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

Sun Sep 14 18:51:31 MST 2008

I just found a minor security flaw in the BT development wiki; after
registering a new account, I was not required to confirm it before I was
allowed to edit the wiki.

I don't think this is too serious, but does need to be looked into.

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Dylon Edwards <integr8e at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
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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
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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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Dylon Edwards
SSWJ - Stay(ing) Strong With Jesus, Always!
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