[sword-devel] Sword for Mobile Devices

2008-07-21 Thread RLRANDALLX
Thanks to all those working on SwordReader & SmartSword Here are my initial thoughts: 1. Great icon in my menu! 2. Came up quickly with KJV Gen 1:1 3. Font was too small to read. I had to get my glasses... Compare with Olive Tree BibleReader (User can adjust this later so bigg

[sword-devel] New Morphology

2008-01-26 Thread RLRANDALLX
Chris, I appreciate you helping to clear some confusion here since I think that I helped with some of nudging. This is great news, since all Greek modules will have a common morph reference. I think covering all the combinations in the known works would be adequate since most of the works are n

[sword-devel] Greek/UTF-8

2008-01-20 Thread RLRANDALLX
Troy, Thanks! That did it! I will add this knowledge to the wiki page if you don't mind. A new module with accented Greek will be available soon. In His Grace, Robin >Troy G. wrote: >If you saw squares, then you likely had the encoding correct and the >font wrong. Try opening BibleCS, then

[sword-devel] Greek UTF-8/Unicode

2008-01-19 Thread RLRANDALLX
DM, Sabastien, Thanks for your references on encoding. I have read about encodings and Now I need a practical example of making it thru the module process. Let's say I have an alpha with an accent (I use PSPad to get the codes in right) and I have this in XXX.imp. When I bring this into N

[sword-devel] Greek UTF-8/Unicode

2008-01-17 Thread RLRANDALLX
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to display Unicode Greek in RawLD ThML with 1.5.9 BibleCS. Does >> anyone know what the .conf file should look like? "Encoding=Unicode or >> "Encoding=UNICODE" does NOT work. I just get open squares where the letters >

[sword-devel] Unicode settings

2008-01-17 Thread RLRANDALLX
Hi, I'm trying to display Unicode Greek in RawLD ThML with 1.5.9 BibleCS. Does anyone know what the .conf file should look like? "Encoding=Unicode or "Encoding=UNICODE" does NOT work. I just get open squares where the letters should have accents. In His Grace, Robin E-mail: [EMAIL PR

[sword-devel] Module Submission

2008-01-15 Thread RLRANDALLX
Hi Guys! I have sent three Daily Devotional module upgrades (DBD, Daily and SME) to the below email but I have no idea where they are in the pipeline. Could we have a list on the website or the Wiki that would list when mods were submitted, approved, rejected, tested, by whom etc. That wou

[sword-devel] Overriding "options.conf" properties with "MOD.conf" properties

2007-12-29 Thread RLRANDALLX
All, I did not get much response in pointing out a problem with morph codes linked to an LD module. I understand that Hebrew Morph codes are in the works but the problem is really in the LXX module since "GreekParse" is set to "Robinson" in the global "options.conf" yet "Packard" is needed for

[sword-devel] SwordReader - MOD2CUST utility to customize modules?

2007-12-25 Thread RLRANDALLX
DM, If there is enough interest in the Body, I would be glad to write a prototype (well documented) in Perl (call it "mod2cust.pl") if someone else would write the specs. Someone knowledgeable in mods who wouldn't miss the "gotchas". It would probably take a few weeks(+ :). In His Grace, Robin

[sword-devel] SwordReader needs better performance

2007-12-25 Thread RLRANDALLX
David, I am with you 100%! If I can't get to a verse or do a search within 5 secs. I'd almost rather use my "snail bible" or wait until I can study at home with BibleCS or other system. Advancements in miniaturization have always come with new technology and hardly ever by just porting softwa

Re: [sword-devel] Tagging verses and verse lists

2007-12-17 Thread RLRANDALLX
Jon, A good test for your new software would be to convert Nave's Topical Bible (Nave) and Thompson Chain Topics (TCR) to "taglists". This would test unique names, descriptions and give you lots of verse reference list examples. Just a suggestion. On Dec 3, 2007 12:36 AM, Jonathan Morgan

