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

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 16, 2004

Ha! Goodness...I would never have thought of that one, Charles! Thanks
for telling us ;-)

How about a shorter name, like SignDocs or SignText? Do SD or ST have
any problems? smile...

Val ;-)

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On Oct 16, 2004, at 9:16 AM, Charles Butler wrote:

> 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 ;-)
>>
>>
>>
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