[sword-devel] BPBible 0.1

[Troy A. Griffitts]

Ben,

The screenshots really look great!  I like the crossverse searching 
capability.  We've had some thoughts about this for the engine. 
Currently there is an index, 'prox', I think, when you do a lucene 
search, which gives you some amount of fixed proximity-- I think we left 
it at 3 verses or something.  But yours is nice, giving a variable 
range.  We're planning on redoing the search framework interface, from 
feedback provided by DM Smith and others, very soon, to allow different 
plugins to be added more easily for searching in different ways.  Maybe 
you could help on this effort.  I'd love to hear your feedback from your 
experience getting proximity searching working in your app.

Great job!  Looking forward to following your efforts.  Please let us 
know if we can provide any resources for your project.

	-Troy.



Ben Morgan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm pleased to announce the first release of BPBible, a Bible study 
> application. BPBible is written in Python, and uses wxPython for the 
> GUI. It's available in windows binaries and zipped source at 
> http://benpmorgan.googlepages.com/bpbible
> 
> Some of its features are:
> Bible application:
> First and foremost, BPBible has many of the features you would expect in 
> a Bible application - Bible, Commentary, and Dictionary support, Bible 
> Search, Scripture tooltips, verse copying, etc.
> 
> Cross verse searching:
> BPBible uses a proximity based search, rather than a verse-based search. 
> This means that a search can cross verse boundaries, giving a more 
> natural search. It also supports regular expressions and phrases.
> 
> Flexible layout:
> BPBible uses wxAUI, which lets you rearrange your layout, and will 
> remember your layout for you.
> 
> As this is a first release, there are probably a few bugs. While 
> wxPython and Python are crossplatform, I do not expect that it will work 
> properly under Linux, as I have not tested it under Linux for a while. 
> Also, I would be very surprised if it worked properly on a Mac, as I 
> don't have access to one to test it on.
> 
> I would really love everyone who can to test it and give feedback, so 
> that I know which areas need improvement.
> 
> At the moment it isn't at all internationalized, so various things may 
> not work as expected in non-english things. (in particular, RToL 
> language support is not there, due to the limitation of the wxHtml 
> control).
> 
> If anyone can think of a better name than BPBible, that
> a) doesn't have Sword in the title (too much confusion with eSword)
> b) doesn't have any tech-related thing (like pyBible, wxBible, etc)
> I would be glad to hear from you.
> 
> Future plans include verse list support, adding my gospel harmony viewer 
> to it, adding installmanager support, a bible words analyzer and 
> allowing book creation and editing. Other feature suggestions are welcome.
>  
> God Bless,
> Ben
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> but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish,
> but that all should reach repentance.
> 2 Peter 3:9 (ESV)
> 
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