{"id":722,"date":"2026-01-05T16:37:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/?p=722"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:37:23","slug":"improving-the-text-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"Improving The Text Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"342\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BinaMemoAndApp.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BinaMemoAndApp.png 342w, https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BinaMemoAndApp-300x92.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m studying Memo Kantun\u2019s Ritual de los Bacabes as part of ongoing work to improve the writing generated by the #AncientMayaApp. This is the first in a series of posts about how the app\u2019s approach to ancient Maya phonetic writing is evolving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started with a very simple word: \u201cbina\u201d, which appears several times in the text. The image compares three versions of the same word:<br>\u2022 Memo\u2019s original writing<br>\u2022 the app\u2019s older output<br>\u2022 the upcoming version<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the app automatically constructed a three-syllable glyph block based on phonetic disharmony rules. That approach was rigid. Now, disharmony is under the user\u2019s control. Also the new text editor allows any individual glyph in a block to be changed. This gives writers far more freedom to shape how a word actually looks on the page. This version of the app will be released in a week or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Memo\u2019s version of bina, the main glyph physically touches the bottom affix. The glyph block feels solid, as if one element is built directly on another. In the app\u2019s version, there is a slight gap between these glyphs \u2014 they appear to float inside the block. Fixing this will take time, but it\u2019s an important problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More broadly, Memo\u2019s writing is simply more expressive and dynamic. The app currently uses glyph drawings from Alex Tokovinine\u2019s Handbook, which is an extraordinary scholarly resource \u2014 but it represents a different visual feel. It may be useful to think of these sources as belonging to different \u201cfont families,\u201d much as we do with Latin text today. Eventually, as the app\u2019s writing tools mature, it will support several fonts giving users choice and control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think? Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m studying Memo Kantun\u2019s Ritual de los Bacabes as part of ongoing work to improve the writing generated by the #AncientMayaApp. This is the first in a series of posts about how the app\u2019s approach to ancient Maya phonetic writing is evolving. I started with a very simple word: \u201cbina\u201d, which appears several times in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/?p=722\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Improving The Text Editor<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsallgoboldly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}