Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-28 Thread Manfred Bergmann
Hi. What is meant by Ancillary texts and Verse Lists? Manfred Am 28.02.2009 um 04:59 schrieb Daniel Owens: With DM's cautions/suggestions in mind, I created some content for the page I suggested for the wiki (http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Choosing_a_Sword_Program ). I envision factual

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-28 Thread Peter von Kaehne
Manfred Bergmann wrote: Hi. What is meant by Ancillary texts and Verse Lists? Ancillary texts - find a better word please, but I meant introductory stuff , chapter 0 etc. Verse Lists - this is search results (+/- manually created lists) which can be used to work through a subject. Peter

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-27 Thread Eeli Kaikkonen
Quoting Geoffrey W Hasstings geoffreyhasti...@juno.com: Is there a version of BIBLE TIME for windows available? Yes and no. It has been built and run but doesn't work yet completely. I expect the most serious issues (crashes) to be solved soon, then it would be ready for publishing and

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-27 Thread Jonathan Morgan
All, This is not in reply to any particular email, but a general statement. I am afraid that I have used overly emotive words and said things in haste that I might not have said if I had thought longer and harder. It may also have appeared too hasty and jumped to conclusions too fast: if so,

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-27 Thread DM Smith
On Feb 27, 2009, at 2:46 AM, Manfred Bergmann wrote: Am 27.02.2009 um 02:02 schrieb Peter von Kaehne: 2. Add a comparison table for desktop front-ends called Which SWORD application is right for me? or something like that. I would be happy to contribute to this. It could include columns

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-27 Thread Eeli Kaikkonen
Daniel Owens wrote: With DM's cautions/suggestions in mind, I created some content for the page I suggested for the wiki (http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Choosing_a_Sword_Program). I envision factual informations about features, not value judgments. It is a place to showcase the positive

[sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Jonathan Morgan
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Troy A. Griffitts scr...@crosswire.org wrote: Congratulations guys!!! This is great news!  Our Windows users now have choices 4+ choices!   We're really going to have to redo our CD autorun splash to present these choices to our users. This is now the time to

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Eeli Kaikkonen
Quoting Jonathan Morgan jonmmor...@gmail.com: On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Troy A. Griffitts scr...@crosswire.org wrote: Congratulations guys!!! This is great news!  Our Windows users now have choices 4+ choices!   We're really going to have to redo our CD autorun splash to present these

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Jonathan Morgan
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Eeli Kaikkonen eekai...@mail.student.oulu.fi wrote: Quoting Jonathan Morgan jonmmor...@gmail.com: On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Troy A. Griffitts scr...@crosswire.org wrote: Congratulations guys!!! This is great news!  Our Windows users now have choices

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there Jonathan Morgan wrote: Without doubt it should be deprecated and stated clearly as being utterly unsupported and moved down the list at least as far as LCDBible. First: congratulatiions to the BT team. For my part, I have not used BibleCS since the Windows Xiphos. Now I

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread DM Smith
Jonathan Morgan wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Troy A. Griffitts scr...@crosswire.org wrote: Congratulations guys!!! This is great news! Our Windows users now have choices 4+ choices! We're really going to have to redo our CD autorun splash to present these choices to our users.

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Eeli Kaikkonen
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, DM Smith wrote: Most of the criticisms that I hear about BibleCS relate to how it looks, not what it does. I think Manfred's comment about people not developing for the Mac is true for Windows too. What developer has jumped in to improve BibleCS? The used GUI toolkit is

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Jonathan Morgan
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 5:49 AM, DM Smith dmsm...@crosswire.org wrote: Jonathan Morgan wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Troy A. Griffitts scr...@crosswire.org wrote: Congratulations guys!!! This is great news!  Our Windows users now have choices 4+ choices!   We're really going to

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Peter von Kaehne
Jonathan Morgan wrote: I applaud Xiphos and BibleTime for coming to Windows. Each provides a different way at approaching God's Word. Now we have 5 major, supported frontends for Windows that people can choose from! (I'm including AlKitab) But not, it appears, including BPBible, which is a

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread DM Smith
On Feb 26, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Jonathan Morgan wrote: I applaud Xiphos and BibleTime for coming to Windows. Each provides a different way at approaching God's Word. Now we have 5 major, supported frontends for Windows that people can choose from! (I'm including AlKitab) But not, it

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Daniel Owens
This discussion about deprecating BibleCS is no doubt fueled by the fact that it's name suggests it is THE flagship program for Windows. To be sure, for English (and other ascii-friendly languages) users, it is a feature rich alternative. However, given that it has limitations with regard to

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Peter von Kaehne
Daniel Owens wrote: This discussion about deprecating BibleCS is no doubt fueled by the fact that it's name suggests it is THE flagship program for Windows. To be sure, for English (and other ascii-friendly languages) users, it is a feature rich alternative. However, given that it has

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Daniel Owens
I must not have the right to create new pages on the wiki, so I will need someone to create one for me to start working on what I proposed. It could be called "What SWORD Application is Right for Me?". Daniel Peter von Kaehne wrote: Daniel Owens wrote: This discussion about

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Geoffrey W Hasstings
Is there a version of BIBLE TIME for windows available? On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:02:32 +0200 Eeli Kaikkonen eekai...@mail.student.oulu.fi writes: Quoting Jonathan Morgan jonmmor...@gmail.com: On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Troy A. Griffitts scr...@crosswire.org wrote: Congratulations

Re: [sword-devel] Getting rid of BibleCS (was Re: [bt-devel] Eureka!!)

2009-02-26 Thread Manfred Bergmann
Am 27.02.2009 um 02:02 schrieb Peter von Kaehne: 2. Add a comparison table for desktop front-ends called Which SWORD application is right for me? or something like that. I would be happy to contribute to this. It could include columns for OS's supported, RtoL support, localization, layout