I've spent some time beating up the fswtotex and making minor edits to the supplements. A couple of days ago I got to see the results of that work. There is a translation of the Bible in progress that I enjoy trying to read but I wanted to make it more generally available. I finally … Continue reading Shakedown of the Tools
Tools Combined
Combining tools turned out being fairly straightforward. Name changes, making a couple of options optional, run a few tests. The only thing I really stressed over was that the tool I've been using for these supplements adds a line break after each SignWriting word but that behavior is less than worthless in SignWriting only documents. … Continue reading Tools Combined
Progress
I read the English in each and every lesson, reorganized my build process into directories, and updated my cheatsheet. But that re-read really got me thinking about dictionaries and syllable breaks. Sometimes the syllable breaks really matter: learn-ing should never be lear-ning because of the meaning of each part is important. Other times it doesn't … Continue reading Progress
Second Draft
I made small printouts of everything and just scanned through it from cover to cover and came up with a list of 15 things to hit as I go through a second draft. So that's what I did. So here's what I did which you can now find on github. 1. Added a makefile and … Continue reading Second Draft
Conjugate That Verb and Other Miscellany
It's been a while, mostly because the nature of my commute changed, but I have several updates. Sorting I gave up. I have tried all different types of sorts. I even had a restructuring of the base symbols with only twenty five and in a different order. But there's always something that nags at me. … Continue reading Conjugate That Verb and Other Miscellany
Two handed again
Well, I have two hands again and I actually remember most of my vocabulary and sentences. I continued to read the SignWriting versions of the lessons during my laryngitis and I believe it helped. That's not the only thing I did though. I did define sorting by hamming distance and it accomplished what I wanted. … Continue reading Two handed again
Signing Laryngitis
Trying to sign with a broken arm
More Sorting
A little code and a lot of sorting ...
Review of Formal SignWriting
I finally finished my review of ...
Back Again
Summer caught me by surprise ...