[jsword-devel] New Release

[Joe Walker]

Thanks,
I've got both of those on my list (cvs:/bugs.txt)

Joe.

Jacky Cheung wrote:

> Dear Joe,
> 
> Here is what I found in the Linux version of 0.9.6.
> 
>    1. The installer said there are some errors. Fortunately, the files
>       are installed. I think this has to be fixed in 1.0.
>    2. May be related to (1), the installer generated run script is not
>       working.
>    3. The look and feel is Windows. This will generate an error in
>       Linux, for Linux doesn't have Windows look and feel. I think
>       javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel is better for cross platform.
>    4. NullPointerException occur if I change the look and feel in options. 
> 
> 
> A few months ago, there is a discussion about using different font for 
> the display of data of different languages so that non-ANSI characters, 
> like CJK, can be displayed in the GUI. Will we get this feature in 1.0?  
> Thanks.
> 
> Best regards,
> Jacky
> 
> On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 19:58, Joe Walker wrote:
> 
>>/Hi,
>>
>>I've just done a release of J-Sword. Version 0.9.6 is the second beta 
>>for 1.0, and I *hope* we will only need one more.
>>
>>What has changed?
>>- New installer based downloads for Windows/Linux/MacOSX/Generic Java.
>>- Loads of sword modules reading fixes.
>>
>>My focus now is on GUI fixes, and then I believe we are ready for a 1.0
>>
>>The download link is:
>>   //_http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/download.jsp_
>>
>>One other job before 1.0 - as I've noted before I think we need to give 
>>the Swing GUI a different name from the core like the other SWORD 
>>projects do - for the large part C++ Sword front ends have their own name.
>>Benefits:
>>- less user confusion, quite a few people have come up to me and asked 
>>what "J - S - Word" is, and there is already confusion between Sword and 
>>ESword, it doesn't seem sensible to make that worse
>>- it is more obvious to developers that there is a core package (still 
>>jsword) that is separate from the GUI, another thing I've been asked 
>>about several times
>>The best name that I've come up with so far is "Bible Desktop", which is 
>>poor - any better suggestions?
>>
>>Joe.
>>
>>
>>
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