changing the name of a sign in Puddle?

[Kimberley A. Shaw]

Hi Steve and everyone:
yay, it worked! And so, now "Washington-DC" has its new *synonym* right
next door to the original sign. Much better.
Thank you for the vocabulary lesson as well!
Best,
Kim from Boston

sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 2:51 PM -0500
wrote:
>Hey Kim,
>
>SignPuddle 1.0 uses underscores for variants and synonyms.  If there is 
>already a sign for "Washington-DC", the next sign will be named 
>"Washington-DC_2".
>
>You could not change the name from "Washington-city" to "Washington DC" 
>because "Washington DC" already exists.  I should have used a better 
>error message.
>
>You have 2 options,
>- Delete Washington-DC first before you rename Washington-city
>- Change Washington-city to Washington-DC_2
>
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>
>If you don't mind, a quick discussion about terms...
>
>*Variants *are different spellings for the same sign. 
>*Synonyms *are signs that have the same (or nearly the same) meaning. 
>
>I believe "Washington-city" and "Washington DC" are synonyms because 
>they are different signs with the same meaning. 
>
>"Washington-city" and "Washington DC" would only be variants if they 
>described the same movement.
>
>This will be an important distinction for SignPudde 2.0. 
>
>-Steve
>
>Kimberley A. Shaw wrote:
>
>>Hello Steve, or whoever can help:
>>I've been trying to log on as "editor" (which I'm passworded for) and
>>change "Washington-city" to "Washington DC" (I know there's already one
>>there, but this one's a variant) ... and it won't let me change that
>>particular name! Same thing happened with a couple of other signs which I
>>had named badly. What can I do from here?
>>:-(
>>I think I'll stand at a blackboard now & write 100 times that I will not
>>go creating Puddle signs when tired ...
>>Best,
>>Kim from Boston
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