My mac is currently in the shop, but as soon as it comes back I'll go ahead and install and test for you. I'm very excited!! This release has certainly been a long time coming.
-David On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:40 AM, David Trotz <dtrot...@crosswire.org> wrote: > Manfred, > I can't wait to install this on my mac later today. I will keep you posted > on my findings. Thanks for putting your time into this, its great to see > MacSword alive again. > -- > David > > > > Manfred Bergmann wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> After half a year of work on the next major release of MacSword I would >> like to release still an early alpha version to the public. >> All version numbers lower than 2.0 are considered alpha versions. >> >> The following things are implemented and are considered working except >> many, many minor issues: >> >> - workspace host window which enables tabs for all major views (Bible >> (Combi view), Commentary, Dictionary, Genbook) >> - single host window which can hold only one view of the above mentioned >> (tabs can be detached from workspace host and opened in single space host) >> - combi view that can display bible views in parallel (as many as fit on >> the screen) >> - combi view also can host commentaries (and later dictionaries and >> genbooks) >> - all views that display module data/text are based on NSTextView instead >> of WebKit. NSTextView and the text processing system of Cocoa allows much >> more posibilities for text editing and processing than WebKit. The drawback >> is that the HTML data has to be converted to something which NSTextView can >> display (internally) which costs some time. But displaying 4-5 books at a >> time should be fast enough. >> - all parallel bible and commentary views in combi view are synchronized. >> This means that while scrolling a bible or commentary text all other views >> are synchronizing itself to the currently visible verse. ATM the views are >> synchronized to the verse displayed at the top line. More functionality is >> planned for the future here. >> - HUD preview window which shows cross-refs, refs, notes, strongs (more >> will come) >> - indexed search based on Apple's SearchKit >> - background indexer which automatically indexes all modules types. >> - in view search through NSTextView's Find panel >> - automatic application updater based on Sparkle open source Cocoa >> framework >> - module installer >> - bookmarks manager >> - session saving and loading (though the session is currently saved in >> /tmp which will be deleted after restart) >> >> >> There are also many, many things missing that will hopefully be >> implemented next year: >> - a wizzard for the first run which guides the user to get some modules in >> - localization >> - personal commentary editing >> - improvements on the UI in terms of context menus, images, improving >> overall ease of use >> - removing all the rough edges >> - display options, fonts, colours >> - search options (range search and such, maybe a wizzard for creating a >> query statement) >> - interconnection between the data and all the views >> - daily devotions >> - word statistics >> - timeline view >> >> >> The application will not be made available at SourceForge yet. >> For everyone interested in testing and giving feedback please have a look >> at some screenshots or download the application. >> The application will only work on Mac OSX 10.5. >> It is possible to use MacSword 1.4 (and below) and MacSword 2 in parallel. >> None of your data should get lost but backups of your bookmarks and other >> files would not hurt. >> >> Screenshots: >> http://idisk.mac.com/manfred.bergmann-Public/Bibles.png >> http://idisk.mac.com/manfred.bergmann-Public/Genbook.png >> http://idisk.mac.com/manfred.bergmann-Public/IndexedSearch.png >> >> Application: >> http://idisk.mac.com/manfred.bergmann-Public/MacSword-1.8.1.app.zip >> >> >> Any help for example for finding appropriate images actually for all parts >> of the application, finding bugs or giving opinions are very welcome. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Manfred >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >> > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >
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