Automated updates: 2021-04-19

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+title: Developer Journal, Patriots' Day
+date: 2021-04-19 06:50:23-0400
+categories:
+tags: [programming, project, devjournal]
+summary: Progress on assorted projects
+thumbnail: /blog/assets/Minute-Man-Statue-Lexington-Massachusetts.png
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+Parts of the United States celebrate [Patriots' Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day), today, celebrating the anniversary of the first battles of the American Revolution and---on a more global scale---sparking the [Atlantic Revolutions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Revolutions).
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+![Minute Man](/blog/assets/Minute-Man-Statue-Lexington-Massachusetts.png "Minute Man")
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+I don't go in for nationalistic holidays, but I think this one can be justified.
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+Anyway...
+
+## Doritís Onomáton
+
+This is shaping up.  I tried to find a better sliding tile, but experiments didn't pan out, so I worked out a better workflow for the sliding, instead, and that'll have to be fine, for now.
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+I also added alphabets, generalizing the code so that they can be added easily.  In addition, diacritical marks are now optional, based on a menu option.
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+Finally, the menu can also show a basic *About* dialog box.
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+## Next
+
+I'll probably add alphabets this week, and clean up the About box, which I think completes the basic functionality.
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+The next step would be to set up a server to catch the saved names.
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+At that point...I guess I start figuring out the process of submitting this to the app stores?
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+* * *
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+**Credits**:  The header image is [The Lexington Minuteman](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minute_Man_Statue_Lexington_Massachusetts.jpg) by [Daderot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daderot), who dedicated the image to the public domain.