[sword-devel] Bishop to-do list

Sun Oct 29 04:40:21 EDT 2023

Hi Cyrille,

I understand where you're coming from in terms of user needs.

Merging is something that would technically not be that easy due to 
different technologies ... it would rather mean re-developing features, 
or re-developing the app entirely.
And that is a lot of work, that one would first needs to commit to do 
(the author ... and potentially their family!!).

A pre-requisite would be alignment about goals / objectives / purpose. I 
believe we currently address slightly different goals / objectives / 
purpose with the existing set of apps.

Maybe, one day, there will be a "window of opportunity" that enables 
such a joint development.
The thing with open source is, that not everyone spends the same amount 
of time on it during the same time period.
One person may have more time now, another person more time two years 
from now ...
Also, people often stick to the technology they are used to from their 
professional life because then they do not have to repeat the learning 
curve from scratch.

What I can tell you is that right now I wouldn't have the time for 
re-developing an app or re-starting a learning curve on different 
technology.
I did have the time a few years ago when I started Ezra Bible App as an 
Electron app. And I'm ok to keep maintaining it. But re-developing is 
another story in terms of time and effort needed for that.

Best regards,
Tobias

On 10/28/23 11:57 AM, Fr Cyrille wrote:
> lHello Friends,
> I may be saying something heresy, but I'll try anyway. To begin with, 
> I'd like to thank Troy and Tuomas for their beautiful apps, as well as 
> Tobias, for all their hard work.
> Personally, I use Bishop and Andbible, but I intend to test Esra as well.
> That's what I'm thinking about. It's a lot of work to code, and there 
> aren't many of you. Wouldn't it be useful to merge the projects?
> Here's my case in point. I use Anbible for almost everything, except 
> for what bishop offers that Andbible doesn't have:
>
>   * Daily devotional
>   * the parallel passage of the Gospels with the modules of Eusebius
>     of Caesarea, a really good tool.
>   *  And even if I don't use it, but access to the original
>     manuscripts is a great tool too.
>
> So there are three things I think Andbible lacks to be perfect, which 
> I've just described.
> So would it be possible, rather than creating a new program, to simply 
> (it may not be simple at all, pardon me for being a philistine) 
> integrate these strengths of bishop into Andbible, and thus have an 
> ultra-complete app?
>
> Just a question/suggestion...
>
> Br Cyrille
>
> Le 28/10/2023 à 10:08, Peter von Kaehne a écrit :
>> As you are at it… I never reported it but Bishop crashes reliably 
>> during all word searches on iPhones. At least on mine. Both Bishop 
>> and the Capuchinhos version.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> Sent from my phone. Please forgive misspellings and weird “corrections”
>>
>>> On 28 Oct 2023, at 01:49, Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> Hi Michael. I've not had any reports of that nor seen it. Could you 
>>> give me more info. I can pull up an emulator to match your setup and 
>>> try to reproduce.
>>>
>>>
>>> On October 27, 2023 17:18:43 MST, Michael Johnson 
>>> <Michael at eBible.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>     The biggest thing I would like is more stability.
>>>
>>>     Last time I used Bishop on my Android phone, it crashed every
>>>     time I tried to tap the pull-down list to add a second in the
>>>     parallel list.
>>>
>>>     On 10/27/23 09:09, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>>     I just wanted to post here this random list of things I intend
>>>>     to update for the next version of Bishop.  If anyone is
>>>>     interested in helping or giving ideas, I would love collaborators.
>>>>
>>>>     **
>>>>
>>>>     *Bishop todo*
>>>>
>>>>     *
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Space between verse number and first character of text for
>>>>         better copy and paste
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Help users know when they should add modules: in commentary
>>>>         view [Install More Commentaries], strong lex, daily
>>>>         devotional, gen book view, etc.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Option to migrate data files to different locations.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Option to add augment folders from other apps.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         See if there is a way to select down a column for selection
>>>>         of multiple verses when in parallel view.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Option to backup and restore notes, modules, and bookmarks,
>>>>         Google drive?
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Bookmark tree, maybe from BibleCS
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         ECM preload test and enable menu on Verse Study selection
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Manuscripts main menu option and integrate the mobile NTVMR
>>>>         functionality.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Option to turn on other VMR sites, like CoptOT, Vetus
>>>>         Latina, etc.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Some visualization for RB
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         At a glance with a gradient color percentage, over max
>>>>         witnesses cell (John 18?)
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Toggle to pannable grid view with locked 1st row/column.
>>>>         Find a nice grid control.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Ship INTF current data for RB, show date of data
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Tab to show INTF work progress bar chart along with button
>>>>         to update RB data.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Google Maps integration for manuscripts.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Simple indexing tool.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         VMR Login credentials.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Update to best Hebrew and Greek lexicons.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Add "show NT usage" to lexicon entry.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         See if there is a Perseus option to facilitate a "show
>>>>         extra Biblical usage."
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         See if we can delay load image thumbnails on demand/scroll.
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>
>>>>         Language assist, 3 panel. Add bottom panel with current
>>>>         verse of 2nd selected Bible and sync word highlighting with
>>>>         dictionary scroll and primary Bible.
>>>>
>>>>     *
>>>>
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