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS LXX "Morph" problem

2007-12-16 Thread RLRANDALLX
Hi Guys! I believe the "Morph" problem is from the following code in "mainfrm.cpp" of BibleCS. -- if ((i >= (lookupKey.Length()-1)) && (i)) { lookupKey = TrimJunk(lookupKey); String curLex = LexDictPageControl->ActivePage->Caption; String f

[sword-devel] SwordReader / Morph on / .conf files

2007-12-15 Thread RLRANDALLX
Barry, et al That makes sense to me. I have been doing some research on .conf files with BibleCS to see if I could uncover why "Morph on" does not work with KJV-O.T. and also LXX. I looked at "kjv.conf" and "lxx.conf" first and noticed "GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorph" in KJV but "GBFMorph

[sword-devel] BPBible Name

2007-12-14 Thread RLRANDALLX
Ben, How about "ProxBible", "proxBible" or "ProxWord" since proximity search seems to be the differentiating feature? Is there anything else that separates it from the crowd? > If anyone can think of a better name than BPBible, that > a) doesn't have Sword in the title (too much confus

[sword-devel] SwordReader - BibleCS window buffering

2007-12-14 Thread RLRANDALLX
David Trotz wrote: <[sword-devel] SwordReader - Experimental Double Buffering < added. Actually in BibleCS if you click the verse up [^] & down [v] buttons there is quite some flickering that goes on taking as much as 2 seconds on my Pentium 4. It is worse if [Strongs], [Morph], &

Re: [sword-devel] SwordReader

2007-12-11 Thread RLRANDALLX
David, (Barry) I would be glad to test SwordReader on the emulator but don't have a Pocket PC to measure performance. On a search thru the entire Bible for a sparse word (e.g. "firkins") how long is it taking? Is it important to include Lucene add-on? Anyway, the emulator is extremely slow

[sword-devel] Topic Tags & verse lists sword-devel Digest, Vol 45, Issue 2

2007-12-02 Thread RLRANDALLX
Jon, DM, On the "Topic Tagging" request why not enhance the "Personal" commentary software to allow topic tagging? In fact if someone was ambitious they could publish a commentary fully "Tagged". Not sure where you would put the "Tag Manager" but with storage and access resolved, the

[sword-devel] SwordReader

2007-11-28 Thread RLRANDALLX
Barry, Troy et al, I found the following guidelines on porting Win32 to WinCE. Perhaps the filehandle problem could be fixed with "CreateFileForMapping. Just a thought. Summary of differences when moving from Win32 to WinCE * Absence of image headers at the start of loaded image on

[sword-devel] SwordReader

2007-11-24 Thread RLRANDALLX
Barry, Troy et al, I got the Pocket PC x86 emulator working with Troy's new fix to SWModule. Besides the Search (Fi) working I got all the other Options working. This is powerful stuff in a small container! I searched for "amos" in Amos and got the seven verses, however "preview" was bl

Re: [sword-devel] sword-devel Digest, Vol 44, Issue 20

2007-11-24 Thread RLRANDALLX
Hi all, Just to add more flame to the fire I used my 1.5.9 BibleCS version, gave it "Amos" for the custom range and "amos" for the search word. It defaulted to "Optimized Search" but I changed it to "Multiword" and clicked Search button. It came back with the seven verses which I assumed

[sword-devel] Re: Daily Digest option? (Robin Randall)

2006-02-09 Thread RLRANDALLX
Dear EMailMaster,   I'm getting deluged with sword messages!  Sometimes 5 or 6 a day!  Can I sign up for a DAILY option so I only get one a day at most.  Thanks!   In His Grace, Robin   E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-d

[sword-devel] Re: SWORDWEB Footnote / Cross-ref support (Robin Randall)

2006-01-30 Thread RLRANDALLX
In a message dated 1/30/2006 5:06:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Re: SWORDWEB Footnote / Cross-ref support Feedback for the Cross-ref support:  This is cool stuff!  One problem I see. When you click on the "x" it brings up 1 or more references.  If you click on

[sword-devel] Re: SPAM

2005-12-23 Thread RLRANDALLX
Looks like we need to start filtering SPAM!   In His Grace, Robin   Phone: 650-948-8037 Fax: 650-948-9337 Cell: 650-518-0025E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sw

[sword-devel] Re: Strong's numbers in Septuagint/LXX module?

