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Valerie Sutton Date: Thu May 4, 2000 10:16 pm Subject: Re: Keyboard layouts | |
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At 5:48 PM +0100 5/4/00, Michael Everson wrote: >This has to do with the fact that the fingerspelling fonts will run under >ordinary software, not just SignWriter. That means that the symbols are >actual characters, and possibly should be on different keys than they are >in SignWriter. For instance, the Question Mark in the US keyboard in >SignWriter is found on the unshifted /-key, but on "real" keyboards it is >found on the shifted /-key. SignWriting List May 4, 2000 Yes. Today I created the new Flemish Fingerspelling Keyboard in SignWriter 4.3, and just to test it, I tried to place some symbols on the Shift Keys...but SignWriter 4.3 refuses to allow the use of Shift Keys in the Fingerspelling keyboard. It is an old program, and we were conserving memory. Back in the 1980's computers did not have as large hard drives and as much memory as they do today. So the SignWriter 4.3 Keyboards will have a limited design. Meanwhile, there is another issue too, that is not connected to the Shift Key issue. Some of the countries that received their version of SignWriter first, such as Norway back in the late 1980's, have learned from years of experience what they really need. Earlier today I received this message from Ingvild in Norway. The message was meant for the SignWriting List, but sent to my private email address instead. I have the SGN file Ingvild mentions below, and I will send you that file, Michael - Val ;-) ----- Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:50:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Ingvild Subject: Re: Changes to SW Fingerspelling Keyboards? Dear Valerie and list, since the Norwegian keyboard was created, a long time ago, reseach has shown that some of the fingerspelling keys are not in accordance with the most common use in Norway. Especially the S, which to us too much resembles the A and the E, as NSL does not have the sharp distinction beteen loosely and closly knit fist. But also the F, the G, the U and the Å is used differently from what is in our keyboard. I have attached more proper handshapes as a .sgn file, 047keys.sgn. I hope that will reach you all right, and that Michael has not put in too much work on things not needed. Love to you all, Ingvild --------- |
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