AW: [sw-l] SignPuddle - how to change a given sign

[Stefan Wöhrmann]

Hello Stephen,

I am proud to tell you that from now on I do have reasonable support from
two very sympathetic friends who care about the German SignPuddle
Dictionary. (Welcome Ulrike to the SW-list! Hello Lars!!)

We tried to fix some typos today but unfortunately it did not function too
well. Perhaps we made a mistake ...?
Windows Explorer seems to work far to slow for this procedure.

So at home I/ we can work with Firefox...

Can you or somebody else with experience in this field describe the best
procedure to fix/change a given sign that has been added to the SignPuddle
dictionary.

We can enter the Dictionary Editor - level - after we wrote the user and
Password ;-)))

Then we look for a signwe would love to change.

I type load and will find this sign in the signmaker -program where I have
access to the symbols and function-keys

After I have arranged the sign as I want it I press the add to Dictionary
button (right?)

Now I have to enter a new name ???
Afterwards I have to search the sign again in order to delete the old sign?
In the end I try to rename the new sign from #2 to - no number ??

and press the enter - key ???

Perhaps other Dictionary editors could benefit from the description of the
best procedure as well ?? Hope so!


All the very best

Stefan ;-))




-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Stephen
Slevinski
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2004 14:26
An: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
Betreff: RE: [sw-l] SignPuddle

Hi Sandy,

Open the Sign Puddle dictionary.  Select the Dictionary Editors icon on the
left.  It is directly under the Sign Maker icon.

In the Search for Sign edit box, enter "Wales".  Press Search.  You will see
Wales and Wales_2.  Next to Wales_2, you will notice the Load button.  This
button can load the sign into Sign Maker.  Any sign with the load button
will never need to be reentered again: it has a build file and is written in
the IMWA.  Also, it will be included in the SWML-S output for the SignPuddle
dictionary, so other software should eventually be able to use it without
having to reenter it.

Since you were invited to be an editor for the sgn-GB dictionary, you have a
username and password.  On the Dictionary Editor screen, scroll down to the
bottom, past the flags.  You will notice the area where you can enter the
user and password.  Login. (case sensitive)

Now you can rename and delete signs.

Let me know if you have any problems.
-Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Sandy Fleming
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:20 AM
To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
Subject: [sw-l] SignPuddle


Hi Folks!

I had a go at updating one of the old signs in the BSL SignPuddle dictionary
and all seems in order except I now have signs called "Wales" and "Wales_2".

How do I delete the older sign and rename the new one to "Wales"?

I chose this sign first because I found a much better way to spell it - so
don't be surprised at how different the two are!

Am I right in thinking that all the signs in the dictianary should now be
re-entered using SignMaker? SignMaker is mature enough now, isn't it? I
woon't have to go re-entering all the signs again in the future, will I?

Sabdy