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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/12/13, 5:38 AM, Stefan Wöhrmann
wrote:</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"
lang="EN-GB">Well I haven´t got the
time, the knowledge, the energy to work with more options
as I do right now. I
am happy that “find by word” with different options ...and
find by symbol is
possible, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"
lang="EN-GB">For my work at school
there is nothing more needed – as far as I can see now...
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Hi Stefan,<br>
<br>
No worries. I'll be fixing up the current usage and adding some new
functionality. Basic usage will stay the same and not require
additional steps or knowledge.<br>
<br>
The biggest change will be a status for each entry.<br>
* provisional<br>
* approved<br>
* nonstandard<br>
* rejected<br>
<br>
New entries are created as provisional. Editors can later mark the
entries as approved, nonstandard, or rejected.<br>
<br>
This is needed to clean up the search results and have a measure of
a dictionary's contents.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/12/13, 9:57 AM, Valerie Sutton
wrote:<br>
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<div>After reading these comments, it sounds like to me it is best
not to include this feature of “morphology” in SignPuddle 3,
when there may not be an equivalent in the sign language world
that matches such a term and it will only confuse all of us - it
actually could be a negative for the software.</div>
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I agree that there probably isn't a universal morphology list. <br>
<br>
<br>
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<div>There are so many other features in SignPuddle 3 that we need
so badly…thank you for giving us those, Steve -</div>
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<br>
Hi Val, I understand there is a lot of pain. I'm trying to focus on
what needs done sooner rather than later. Thanks for your patience.<br>
<br>
The initial database design is working but needs to be cleaned up.
The design choices have far reaching implications and require
serious consideration. <br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/11/13, 4:53 PM, Charles Butler
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:1386802382.42635.YahooMailNeo@web163406.mail.gq1.yahoo.com"
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new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">
<div><span>My only comment is that I hope all dictionary entries
don't require a linguist to actually put them in or to find
them. I have been excited about SignWriting because it has
allowed me to write what I actually sign, not describe it in
a spoken language for a third party. </span></div>
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<br>
Hi Charles,<br>
<br>
The dictionary is to help support writers of all kinds. The
additional information is not required, but an optional description.<br>
<br>
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new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>That will become an
impossible burden to lexicographers. </span></div>
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Let's not think of it as a burden, but as a possibility. <br>
<br>
<br>
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cite="mid:1386802382.42635.YahooMailNeo@web163406.mail.gq1.yahoo.com"
type="cite">
<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma,
new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>The burden becomes
impossible, and is no longer useful to an actual user of
SignWriting as a writing system, not a linguistic tool. </span></div>
<div> </div>
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Yes, SignWriting is a writing system and will stay that way. The
linguistic additions are outside of the SignWriting script and not
an integral part.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
-Steve<br>
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