wxsword: was: Re: [sword-devel] New Windows SWORD GUI

[David Trotz]

Jason,
I am very glad you have decided to move in this direction. You have my
support as you already know.
In Christ,
David Trotz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Turner" <jason@whensdinner.com>
To: <sword-devel@crosswire.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 8:07 AM
Subject: wxsword: was: Re: [sword-devel] New Windows SWORD GUI


> I have been thinking a lot about BibleStudy (aka wxSword) since sending my
> message to the list last night, and I have come to some conclusions.
> Hopefully they will work out for the best for everyone who has been, is
and
> hopes to be involved.
>
> I have been out of the sword loop for a little while, so I feel like I
should
> start by giving an update on my life, tho I'm not sure how many people
really
> remember me :).
>
> I got involved with sword while I was unemployed, I just looked at my CVS
logs
> and it seems that my first check in was on April 1, 03. I had been out of
> work Since Dec 8, 02 and had reached a point where I said "well, as long
as I
> have all this free time, maybe I can do something for God." I started
getting
> a burning drive to release free, extremely easy to use biblesoftware that
> could ultimately be given away on the street corner. I reached many of my
> goals, in that the current .iso can be popped into the drive and run from
CD
> with absolutely no software being installed.
>
> The list of the goals that I had are here: http://sourceforge.net/docman/
> display_doc.php?docid=16536&group_id=11936
>
> At the time, I did not contribute to the main windows gui mainly because I
did
> not have access to Borland C++, but I also wanted to make something that
> seemed to me a little less overwhelming (i.e. a move away from the
monolithic
> tabbed interface that  (nothing personal) gnomesword and biblecs share)
>
> I chose WX because it uses native widgets (controls) on any platform, so
the
> apps always look "right." As opposed to QT, which has it's own widgets.
And
> this fit well with my goal of the average joe on the street being able to
use
> it and not be confused by it.
>
> So, to continue with the updates, I got a job in July and dropped all work
on
> the project ... I don't know why. That job was o.k. not very interesting
> work, and didn't pay much, but great benefits. 10 weeks ago I had a
freakish
> accident where I bit a hole in my lip while trying to perform a flip in an
> inflatible castle at my neighbor's 3 year old's party. As a result I was
home
> from work that monday. I applied for exactly one job. I had a whirlwind
round
> of interviews and started 7 weeks ago.
>
> I now have a job that I love, for the first time ever. Programming for a
> company that is developing thier own line of home automation products for
> highend homes. I am personally doing Linux - QT development at the moment,
> and working with a great group of guys. The average is something like a
> Master's degree in the appropriate discipline (CS, EE, etc) and > 10 years
of
> experience.
>
> I recently asked a co-worker how in the world I got my job compared to
> everyone else's experience (3.5 years, B.S. CS) He said it was because I
was
> the only interviewee with Linux GUI development experience!! Why?
BibleStudy!
> All of my primary development was on linux with occasional ports to
windows
> (minimal effort usually required).
>
> So, that aside, from what I have seen on the list in the recent weeks it
seems
> that we all share common goals, a simple easy to use bible software, that
> works on low-to-high end machines (biblestudy should work properly on
window
> '95 with unicode support). The other goals that don't seem to have been
> mentioned recently are: personal commentary/diary with integration with
David
> Trotz's excellent reading planner.
>
> So, to sum up, I want to pick back up work on BibleStudy, and finally try
to
> get a real release out. I know that keeping a project organized takes a
lot
> of work, I'm volunteering to [stay|become] the guy for that. Hopefully we
can
> work together on this. Like I said before, my source is GPL so if you
> (whoever) want to go off on your own thing you are free to.
>
> I have two suggestions to make:
>
> 1) We move future wx-windows related discussion to the wxsword-devel
mailing
> list: http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/wxsword-devel it is fine
with
> me if forks are discussed here.
>
> 2) PLEASE PLEASE Troy, if you made it this far in reading, can we have a
> little screen shot and maybe a link to  sourceforge and/or the wiki on the
> crosswire page so these questions about wxwindows version of sword stop
> comming up every few months with everyone trying to scramble to see which
> project is where. Thanks!
>
> God Bless,
> Jason Turner
>
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