[jsword-svn] r1921 - trunk/jsword-web/src/web
dmsmith at www.crosswire.org
dmsmith at www.crosswire.org
Tue Jul 29 13:57:56 MST 2008
Author: dmsmith
Date: 2008-07-29 13:57:55 -0700 (Tue, 29 Jul 2008)
New Revision: 1921
Modified:
trunk/jsword-web/src/web/change.html
trunk/jsword-web/src/web/news.html
Log:
PR release changes.
Modified: trunk/jsword-web/src/web/change.html
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--- trunk/jsword-web/src/web/change.html 2008-07-29 20:57:44 UTC (rev 1920)
+++ trunk/jsword-web/src/web/change.html 2008-07-29 20:57:55 UTC (rev 1921)
@@ -13,8 +13,44 @@
<p>The following is the broad outline of the version of JSword,
BibleDesktop and Project-B (the old name for JSword).</p>
<ul>
- <li><strong>Version 1.0.7</strong> - POLYGLOT (SEVENTH) UPDATE -
+ <li><strong>Version 1.6</strong> - BLAZING TONGUES (SIXTH) UPDATE -<br/>
+ This is the 6<sup>th</sup> major release since 1.0, so we are changing the numbering scheme.
+ The most obvious changes are that it is faster (BLAZING) and it is fully translated into several languages (TONGUES).
+ This release has had the most contributors. Many thanks to all of them. If we've missed you, send us a note and we'll give you credit.
<ul>
+ <li>New icons for Bible Desktop (Thanks to Casper)</li>
+ <li>Completed translations:
+ <ul>
+ <li>Chinese, Traditional and Simplified (Thanks Chang)</li>
+ <li>Farsi (Thanks Peter)</li>
+ <li>German (Thanks Benny)</li>
+ <li>Vietnamese (Thanks Daniel)</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>BibleDesktop now remembers its location and size on restart. (Thanks to Adam)</li>
+ <li>BibleDesktop now starts with Genesis 1, rather than blank. (Thanks Keith)</li>
+ <li>Improved how Strong's numbers are shown. (Thanks Yingjie)</li>
+ <li>It is now possible to install over top of a module, when it is newer.</li>
+ <li>Created several new command line programs
+ <ul>
+ <li>BibleScope - Compares a Bible or Commentary to the KJV versification.</li>
+ <li>BookExporter - Exports a book to SWORD's imp format.</li>
+ <li>BookIndexer - Manages indexes on books.</li>
+ <li>BookInstaller - Manages the installation of books.</li>
+ <li>BookLookup - Performs key based lookups on books.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>Added support for LZSS compression.</li>
+ <li>Enabled stemmed searching. (Thanks to Sijo)</li>
+ <li>Enhanced performance, especially in indexing and in displaying dictionaries.</li>
+ <li>Added support for new modules encoded in TEI.</li>
+ <li>Created an example of how to use JSword in a webapp.</li>
+ <li>Large toolbar icons are now the default.</li>
+ </ul>
+ As always, there are many bug fixes and minor improvements.
+ </li>
+ <li><strong>Version 1.5 (was 1.0.7)</strong> - POLYGLOT (FIFTH) UPDATE -
+ <ul>
<li>Fully updated User's Manual covering all the features.</li>
<li>Bible Desktop now allows viewing Bibles in Parallel. Unlike all other Bible programs, you can have as many as you like.</li>
<li>Now you can do a side-by-side comparison of different versions of the Bible.</li>
@@ -46,7 +82,8 @@
<li>Hidden and undocumented preferences are available for those who want to hack Bible Desktop</li>
</ul>
</li>
- <li><strong>Version 1.0.6</strong> - GENERAL (SIXTH) UPDATE -
+
+ <li><strong>Version 1.4 (was 1.0.6)</strong> - GENERAL (FOURTH) UPDATE -
<ul>
<li>Sword "General Book" modules are now supported. In doing this we fixed some bugs
and improved the appearance of some modules.</li>
@@ -61,7 +98,7 @@
<li>Inital work on getting BibleDesktop to run from a CD or USB drive.</li>
</ul>
</li>
- <li><strong>Version 1.0.5</strong> - BABEL (FIFTH) UPDATE - Many small, but significant changes.
+ <li><strong>Version 1.3 (was 1.0.5)</strong> - BABEL (THIRD) UPDATE - Many small, but significant changes.
<ul>
<li>Bible book names in over 30 languages are now supported with English as the default.
<table>
@@ -84,24 +121,24 @@
<li>Fixed miscellaneous bugs found by a scan of all the modules.</li>
</ul>
</li>
- <li><strong>Version 1.0.4</strong> - FOURTH UPDATE -
+ <li><strong>Version 1.2 (was 1.0.4)</strong> - SECOND UPDATE -
Webster's Dictionary is now supported. BibleDesktop is now a native Mac OS X application! with a Mac standard disk image.
The default location of Sword Modules is no longer ~/.jsword on the Mac or on Windows. It is now ~/Library/Application Support/Sword on the Mac
and ~/Application Data/Sword on Windows. Likewise, the preferences that were stored in
~/.jsword have been moved to ~/Library/Application Support/JSword for Mac and ~/Application Data/JSword for Windows.
</li>
- <li><strong>Version 1.0.3</strong> - THIRD UPDATE -
+ <li><strong>Version 1.1 (was 1.0.3)</strong> - FIRST UPDATE -
Most of the changes are to make the viewing of Bibles better and to support new Bibles that will be available soon,
notably an update to the KJV, the first release of ESV (thanks Crossway!), the NET Bible (thanks Bible.org) and the NASB (thanks Lockman).<br/>
This release also adds support for locked books. Once a locked book is installed you can go to the "Installed Books" tab
on the installer, click unlock and enter the unlock key.
</li>
- <li><strong>Version 1.0.2</strong> - SECOND UPDATE -
+ <li><strong>Version 1.0.2</strong> - SECOND BUG FIX -
Our apologies to our Mac users, since only the most recent version of the Mac OS has Java 5.0.
This release no longer requires Java 5.0, but rather 1.4 or higher.
This release also changes the internal JSword API, merging VerseBase into Key and using an iterator rather than an array as a collection of verses.
</li>
- <li><strong>Version 1.0.1</strong> - FIRST UPDATE -
+ <li><strong>Version 1.0.1</strong> - FIRST BUG FIX -
This release provides a few bug fixes and requires Java 5.0.
</li>
<li><strong>Version 1.0</strong> - FIRST FULL RELEASE -
Modified: trunk/jsword-web/src/web/news.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/jsword-web/src/web/news.html 2008-07-29 20:57:44 UTC (rev 1920)
+++ trunk/jsword-web/src/web/news.html 2008-07-29 20:57:55 UTC (rev 1921)
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
<h1>News</h1>
(See <a href="change.html">Change History</a> for more details)<br/>
+<h3>29 July 2008</h3>
+<p>BibleDesktop 1.6 is released.
+ This is the 6<sup>th</sup> major release since 1.0, so we are changing the numbering scheme.
+ The most obvious changes are that it is faster (BLAZING) and it is fully translated into several languages (TONGUES).
+ This release has had the most contributors. Many thanks to all of you. As always, there are many bug fixes and minor improvements.
+
<h3>23 June 2007</h3>
<p>BibleDesktop 1.0.7 is released.
Parallel Bible viewing with the ability to graphically compare versions side-by-side.
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