[sword-devel] Collaboration efforts for a front end

[Joachim Ansorg]

We have three types of Java support :)

The Swig bindings can be used to create Java-classes to work with Sword usig 
Java.

Joachim

> Actually, we have 2 flavours of Java SWORD these days.  We've gained an
> independent project: Project B, that has decided to join our efforts and
> has been relabeled: jsword, and we have our our older attempt at a class
> by class port of the sword libraries that our website uses, now renamed
> jsword-old.  They are both still developed but one day may become one
> project.
>
> 	-Troy.
>
> you can view the jsword page at:
>
> http://www.crosswire.org/jsword
>
> and view the code from either one in our cvs repository or viewcvs at:
>
> http://www.crosswire.org/ucgi-bin/dglassey/viewcvs.cgi
>
>
> ModEdit still uses the C++ engine, though it seems to work quite nice
> and might be advantagious for certain tasks like searching.
>
> 	-Troy.
>
> Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Keith Ralston wrote:
> >>Sounds like a great Java project,  ;-)
> >
> > And we already have a good start in form of well-organized,
> > over-engineered ModEdit ;) :)
> >
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org
> >>>[mailto:owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of Brian Yoon
> >>>Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 2:24 PM
> >>>To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
> >>>Subject: [sword-devel] Collaboration efforts for a front end
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>With regards to Sword for Windows, BibleTime, & GnomeSword:
> >>>
> >>>Just some questions and thoughts...
> >>>
> >>>1) Has anyone considered using a cross-platform toolkit like wxWindows
> >>>for this project so that we all can work on the same code, be able to
> >>>compile on different platforms, and still maintain the look and feel of
> >>>each respective OS?  wxWindows is great and this would allow all of us
> >>>to contribute to the same project.  This would eliminate the need to
> >>>re-invent the wheel for each OS.  Therefore, instead of working on just
> >>>an OS X port, we could port the existing front-end to wxWindows and then
> >>>use it on all platforms.
> >>>
> >>>2) Are the goals for each of these different (ie. is one focused on just
> >>>providing a Bible study tool and another focused on providing a
> >>>full-featured Bible study and analysis tool like BibleWorks)?
> >>>
> >>>3) If someone wants to see an open source versin of a full-featured
> >>>Bible study and analysis tool like the commercial software, BibleWorks,
> >>>developed, what are the major components that are needed to be developed
> >>>(ie. databases on morphologies, parsing, etc.)?
> >>>
> >>>-Brian Yoon
> >
> >   Sincerely Yours,
> >       Eeli Kaikkonen <eekaikko@paju.oulu.fi> Suomi Finland

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Joachim Ansorg
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