[sword-devel] New Windows SWORD GUI

[Jason Turner]

On Friday 19 December 2003 06:50 am, Simon Lagendijk wrote:
> >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.
> >
> >
> >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.
>
> 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.

My official name is biblestudy, however, there is a wxsword mailing list and 
part of the sword wiki that were, as far as I know, set up for my project, so 
both names kind of belong to this project. Personally, I don't really 
care ...

>
> >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.
>
> 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.
>
> All ideas are welcome!
>
> Things that are on top of my list are:
> - Parallelview (somthing like the new Sword webtool)

Parallel view work (and quite well I might add) just right click on a bible 
and chose "add to current view" or something.

> - 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
> >
> >On Monday 15 December 2003 12:54 pm, Simon Lagendijk wrote:
> >>Hi Jason,
> >>
> >>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?
> >>
> >>Simon
> >>
> >>Jason Turner wrote:
> >>>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.
> >>>
> >>>-Jason Turner
> >>>
> >>>On Friday 12 December 2003 06:45 am, Lynn Allan wrote:
> >>>>Simon,
> >>>>
> >>>>I believe you earlier asked about cross-development compiler tools for
> >>>>Windows development?
> >>>>
> >>>>If I understand your question (and if it was you that asked), there are
> >>>>several alternatives that I am aware of.
> >>>>
> >>>>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?
> >>>>
> >>>>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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