[bt-devel] beta1 is released now

[Martin Gruner]

Hello,

Am Fre, 30 Jun 2000 schrieb Joachim Ansorg:
> Hi!
>
> Am Fre, 30 Jun 2000 schrieben Sie:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > Joachim, thank you for the screenshots. That is just exactly what we
> > needed. The animated logos search is very interesting and also the greek
> > window.
> >
> > Now how do we continue the development? We need ideas. Joachim, I'm not
> > sure whether a graphical installation of modules is necessary (there is
> > an installmanager on the sword CD), and it would maybe be an indepentent
> > app. We should be sure to use our few capabilities and resources in the
> > right place.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > also remaining are:
> > -searchdialog (layout, rexexpeditor)
> > -printing
>
> I put some work in the searchdialog before beta1. Do you noticed it?

Sure! You redid the search analysis!
>
> > My suggestion: have strongnumbers behave as hyperlinks into their
> > dictionary We need to speed bt up! Not only a sword matter...
>
> Which parts?
> I think speed is important!

Well, I'm not quite sure. I have a 200 MHz K6 with a pretty slow 2.5 GB 
Harddrive. But maybe that is representative for many users.
When I open the HebrewStrongs lexicon, it takes a short time of disk activity 
and another time of waiting. Is that because the data is being processed 
within sword? What makes me more nervous: just opening a simple entry of the 
lexicon takes a good while. Just like a turtle ;-). That cannot be normal 
since there is no disk activity.
I tried to use gprof without success. (I added -pg, but still gprof said 
gmon.out is missing. - I have never used such a thing before)
Maybe our analyst programmer can help us? That would be great.
I saw that the data coming from sword is sent through at least one filter in 
bt to create the html, which is slow but necessary.

Another thing: could we use threads within bt? that would enable users to do 
something while bt is searching or "preparing displaying". But maybe it is 
too complicated? btw, is sword thread safe?

just ideas...

Martin

>
> > Martin
> >
> > Am Fre, 30 Jun 2000 schrieb Joachim Ansorg:
> > > I uploaded some screenshots to www.bibletime.de/images/bible-programs/
> > >
> > > --Joachim
> > >
> > > Am Don, 29 Jun 2000 schrieben Sie:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > good work. Hopefully we will have lots of user feedback.
> > > > Joachim, Is dnd ok now? If so, what should I start to work on now?
> > > >
> > > > Somebody on the sword list said that logos is much better than sword.
> > > > Can anyone report about it and even provide some screenshots?
> > > > We should collect lots of different screenshots of different programs
> > > > on a secret place on bibletime.de and compare and learn from others.
> > > > Joachim, you said you have some?
> > > >
> > > > If bibletime shall be the _best_ available tool (which is a very high
> > > > aim), it requires a LOT of work and especially early design and
> > > > layout and interface discussion and development. It is easier to
> > > > change something now than later.
> > > > Do y'all agree?
> > > > (If we would continue development just the way that I personally am
> > > > developing, bt would move towards a dead end.)
> > > >
> > > > Maybe we could even set up some possiblity to receive and collect
> > > > suggestions
> > > >
> > > > >from the users, and create a list that is available for the
> > > > > developers?
> > > >
> > > > Martin
> > > >
> > > > Am Don, 29 Jun 2000 schrieb Joachim Ansorg:
> > > > > Does somebody volunteer to create packages (RPM, DEB)?
> > > > >
> > > > > --Joachim