[sword-devel] Mac OSX UI

[Joachim Ansorg]

As an addition look at 
http://sword.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Swordapi/ConfFileLayout.

Joachim


> Hi!
>
> Since I'm working on BibleTime I think I can answer some of your questions.
>
> > Thanks for the responses, I got html rendering working, along with
> > links, and it is really quite a nice usable program (Services are really
> > cool). I'm not sure exactly how to deal with the links now ;-). How do
> > the other UIs work?, I'm not able to test them at the moment. For
> > instance should strongs defns pull up a new window for each? use the
> > same window? or have a small attached panel to the originating window?
> > With bible refs in commentaries, similar questions arise. New windows,
> > with bible or with commentary. What should you do when the reference is
> > something like "Isa 40:3; Mal 3:1; Mt 3:3, 11:10"?
>
> In BibleTime we use tooltips to display the definitions of the strong
> numbers, after the user stays some little time with the mouse over the
> link. If you click on a link a new display window will be opened for the
> chosen link.
>
> For Bible links we do the same. We handle all links in the same way: Moving
> over them displays a tooltip and clicking on them opens a window.
> When the reference is a list of refs, we split the list at the semicolons
> and make each part an own link.
>
> It's important to have the information about the type in the link (e.g.
> hebrew strong number, greek strong number, scripture link etc.) because you
> can offer default modules for each type. If the user clicks on a tooltip
> the default module for strong numbers will be opened at the given position.
> The same for scripture links if the module wasn't given in the scripRef.
>
> Have a look at BibleTime's code in the backend folder.
>
> We use somthing like
> <A HREF="sword://Bible/WEB/Genesis 3:4">link text</A>
> or
> <A HREF="sword://HebrewStrong/00344">link text</A>
>
> > More questions:
> > How do daily bible notes work?
>
> Daily devotionals are simple lexicons modules with the entry format
> "month.day", e.g. "10.15" or "01.01".
> To check wheter a lexicon supports daily devotionals use the following code
> (we assume SWModule* module = <somethign valid module pointer>):
>
> const bool hasFeature = module->getConfig().has("Feature",
> "DailyDevotion");
>
> > Is there a way of checking whether bibles support options like strongs
> > or headings.
>
> Yes, there is. It's similair to the Daily devotionals thing. In BibleTime
> we use this code:
>
> //use this to see if a module supports strong numbers
> 	bool supports = module->getConfig().has("Feature", "StrongsNumber");
>
> // Use this to see if a lexicon supports strong number definitions for the
> // greek numbers
> 	bool supports = module->getConfig().has("Feature", "GreekDef");
>
> // Use this to see if a lexicon supports strong number definitions for the
> // hebrew numbers
> 	bool supports = module->getConfig().has("Feature", "HebrewDef");
>
> // Use this to see if a lexicon supports strong number definitions for the
> // greek numbers
> 	bool supports = module->getConfig().has("Feature", "GreekParse");
>
> // Use this to see if a lexicon supports morph code defintions for
> // the hebrew morph codes
> 	bool supports = module->getConfig().has("Feature", "HebrewParse");
>
> //Use this to see whether the lexicon supports daily devotional entries
> 	bool supports = module->getConfig().has("Feature", "DailyDevotion");
>
> //Use this to see whether the lexicon is a dictionary
> 	bool supports = module->getConfig().has("Feature", "Glossary");
>
> I hope I was able to help you a bit,
> Joachim