[jsword-devel] New release of BibleDesktop soon (DM Smith)

DM Smith dmsmith555 at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 17 21:32:23 MST 2007


Thanks for the report. I've fixed this and also another bug (opening  
a second tab after setting Show Differences would not show differences).

On Jun 17, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Gabriel Valencia wrote:

> Not sure if this is planned for this release, but I've noticed that
> the morphology links don't display in your chosen morphology guide.
> Is this a simple fix to include?
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>> Everyone,
>>
>> I could really use your help testing BibleDesktop before I release  
>> it.
>>
>> Just grab the latest JSword nightly build. Or go to the BibleDesktop
>> download page and run it via WebStart or if you are on the Mac, use
>> the Mac zip.
>>
>> Other than documentation and checkstyle changes, I don't expect any
>> other changes.
>>
>> Unless you find bugs or feel strongly that something needs to be
>> different :)
>>
>> This will probably be the biggest release since 1.0 from a visible UI
>> perspective.
>>
>> ==================== PARALLEL BIBLE
>>
>> I have added Parallel Bible Viewing. So you should see the following:
>>
>> There is an option to set the number of  Bible pickers at:
>> Options >> Bible Display >> Parallel Bible Limit
>>
>> It defaults to 5. If you set it to 1, the main screen won't show -
>> and + buttons.
>>
>> When > 2 the main screen will always show these buttons, but if you
>> are showing one then the - will be disabled. Likewise, if you are at
>> the limit, the + button will be disabled.
>>
>> If the display area for the Bible pickers is too small, then there
>> will be clipping and the right most ones will not display.
>>
>> When you add Bible picker it will be initialized to either the last
>> Bible you picked or to your default Bible. This uses your setting for
>> Options >> Bibles >> Use Current Bible.
>>
>> ==================== DIFFERENCES
>>
>> Related to Parallel Passage Viewing, I have also added the ability to
>> view differences between Bibles of the same language.
>>
>> You can choose View >> Show Differences to turn it on or off.
>>
>> I find it to be more of a novelty at this point. I think there needs
>> to be improvements and am open to suggestions, but will probably push
>> further changes to another release.
>>
>> ==================== QUICK PICK
>> You will also see a quick pick for Book and Chapter. These do not
>> track the what's shown via other mechanisms, e.g. search, blur,
>> manual passage entry, link navigation, ... They merely allow one to
>> quickly navigate to a selected chapter. This was a requested feature,
>> but I'm not sure I like the implementation. Perhaps it would be
>> better if it were in the tool bar???
>>
>> ==================== API CHANGES
>> Sorry about this, but with the ability to pick multiple Bibles,
>> BookData now takes a Book[] rather than a Book. This had a big ripple
>> effect.
>> I have also made changes to Options take effect immediately, if
>> possible.
>> And I have made other things toss Events, such as
>> PropertyChangeEvents.
>>
>> In His Service,
>> 	DM Smith
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