Sign Proccessing Software

[Antonio Carlos da Rocha Costa]

Stuart,

Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> For present use, I still see the need for a "SignWriting Inserter"
> that can allow us to compose a sign and then send it to a specific
> program or even to the clipboard as a graphic image. That would be
> very helpful for mixed language documents. Perhaps even a dictionary
> could be included with such a program.

   You could try our SW-Edit program.

   It is still quite buggy :-(     For instance, it is very unstable under
Windows98, but runs OK on Windows 2000. I don't know how it behaves under
Windows XP.

   It has almost all features of current text editors (copy-and-paste
through the clipboard, to itself and to other applications, print preview,
symbol color!, image and oral text inclusion, etc.)

   But it has a few important limitations (e.g., symbol rotation has to be
done by clicking on the right button of the mouse :-(  There is no
possibility of searching signs in the text. And the dictionary window is a
little bit smaller than necessary :-(

   Also, there are some symbols that appear corrupted, that we were not yet
able to identify the cause.

   But, for a general appreciation of the approach adopted in the program,
the current version is enough.

   Unfortunately, we were not able to write a user's manual. The main thing
to remember is that to drag and drop symbols, and to copy and paste signs,
the cell were the sign is should be selected (marked green).

   I know very well the risk of delivering a buggy version of a program. But
I'm offering it not as a ready for use program, but as a sample of what the
program can be if we succeed in finishing it.

   You can donwload the installer from the page

         http://gmc.ucpel.tche.br/sw-edit

   Of course, any suggestion or criticism you can give will be very much
appreciated.

   All the best,

   Ant ­? io Carlos