[sw-l] Copy and paste between SignPuddle dictionaries

[Bill Reese]

Shouldn't you be able to copy and paste a sign without being an editor?  
Seems that if anyone can add a sign to a signpuddle dictionary, then 
pasting is just another way of adding.

Bill


Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> March 23, 2005
>
> TECH QUESTION: SignPuddle
>
> Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:
>
>     if I want to copy a sign from US dictionnary (as ASL is close to
>     LSF) and paste it into my swiss french dictionnary...
>     I go to US dic... open the editor page... then write down the word
>     I'm seraching for... (for wyemple COW)
>     but then I don't see any COPY button... and if I click on the
>     swiss flag then I get back to the swiss dictionnary...
>     What am I doing wrong ??
>
>
> Hello Anny and Everyone!
> Thanks for this question. Stephen will be on vacation over the Easter 
> holiday. I am not sure if he is still online or not? smile....If not, 
> then we may have to wait...I can tell you that this worked for me, but 
> now I realize that the reason it worked is that I am a Dictionary 
> Editor for ALL the SignPuddles in all countries...so maybe you will 
> have to become an editor of BOTH the ASL SignPuddle and the 
> French-Swiss SignPuddles to be able to do this...I am not sure...
>
> So here is my suggestion...Let's first try it in the reverse....Login 
> as a Dictionary Editor of your own French-Swiss SignPuddle and search 
> for a sign...there should be a screen that looks like the attached 
> diagram...see the Copy button? click on that and then see if you can 
> paste it into the ASL SignPuddle...don't worry...I can delete it 
> later...see if this works, Anny and write again...If this works, I can 
> invite you to become an ASL editor and that will work for you until 
> Stephen can help us after Easter...
>
> Directions:
> - On the Dictionary Editors screen, search for a sign
> - Find the right sign from the list and press Copy
> - Pick a flag on the bottom of the page
> - On the top-left, click the Paste button. (kind of hidden and will go 
> away in time)
>
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