<div>The hardest problem on accents and diacriticals is from this English language word processor, the only way I can access them is not accessible on Sign Net, which involved control-shift combinations to access the symbol set. I usually have to type them on a word file, copy them and then put them in, which I had to do on all of the signs that are in Sign Puddle 1.0, from </div> <div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Coração to só. </FONT></div> <div><BR>Because the ção ending is so prolific (it's a noun ending, think every place we use "tion" in English), it's kind of hard.</div> <div> </div> <div>Charles</div> <div><BR><B><I>Steve Slevinski <slevin@signpuddle.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi Charles,<BR><BR>I've made problems for you yet again!<BR><BR>The transfer from 1.0 to 1.5 had
problems and some accents, tildes and other special characters: hence the ?s.<BR><BR>You can register for the sgn-BR puddle and I can make you an editor so you can fix them yourself. Or I should be able to take a look at the transfer issue next week.<BR><BR>Going forward, 1.5 uses Unicode and a stable IMWA. We shouldn't have these problems again. (crosses fingers)<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>-Steve<BR><BR><BR>Charles Butler wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid871459.84245.qm@web43139.mail.sp1.yahoo.com type="cite"> <DIV>How do I get diacriticals to show up, Portuguese has a lot of accents, tildes, and the c cedilla that are part of the normal spelling. They don't show up in the display on my screen.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Charles<BR><BR><B><I>Steve Slevinski <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:slevin@signpuddle.net"><slevin@signpuddle.net></A></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">Hi List,<BR><BR>Hope everyone is well. I have SignPuddle 1.5 ready to go. You can use <BR>it online right now <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5">http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5</A><BR><BR>Editing is a lot easier now. There is no special dictionary editors <BR>page. You can edit signs from any page if you have the right security.<BR><BR>Once you register for a dictionary and log in, all of the signs you add <BR>will be assigned to your username. This gives you the rights to edit <BR>the signs you've entered without being an editor for the whole dictionary.<BR><BR>If you don't register, all new signs will be linked with the computer <BR>you used to add the signs.<BR><BR>I've transfered all of the 1.0 puddles. They will need some cleaning <BR>up. Not all of the special characters transfered correctly and some of <BR>the sign spellings are askew. But SignPuddle 1.5 uses Unicode, so all
<BR>languages are fair game. If you want to be an editor for any particular <BR>dictionary to help clean it up, let me or Val know. Or reply to the list <BR>and we'll get it set up.<BR><BR>SignPuddle 1.5 can have a multilingual interface. If you want to help <BR>translate the SignPuddle screens, reply and I'll create a user interface <BR>puddle for your languages and give you the security rights to edit the <BR>UI puddle. The great part about the translation is that you use the <BR>same SignPuddle interface.<BR><BR>Currently, the free and open dictionaries don't allow for image or video <BR>uploading. This is something that Val and I are discussing. We'll see <BR>how it goes.<BR><BR>I've given Val the first 5 PocketPuddles. It's very cool. For Windows, <BR>just plug and play. For Mac, it requires a few steps that are straight <BR>forward, but it reconfigures the built in web server and requires the <BR>use of the Terminal application.<BR><BR>I'm working on the last few
items of my todo list. Then I'll complete <BR>the documentation and the information will be a lot more organized than <BR>this email.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>-Steve<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>