On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Jonathan Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Daniel Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I took a look at BPBible, and it is indeed fairly feature rich and > pleasing > > to the eye. I especially like the way it handles looking up dictionary > > entries. I would use it regularly if: > > > > > > Fonts could be set by language or module, > > Bibles could be viewed in parallel, either BibleTime or BibleDesktop > > fashion, and > > > > and the Linux installation were a bit easier (I got stuck when trying to > > install the swig bindings). The project has made a strong start. The search > > dialog is pretty sharp, though average users aren't familiar with regular > > expressions. A regular expression builder dialog would be fantastic. The > > method that commentaries are linked to the Bible text is great. > > Bear in mind that it is still very much a work in progress, but > thankyou for the comments. I will agree that Linux installation may > be hard, and I'm sure that that will be addressed in some way in later > releases. However, I don't agree with the regular expression > suggestion. It is true that most users aren't familiar with regular > expressions. However, regular expressions aren't a feature that most > users will need to use. I understand regular expressions well, and > search the Bible frequently, and yet I have never had cause to use > regular expressions. I suspect that only people who understand > regular expressions well will actually want to use them. Most Bible > searches are satisfied by multi word or phrase search, which is quick > and easy and anyone who has used Google can understand.
I've always had issues trying to figure out what flavor of Regular Expressions the various Sword front-ends are looking for. Generally that is not expressed. Granted, trial-and-error can often yield the basic ideas, but it would be nice for most front ends to at least include some sort of note; "We use such-and-such a regular expression syntax, available at location Y." --Greg > > > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > 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