[sword-devel] Xiphos 4.1.0

Wed Apr 18 19:34:11 MST 2018

#829, below, is not windows only. it occurs on LInux, too, In, at least,
the epel build for RHEL/Centos.
So I did a local build and the problem remains.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 09:55:49PM -0400, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
>    A bit late from original plan, but here it is.
>    4.1.x is expected to be a busy development time for Xiphos. Already
>    with updated Sword and BibleSync, future improvements will include
>    heavy work on module abbreviation sanity (it's an inconsistent hack
>    right now; I'll write about that to sword-devel sometime in coming
>    weeks), more BibleSync changes, resolution of the ("new") editor
>    component problems, and several other items on my mind.
>    Problems, questions...drop a note.
>    [1]https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/releases/tag/4.1.0
>    [2]https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync/releases/tag/1.2.0
>    Source tarballs and Windows builds. Linux builds to happen as
>    per-platform builders do their thing.
>    I understand Debian/Ubuntu have a problem because of the outdated
>    editor issue. That will be handled soon.
>    xiphos.org references will be updated...um, probably tomorrow sometime.
>    --karl
>    ____________________
>    XIPHOS RELEASE NOTES
>    ____________________
>    Release 4.1.0
>    18 Apr 2017
>    There has been much bugfixing and a number of features and
>    enhancements. Internal compatibility updates were made for the new
>    Sword 1.8 release, notably providing some new av11n schemes.  Several
>    flaws in Advanced Search were corrected.  Ongoing changes to stay
>    current with our display toolkit were made.  Export output has gained
>    headers showing what search was executed on what module, and an export
>    verse counting error was fixed. Pre-book and -chapter material is
>    visually offset from main text.  (For examples, see module ESV2011 at
>    every chapter 1.)  Due to the availability of the new Android/iOS Sword
>    app Bishop, which supports BibleSync, Xiphos' use of BibleSync has been
>    given some attention for this release: fixed one bug; tightened up how
>    a warning is used; added optional on-demand-only keyboard-driven nav
>    sync xmit as an enhancement, so that Xiphos need not xmit every time
>    the user navigates.
>    On Linux, when run under Wayland instead of Xorg, some mild rendering
>    flaws are seen.  Wayland is new, and working under it has provided some
>    surprises. Please help us work toward correcting these by submitting
>    bug reports when appropriate.
>    Issues addressed:
>    - #753 Unexpected Search Results
>    - #783 Add support for ancillary configuration files to unlock modules
>    from STEP Bible
>    - #809 Using meson to build xiphos
>    - #823 Flatpak available on Flathub
>    - #826 Module Manager problems in Xiphos 4.0.7 (win32) during attempts
>    to install Update module
>    - #828 #873 find dialog has an unknown button.
>    - #829 UI problem in Windows edition of Xiphos 4.0.6a (doubled arrows)
>    - #830 Add header lines to adv.search export
>    - #831 Module Manager problems in 4.0.7 (Ubuntu Linux)
>    - #834 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 which is deprecated
>    - #836 Replace lucene with soundex
>    - #837 settings.xml is in *nix EOL format on windows
>    - #838 Modules - About - Copy
>    - #843 Xiphos hates superscripts
>    - #845 show pre-chapter/-book material with italics
>    - #846 can't handle OT quote display variant
>    - #847 Compilation failed on Ubuntu 16.04
>    - #848 Xiphos doesn't use non-break space
>    - #850 Lack of space in the "about" module window
>    - #851 corrected use of verse number in chapter export
>    - #853 unexpected file list at the previewer pane
>    - #854 UI cut off on left side
>    - #855 Xiphos crashes at first start (with workaround)
>    - #857 Show the text of all the verses of a xref
>    - #858 Detached sidebar empty
>    - #859 windows 10
>    - #861 Need help compiling 4.0.7
>    - #862 Please update your translation tools
>    - #864 Cannot compile through AUR
>    - #865 Windows: Splash screen stuck, program unresponsive
>    - #869 Advanced search crashes if using custom list for
>    second/third/etc. time
>    - #870 Advanced search, exact phrase fails due to notes
>    - #871 Update dependencies
>    - #872 Bible showing weird characters
>    - #874 use gtkbox to replace gtk{v,h}box for xi-splash.ui
>    - #875 use gtkgrid to replace gtktable in edit_link_dialog.xml
>    - #876 #860 fixed gtk_font_button_get(set)_font_name deprecated
>    - #877 remove repeated arrow display
>    - #878 Xiphos website needs updating
>    - #881 #882 Wayland use under Gnome 3.26 or above leads to crash on
>    Navbar click
>    - #887 Add keyboard-only BibleSync navigation
>    - #888 update biblesync glue for biblesync 1.2.0
>    - biblesync: avoid versekey data corruption by using a copy -- orig. is
>    destroyed.
>    - biblesync: tell user exactly once that others are xmitting unknown
>    bible modnames.
>    - translation updates
>    - compatibility update for sword 1.8
>    - added gtk version checks and fixed numerous gtk deprecations.
> 
> References
> 
>    1. https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/releases/tag/4.1.0
>    2. https://github.com/karlkleinpaste/biblesync/releases/tag/1.2.0

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