[sword-devel] Options and Features

[Manfred Bergmann]

Am 20.07.2008 um 18:29 schrieb Troy A. Griffitts:

> Dear Manfred,
>
> Yes, you can operate this way.  BibleCS just has both a main menu
> section and also a toolbar for the most popular options.  Options  
> aren't
> turned on or off based on specific modules, so we don't really check  
> to
> see if any module has a feature when turning things on/off-- kindof.
> There might be one or two exceptions.  Module Features are really not
> 1:1 with Options.  For example.  HebrewDefs might be a feature of a
> lexicon module to advertise that it can give Hebrew definitions.   
> Global
> Option strings and 'OptionTip's are values which can be shown to the
> user after i18n with a call to:
> LocaleMgr::getSystemLocaleMgr()->translate(option_or_tip), though the
> locale files haven't been updated with translations for them.
>
> I believe Bibletime lets you turn options on and off on a per module
> basis, but there is no facility in the engine to help with this.   
> We've
> talked about it and decided to disagree about the best way.  When I
> study, I either want to see strongs numbers or not.  I want to see  
> xrefs
> or not.  I don't want to manage all of these options individually per
> module.  A quick toolbar click on or off for everything is best for  
> me,
> and that's how the engine ended up.  I understand people study
> differently than me.
>
> Hope this helps.

Yep, thanks.


Manfred


>
>
>
> Manfred Bergmann wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> Some API questions:
>>
>> There are features per module and global options.
>> So for example if I want to show strong's numbers I need to check
>> whether the module supports stong's by checking the feature:
>> getConfig().has("Feature", "StrongsNumbers")
>>
>> Then, when I want to have stongs rendered (in the HTML output) I need
>> to enable the global option?
>> setGlobalOption("Strong's Numbers", "On")
>>
>> Is there anything else I need to do?
>>
>>
>> I noticed the feature string constants are dofferent than the options
>> constants. Is there a reason for that?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Manfred
>>
>>
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