[sw-l] signmail question

[Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod]

Val,
thanks for the informaton!!!
I had noticed this already... but I think it's worth repeating
things... I had to explain it to other users here... so I guess it's an
important point!

Anny
Le 4 avr. 05, à 16:12, Valerie Sutton a écrit :

> SignWriting List
> April 4, 2005
>
> Hello Everyone!
> Thanks for this message, Anny....When you type the word-glosses in the
> email program on SignPuddle, you have to type each gloss carefully to
> make sure it matches exactly the same as the sign is listed in the
> dictionary. So all caps has to be used, if the sign is listed with all
> caps in the dictionary. And if you want the second version of a sign,
> then you have to type the version number, such as HELLO_2...otherwise
> the program doesn't know which sign to grab for the SignWriting
> translation...If you type a gloss and there is no exact word-gloss
> like that in the dictionary, then it reverts to the fingerspelling
> symbols you entered and spells out the entire gloss-word...If you do
> not have all your fingerspelling symbols as entries in the dictionary,
> then it cannot replace a gloss with fingerspelling and there will be a
> question mark for that one gloss when the SignWriting
> appears...smile....Val ;-)
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> On Apr 3, 2005, at 12:34 PM, Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:
>
>> here's another trial for this mail that didn't reach the list...
>>
>> Anny
>>> thanks for solving the problem (I didn't realise  that!!) and for
>>> your help
>>>
>>> with the group of SignWriters... here in the french speaking par tof
>>> Switzerland... we've decided to save all the "noms propres" (do we
>>> say proper names???) with capital letters... : so nouns of persons,
>>> towns, geographic names, ... will all be written with capital
>>> letters...
>>>
>>> all other words should be written in lower case...!
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help
>>>
>>> talk to you soon
>>>
>>> Anny
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 2 avr. 05, à 18:45, Valerie Sutton a écrit :
>>>
>>>> SignWriting List
>>>> April 2, 2005
>>>>
>>>> I figured it out, Anny! It has to do with capital letters. The sign
>>>> for SUISSE is in capital letters, but if you do the lower case
>>>> letters...suisse...then it comes out as fingerspelling...That is
>>>> because you saved the sign for SUISSE with capital letters in your
>>>> dictionary before...Take a look at my example...the first word is
>>>> lower case, and the second with capital letters...so if you want
>>>> the lower case to come in as a real sign, you will need to save it
>>>> in lower case in your dictionary entry...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <FingerspellingCH-fr2.gif>
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