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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 | ||
| - | ==== Free-text 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 === | ||
| - | This field allows free text comments for signs. The most important use for this is to document uncommon signs, giving bibliographical references about them, and in general helping the user to select the best possible sign. If you want your sign description to be included in the distributed version of JSesh, they should have bibliographical references to back up their claim. Please also note that JSesh is a free software, but that it must respect copyright. So, this is not the place for blind copying of the sign lists of the usual grammars (it doesn't mean of course that you can't use them as sources). You can write descriptions in multiple languages, although it would be better if there were an english version for each sign. | + | {{ http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/descriptionEditor.png |Free-text Description Editor}} |
| - | Tag list editor | + | |
| + | This field allows free text comments for signs. The most important use for this is to document uncommon signs, giving bibliographical references about them, and in general helping the user to select the best possible sign. If you want your sign description to be included in the distributed version of JSesh, they should have bibliographical references to back up their claim. Please also note that JSesh is a free software, but that it must respect copyright. So, this is not the place for blind copying of the sign lists of the usual grammars (it doesn't mean of course that you can't use them as sources). You can write descriptions in multiple languages, although it would be better if there were an english version for each sign. | ||
| + | === Tag list editor === | ||
| ==== The Tag list editor ==== | ==== The Tag list editor ==== | ||
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