[jsword-devel] Is JSword a good choice?

[Troy A. Griffitts]

The KJV2003 editor was written in Java, using the C++ engine to read and 
write SWORD modules.  Its aim was to be a distributed system where many 
volunteers could work together on different parts of the Bible.  The 
system has concepts of text available for work, assigned, and done, with 
progress indicators.  It never was meant to live beyond project 
completion, but served its purpose well.  You can view the old project 
page (including a screenshot and link to progress status page output) at:

	http://crosswire.org/sword/kjv2003/

The new direction for module editing, tagging, translating, in my mind, 
is with our online community editing tools, which are planned to be 
web-based.  You can view a few rough ideas on our to-dos/ideas list 
(please volunteer if anything sparks your interest) :)

	http://crosswire.org/~scribe/todo/

Not to take anything away from jsword.  I would love to see a write 
interface comparable to the write functionality of the c++ engine.
	

	Hope this is useful information.  Looking forward to working together 
with you however you decide to serve!

		-Troy A. Griffitts


DM Smith wrote:
> DM Smith wrote:
> 
>> I am posting this note that was sent to me for everyone's response:
>>
>>
>> I'm a developer for Bibles International.  It looks like I will
>> be writing a Bible translation editor soon.  I'm considering writing 
>> it on
>> top of JSword.  Perhaps you can tell me, or I can post, about how 
>> feasible
>> this would be.
> 
> 
> I guess the answer is: It depends. I need a bit more information. JSword 
> is very good at digging the text out of a Sword module and presenting it 
> to the user. You could easily create an interface that presents a 
> passage and an input box for the translation. Your software would be 
> responsible for writing the resulting translation to a file. As JSword 
> does not have at this time any ability to write a Sword module or to 
> take input and save it as OSIS. (This is on our list of future things to 
> do and if you could provide it that would be a great contribution.)
> 
> If the translation is into a different language, such as Hebrew or 
> Greek, and if it is not easy to enter the alternate languages characters 
> from your keyboard, then the input abilities that are in FlashCards 
> might be useful.
> 
>> I'm a C++ guy so obviously I would need to study up on Java,
> 
> 
> Java is pretty easy to learn for a good C++ programmer. At this time we 
> use Java 1.4 and we have no immediate plans to migrate to 1.5. What this 
> means to a C++ is that we don't use generics. The JSword code uses stock 
> patterns and oo designs and methodologies. So you should find it pretty 
> easy to navigate. That said, you should start with APIExamples 
> (http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/java2html/ has all of our source and 
> you can find APIExamples.java there)
> 
> The basic flow is to install one or more Bibles, locate a Bible, create 
> a key for a verse, passage or range of passages and retrieve it as OSIS. 
> This is then passed to xslt to transform it into html and then presented 
> to the user.
> 
>> but beyond that I'm wondering if this is a good choice, or if there is
>> anyone else working on or considering an editing feature.
> 
> 
> I have not seen it but there was an editor that was used to author 
> Crosswire's KJV module. I don't know what it was written in.
> 
>> Any insight you
>> have would be appreciated. Thanks,
>> Birch Champeon
>> www.birchandconnie.org
>> www.graphetech.org
> 
> 
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