PROGRAMMERS: Typing SignWriting in Vertical Columns...

[Stephen Slevinski]

Hi Val,

Do you have a keyboard layout idea for implementing vertical columns with
the 3 swim lanes?  Has the swim lanes idea been included in the new version
of the SWML?

I thought I would play a bit with the PUDL site and try to implement gloss
translation with swim lanes.  My dictionary still doesn't center the head in
the middle of the swim lanes, but my next dictionary will.

An easy way to tell gloss where to put the sign is to use the greater or
less than symbols.  So if a sign belongs in the middle, use the gloss name.
If the sign belongs to the left, use the "<" symbol.  If the sign belongs to
the right, use the ">" symbols.

So attached is the translation of "there_2 <my <dog there >your >dog."

The new code doesn't work for fingerspelling.  You can try it if you're
interested at: www.pudl.info/dictionary/vcode.php

-Stephen
www.oculog.net
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