[bt-devel] bt-devel Digest, Vol 53, Issue 12

Sun Sep 14 18:39:38 MST 2008

> Packaging the svn head at a random date is not necessarily a good idea.

OK, I won't make another such decision without first checking with you (I
can't remove it from the AUR without special permission from one of the TU's
- AUR admins).

If you don't mind, I have some ideas I would like to submit for discussion:

1) In the MDI, create an option that would allow the user to "anchor" the
windows together.  My idea would be to include a button along side the
minimize/maximize buttons that would allow the user to toggle each window as
(un)anchored.  Once anchored, the user could modify the size and arrangement
of the windows - much like they can now, only each would expand/contract
accordingly.  New windows would default to unanchored and would be placed on
top the others.

2) The new bookshelf manager is awesome!  I was wondering if maybe we could
include the extra repos by default - disabled at first - and display all the
available modules on one widget (with the option of exploring the content of
each repo individually - maybe by placing each repo in a listbox on the
side)?  We could also create a searchbox that would filter through the
modules according to specific search terms such as module name and
description.

3) I kind of like the feature in e-Sword that causes each
commentary/dictionary/etc you have open to automatically search for a word
you click on - much like what the Mag does with Strong's numbers.  Could we
implement something like that in BT, along with a feature that would
automatically navigate to a bible passage whenever one clicks on a specific
reference in a commentary, as long as it is in a recognized format?
Something like this would be especially awesome when making notes in the
personal commentary, but would probably require some work.

4) When one window includes >= 2 modules, instead of rendering it useless if
one module has something the other doesn't, maybe just display a "not found"
message in the one lacking.

5) In the search dialog, provide more options such as searching for a string
as a whole, instead of only searching for substrings; also include options
such as searching for an exact phrase (in one verse or continuing into
others) or verses containing all the words (in no specific order).  Also,
after performing a search, could we provide a window in the search dialog
that would allow the user to preview the reference and then switch to it in
his open work(s) if he so chooses?

6) GnomeSword's tabbed sessions idea is pretty cool (much like Dolphin's and
Konqueror's).  Could we do something like that, allowing multiple sessions
to be opened at the same time in different tabs?

7) When highlighting verses/paragraphs in open works, instead of
highlighting stuff from all the works, could we just highlight the work(s)
currently under the cursor?  Say I have 2 bible works open, side-by-side,
and want to copy several verses from <one> of them to a separate document.
Would it be too difficult to have BT only highlight the verses directly
under the cursor, similar to a rubber-band effect, and not highlight those
of the other unless I drag the cursor to it?  BT already does this when
highlighting only one verse, but highlights them all if you try to do more.

8) I read in a forum where somebody had asked whether the Mag's font size
could be adjusted, could we allow different fontsizes to be set in each
module's window?  If so, when keyboard shortcuts are re-implemented, we
could assign shortcuts such as <Ctrl><+>, <Ctrl><->, <Ctrl><0>, and even
<Ctrl><mousewheel> to zooming in, out, and back to normal.  If I were to do
this, I wouldn't have a separate fontsize combobox in each window, but
rather would place a Zoom In, Out, and Back to Normal option in the View
menu that would affect only the active window.

9) Could we maybe implement a feature that would allow the Mag, Bookshelf,
and Bookmark toolbars to be (un)anchored and rearanged according to a user's
preference?  This goes along with idea 1.

Those are just a few ideas I have on ways to improve BT.  Please let me know
what you think of them and whether any are worth pursuing.

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>   1. Re: Dylon: Bibletime 1.7 subversion package submitted to AUR
>      (Eeli Kaikkonen)
>   2. Re: Dylon: Bibletime 1.7 subversion package submitted to AUR
>      (Eeli Kaikkonen)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:13:00 +0300
> From: Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikkonen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [bt-devel] Dylon: Bibletime 1.7 subversion package
>        submitted to AUR
> To: BibleTime development <bt-devel at crosswire.org>
> Message-ID: <48CC2CDC.6000702 at mail.student.oulu.fi>
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> Dylon Edwards wrote:
> > It's not much, but I've submitted a BibleTime subversion PKGBUILD to the
> AUR
> > (Arch User Repository):
> > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19869
> >
> > I can't yet code in C++ effectively, but I can at least share the goods!
> >
>
> OK, great!
> > BTW - I could't get BT to compile in debug mode, can anybody help me with
> > that?  I tried MODE=DEBUG and CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug, but both failed
> with
> > the same error I received before:
> >
>
> I think I can fix these easily a bit later and commit to the svn. There
> are couple of small fixes already and some changes for the build system
> after beta1. Maybe we should release beta1.1 soon? Packaging the svn
> head at a random date is not necessarily a good idea.
>
> --Eeli
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:33:16 +0300
> From: Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikkonen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [bt-devel] Dylon: Bibletime 1.7 subversion package
>        submitted to AUR
> To: BibleTime development <bt-devel at crosswire.org>
> Message-ID: <48CCB02C.3030108 at mail.student.oulu.fi>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
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> Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> >> BTW - I could't get BT to compile in debug mode, can anybody help me
> with
> >> that?  I tried MODE=DEBUG and CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug, but both failed
> with
> >> the same error I received before:
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I think I can fix these easily a bit later and commit to the svn. There
> > are couple of small fixes already and some changes for the build system
> > after beta1. Maybe we should release beta1.1 soon? Packaging the svn
> > head at a random date is not necessarily a good idea.
> Committed to svn. I couldn't get the compiler to give errors for these,
> so if there are some other similar left they are not fixed.
>
>
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Dylon Edwards
SSWJ - Stay(ing) Strong With Jesus, Always!
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