Troy,
I hate to agree with Daniel because it means more work for you guys, but
sometimes I do need to see the verse before and after the verse listed to
know if that's the exact one I'm searching for. The "Back" key does
suffice, and you might want to put this on back burner because of that.
It's more of a bell and whistle to me than necessary.
On a different issue, but I feel tied in with the above...
Could we eventually get copyright holders (NIV, NASB, etc.) to market Sword
for us and cover all the issues relating to module distribution and royalty
payment, etc.? If Sword were so polished, we could go to these companies
(I won't make moral statements as to the right to hold these licenses),
and we could get them their own modules, with all the bells and whistles.
They could sell the modules at any price that they thought was fair, but
they would be so inclined to distribute Sword with it because there would
be nothing better.
Thus, each copyright holder would handle all the fees and payment issues
for their own modules. They would advertise Sword for us because there
wouldn't be anything better. (Also, why would they want to spend all the
time and money programming their own Bible reading program?)
If we do this, Sword stays in the non-profit arena and we could get some great
exposure.
I know I'm rambling, but maybe this will spur some more discussion.
Dan
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Re: [sword-devel] Win32 Beta M
Daniel,
Thanks for the suggestion. I agree that context is essential for
Biblical study. I'm not sure I completely agree that the preview panel
at the bottom of the search dialog should include context. This panel
is intended to let you find the verse for which you were searching.
Single-clicking previews the verse in the preview window;
double-clicking shows the verse in the main Bible text window in context
for study. Let me know what you think.
-Troy.
Daniel Adams - infoChi wrote:
> A suggestion I had when doing a search, using the BetaM version, is
related
> to the search window and how it displays its verses. I had not had this
> thought before, but not have the idea now since the font is increased and
at
> the same time of a selected verse after performing the search. My
suggestion
> is relating to the bottom window, since the font is enlarged above, I am
> going to suggest showing the previous verse and the next verse, sort of
like
> a bible window, in the bottom pane along with the selected verse. This
would
> provide Students of all levels of expertise (like myself) to view the
verse
> in context while in the search window. In some ways, this has been what
has
> caused problems with various religious groups.
>
> In Christ,
> Daniel Adams - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~dpa3
>
> 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)- Each one should use whatever gift he has received
to
> serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.
