[bd-users] Congrats, Consternation, Et Cetera about Mac Version of BD (1.0.7)

[peter]

1) You need to chose the font for the Bibles. The default font might not
contain Hebrew and then show up as squares. Chose Ezra and things should
be fine for Hebrew.

2) There is one way to override the Application default font - this is
done by inserting a preferred font declaration into the module config
file. Some module shave this now already most don't. If you are happy to
do this by hand, do it. This can save you a lot of grief if you have
several Bibles with incompatible fonts.

3) DM is working on making the font declaration individualised for each
Bible, but this is not yet there.

4) There is an ongoing issue with fonts in parallel view. By sorting and
resorting your Bibles you can sometimes have difficulties displaying
them and sometimes things work out fine. This is a known bug of the new
parallel feature

God bless you.

Peter




dewayne.mary wrote:
> Greetings from Arkansas!
> 
> Congrats to the BibleDesktop team for a very promising program. There's
> a lot to like here: it's freeware; there's a Mac version; the combined
> interface with modules in panes within a window (instead of each in a
> separate window like MacSword, which can get cluttered if you use
> multiple mods at a time, as I tend to do); the really helpful feature of
> downloading mods directly into the program and automatic installation—a
> big time saver; the Bible atlas mod that, last I checked, is still not
> available for MacSword): great maps, too! (I do like MacSword, also.)
> 
> Consternation came when, after installing the WLC and Aleppo Hebrew
> Bibles and Ezra SIL font, no Hebrew showed up when using the modules!
> Just little squares instead of text. It's weird too, because my font
> manager (Linotype FontExplorer X, ver. 1.2.1) reported no problems, and
> recognized the font. The font also showed up correctly in Word for Mac,
> NeoOffice, and TextEdit when the Hebrew keyboard was selected. Hope you
> can help me get the Hebrew going for these mods. Good thing I still am
> using MacSword while checking out BibleDesktop. WLC works fine there,
> although that version uses the rather ugly modern Hebrew font,
> apparently in Times New Roman family. I much prefer the classic look of
> Ezra and similar fonts, and frankly, such are easier to read.
> 
> Also, the LXX doesn't display its morphology links even when I check
> that in the menu. I would like to use those if at all possible.
> 
> My system info, in case it's needed: using BD 1.0.7 on Mac OS X, ver.
> 10.4.9, on eMac desktop system, 700 MHz PPC G4 processor, 768 SDRAM
> memory, 143 GB hard drive, 99 GB available.
> 
> BD is a great product, which will be even greater if I can get better
> use of the above Hebrew and Greek mods. Also, a request: can we get a
> customizable toolbar like in MacSword? Would like to add a text resize
> button, etc.
> 
> Hope some of you folks can help me out...BTW, hope you won't mind if I
> mention my Bible blog, Dewayne's Devarim, at 
> http://my.opera.com/Loquor/blog. I welcome visitors and
> comments,questions, etc. Am working on a new article that hope to post
> later this week.
> 
> Shalom,
> Dewayne Dulaney
> 
> "...with God all things are possible."—Matthew 19:26
> 
> "...para Dios todo es posible."—Mateo 19:26
> 
> 
> 
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