[jsword-devel] [bd-users] Saving the current view

[DM Smith]

Todd,
This has been on our To Do list for quite a while. The whole notion  
of persistence is part of the next release (which I'll call ELEPHANT,  
since they never forget)

The various parts of this:
1) The ability to maintain named lists of "bookmarks" where each  
bookmark is the state of a Bible View (The Bibles you selected, the  
preferences for that view, the passage lookup or the search  
request, ...)

2) An option to have a bookmark list be automatically saved when the  
program exits, consisting of book marks for the way you currently  
have the program and used when it starts.

3) An option to have a chosen bookmark list be used to every time the  
program starts.

4) To be able to set options on individual books. That is, have the  
view menu options be remembered for a book. There will also be the  
option to set the font for the book. Or for all books having the same  
language(, or script, if I can figure out that one).

5) To be able to annotate a verse, passage or collections of passages  
and to be able to recall annotations. Of course, you'll be able to  
edit your existing annotations.

This is the essence of the Personal Commentary module and may suffice  
for it.

6) If I have time to get it into the release: To be able to highlight  
a portion of a text and annotate it. (These annotations would be  
different in that they would be tied to a specific Bible translation.)


If you or anyone else has other ideas or questions, please reply!!!

My guess is that this will take about 3-4 months to make it available  
(unless more developers volunteer! That's why I am cross-posting this.)

But in the meantime, you can manually save the view (on the File  
menu) and restore it when BibleDesktop starts. Right now it only save  
the verses, and nothing else.

In His Service,
	DM Smith

On Jun 27, 2007, at 1:04 PM, Todd Hammer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have noticed that I am unable, even in the new version 1.0.7, to
> save view settings. When I close and reopen Bible Desktop, it doesn't
> remember the multiple bible versions I have open, nor does it
> remember the 'Each verse on it's own line' setting...
>
> Is there a way to make these settings persistent?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Todd
>
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