Re: [GnomeSword-users] [GnomeSword-developers] Xiphos 3.1.5 is released - Partial OpenSuSE packages available

[Brian J D. <bri...@gm...>]

A big thanks to the development team.  It's great to see this release!

OpenSuSE packages (for i586 only) are available at the normal place.  I 
will be able to get an 11.4 x86_64 package when I get home.

I will probably not be able to get a 12.1 x86_64 package, so my 
apologies there.  OpenSuSE 12.1 is such a total disaster that I have 
been unable to install it on my machine and have a stable workplace.  I 
have been forced to switch to Linux Mint 12 and will probably not go 
back to SuSE.  Virtual box supports only 32 bit versions of SuSE when 
using my CPU, so those are the only versions for which I can build 
rpms.  My wife's PC still runs SuSE 11.4 64-bit for now, so I will be 
able to support 11.4 for a little while longer (although I refuse to 
install 12.1 on it).

Thanks again to the development team.  We really appreciate your work!

Blessings,
Brian


On 02/19/2012 09:42 PM, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
> At long last.
>
> Downloadable files right now are the source tarball and the Win32 installer:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnomesword/files/Xiphos/3.1.5/xiphos-3.1.5.tar.gz/download
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnomesword/files/Xiphos/3.1.5/xiphos-3.1.5-win32.exe/download
>
> For my own routine testing, I build in F14, F16, U11.10, and Win32.
> These all run fine in my several VMs.
>
> For Linux users, package builders for the usual platforms will no doubt
> do their thing over the next few days.  Expect an update in your package
> manager sometime in the next week or so.
>
> Yesterday morning, Greg found a long-simmering glitch in our Win32 build
> procedure, and addressing this made *some* of our RtoL and translation
> problems disappear.  See the release notes below.  Short version: Farsi
> operates fine; Hebrew and Arabic have problems.  We still can't explain
> the shortcomings.  Regular LtoR languages display and translate fine.
>
> Builders, please take careful note: I mentioned on the developers' list
> the other day that very recent Sword SVN is needed.  On reconsideration,
> I made a change so that Xiphos will still build with existing Sword
> libs.  Personally, I would prefer that maximally-up-to-date Sword be
> built and distributed, but I understand the resistance to that.  If you
> wish to build using existing Sword rather than -r2679 or later, you must
> add -DNO_SWORD_SET_RENDER_NOTE_NUMBERS=1 to your build procedure.  I
> added this in negative voice ("NO_") rather than positive voice
> ("HAVE_") because I would prefer that the default be for new Sword to be
> used, in turn because what the engine now does with notes/xrefs is The
> Right Thing To Do, and it makes more sense to me that you have to do a
> tiny bit of extra work in order to use the wrong (out of date) thing.
>
> Developers, I will merge branches/webkit back into trunk...soon.
>
> As always, comments, bug reports, and any other input is always welcome.
>
> Next plans are to take care of av11n (alternate versification).  I hope
> to release av11n-capable 3.2 in a couple months.
>
> Thanx for your support, and especially your patience.  We know it's been
> an indecently long time coming.
>
> --karl
> ____________________
>
> XIPHOS RELEASE NOTES
> ____________________
>
> Release 3.1.5
> 19 Feb 2012
>
> This is primarily a toolkit compatibility release, providing 2 features,
> plus numerous ongoing routine bug fixes and enhancements.
>
> - The WebKit display driver, which finally brings display feature parity
>    to Windows with what has been available on other platforms for some time.
>    WebKit is now our normal display driver for all platforms.  Windows users
>    should see §3.9 of the manual for differences from the older gtkhtml3
>    driver.  Mozembed (xulrunner) is no longer in use, replaced by WebKit.
>
>    Note that certain problems were encountered regarding RtoL languages,
>    especially Arabic and Hebrew (Farsi seems fine) very late in the effort to
>    finalize Win32 WebKit support.  Farsi both fully translates and provides
>    RtoL-inverted display; Hebrew translates fully (modulo missing strings)
>    but does not RtoL-invert; most perversely, Arabic translates half
>    strings and does not RtoL-invert.  We do not yet understand these
>    flaws but will continue to try to resolve them, perhaps in a 3.1.6 for
>    Windows only, as these problems do not haunt non-Windows builds at all.
>
> - GTK3 compatibility, for the sake of newly-updated environments such as
>    Fedora 15/16 and Ubuntu 11.10.
>
> Other incidental improvements:
>
> - Module-internal footnote&  xref numbering/lettering is respected.
>
> - Display of headings, footnotes, xrefs, and red words all default On.
>
> - Image content is resized in parallel windows and the previewer.
>
> - Module lists include modules' 1-line descriptions as well as short names.
>
> - Verse numbers will no longer be "widowed" (left alone at the end of a
>    line) by being forced to combine against the first word of their verse.
>
> - Verse number display is configurable: bold, brackets, superscripts.
>
> - RtoL consistency improvements.
>
> - Studypad save respects its default directory specification.
>
> - Base font is respected in all parallel views.
>
> - Font selection order has been fixed: Any user specification (per module
>    or per language) supercedes module configuration file specification.
>
> - In export, avoid more than one dialog, ever, about checking a module's
>    license, and change copy/export defaults to plaintext and 1 verse.
>
> - Ctrl-0 (zero) forces base font size to 0.
>
> - Ctrl-[1-9] selects the Nth tab.
>
> - Countless internal module, cache, font, and display fixes.
>
> Bug reports addressed since 3.1.4:
> 3094968  Switching Bibles to one without the current book
> 3094981  Navigation bug observed for the DRC module
> 3102898  Xiphos stops responding if search term includes a pilcrow
> 3103244  Xiphos does show italics for some transChange text
> 3103905  Preview pane does not display words containing Æ or æ
> 3125234  3.1.4 binary crashes on MacOS 10.6.5
> 3125240  References into Apocrypha partially broken
> 3141563  Xiphos doesn't start
> 3141617  Localized language name for Salo module
> 3147636  More localised language names
> 3148222  Hebrew letters at beginning of a verse
> 3157517  Xiphos No Longer Works on IBM Laptop
> 3166318  parallel view selections are not saved on exit
> 3166491  Opening both study pad and "personal commentary"
> 3166864  Xiphos don't work correctly with the Synodal versification
> 3169829  Windows font for two language names
> 3172700  Support for the Khmer language
> 3179097  Parallel View in a Tab
> 3257699  Xiphos crash on Fedora 13
> 3265450  xiphos-3.1.4 with xulrunner-2.0 fails to start
> 3289327  Xiphos don't display properly tables
> 3291274  Xiphos crashes when searching expression (in FreJND)
> 3301774  Font size of RNKJV Bible
> 3302253  Suggested reorganization of first paragraph on using Para.
> 3302627  editing pers.comm. should not use module cache
> 3306579  Headings missing at the beginning of chapters
> 3307692  Install failure Fedora 15
> 3361376  Parallel View: Will only show OT in Book Drop Down
> 3367552  No option for "Use Verse Per Line"
> 3384710  Strange search behavior at russian language
> 3392639  Non-display of verses containing U+FFFD
> 3392809  No way to choose verse, not existing in KJV versification
> 3400041  Previewer setting not functioning properly
> 3403641  xiphos 3.1.4 fails to build due to C template errors
> 3411260  Build fails to find gconf2 includes
> 3424836  Won't Run On Ubuntu 11.10
> 3428934  The word "mute" links to the Strongs entry for "mustard"
> 3434897  Certain Chapters in KJV Don't Display
> 3438261  Xiphos doesn't even start - error
> 3438931  xiphos-svn4312 build fails on fedora 16 64bit
> 3439031  gtk_widget_get_realized not available for gtk<  2.20
> 3439513  Xiphos Remote Source Not Working
> 3440353  Xiphos failure: "can't happen", display_mod: null
> 3440363  On start, Standard View text is invisible.
> 3482318	 Problems with separators
> 3482351  Note layout in Xiphos
> 3442601  Languages hacks?
> 3485166  Xiphos build 4363 fails to build
> 3485167	 Xiphos only displays Genesis (or first book in a text)
> 3488597  Build problem webkit branch
>
> Feature requests closed:
> 3168708  preferences for copy
> 3163996  Cut off...
> 3166868  Morphological search function
> 3210164  Custom verse number formatting
> 3291278  Add ability to navigate from the keyboard
> 3291283  Add option to justify texts
>
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