ColumnMaker and the override section

Sun Nov 11 01:10:23 UTC 2007

SignWriting List
November 10, 2007

Yes, Kelly Jo, you are right, that Andre needs a black background  
with yellow signs, which he has now with these new features. And if  
the palms are white in that case, that will be good, because I  
believe that Andre can see white on black? is that right Andre?

Steve works soooo hard and so many long long hours to give us these  
features. It is hard for us to imagine because we are not  
programmers, but the work is very picky...Just a few weeks ago we had  
no way to have colored signs, colored backgrounds or multiple sizes  
or mixed sizes and colors...most of these features didn't exist and I  
asked Steve as a favor to take time out of other work to do this for  
us...so I feel pretty fortunate we have them!

And there will be a way in the future to place these color choices in  
web documents as well...not just in ColumnMaker....so you will create  
your color choices and then post that in the Literature Puddle  
online ;-)

And guess what?....after working three months filling the white palms  
with white paint in the ISWA, I grew to like the white palms with the  
colored background. I used a colored background to test my filling to  
make sure it was clean, and the look of the white palms grew on  
me....I think it is an excellent teaching tool for palm facing, so I  
personally might choose the white palms myself, if there is ever a  
choice...grin...

Val ;-)

On Nov 10, 2007, at 4:46 PM, K.J. Boal wrote:

> That would be really cool!
>
> And by the way, I agree, Val; most people will probably be using a  
> plain white background anyway - except Andre, of course.
> KJ
>
>
>
> > From: dac at signwriting.org
> > Subject: Re: [sw-l] ColumnMaker and the override section
> > Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:40:54 -0800
> > To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> >
> > SignWriting List
> > November 10, 2007
> >
> > Outstanding instructions and new features, Steve!
> >
> > Many thanks ;-)))
> >
> > Now I can do what Nancy wants for her Bible translation
> > documents...apparently in some Bibles, Jesus' words are in red, and
> > that is what is requested for the SignWriting too...so now we can do
> > that with these overrides...makes some signs red inside the text,
> > while others remain black...
> >
> > We are also thinking of making the Verse Titles a gold color, so
> > people can find the verses faster. In time the Gospel According to
> > John document may be very large...perhaps 300 pages when all 21
> > chapters are done...and having color to find things in a big book is
> > very helpful...
> >
> > Val ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 10, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:
> >
> > > Hi KJ,
> > > Here's the not too user friendly instructions for the override
> > > section in ColumnMaker.
> > > The override section uses 4 ideas: numbers of signs, size, color
> > > and column breaks. All of the choices above the column images are
> > > default values.
> > > A column break is similar to a page break. If you want the first
> > > column to have 2 signs, the override would simply be:
> > > 2
> > > If you want 2 in the first column and 2 in the second, the  
> override
> > > would be:
> > > 2
> > > 2
> > > After every line in the override section, ColumnMaker will  
> insert a
> > > column break.
> > > The next option is size. If you selected a sign size of 0.7 and
> > > you want the first 2 signs to be larger than the rest, the  
> override
> > > could be:
> > > 2,1.5
> > > If you want to add color, use:
> > > 2,1.5,ff6600
> > > The override string is a repeating comma delimited string of
> > > (number of signs),(size),(color). So you could use:
> > > 2,1.5,ff6600,5,1,ff0066,1,.7,ff00ff
> > > And so on. There are 2 special color codes you can use: 0 and -1.
> > > The color code 0 will be black. The color code -1 will be
> > > colorized according to the standard colors.
> > > In the override section, you don't need to specify a value for
> > > either the size or the color. This can be done by putting 2 commas
> > > next to each other. Here is the override to make signs 5-10 red.
> > > 4,,,6,,ff0000
> > > Notice the first part of "4,,,". This does not specify a size or
> > > color. The signs will be produced using the default values
> > > selected at the top of the page.
> > > The only problem with the previous override is that it would put a
> > > column break after the red signs. The easiest way to suppress a
> > > column break is to put ",99" at the end of the string such as:
> > > 4,,,6,,ff0000,99
> > > The ",99" is really understood to be ",99,,". This tells
> > > ColumnMaker not to insert a column break and to use the default
> > > values for size and color for the next 99 signs. That's about it.
> > > Not too user friendly, but it does work. I'll try and write these
> > > instructions up in a more clear and concise manner. Later, these
> > > options will be integrated into SignText so the override section
> > > won't be needed. Until then, they're just what Val needs to
> > > quickly produce documents using SignText, ColumnMaker and
> > > DocumentMaker.
> > > Enjoy,
> > > -Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
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