[bt-devel] New Windows Build

[Martin Gruner]

Hi Gary, hi Greg,

not sure if this is of any help for you, but as requested in the development 
plan, I just removed the dependancy on dirent.h from the codebase, replaced it 
with QDir.

All the best for your efforts with windows!

Please let me know whenever you have a build going in beta state. I have a few 
things I would like to discuss with you before we make the first official windows 
release.

mg

Am Sonntag, 11. Oktober 2009 16:10:00 schrieb Gary Holmlund:
> Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Oct 2009, Gary Holmlund wrote:
> >> I have created a new installable for the Windows version of BibleTime.
> >> It contains the bug fixes and features that we added today (Saturday 10
> >> October). It is available at:
> >> http://sourcearchives.com/downloads/bibletime-2.4.0-win32.exe
> >
> > Great! There are still problems, but it's good to see this going on.
> >
> > When I open BT the first time, it doesn't have the main toolbar. When I
> > enable it, it covers the menu. I think this has been noticed earlier.
> 
> Yes, I saw the same thing. I will put it on my list to look at.
> 
> >> Other than installing it you must also set the SWORD_PATH environment
> >> variable as a user variable in your control panel. You can use either of
> >> the following procedures.
> >>
> >> 1.  set it to c:\Documents and Settings\<your login>\.sword and make the
> >> .sword directory using a Command Prompt window
> >>
> >> or
> >>
> >> 2. set it to some other path and in the BibleTime Bookshelf Manager you
> >> must "configure the paths where works are installed" to match the
> >> SWORD_PATH.
> >>
> >> Test it and find any bugs it might have. I will work on a automatic
> >> method for setting the SWORD_PATH next.
> >>
> >> Gary Holmlund
> >
> > The Sword path is really the most important issue now.
> >
> > We should think about what parts of the Sword we install. There are no
> > Sword localizations in BT package which means that Biblical books can
> > have only American English names - unless the SWORD_PATH is set to an
> > existing Sword installation, I guess. These things can be very confusing
> > to users and developers, too, if they are reported as bugs. Therefore
> > it's important to work on the compatibility between different Sword
> > frontends, as we already know.
> >
> > I also see .sword directory in the BT installation directory. Probably
> > the localizations should go there. But what happens if there is an
> > existing Sword installation? Does the Bookshelf Manager work differently
> > because there is the InstallMgr directory in our installation directory?
> > What does it do there, anyway?
> >
> > And how about the Sword configuration? Should it be installed in our
> > installation directory, or in SWORD_PATH?
> >
> > I think that if the SWORD_PATH is set, the Bookshelf Manager should
> > automatically use that path for installed works, or at least add it to
> > the list of paths where the works are found (yes, these are two
> > different things which is quite confusing). It shouldn't be necessary
> > for the user to set it manually.
> >
> >
> >   Yours,
> > 	Eeli Kaikkonen (Mr.), Oulu, Finland
> > 	e-mail: eekaikko at mailx.studentx.oulux.fix (with no x)
> 
> I got a great email fro Matthew Talbert describing how Xiphos does this
> on Windows. For personal data they set the HOME environment variable
> within the program only and only if it is not already set. Sword then
> looks for $HOME/Sword or $HOME/.sword. The value of HOME is set to the
> windows environment value %APPDATA% which is not the same value on all
> Windows platforms, but is guaranteed to be there and writable.
> 
> For shared data they set the SWORD_PATH in the program if it is not set.
> On Windows its value would be set to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Sword. This value
> is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sword.
> 
> This allows for both a personal and a shared data directory. These paths
> should be auto discovered in the Bookshelf Manager and setup for use.
> 
> Matthew says that both Xiphos and jsword use this same procedure, so we
> would share the data with these programs.
> 
> Gary Holmlund
> 
> 
> 
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