[jsword-devel] Recent Updates

[Keith Ralston]

Yep, I found where I got hung up in the Resource file.  I like your forward
thinking about the URLs.  I was wondering if the engine would ever be
separated from the Bible source files?  Do we not want the source files and
the engine to be accessing a common file system for the sake of speed?

In any event, the code that looks for versions does construct File objects.
I have modified this to remove an odd place where Windows causes two "/"
characters to appear in a path.  This is in the common utility
NetUtil.lengthenURL().  Win2k constructs the file: type URL with a
File.separator at the end.  The function also postpends a File.separator.  I
just added a switch to skip the postpend if a File.separator is the last
character of the URL.toString().

In findBibles(URL), a few places we instantiate File objects to look for the
versions directory.  These checked for trailing "/" characters.  I changed
them to look for File.separator.

Not really a big deal.  If I had configured my environment correctly to
begin with, I never would have hit these snags.  I'll be checking in these
two changed files shortly.
Then I shall precede to the Sword versions (I hope,) trusting that I finally
have a correctly configured environment. ;-)

OTT, carry on with the logging, I prefer log4j myself.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jsword-devel@crosswire.org
[mailto:owner-jsword-devel@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of Joe Walker
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 10:47 PM
To: jsword-devel@bibletechnologieswg.org
Subject: RE: [jsword-devel] Recent Updates



Hi,

Switching to log4j *should* be a simple case of search and replace the
import lines. When I designed the system I had no intention of it living
forever, and made my API the same as the java.util.logging API thinking we
could switch to that when it came out.
However log4j seems better than j.u.l. and it works on jdk 1.2+ not 1.4+.

A while back I seem to remember Keith offering to work on Sword format
Bible - is that still your intention Keith? I've been holding off partly for
that reason, and partly because it's not a "5mins when you cant sleep" job!
It is #1 priority though.

Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jsword-devel@crosswire.org
> [mailto:owner-jsword-devel@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of Keith Ralston
> Sent: 11 August 2002 23:25
> To: jsword-devel@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: RE: [jsword-devel] Recent Updates
>
>
> If you have the time right now, I agree.  How are we coming on getting the
> Sword texts to work?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jsword-devel@crosswire.org
> [mailto:owner-jsword-devel@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of Bobby Nations
> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 5:05 PM
> To: jsword-devel@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: Re: [jsword-devel] Recent Updates
>
>
> Joe Walker wrote:
> > Quick update on recent updates to JSword:
> > - Fixes to options dialog, exception dialog and splash screen.
> > - Working JUnit tests in ANT.
> > - Created doc task which builds a documentation website.
> >   (more later, when I'm done)
> >
> > I'm thinking of swapping the logging from my hand-rolled thing to being
> > log4j. Anyone got any comments?
> >
> > Joe.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Joe,
>
> Log4J is an excellent choice.  I use it extensively for my
> projects at work.
>
> Bobby
>