[sword-devel] Xiphos 4.3.0

[David Haslam]

Thanks Karl & team,

Successfully installed Xiphos (x64) in my Windows 11 laptop.

Confirmed that installing a module to replace an earlier module no longer crashes Xiphos.

Bravo!!! 😎

Best regards,

David

Sent with [Proton Mail](https://pr.tn/ref/SWXT9A5YZ67G) secure email.

On Sunday, March 16th, 2025 at 12:27 PM, Karl Kleinpaste <karl at kleinpaste.org> wrote:

> The first new release in a long time is out. Windows binaries are
> immediately available; Linux packages should be produced in short order by
> platform maintainers, or users can build their own, see #1174 in Xiphos
> issues.
>
> https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/releases/
>
> A great deal has been done in just the last month (more than 70 git
> commits), more generally since last summer, and altogether since early
> 2024. Numerous things have happened with Xiphos over this period. Open
> issues have been cut back from almost 100 to the mid-60s, without even
> taking into account several dozen opened & closed during this time.
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> Xiphos 4.3.0
> Release Notes
> 16 March 2025
>
> - Multi-column display. Default: Prefs -> Sizes/Faces; also in module font ops.
> For very wide windows on big monitors, following long horizontal rendering
> can become hard on the eyes. Select 1 to 4 columns.
> - Margin justification, also in Prefs -> Sizes/Faces (app-wide choice only).
> - Stopped .conf "Abbreviation=XYZ" collision with real module [XYZ].
> - Provided a module option to display headings in italic.
> - Huge updates to github workflows.
> All the credit goes to Greg Hellings.
> - Handle tabs more like browsers, notably tab re-ordering with mouse drag.
> Many thanks to Nicholas Walkewicz.
> - New Vietnamese interface translation
> Many thanks to Antoine Đỗ/Giải Ngố.
> - Some other translations have had recent updates.
> More updates are welcome and solicited for any other languages.
> - Full parallel: Fixed the context menu (morph.seg.).
> - Full parallel: Created a location-fixed top header line for module names.
> The header no longer scrolls away with verse 1.
> Regrets, this /still/ doesn't work right in the Windows build, which
> uses an older, less capable WebKit display engine. Looking into it.
> - Build without the editor for platforms no longer supporting gtkhtml.
> This apparently means every Linux platform except Fedora.
> Effort will be spent very soon on getting the replacement editor in place
> for those platforms.
> - Moved .xiphos to .config/xiphos in accordance with desktop standards.
> This happens silently for existing users' configurations.
> Similar Windows, just remove the dot, AppData/Roaming/xiphos.
> - Replaced the Live Chat link (Help menu) to aim at libera.chat.
> - Repaired module display for inconvenient paragraph-end markers under
> highlight, both general current verse and user annotation.
> - Worked around a WebKit regression that prevented content display for
> machines with nvidia GPUs (yes, really).
> - Replaced old program choice for external image display with modern element.
> - Provided backward-compatible build support for RHEL9 and other platforms.
> - Fixed the Respect Font Faces module option.
> - Locale renaming: Prefs -> Options, now "System Default."
> - Provided for ESC to close Preferences.
> - Provided keyboard shortcut (Ctrl-S) to toggle sidebar visibility.
> - Provided keyboard shortcuts (Alt-X, Alt-N) to toggle Xrefs, Footnotes.
> - Fixed several string NULL crash bugs.
> - Additions to the languages file for module trees.
> - Resolved build compatibility among several Linux platforms.
> - Moved the appdata file to /usr/share/metainfo, per recent standard.
> - Fixed lack of trailing '/' in <meta> elements.
> - Manual updates to reflect Ctrl-S for sidebar visible toggle and
> to explain fundamental navigation limitations in full parallel.
> - Windows: Module deletion-induced crash fixed via Sword 1.9.
> - Windows: With Sword 1.9, we no longer depend on patched Sword to handle
> NTFS' UTF-16 interaction.
> - An idiot who was very determined through posting numerous bug reports to
> prove that Paul is a false apostle and that Xiphos is anti-Christian
> software was dismissed with prejudice. B-|
>
> Future near-term intentions include:
> - Working up the editor for non-gtkhtml configurations.
> I dislike the editor. Truly I do.
> - I've asked for further input on several open issues for which there
> was insufficient information, but which look generally tractable.
> - Further review of github issues for less readily manageable questions.
>
> Expect 4.3.1 release within a short time.
>
> Specific issues resolved on github:
>
> #1221 add kbd shortcuts for Xref & Notes
> #1218 strdup crash error
> #1205 Abbreviation key (collision) in module configuration files
> #1200 release prep (mostly translation updates)
> #1196 provide a means to build without the editor
> #1193 sword 1.9.0, official vs svn 3895, SEARCHFLAG_MATCHWHOLEENTRY
> #1190 another try at broken workflows
> #1189 update glib version from patch
> #1188 the "doap" file is prehistoric
> #1187 fix paragraph ends in some modules to avoid mis-highlight
> #1186 parallel morph seg is a bit braindamaged
> #1185 full parallel display needs a non-scrolling modname list
> #1176 eom or eog for displaying maps, photos and the like
> #1174 RHEL compatibility
> #1171 in Linux, move ~/.xiphos to ~/.config/xiphos (also Windows)
> #1170 provide UI for multi-column and justified margin support
> #1169 "respect font faces" should be more general and more careful
> #1166 provide for italic headings
> #1165 Rename "Special Locale" to just "Locale"; "None" -> "System Default"
> #1154 Escape key doesn't properly close the Options dialog
> #1152 Feature Request: Keyboard shortcut for sidebar
> #1147 Handle tabs more like browsers do
> #1146 Xiphos STRING bug
> #1144 language updates
> #1143 update live chat from freenode to libera
> #1142 webkit workaround needed
> #1132 Install appdata files to /usr/share/metainfo
> #1127 Xiphos crashes in Windows 11 when Module Manager deletes a module
> #1126 Left edge of Xiphos cut off, can't see first few letters at left side.
> #1125 No text display
> #1124 Feature Request: Don't Copy Footnote and Cross-Reference Markers
> #1099 Personal commentary doesn't work - opening and ending tag mismatch
> #1088 Impossible to move in the module when using the parallel tab
> #1085 Can only open Preferences (Edit Menu at Top) once per session
> #1083 Unable to build, "error: template with C linkage"
> #1073 Add new vi.po
> #1065 Impossible to refresh sources or index/install modules
> #1059 Particular displaying of the bible text does not work (reference, intro..)
> #1053 xiphos cannot find image display program
> #1037 Only the .tar.xz release file has cmake/source_version.txt
> #1036 "commentary by chapter" default should be on
> #1033 Very tight morphological label in OSHB
> #1029 Cannot find sword 1.8.1, but I compiled and installed it
> #1028 Module manager - Maintenance - Scan Obsolete
> #1026 Consider removing/renaming win32/suse
> #1025 Remove icu_patch
>
> There are many other issues closed during this time, but they weren't
> related to development or bug-fixing matters, mostly questions and short
> answers.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel/attachments/20250316/f7f9f2f0/attachment-0001.htm>