[sw-l] SignPuddle

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 7, 2004

Sandy -
I went to Great Britain's Sign Puddle, only to find there were no signs
named Wales, so you are right that something happened and I don't know
what...At least now you can re-do Wales in SignMaker without any
conflicts with old names ...

And I would suggest that you delete the old version of a sign, before
re-doing it in SignMaker...that way you will have no name
conflicts...Essentially, deleting all the signs and starting from
scratch, referring to your old list when needed, would be the cleanest
way to do the re-entering...

You asked if SignMaker was mature and you will not have to re-do
anything again...The answer is YES. If you re-do all your signs, which
were pasted in as graphics before, with the new SignMaker, your new
signs will be more like a real language...The new signs will hold
information about each symbol...This means that in the future, that
information can be used to sort your signs by SSS...so this transition,
although annoying, is worth it...

Plus, when you re-create the signs, the SignMaker program also creates
a graphic too, so it means that we will be able to export the signs you
create in either format for other programs...such as Microsoft Word
etc...

At least you do not have too many signs to re-do...The ASL dictionary
is overwhelming because it has over 3000 signs that have to be
replaced....I have replaced around 25 ASL signs....but there is a long
way to go!

Anyway...Please try to enter Wales again and tell us if it works -

Val ;-)

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On Oct 7, 2004, at 8:08 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> October 7, 2004
>
> Hello Sandy!
> All people have frustrations with computer programs, so you are not
> the only one!
>
> I believe the problem you mention is related to the fact that the old
> signs that you wrote with the old SignMaker, need to all be replaced
> with signs written with the new SignMaker. It is not really a bug. It
> is a transition - ha!
>
> I will look at the problem and get back to you - Don't worry. This is
> solvable...
>
> Val ;-)
>
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>
>
> On Oct 7, 2004, at 6:52 AM, Sandy Fleming wrote:
>
>> Hmmm... is there a bug?
>> I had Wales and Wales_2, and I deleted Wales
>> I then renamed Wales_2 to Wales, and it did so but displayed the old
>> "Wales"
>> sign instead.
>> But now when I search for Wales in the dictionary, it says no results
>> found - so both have been deleted!
>> How come this sort of thing only happens to me?  :D
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Stephen
>>> Slevinski
>>> Sent: 07 October 2004 13:26
>>> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>> Subject: RE: [sw-l] SignPuddle
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Sandy,
>>>
>>> Open the Sign Puddle dictionary.  Select the Dictionary Editors
>>> icon on the
>>> left.  It is directly under the Sign Maker icon.
>>>
>>> In the Search for Sign edit box, enter "Wales".  Press Search.
>>> You will see
>>> Wales and Wales_2.  Next to Wales_2, you will notice the Load
>>> button.  This
>>> button can load the sign into Sign Maker.  Any sign with the load
>>> button
>>> will never need to be reentered again: it has a build file and is
>>> written in
>>> the IMWA.  Also, it will be included in the SWML-S output for the
>>> SignPuddle
>>> dictionary, so other software should eventually be able to use it
>>> without
>>> having to reenter it.
>>>
>>> Since you were invited to be an editor for the sgn-GB dictionary,
>>> you have a
>>> username and password.  On the Dictionary Editor screen, scroll
>>> down to the
>>> bottom, past the flags.  You will notice the area where you can
>>> enter the
>>> user and password.  Login. (case sensitive)
>>>
>>> Now you can rename and delete signs.
>>>
>>> Let me know if you have any problems.
>>> -Stephen
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Sandy
>>> Fleming
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:20 AM
>>> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>> Subject: [sw-l] SignPuddle
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Folks!
>>>
>>> I had a go at updating one of the old signs in the BSL SignPuddle
>>> dictionary
>>> and all seems in order except I now have signs called "Wales" and
>>> "Wales_2".
>>>
>>> How do I delete the older sign and rename the new one to "Wales"?
>>>
>>> I chose this sign first because I found a much better way to spell
>>> it - so
>>> don't be surprised at how different the two are!
>>>
>>> Am I right in thinking that all the signs in the dictianary should
>>> now be
>>> re-entered using SignMaker? SignMaker is mature enough now, isn't
>>> it? I
>>> woon't have to go re-entering all the signs again in the future,
>>> will I?
>>>
>>> Sabdy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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