[sw-l] Question....Creating SWML-S with SignMaker

[Charles Butler]

Val & Steve,

I hate to tell you, but SSM would have unfortunate
implications in English.  It would look like
sex-sado-masochism.  How about Sign Sentence Generator
(SSG) instead.  This way there is no mistaking the
intent to an international audience.

Charles Butler

--- Stephen Slevinski <slevin at PUDL.INFO> wrote:

> Hi Val,
>
> A new name may be needed, lets use Sign Sentence
> Maker (or SSM for short).
>
> Currently, SSM is a more technical, less end user
> solution.  Creating a 50
> page document is possible, but editing would be
> painful.  As of now, SSM is
> best for free-writing or transcription.
>
> SSM can type sentences.  The SWML-S example with
> lanes was created with SSM.
> It took me about 5 minutes to create the example.
> http://www.oculog.net/swml/dump.php
>
> You are correct, the Add and Middle button do the
> same thing.
>
> It should be possible to create PDFs from SWML
> directly.  However, SSM
> contains no formatting other than sentences with
> lanes.  No headers, titles,
> paragraphs, ...
>
> And you are going to have to teach how to write with
> lanes, ha ha :)
> Something else on your plate.  But I know lanes are
> a special feature that
> you would love to talk about.
>
> -Stephen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On
> Behalf Of Valerie Sutton
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 12:35 AM
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: [sw-l] Question....Creating SWML-S with
> SignMaker
>
>
> SignWriting List
> October 15, 2004
>
> Stephen Slevinski wrote:
> > Use SignMaker as usual to design a sign.  When the
> sign is completed,
> > change
> > the name of the gloss from "sign-1" to a more
> meaningful name.  Press
> > Add
> > for writing without lanes.  Or press Left, Middle,
> or Right to add the
> > sign
> > to the corresponding lane.
>
>
> Stephen -
> Does this new SignMaker-SWML-S program create
> sentences? How could Sign
> Lanes have anything to do with this, unless you are
> creating real
> documents? ...As you know, any sign can be in any
> lane at different
> times, depending on the grammar of the
> sentence...And I wonder why
> anyone would want to choose "writing without
> lanes"...? If they do
> that, that is just the middle lane...so it could
> default to the middle
> lane unless you choose another lane...
>
> Meanwhile, no one has ever typed lanes
> before...except by writing by
> hand, or with a paint program where I manipulated
> the signs to go into
> those lanes...so the whole SignWriting world is
> going to have to learn
> how to use lanes and I will love to teach lessons on
> that...
>
> I look forward to your answer - If your
> SignMaker-SWML-S is a document
> creator....on the web...then I will use it...I think
> you should call it
> Sign-Sentence-Maker! or SignDocs or something...and
> people could create
> PDFs from the web pages and print the documents...
>
> Val ;-)
>
>
>
>