Matt, > On Jan 21, 2008 1:36 PM, Barry Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi David ....... >> >> David Trotz wrote: >> >>> I have conducted some timing tests to quantify just how much faster the >>> new renderer is, see the results below >>> >> It's impressive. I haven't been able to take accurate timings, but the >> impression I get is that they are similar on my device. The only thing >> I'm wondering about: you seem to display a different font from the MS >> one: will it still be able to handle the Greek properly? >> > > Yes, nice! > > Thanks, I spent quite a few hours coding it, and as it stands now is around ~1000 lines of code (for my html componenent), so its not too complicated. > As long as it can display utf-8, it should display Greek fine. > Biblical Hebrew is another matter. Something I've been watching is > Qt/Embedded for WinCE. It's out as a tech preview now, and it includes > WebKit. The reason Qt and WebKit would be good for WinCE/Pocket > PC/Windows Mobile is that Qt and WebKit have the i18n functionality > we'd need to properly render all sorts of languages, particularly > biblical Hebrew. > > Plus, it's cross-platform. If you're interested: > > http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/qt-windows-ce > Yes, I had spent some time looking into this, especially since Troy has a QTopia version of Sword already started (QPSword) . But being its still a technology preview I was not ready to throw my weight behind it. I have seen too many technology previews fade away, trolltech is more reliable than some but I decided to wait it out.
Thanks again for the feedback, I do appreciate it. -- In Christ, David Trotz _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
