[sword-devel] New Windows SWORD GUI

[Simon Lagendijk]

>There are just a few people on the project, myself, Dan Glassey and David 
>Trotz, but there has not been any development since I got un-unemployed (July 
>'03). Since the project is GPL feel free to take the source and run with it. 
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>I have been considering starting up on it again, so I'm going to retain 
>control of the sourceforge project (esp since it also houses my several other 
>projects). If I decide to start up on it again I may join you if I like the 
>direction that you are going.
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Thats OK, I'll create a new project at sourceforge. Btw, what is the 
official name of your software? In the aboutbox it is BibleStudy, but 
sometimes people refer to it as wxSword. If the name wxSword is free, 
I'm going to use that for the new GUI.

>Oh yes, I will also mention that Sven Vollbehr has put a lot of effort into 
>designing a new gui and may want to work with you. 
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I'm very interested. Is the GUI of Sven Vollbehr available for download 
somewhere, so I can take a look at it?

>Also, if you aren't 
>exactly sure which direction you want to take the project, I (and probably 
>David Trotz) would be happy to make suggestions.
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All ideas are welcome!

Things that are on top of my list are:
- Parallelview (somthing like the new Sword webtool)
- Paragraph view
- Extra display settings:
    * Font per texttype (normal bible/commentary text, strongnr's, 
notes, etc)
    * Backgroundcolor
- Search
- Print support
- Show strongnr-orientated info when moving the mouse above a word (ie: 
the same as it is now, only then without showing the strongnrs)
- Bookmarks (like the Sword for Windows)

But, first I have to fix a very strange problem: both the wxWindows and 
the Sword libraries work fine (tested them seperately), but as soon as I 
link the Sword Library with a program that uses wxWindows, the new 
compiled application terminates directly, even without giving an error... :S

Thanks for your reply,

Simon

>-Jason Turner
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>On Monday 15 December 2003 12:54 pm, Simon Lagendijk wrote:
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>>Hi Jason,
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>>I just downloaded it, and it looked quite nice. Is there still any
>>development on wxWindows? If so, who are working on it, so I can ask
>>them if I can join them; if nobody's working on it, can I continue
>>development of it?
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>>Simon
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>>Jason Turner wrote:
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>>>I just thought I should mention my BibleStudy (a.k.a. wxSword) that is
>>>hosted at www.sf.net/projects/christiangame the development is a little
>>>stale, but it is a fully functioning wx based alternative to the current
>>>windows ui.
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>>>-Jason Turner
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>>>On Friday 12 December 2003 06:45 am, Lynn Allan wrote:
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>>>>Simon,
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>>>>I believe you earlier asked about cross-development compiler tools for
>>>>Windows development?
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>>>>If I understand your question (and if it was you that asked), there are
>>>>several alternatives that I am aware of.
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>>>>1. Al Stevens donated "Quincy" for free usage. It is a relatively simple
>>>>ide that utilizes a gnu based compiler/linker back-end. It comes with
>>>>several editions of his "Teach Yourself C++". The 2002 version comes with
>>>>edition 7. It is mostly to facilitate building the sample code in his
>>>>book. Kinda cool, but probably only adequate for early prototypes?
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>>>>2. The Palm interface to the InVerse Scripture memorization freeware used
>>>>the cgywin command line tools. It also uses gnu based compiler back-end.
>>>>For me, I had to struggle to set it up, since I have little or no Linux
>>>>experience. There may very well be an ide. My impression is that a very
>>>>similar setup could be used for the development you have proposed, except
>>>>some of the Palm specific files replaced. (someone else on this list
>>>>probably is far more aware than I on this)
>>>>
>>>>If you are interested and/or still need info, I can hunt around for links
>>>>and directions.
>>>>
>>>>HTH and sharing the reason for the season,
>>>>http://learningcards.eeworks.org/EeCard01.html
>>>>
>>>>Lynn A
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