[jsword-devel] New release of BibleDesktop soon

[DM Smith]

On Jun 23, 2007, at 4:36 PM, Joe Walker wrote:

>
> I've just been using it on my mac, and it seems to work really well  
> - I'm really happy with it, the parallel view works perfectly.

Thanks. It was a lot of fun to get it to work. I wish it would treat  
words as a whole, though.

>
>
> I wonder how easy it would be to get it to color views with  
> changes? I guess its a feature request and not a bug.

Trivial. Just not sure what would work well.

>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe.
>
> On 6/16/07, DM Smith <dmsmith555 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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