis of the tier a bit 
easier.  So we have, for instance:
*IRI:    [- spa] +< no eso es totalmente natural .

However, when we run CHECK on these files, we get error messages saying: 
Item '+<' must be used at the beginning of tier.

Presumably this means that we have to write:
*IRI:    +< [- spa] no eso es totalmente natural .

So:
(a) Is it the case that precodes must follow markers like +< ?
(b) Are there any other markers or other things to which this applies?
(c) Are there any other "gotchas" we should watch out for when using precodes?

As a subsidiary question, I assume that using the 3-letter ISO-639-3 or 
ISO-639-2 codes (http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp) instead of the 2-
letter ISO-639-1 codes is OK, and fits in with the trend in CLAN towards those.

-- 
Pob hwyl / Best wishes

Kevin Donnelly
kevindonnelly.org.uk

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