2005-12-03 Thread RLRANDALLX
In a message dated 12/2/2005 11:05:31 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, keying the greek words to the KJV words, and using Strong's>numbers to do the keying.>>For instance, it is useful to know that the LXX uses paradiso where the>KJV translates the Hebrew as

[sword-devel] Re:Chapter translations

2005-10-19 Thread RLRANDALLX
Chris, Lynn,   Then could we see these changes incorporated in the "Standard" packages users are downloading from Crosswire?  Thanks!   In His Grace, Robin   Phone: 650-948-8037 Fax: 650-948-9337 Cell: 650-518-0025E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ sword

[sword-devel] Re: bible for cell phones

2005-10-18 Thread RLRANDALLX
In a message dated 10/17/2005 11:57:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Re: bible for cell phones Verizon already has a lookup for KJV but no search capability.  I think it also has a daily verse feature.  It is not too expensive either.   In His Grace, Robin   Phon

[sword-devel] Re:Chapter translations (Robin Randall)

2005-10-17 Thread RLRANDALLX
In a message dated 10/17/2005 11:04:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chapter translations (Mina Magdy) Mina's message reminded me.  Why won't anyone besides me stand up for a shorter abbreviation for "Revelation of John".  In my works I have used "RV", "REV" and "

[sword-devel] Re: sword-devel Digest, Vol 18, Issue 20 ( BibleCS Installer )

2005-09-25 Thread RLRANDALLX
Subject: Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS Installer Troy,   I expect that all the "real" bugs from 1.5.6 have been fixed in the 1.5.8 engine.  At this point I do not have the time to get Eclipse and build the latest BibleCS and install it over 1.5.6.  I just wish to download and install BibleCS 1.5.

[sword-devel] Re: sword-devel Digest, Vol 15, Issue 15

2005-06-12 Thread RLRANDALLX
In a message dated 6/11/2005 12:03:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Robin,>    There a number of issues involved with considering moving to >try/throw/catch error handling.  The first one that comes to mind is >language binding.  Second is cross-platform port

[sword-devel] Re: sword-devel Digest, Vol 15, Issue 13 Error Handling

2005-06-10 Thread RLRANDALLX
In a message dated 6/10/2005 12:03:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey Daniel,    Thanks for the catch, but we don't check for successful memory allocation anywhere in the engine.  I'm not sure what we'd do if we ran out of memory.  Gracefully degradating fro

[sword-devel] Re: BibleCS 1.5.8 Beta Release

2005-06-07 Thread RLRANDALLX
In a message dated 6/7/2005 12:04:26 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:   Troy writes: I have good and bad news.  I've been accepted to attend a summer class overseas, during June 16-Aug 5.  I am not planning any more work on BibleCS before I leave.I'd like to hear

[sword-devel] Re: sword-devel Digest, Vol 14, Issue 16

2005-05-16 Thread RLRANDALLX
In a message dated 5/16/2005 8:37:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:     Please don't get me wrong, I so appreciate the reports.  Thank you for all the time you've spent testing and making us aware of where we fall short. Troy,   There must be a faster way to re-ca

[sword-devel] Re: BibleCS bugs

2005-05-16 Thread RLRANDALLX
In a message dated 5/16/2005 8:37:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:     Not, let me say a few things that might make you hopeful.  Many of the bugs you have reported do not belong under the SWORD module in our bugtracker.  Many of the issue that you mention are

[sword-devel] Sword Open Issues How many will be fixed in 1.5.8?

2005-05-15 Thread RLRANDALLX
Greetings from California!   There seem to be over 40 open issues linked to Sword 1.5.6 on the Jira bugtracker.  How many and which of these issues will be closed in 1.5.8?  Are the unresolved issues automatically transferred to the 1.5.8 defect list (or Affects version updated to 1.5.8) once