Final testing of SignPuddle 1.6

[Alan Post]

I'm happy not to have BSW codes if I can convert the ones I have to
whatever the new format is.  I might have asked this once before,
I'm not sure how many versions behind I am for SWIS.  So long as I
have a textual (preferably ASCII, but unicode if that is the option
I've got) representation of a sign and I can combine these into a
composition, I'm happy.

I don't need the interface to provide that string, I'll happily grab
it out of the URL by viewing the image.

I guess I'm left asking how I should convert my BSW codes to a
format I can use with the new version of SWIS?

And thank you for your thorough response!

-Alan

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 04:47:49PM -0500, Steve Slevinski wrote:
> On 7/11/11 4:04 PM, Alan Post wrote:
> >I don't see a way, in signpuddle 1.6, to extract the sign from
> >SignPuddle.  I use SignPuddle almost exclusively to look up
> >signs and then copy them (by bsw code) into other documents.
> >
> >I don't see this feature or anything equivalent to it in SignPuddle
> >1.6.  Will it be there?
> >
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> There are 2 issues here.  The first is accessing the sign string.
> 
> If you right click on a sign and select "copy image location", you will 
> get a link that includes the ASCII string of Formal SignWriting.  Here's 
> an example.
> http://signbank.org/signpuddle1.6/glyphogram.php?text=AS15a20S2890aM20x20S15a20n19xn7S2890an9xn20&pad=10
> 
> One of the nice features of the new data format of Formal SignWriting is 
> that a double click selects the entire word.  Try is by clicking 
> anywhere after the "text=" section.  You'll get the word:
> AS15a20S2890aM20x20S15a20n19xn7S2890an9xn20
> 
> If you don't care about sorting, you can clip off the temporal prefix 
> and be left with:
> M20x20S15a20n19xn7S2890an9xn20
> 
> Another option is to use the command button for "Copy Sign" or "Copy 
> SignText".  On the "Save to SignPuddle" page, scroll down to the "Other 
> sign options" section and use the Data Format button.
> 
> Formal SignWriting uses the ASCII symbol keys.  Data options:
> markup - lite
> symbol - key
> data - layout
> 
> Cartesian SignWriting uses the preliminary Unicode strings. Data options:
> markup - lite
> symbol - preliminary Unicode
> data - layout
> 
> If you prefer the direct access to the data strings via the links, I can 
> add the data links for FSW and CSW.
> 
> The other issue is legacy support for the BSW string, which has been 
> deprecated.  I have not included this option.  I'd rather not include 
> this option.  However, I understand it would make your life easier.  The 
> conversion is easy enough...  I will include it if you ask...
> 
> Regards,
> -Steve
> 

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