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Valerie Sutton Date: Mon Jun 21, 1999 2:41 pm Subject: International Keystrokes | |
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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Bill Reese wrote: >Consider how word processors handle text. They can color them, scale >them, turn >them sideways, put them on an arc... all sorts of interesting ways. I'm sure >there were lots of discussions about the applicability of those things and >they >ended up doing them. Perhaps, you could look at how text is handled in a >standard wordprocessor and try to match as many capabilities as you can. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Bill, for mentioning this, and your point is well taken. Basing features on other programs will be wise, since we all learn those features everyday on our computers. And we tend to expect them too. A Sign Language processor is slightly different than a word processor, but on the other hand, we do need to mimic the features of word processors. Changing the subject slightly, let me share with all of you, what we are working with right now.... I am designing the Menus in ASL Signs today. I hope to post the design for ASL Menus on the web in the next couple of days. We now have the Menus in five spoken languages and one signed language. Meanwhile, our programmer, Rich, is working with the issues of the different operating systems on different computers. As you know, the java programming language is generally considered to be cross-platform. When SignWriter 5.0 is ready, it will be available on the Macintosh and Windows, and possibly Unix someday. But the operating systems of the three computers have three separate standards, as to how one uses keystrokes to access menus. So "a standard feature" on Windows is not necessarily a standard feature on the Macintosh or Unix. We are trying to develop keystrokes that will also be cross-platform ...."international keystrokes"... that can be used in any language on any computer. It will be interesting to see if it is successful. Releasing the beta test version of SignWriter 5.0 will help us find out if it works.... Thanks again for your input - Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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