Jason, I am very glad you have decided to move in this direction. You have my support as you already know. In Christ, David Trotz
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 8:07 AM Subject: wxsword: was: Re: [sword-devel] New Windows SWORD GUI > I have been thinking a lot about BibleStudy (aka wxSword) since sending my > message to the list last night, and I have come to some conclusions. > Hopefully they will work out for the best for everyone who has been, is and > hopes to be involved. > > I have been out of the sword loop for a little while, so I feel like I should > start by giving an update on my life, tho I'm not sure how many people really > remember me :). > > I got involved with sword while I was unemployed, I just looked at my CVS logs > and it seems that my first check in was on April 1, 03. I had been out of > work Since Dec 8, 02 and had reached a point where I said "well, as long as I > have all this free time, maybe I can do something for God." I started getting > a burning drive to release free, extremely easy to use biblesoftware that > could ultimately be given away on the street corner. I reached many of my > goals, in that the current .iso can be popped into the drive and run from CD > with absolutely no software being installed. > > The list of the goals that I had are here: http://sourceforge.net/docman/ > display_doc.php?docid=16536&group_id=11936 > > At the time, I did not contribute to the main windows gui mainly because I did > not have access to Borland C++, but I also wanted to make something that > seemed to me a little less overwhelming (i.e. a move away from the monolithic > tabbed interface that (nothing personal) gnomesword and biblecs share) > > I chose WX because it uses native widgets (controls) on any platform, so the > apps always look "right." As opposed to QT, which has it's own widgets. And > this fit well with my goal of the average joe on the street being able to use > it and not be confused by it. > > So, to continue with the updates, I got a job in July and dropped all work on > the project ... I don't know why. That job was o.k. not very interesting > work, and didn't pay much, but great benefits. 10 weeks ago I had a freakish > accident where I bit a hole in my lip while trying to perform a flip in an > inflatible castle at my neighbor's 3 year old's party. As a result I was home > from work that monday. I applied for exactly one job. I had a whirlwind round > of interviews and started 7 weeks ago. > > I now have a job that I love, for the first time ever. Programming for a > company that is developing thier own line of home automation products for > highend homes. I am personally doing Linux - QT development at the moment, > and working with a great group of guys. The average is something like a > Master's degree in the appropriate discipline (CS, EE, etc) and > 10 years of > experience. > > I recently asked a co-worker how in the world I got my job compared to > everyone else's experience (3.5 years, B.S. CS) He said it was because I was > the only interviewee with Linux GUI development experience!! Why? BibleStudy! > All of my primary development was on linux with occasional ports to windows > (minimal effort usually required). > > So, that aside, from what I have seen on the list in the recent weeks it seems > that we all share common goals, a simple easy to use bible software, that > works on low-to-high end machines (biblestudy should work properly on window > '95 with unicode support). The other goals that don't seem to have been > mentioned recently are: personal commentary/diary with integration with David > Trotz's excellent reading planner. > > So, to sum up, I want to pick back up work on BibleStudy, and finally try to > get a real release out. I know that keeping a project organized takes a lot > of work, I'm volunteering to [stay|become] the guy for that. Hopefully we can > work together on this. Like I said before, my source is GPL so if you > (whoever) want to go off on your own thing you are free to. > > I have two suggestions to make: > > 1) We move future wx-windows related discussion to the wxsword-devel mailing > list: http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/wxsword-devel it is fine with > me if forks are discussed here. > > 2) PLEASE PLEASE Troy, if you made it this far in reading, can we have a > little screen shot and maybe a link to sourceforge and/or the wiki on the > crosswire page so these questions about wxwindows version of sword stop > comming up every few months with everyone trying to scramble to see which > project is where. Thanks! > > God Bless, > Jason Turner > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
