We do already benefit from one source - sword. Martin
Am Freitag, 10. Januar 2003 10:11 schrieb Brian Yoon: > I brought this thread up because I think it would be a great idea to create > a cross-platform Bible app so we could all benefit from one source (perhaps > using wxWindows - a great cross platform toolkit that maintains native look > and feel) but I don't think I will have the time to invest in it to make it > worthwhile. My vision would have been to create a Bible study and analysis > software on the scale of BibleWorks that would be as free as possible but I > realize that it couldn't be free with all these copyright wars going on and > the expensive fees associated with things like the NIV, NASB, BAGD Lexicon, > and other commercial works. I have been especially discouraged by the > stingy attitudes I've heard about in the past slew of emails about sharing > and spreading the word of God. Unfortunate. Too bad the attitude seen > about spreading God's word is not to get it out to as many people as > possible so that it would be like Paul saying in Philippians 1 that even > out of good or bad motives at least the gospel is being spread. Paul > rejoiced even when he was being hurt by the spreading of the gospel because > that's the important thing, eh? May it continue to go forth without > impedence. > > > P.S. Once again, I recommend people looking into www.wxwindows.org > > > -Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Glassey > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 12:05 PM > To: Brian Pribis; Brian Yoon > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Collaboration efforts for a front end > > > Hi guys, > I was supposed to take over from Sven on the wxWindows port (spatha) > but haven't done a good job of it. > Unfortunately I never got the hang of his vision for it and his ideas > for supporting base classes which was basically about as far as we > got before he had to go. > > If you'd be interested and would have the drive for it to design and > implement the GUI I can help with the integration with sword library > parts - you guys up for it? > > Note that having a cross-platform frontend still doesn't remove the > use of platform specific ones - especially things like gnome, kde and > macosx specific - they can be more integrated than a xp one can be. > > Regards, > Daniel > > On 13 Dec 2002 at 14:22, Brian Pribis sent forth the message: > > Hey quit reading my mind! I was thinking the very same thing. Has > > anyone got the stuff to compile on windows outside of Borland? I tried > > vcpp 6 and 7 but it loses its cookies real quick like (I just tried it a > > couple of times and may not have things set up quite right yet)? I > > think wxWindows would be a good bet and would be willing to work with > > you (or anyone) doing a pilot to see how it goes. Maybe just getting up > > a reader for the bible modules with search features and then cross > > compiling for a few systems to see how it goes. > > > > Brian > > > > Brian Yoon wrote: > > >With regards to Sword for Windows, BibleTime, & GnomeSword: > > > > > >Just some questions and thoughts... > > > > > >1) Has anyone considered using a cross-platform toolkit like wxWindows > > >for this project so that we all can work on the same code, be able to > > >compile on different platforms, and still maintain the look and feel of > > >each respective OS? wxWindows is great and this would allow all of us > > >to contribute to the same project. This would eliminate the need to > > >re-invent the wheel for each OS. Therefore, instead of working on just > > >an OS X port, we could port the existing front-end to wxWindows and then > > >use it on all platforms. > > > > > >2) Are the goals for each of these different (ie. is one focused on just > > >providing a Bible study tool and another focused on providing a > > >full-featured Bible study and analysis tool like BibleWorks)? > > > > > > > > > > > >3) If someone wants to see an open source versin of a full-featured > > >Bible study and analysis tool like the commercial software, BibleWorks, > > >developed, what are the major components that are needed to be developed > > >(ie. databases on morphologies, parsing, etc.)? > > > > > >-Brian Yoon > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel