Hello, I'm writing to offer (a little) help with the development process of GnomeSword.
Here's what you've asked for: Spiritual background (briefly): I've been saved since I was 10. My father is a retired Pastor/School Teacher. I'm a deacon in my church (Fellowship Alliance Chapel, Medford, NJ). (Is that too brief?) Skills and experience: I'm a professional programmer, currently working for an R&D company (Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ). I've been working in the industry for about 13 years. Linux related: Yes. Lots and for a long time. I go back to the Slackware install from diskette days on a 486. Windows: Yes. I go way back to TurboPascal/TurboBasic on DOS (Ctrl-K, Ctrl-D!). I've done lots of cross-platform stuff as well. I really don't enjoy Windows coding as much as Linux though. Programming tools: C, C++, Java, SQL, x86 asm, CORBA, (D)COM, MFC, MSVC 4.x through .NET, gdb, ddd, SNavigator, Purify, CVS, (g)vi(m), (ba)sh, Linux kernel development (device drivers, and modules), multi-threading, TCP/IP, SNA, SNMP, ... shall I stop now? Non-techie skills (testing, documentation, etc.) I have no non-techie skills, as my wife will attest. How much SWORD software experience and how recent: I've been using it for a couple of years, on and off. On the Windows side I've gotten used to OnlineBible. I've been using that one since DOS days. I've actually written my own bible study software for Windows, although I gave up on it because my preferred translation is NASB and Lockman Foundation gave me such grief getting a license to sell it. It was very much like a scaled down version of GnomeSword, which is what originally drew me to it. What might interest you? One feature I had that I really liked on my app was a VERY easy to use cross-reference system. You could right-click and select a verse for cross referencing. You then went to another verse and pasted it as a reference. You could then just right click and get a child popup menu listing all of the cross references to a verse. Although, I have a problem, which may not be a real bug, but I can't get the personal module to save any of my text. I'm sure its a configuration issue. If not, I'd love to get that feature working for you. I'd really use it. I used it a lot in OnlineBible. Also, maybe a utility to convert my OnlineBible notes to sword. Problems/shortcomings you've observed with The SWORD Project software you might be willing to work: (see above) Ideas for improvements: Good user documentation, and better online support docs. Time availability: Hit and miss. I really don't have a lot of free time, but what I have I'll give. (a couple of hours a week perhaps?) My complete contact info: Derek Viljoen work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home: 609-267-6831 work: 609-734-3061 -- Derek Viljoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel