[sw-l] export from one dictionnary to another

[Stuart Thiessen]

Hi, Stephen!  I wondered if it would be better use of the webserver's
CPU time, etc. to set up a cron job that would archive PNG's as of the
night before or every 6 hours or whatever?  Then the script can send
that latest archive. I am wondering if you get too many zip requests if
it will impact server performance? Since pictures compress much
differently than text, it might work better?

Thanks,

Stuart

On Feb 3, 2005, at 14:32, Stephen Slevinski wrote:

> Hi Val,
>
> The export to PNGs is needed, so I added it.
>
> Under Export, there is a new option to download (or create) a zip file
> that
> contains the PNGs from the dictionary.  This is not the final solution.
>
> Known defects and issues:
> Diacritics don't work properly
> Creating the zip file can take several minutes
>
> -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: Thursday, February 03, 2005 12:51 PM
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] export from one dictionnary to another
>
>
> 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!
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> 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
>>
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