@sutton-signwriting/core

@sutton-signwriting/core is a javascript package for node and browsers that supports general processing of SignWriting text.

This package supports both Formal SignWriting in ASCII (FSW) and SignWriting in Unicode (SWU) character sets, along with the associated query languages and style string. See draft-slevinski-formal-signwriting for detailed specification.

Author: https://SteveSlevinski.me
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXu4AXlG0rXFtk_5SzumDow
Support: https://www.patreon.com/signwriting
Donate: https://donate.sutton-signwriting.io

Useful links

Source: https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/core
Distribution: https://unpkg.com/browse/@sutton-signwriting/core/
Documentation: https://www.sutton-signwriting.io/core/
Issue Tracker: https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/core/issues
Online Discussion: https://gitter.im/sutton-signwriting/community

Types of files

The source is written in small ES Modules available in the src directory along with the associated tests.

The distribution is available in three flavors. 28 KB for the whole library minified. Individual modules as small as 3 KB.

.js - Universal Module Definition
.cjs - CommonJS
.mjs - ES Module

Installation

Download and Install with NPM

npm install @sutton-signwriting/core

Developer Installation

Download from GitHub and Install Development Dependencies

wget https://github.com/sutton-signwriting/core/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd core-master
npm install

Install tsc command line tool

sudo apt install node-typescript

Usage

Using in Node

// import entire library
const core = require('@sutton-signwriting/core');

// import individual module
const fsw = require('@sutton-signwriting/core/fsw');

Using in the Browser

Local files

// import entire library
// available as ssw.core
<script src="core.js"></script>

// import individual module
// available as ssw.fsw
<script src="fsw/fsw.js"></script>

Unpkg

// import entire library
// available as ssw.core
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@sutton-signwriting/core@1.6.0"></script>

// import individual module
// available as ssw.fsw
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@sutton-signwriting/core@1.6.0/fsw/fsw.js"></script>

License

MIT

SignWriting General Interest

SignWriting Website: https://signwriting.org/
Sutton SignWriting Resources: https://www.sutton-signwriting.io/
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SignWriting
Email Discussion: https://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SuttonSignWriting/