[sword-devel] Purge SwordReader

[DM Smith]

One of the advantages of SWORD programs as portable apps is that one  
could put the programs and modules on a camera's or cell phone's flash  
card with lots of room to spare. This would be virtually undetectable  
in countries where Christians are persecuted.

Both The SWORD Project for Windows (BibleCS) and BibleDesktop are  
suitable portable apps. In time BibleTime should be too.

For BibleCS just install it to any Windows machine, leaving traces,  
then copy that to a USB stick (c:\Program Files\CrossWire). Finally,  
uninstall it from the local machine, removing traces (though not a  
secure erase). It would be easy enough to create a zip that would be  
appropriate to go directly to the USB stick.

BibleDesktop is a little bit more involved as it needs to include a  
jre. But the reward is that the singular installation runs on PC, Mac  
and Linux. See www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd for details.

BibleTime is being rewritten using QT and promises to be portable and  
cross-platform.

I think with a little effort, it would be possible to run MacSword as  
a portable app.

I think this is in CrossWire's FAQ.

In Him,
	DM

On Jul 20, 2008, at 11:35 AM, David Haslam wrote:

>
> Has anyone seen and used  http://PortableApps.com/ PortableApps.com  ?
>
> Runs popular applications from [say] a USB stick, leaves behind no  
> personal
> data, even in an Internet cafe.
>
> Perhaps Crosswire should start a separate project for a Portable Apps
> version of the most suitable Sword FrontEnd, whether SwordReader or  
> not.
>
> -- David
>
>
> SonWon wrote:
>>
>> I was reading the home page for SwordReader.  By the way it looks  
>> real
>> nice.  Anyway, I was struck with this thought while reading this
>> sentence, "We believe that by providing the word of God digitally, we
>> are not only enabling those in persecuted countries to study
>> further..."  Should we add a feature that would quickly purge all  
>> traces
>> of SwordReader from the device, something faster than using "Add  
>> Remove
>> Programs"?
>>
>> -- 
>> SonWon
>>
>> I choose God and all that my choice entails in this life even unto  
>> death
>> and look forward to the new life that will come.
>>
>>
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