Automated updates: 2021-04-26

2021-04-26-permic.md

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+title: Developer Journal, Old Permic Alphabet Day
+date: 2021-04-26 07:11:23-0400
+categories:
+tags: [programming, project, devjournal]
+summary: Progress on assorted projects
+thumbnail: /blog/assets/Abur-komi-inscription.png
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+The holidays for today are a bit thin, but having something of an interest of languages, Old Permic Alphabet Day, celebrating the [Old Permic script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Permic_script), an adaptation of the more common [Cyrillic alphabet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_script).
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+![Abur komi inscription](/blog/assets/Abur-komi-inscription.png "Abur komi inscription")
+
+Pardon the low quality of the image, but you're here on Mondays for code.
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+## Doritís Onomáton
+
+Especially given the work involved in [releasing **All Around the News**]({% post_url 2021-04-25-aatn %}), I deliberately kept my work to a minimum while still moving the ball forward.  In this case, that meant focusing on **Doritís Onomáton**, especially since I'm going to want to release an **AAtN** app at some point.
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+I added a bunch of alphabets and abugidas...the latter probably done poorly, so if anybody sees improvements, I'd appreciate them.  I also separated the scripts into a separate file for maintainability.
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+In addition to that, I finally added a rudimentary About box, swapped the direction of swipe gestures for consistency with other apps, and added a tap gesture to copy a name to the clipboard.
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+## Next
+
+I should probably add an option to show the session's saved names and fiddle with a few of the abugidas.  This also needs a server before I can justify submitting it to app stores.
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+**Credits**:  The header image is an [Abur (old Permic) komi inscription](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abur_komi_inscription.jpg), old enough to have long been in the public domain.