[bt-devel] Call for developers

[bt-devel@crosswire.org]

Martin Gruner writes:

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> > -searchdialog (easy, I think this is a good start)
> 
> I'll try. We should set up a general layout. IMO we should keep the tabbed 
> Dialog. But serarch text and scope should be put on the same tab. What else 
> should be be changed or added? Should I try to set up the search analysis?
> I thought about embedding a KChart component for the analysis. Would that be 
> possible or can't we require that koffice is installed on the bt user's pc's?

I see no problem with requiring an additional free package for a feature,
as long as the program dealt properly with a system that didn't have the
additional component.  Perhaps a little dialog, or a text list of counts,
and an explanation of how to get graphs...

With that said, this is probably not a feature I would use very much, so if
someone else who would use this feature a lot has a different view, give
their opinion more weight than mine.
 
> > -printing (more difficult)
> 
> Didn't Darwin want to do that?

I am more interested in having the ability to print than in doing the
coding.  ;-)  I do think that there is some motivational value in coding on
elements of the program that you want to use.

With that said, I would also like to throw into the ring of tasks to be
done the portion of the options dialog that deals with "foreign fonts". 
This is a feature that I have done some struggling with, but I have no
interest in using the feature, so I think this has been a partial factor in
my not being motivated enough to dig for the solution.  I only use English
translations, and don't refer to Greek or Hebrew, because I assume the
translators know the languages, and I don't.

I have been on a semi-hiatus recently due to lack of motivation, but I am
re-discovering the joy of coding...
 
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