UPSB v3

Naming Committee / [project][5.20] Modifier system

  1. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 02:47:53

    This is the project of developping the modifier system: an extensible, modular system for notating any possible way of holding and manipulating a pen. At its base, this amounts to notating the basic fingers and their close variants (fingers on the opposite hand, fingers on another spinner's hand).

    The first topic will be to discuss the handedness notation.
    The second topic will be to discuss the bracket system, a convention used to shorten the amount of notation required, which is applicable for any modifier.

  2. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 03:16:03

    this is for modifiers in general

    are you for or against optional spacing of fingers to improve readibility

    i.e.

    CODE
    1*2*-23

    vs

    1* 2*-2 3 or 1* 2*-23

    vs

    1* 2* - 2 3 or 1* 2* - 23

  3. Shadowserpant
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 03:39:08

    i like it compressed

  4. Awesome
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 03:40:46

    compressed is easy to read

  5. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 03:43:15

    2.

    do you want the modifier placed before or after the finger

    *1*2

    vs

    1*2*

  6. schlynn
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 04:49:17

    I would say before.

  7. Shadowserpant
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 04:52:58

    i'd say after

  8. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 04:54:09

    imo finger notation is more important than anything else

    therefore after.

    cuz you first show what's the base case, then you modify it

    you can't modify something you haven't shown yet.

  9. Shadowserpant
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 05:00:52

    that, and i think it's sort of standard
    in writing and articles and such, people put stars after the word they're mentioning

  10. Awesome
    Date: Mon, Mar 16 2009 14:38:53

    I would say after, it look neater to me

  11. Freeman
    Date: Thu, Dec 3 2009 14:43:03

    What about a pen modifier?

    I think it could be useful for 2P1H tricks or combos, or for example to describe a Two Finger Twirl made with a pen and a finger.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUVJANMnDs

    See 1:11 for reference.

  12. Zombo
    Date: Thu, Dec 3 2009 16:38:39

    yep pen modifier is another modifier we need, but another hard one to create

    because it needs to be enumerable, and only letters and numbers are enumerable, and both are used for something else.