Guys, I guess this needs advertised a bit better but there is already work going on on sword for java - JSword
http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/index.jsp See http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/devt.jsp if you would like to get involved Regards, Daniel On 12 Mar 2003 at 13:31, Costas I. Stergiou sent forth the message: > Actually, my full time job is java dev and it is really my > favorite language for many reasons. > Well, the reason I would > not suggest java is because it is slow in the GUI, and does not provide > a real windows look and feel. All the Java GUI programs I have used are > indeed a bit slow and out of the windows feel. Also the JVM is not > standard within windows. It would have been much easier for me to > do my own work in Java (and I would have done in half the time propably) > but I think that every language is good at some stuff and windows GUI > is not what Java is for. I think that if you compare a native win GUI > with any Java GUI (look, responsiveness, etc) you will agree that the > diferrences are quite noteable. > > Costas > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Chris wrote: > > > Costas I. Stergiou wrote: > > > > >Some months ago I started on a software for personal use that would > > >help in bible study. Since my best knowledge is in Java (5 years now) > > >I started the implementation with it. Very soon I realized the (obvious) > > >fact that Java is NOT for the Desktop. > > > > > > > Why? My full time job is writing Java desktop (gui) software. > > > > > > >I thought of VB (where I also have > > >experience) but I quickly dropped the idea since the code it > > >produces is really slow. I ended up with Delphi (since it is really > > >easier than C++) and now i have made a first version of a windows > > >software for bible study. One of the reasons I didn't go with some > > >of the already existing software is because none of these are quite > > >good at searching/handling greek text (I am Greek) and none of these > > >had a modern Greek translation which is the one most commonly used > > >here in Greece. Also personal notes was really important and no sw > > >gave real significance to that issue. > > > > > >I am married with one child, and my responsibilities leave my with > > >few time to work on this project. I would be really happy though if > > >I could help anyhow with this idea. I have recently put up a site > > >with the software which (unfortunately?) is in greek, though I have > > >made an english version of the software. If anyone would like to > > >check it out here is the link for the english version of the > > >software: http://www.theword.gr/bin/theword-en-0.99-full.exe > > > > > >I would be really happy if I could help out here in any way, either by > > >giving the code, some ideas on the platform or anything else I > > >could help with. I could also give some ideas about the Java platform > > >since it is my everyday work for years now. > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Costas > > >(once more, excuse me for my bad english) > > > > > > > > >On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Chris wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Jason Turner wrote: > > >> > > >>Personally I'd rather see a Java version than .NET. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>So, to get to my point, I was considering writing a new UI in .NET. However, > > >>>.NET cannot utilize native C++ libraries. It can use Managed C++, C#, ActiveX > > >>>DLL's and native C libraries. Since I cannot use the Sword API as it stands, > > >>>I was considering reimplementing a subset of it in .NET, and then building > > >>>the UI on top of that. Of course releasing the whole thing under the GPL. > > >>> > > >>>So, I'm looking for comments. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Is there > > >>>anything that I have missed? Should I take a closer look at Diatheke or > > >>>ActiveDiatheke? Is someone else already working on a new Windows client? > > >>> > > >>>Thanks. > > >>> > > >>>Jason Turner > > >>> > > >>>On Monday 10 March 2003 09:27 pm, David Trotz wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>No the windows version does not allow this. Certain versions of the bible > > >>>>will automatically break the paragraph into seperate lines per verse, but > > >>>>other than that the answer is no. Sorry. It may be added someday. David > > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>>> From: Christopher Frazier > > >>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:52 PM > > >>>> Subject: [sword-devel] UI for Windows Question... > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> I've been looking everywhere for this, and since I haven't found the > > >>>> archive to the lists, I guess I have to ask it here: > > >>>> > > >>>> How do you view the Bible text one verse per line in Sword for > > >>>> Windows?!? BibleTime does this in an obvious way, but I cannot figure > > >>>> this out at all in Windows. Does the program do this at all? > > >>>> > > >>>> TIA! > > >>>> > > >>>> Chris _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
