[sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-04 Thread rayden
Hiya all,   My name is Christopher Miller, and am a youth pastor  + programmer in UK.   I am 19 years old, and have been a christian for two years.   that's intro's over.  now to the point of my email.   I would like to reccomend that you do the beta test thing suggested by David Overcash, a

Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-04 Thread mg . pub
Hi Chris, wanna participate in the development? Martin > My name is Christopher Miller, and am a youth pastor + programmer in > UK. > > I am 19 years old, and have been a christian for two years. > > that's intro's over. now to the point of my email. > > I would like to reccomend that you

Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-04 Thread rayden
could prove to be good. what you want me to do? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs Hi Chris,wanna participate in the development?Martin

Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-04 Thread mg . pub
php3?ac=OM.PS.PS003K00596T0409a could prove to be good. what you want me to do? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs Hi Chris,wanna participate in the deve

Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-05 Thread rayden
i  have a lot of experience with visual basic, delphi, pascal, and assembly.  I understand C and C++, but i don't do much programming in it.  (it's not my favorite language).  my favourite programming area is optimisation using assembly sub-routines.  I have written a

Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-05 Thread mg . pub
> I have written a powerful compression algorythm. It compresses > using a derivative of fractal compression, so it could be used to make > the units for the sword a lot smaller, without loosing anything in the > way of speed of use. > > anything you want doing, i'll do... Hi Chris,

Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-05 Thread rayden
>Hi Chris,>welcome on the team! whoa, that was easy.   >I am not responsible for assigning tasks to you, there are some>things that need to be done, but I am not sure when and how.>Troy or Chris, could you say something? that's cool.  just let me know, and i'll see what i ca

Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-05 Thread Martin Gruner
Hi rayden, > >It should be possible to use sword (with the most important > >modules) on handheld devices which have very low space. > > in theory, yes, it is possible. i'm working on getting a bible program > on my psion V. not sword, and therefore causes problems (such as being > writte

Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-05 Thread rayden
> Definitely! You could try porting the sword lib to Psion. ok. i'll give it a go, and see what happens! > Definitely interested too. > But IMO for bibles there are different ways of storing information in the > index, esp. using bitmaps for large search results (1bit = 1verse) that can > easi

Re: [sword-devel] intro + testing programs

2001-07-05 Thread Martin Gruner
Hi Rayden, it's really cool that you're very motivated to do something. But I want to recommend that we syncronize our efforts and agree before pursuing a special direction. Not that I don't want you to do something, but I am not the only one on this list, and I am esp. not in charge here... So