Sutton-SignWriting/Core

Getting Started

1) Install (Composer)

composer require sutton-signwriting/core

Core utilities for Formal SignWriting (FSW/SWU): conversion, queries, and style strings.

2) Source Modules + Functions (src/)

Use the namespaced modules directly, or explicitly include the optional global wrappers from src/Functions.

use Sgnw\Core\Convert;
	Convert\swu_to_fsw($swuText);
	
	// Optional global wrappers (explicit require)
	require_once 'src/Functions/convert.php';
	swu_to_fsw($swuText);

Modules

Each module page includes summaries, parameters, return values, and examples.

• Regex — Centralized regex patterns for FSW, FSW Query, Style, SWU, and SWU Query.
• Convert — Conversions between FSW and SWU, symbol keys/ids, coordinates, and symid helpers.
• FSW — Formal SignWriting (FSW) parsing, composition, and helpers.
• FSW Query — FSW query parsing, composition, and result helpers.
• SWU — SignWriting in Unicode (SWU) parsing, composition, and helpers.
• SWU Query — SWU query parsing, composition, and result helpers.
• Style — Style helpers for colors and style strings.
• Shared — Shared utilities used across modules.