[sword-devel] SWORD 1.9.x [was: NA28]

[Troy A. Griffitts]

Hi Tobias,

Technically, the functionality was added to trunk here:

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r3614 | scribe | 2018-12-29 14:23:25 -0700 (Sat, 29 Dec 2018) | 1 line

Added personalization mechanism for cipher keys

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Having said that, it is time for a new release.  Hunting for that
commit, I can see we have done quite a few things over 2019, which is
great, but we need to push things out now as an official release. 
Rather than worry about binary-breaking changes, it should be easier to
push out 1.9.0 with all the latest changes.

Let's all try to wrap this up in the first couple weeks of the new
year.  I'll be sure to commit over the next couple days any
binary-breaking changes I have in the pipeline and we can all test trunk
and confirm we are happy with it for our projects.

Merry Christmas!!!

Troy


On 12/26/19 6:14 AM, Tobias Klein wrote:
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> Dear Troy!
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>  
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> Merry Christmas!
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> What’s the minimum Sword version for using NA28?
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> I’ve just tried with a local 1.8.1 build and got the following error
> message when trying to get text from the installed module:
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> ERROR: corrupt data during decompression.
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>  
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> Once using the latest trunk it works.
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> Best regards,
>
> Tobias
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>  
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> *From: *Troy A. Griffitts <mailto:scribe at crosswire.org>
> *Sent: *Sonntag, 1. Dezember 2019 00:53
> *To: *SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum
> <mailto:sword-devel at crosswire.org>; jsword-devel at crosswire.org
> <mailto:jsword-devel at crosswire.org>
> *Subject: *[sword-devel] NA28
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>
> Hey team,
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> I am happy to announce that after 21 years of negotiations, the
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> Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament is finally available for SWORD
>
> applications, sold directly from the German Bible Society.  The purchase
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> page is initially only available in German, so you may need to let
>
> Chrome help you translate to make the purchase.  They have honored their
>
> word and because we have done all the work to convert their data and
>
> take no royalty they only charge 10€ for the SWORD module.  They also
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> allow the module to be used in all of our apps, so it's a great
>
> advantage for our users to buy once and use on their multiple platforms,
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> devices, and applications.
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>  
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> For those that don't know, the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament is the
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> standard text which most all seminary students are required to purchase
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> for their studies and shares the same Greek text as the United Bible
>
> Societies' Greek New Testament used by the majority of Bible translators
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> worldwide, but the Nestle-Aland edition includes an extended critical
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> apparatus.
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>  
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> If you have a separate project page or forum for your frontend
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> community, please let your users know and please support the work of the
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> German Bible Society and encourage them to make more of their resources
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> available for our software by purchasing a copy for yourself.
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>  
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> The module includes the variant apparatus for each applicable verse as a
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> footnote at the end of the verse, which should facilitate the module to
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> show reasonably well in most frontends.  Bishop has a bit of custom code
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> to handle the apparatus a bit more nicely and allows clicking on the
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> apparatus to jump to INTF manuscript features.
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>  
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> JSword may need to include the updated encipher code to support the
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> module before JSword frontends will work properly.
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>  
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> Luc Herren, who previously worked for the INTF, pushed years ago to get
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> every Nestle-Aland critical apparatus sign into the Unicode
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> specification, so there is a good chance that some font on most devices
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> will have the required glyphs.  I include GentiumPlus with Bishop, which
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> I can confirm has all the symbols for the critical apparatus.
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>  
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> The module .conf file now includes:
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> UnlockInfo=Please visit the online store of the German Bible Society to
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> purchase an unlock key: <a
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> href="https://www.die-bibel.de/shop/bibelausgaben/digitale-bibelausgaben/dvds-und-videos/na28-app-lizenzschluessel-0106">NA28
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> - SWORD Module</a>
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>  
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> If your frontend doesn't yet support the new UnlockInfo property, please
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> consider adding support to help users know how to obtain unlock keys
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> when installing locked modules.
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>  
>
> I pray everyone has had a blessed Thanksgiving holiday for those who
>
> celebrate.  It is always a blessing to share in service for our Lord
>
> with all of you,
>
>  
>
> Troy
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