[sw-l] export from one dictionnary to another

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
February 3, 2005

Dear SW List, Anny and Stephen -
Thank you both, for this important discussion of the need for a variety
of EXPORT features in SignPuddle someday...All of these features will
take time to develop, and we all must be patient, but when they are
ready, they will be great...

Here is what I feel we need someday, with a user-friendly interface:

1. DICTIONARY EDITORS: The ability to LOAD single signs from other
SignPuddles
When they search for a sign to change it, they will also be able to
search for signs in OTHER SignPuddles.
Then they will be able to LOAD signs into SignMaker, whether they be
from their own dictionary, or another dictionary, and then be able to
change it, rename it, and add it to their own dictionary. This is not
an export, but a multi-dictionary search and load...There are some
signs that are used the same in all countries...or are so similar to
each other, that to re-do them seems like unnecessary work...

2. EXPORT to PNGS on your Desktop
The ability to export an entire dictionary into a folder on your
desktop that holds all the PNGs from one dictionary. And this should be
a one-button process that has nothing to do with SWML...This will be
used a lot by graphics artists and other people who are not in need of
SWML...I have received several requests for this already...and even I
would use it!!

3. EXPORT to SWML
Which I know you already have, Stephen, explained very well below...

Thank you for all the wonderful features you have given us! We love
SignPuddle and SignMaker!!

Val ;-)

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Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod in French-Switzerland wrote:
> I did enter a few geographic sign in the international atlas...
> yesterday (Vaud, Lausanne, Neuchâtel... and my name (Anny))...
>
> I was just wondering if there's a way to export sign from one
> dictionnary to  another... it would be then really simple to enter
> signs in each specific dictionnary and then export the one we need in
> the "Atlas"
>
> + for exmple there are much similarities between ASL and Swiss french
> LSF... so if I could exporte from ASL into swiss french LSF it would
> save  a lot of time!

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On Feb 3, 2005, at 6:27 AM, Stephen Slevinski wrote:
> The dictionary Export dumps the entire sign list into SWML-S.
>
> The dictionary Import uses SWML-S.  It first displays the signs
> contained in
> the SWML-S.  You then have the option to add any sign to the
> dictionary or
> load a sign into SignMaker.
>
> You can do this now, you'll just have to ignore the signs you don't
> want.
> You can also edit the SWML-S to only include the signs you want.  It's
> not
> that hard if you're not afraid of a little markup.
>
> In the future, I will improve the export.  It will allow for a list of
> signs, or a date range.  The import also need to be improved.
>
> Alternatively, you could use SignText to create the signs and then
> import
> the signs into multiple dictionaries.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions,
> -Stephen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Anne-Claude
> Prélaz Girod
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:23 AM
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: [sw-l] export from one dictionnary to another
>
>
> Val
>
> I did enter a few geographic sign in the international atlas...
> yesterday (Vaud, Lausanne, Neuchâtel... and my name (Anny))...
>
> I was just wondering if there's a way to export sign from one
> dictionnary to  another... it would be then really simple to enter
> signs in each specific dictionnary and then export the one we need in
> the "Atlas"
>
> + for exmple there are much similarities between ASL and Swiss french
> LSF... so if I could exporte from ASL into swiss french LSF it would
> save  a lot of time!
>
> Let me know
>
> Anny
>
>
>
>