Re: Phono

Aidan Grey wrote:
>
> I just downloaded the Phono program, and it's exactly
> what I've been looking for. It'll allow me to develop
> Aelya historically with a more complex plan of attack
> than in, say, Brithenig. No disrespect intended, I
> think Brithenig is a beautiful language. Just that I
> want to do something a bit more complex.
>
> Which brings me to the point. Someone was confused by
> a certain feature, and I am too. It's the +/- and #/=
> distinction. I have no idea what this means, what the
> single/double distinction is supposed to indicate.
> Could anyone elaborate and explain (again)? The rest I
> think I can work out, but these aren't elaborated
> enough for me to understand what they're talking
> about.
A double sign means that that letter *always* has or doesn't have that
attribute, where as a single sign means if the phone in question is
different from the default for the letter, it will still be represented
by the same letter.

For example, if I define "i" as being [-long], then if I ever come
across a long /i/, it will be represented as a highlighted "i" , with
+long written at the end of the line.

However, if I define "i" as being [=long], then if I ever come across a
long /i/, the program won't use "i" to represent it. If you don't have a
letter defined to represent long /i/, it'll probably show a question
mark in it's place.

--
Robert

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