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* palette: the sign will not be accessible from the keyboard through this tranliteration, but will be accessible through the palette. Note that if a user uses transliteration to access a sign in the palette, he will be able to access it through its transliteration afterwards. | * palette: the sign will not be accessible from the keyboard through this tranliteration, but will be accessible through the palette. Note that if a user uses transliteration to access a sign in the palette, he will be able to access it through its transliteration afterwards. | ||
* informative: the transliteration is given only for informative purposes. It will appear in the "value" field of the palette, but that's all. | * informative: the transliteration is given only for informative purposes. It will appear in the "value" field of the palette, but that's all. | ||
- | ==== Part of sign editor ==== | + | === Part of sign editor === |
The part of sign editor allows to describe the elements of a sign in terms of other signs. For instance, the king of Upper Egypt figure A44 wears a white crown, holds a nekhakha scepter, and wears also an uraeus. All of those, in turn, are hieroglyphs. Note that you don't need to list all parts. For instance, if a god wears the Atef crown, which in turn contains the Maat Feather, don't list the feather. It's already given as a part of the Atef (thanks to J. Hallof for this remark at the Oxford 2006 conference). | The part of sign editor allows to describe the elements of a sign in terms of other signs. For instance, the king of Upper Egypt figure A44 wears a white crown, holds a nekhakha scepter, and wears also an uraeus. All of those, in turn, are hieroglyphs. Note that you don't need to list all parts. For instance, if a god wears the Atef crown, which in turn contains the Maat Feather, don't list the feather. It's already given as a part of the Atef (thanks to J. Hallof for this remark at the Oxford 2006 conference). | ||
+ | {{ http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/partOfEditor.png |The parts of sign list}} | ||
+ | === Variant editor === | ||
- | The parts of sign list | + | {{ http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/variantOfEditor.png |The variant editor}} |
- | ==== Variant editor ==== | + | |
+ | The notion of variant is a tricky one. In fact, it's not that well defined, and, worse, its useful meaning may depend on the context. There are in fact two notions. One is graphical. A **graphical variant** of a sign is a sign which **looks like** another one. Another notion is linguistic. A sign is a **linguistic variant** of another one if it has the **same values and uses**. The two notions often overlap, but not always. For instance, Y2 is both a graphical variation of Y1, and a linguistic variant thereof. On the other hand, A17A is only a graphical variant of A17. It doesn't have the same uses at all; and Z7 and G43 are linguistic variants, but not graphical variant at all. | ||
- | The variant editor | ||
- | The notion of variant is a tricky one. In fact, it's not that well defined, and, worse, its useful meaning may depend on the context. There are in fact two notions. One is graphical. A graphical variant of a sign is a sign which looks like another one. Another notion is linguistic. A sign is a linguistic variant of another one if it has the same values and uses. The two notions often overlap, but not always. For instance, Y2 is both a graphical variation of Y1, and a linguistic variant thereof. On the other hand, A17A is only a graphical variant of A17. It doesn't have the same uses at all; and Z7 and G43 are linguistic variants, but not graphical variant at all. | ||
These notions will be used by JSesh both for the sign palette (with its "variant of " button) and for the search system. It may be usefull, while searching for words with G43, to retrieve those with Z7. | These notions will be used by JSesh both for the sign palette (with its "variant of " button) and for the search system. It may be usefull, while searching for words with G43, to retrieve those with Z7. | ||
- | is similar | ||
- | is checked if the signs "look the same". | ||
- | degree | ||
- | list how close the relationship between the two signs is. It can be one of : | ||
- | full: a full variant of a sign S is a sign with the exact same uses and values as S. | ||
- | partial: the uses overlap significantly. Usually, the variant would cover some of the uses of the original sign. | ||
- | other: other kinds of variants. For instance, D36 (the arm) can be considered as a variant of D37 (the sign "rdi"), in some contexts, but the two signs have a very distinct identity. | ||
- | no: the sign is not a linguistic variant at all | ||
- | unspecified: you don't really know, or don't have the time to bother. | ||
- | Description editor | ||
+ | * is similar: is checked if the signs "look the same". | ||
+ | * degree | ||
+ | * list how close the relationship between the two signs is. It can be one of : | ||
+ | * full: a full variant of a sign S is a sign with the exact same uses and values as S. | ||
+ | * partial: the uses overlap significantly. Usually, the variant would cover some of the uses of the original sign. | ||
+ | * other: other kinds of variants. For instance, D36 (the arm) can be considered as a variant of D37 (the sign "rdi"), in some contexts, but the two signs have a very distinct identity. | ||
+ | * no: the sign is not a linguistic variant at all | ||
+ | * unspecified: you don't really know, or don't have the time to bother. | ||
+ | === Description editor === | ||
==== Free-text Description Editor ==== | ==== Free-text Description Editor ==== | ||