Submit it as an RFE to Rick. (RFE: Request for Enhancement.)

The downside is that to offer that functionality, topical files would either have to be a fourth window, or else "pop up" like Harmony, MAP, and STEP files do.

What I think is needed, is a new resource type, with that functionality, and leave topical files as is.

jonathon

I have no problem with another window option.

Have another desired feature. I just sent the following email to esword.

hello, my name is Andy and I am a recovering Quickverse 4 user. :) I love e-sword but I would love to see a macro that would copy selected verses in format with one hotkey. I use e-sword all the time now and I continually look for a ctrl+f macro to copy selected verses in a pre-selected format.
(paragraph with address at the beginning, single verses with address at beginning or end. etc. which is already in place) This is not a complaint because e-sword is the most usable software out there at any price. I also own Quickverse 2007 and Libronix silver scholar but they are so clumsy for anything except reference.

While I am voicing my covets let me go ahead and say that e-sword is superior to QV4 in many ways but there has never been a better been a better sermon making tool than the output format in QV4 notes. If you are at all interested I would love to send you a sample. I think your software would explode with popularity if you could reproduce that tool. :) That one tool is what has kept so many pastors using a software written for windows 3.1 for so many years. Is there any hope for that tool? Beg, Beg, Beg.

Whacha think?

andy
 
Look at these two tools
 
they may accomplish the tasks you described
 
http://e-sword-users.org/users/node/2408  hot key
 
  
macros for word http://www.e-sword.net/extras.html go to bottom of page

How does that differ from the macros at http://e-sword.net/extras.html?

jonathon

New user here. I've explored the Bible reading plan wizard, I can make it give me the plan I want, I don't mind the extra pop-up window, BUT: Apparently all you can do with that window is read? Is it not possible to integrate a scheduled reading plan with the regular Bible text window so that it can be highlighted, linked with Notes and other features, etc.?

As I said, I'm new to this, so I very well may have missed something. Would appreciated any suggestions.

Also, I agree with the person who wants to have both Commentary window and Text window open at once. I don't care whether it adds another pane or if it pops up, as long it is still integrated the way the Notes screen is now.

I like the simplicity of E-Sword compared to theWord.gr but It would be great to put the Topic button somewhere besides the commentary section, additionally if you could scroll Topics by something other than just the name. Perhaps by author, subject, and / or title. This would also enable future topics to contain much more information.

2nd thing that I would like to see is for a way to tag a topic/book to a a limited category set (say 5) and then search the entire block of categories easily. -maybe there could be an indexes made to Bible references and/or Biblical terms.
The window for the search terms found could be affixed in the Topic area. (versus commentary area, Bibles area, and Dictionary area)

3rd thing, the highlights now are in Bold for found items, could you shade it a color instead?

Thanks for such a great program.

SF.

Hi ofinigan
 
Did you know you can open topic files from the windows file system and sort them
this way you can sort your files the way you want them if by author or subject however you want
 
Highlight Topic notes or Study notes depending want you want to load
  Go to file, go to open, there is your windows file system find or sort from here
  set up your folders and files to organize your topx and notx files the way you want 
 go to file, go to open, then navigate to your newly sorted files and there you go!
 
 
please explain your highlight question highlighting is already in color
David

Have you ever tried to scroll through 200 topic files that all start with "n" to find just the one you were looking for in E-Sword? Takes about 5 minutes just to find the one you want. The more you have the longer it takes-that is the feature that could surely be improved.

One search issue is this: Suppose you had five topic files and you needed to know which of them speaks on Matthew 24, you would have to open each by scrolling to the initial letter, then find the right topic and then search each individual topic for Matthew 24, Matt 24, Matt. 24, Matthew xxiv, and so forth. (by the way - why can't there be an algorithm for Roman numerals to convert them to verse tool-tips?)

Regarding your comment: How would you sort by author, and or subject in windows? I only have two useful attributes on topic files and that is the name and type of file. I know I can sort files with the windows file system, I can catalog them to any attribute, although there are few attributes modifying topic files, that is fine if I could open them from windows itself (without using a sql-lite program) and search the contents of each before I open them but other than that it just tells me they are there.

About the colored tabs, suppose that you click on a verse, or a word for a dictionary lookup. E-sword turns the tabs bold, it might be nice to turn the tabs a color instead of bold. Perhaps one color for dctx files, a different one for cmtx files, etc.

These are all just recommendations that I think would be helpful from an outsiders view.

Blessings

SF

This is correct.

My suggestion is to open the passage in a Bible translation of your choice, and read that, making study notes, etc as you go along.

Just remember to check that you read the passage, before you close the BRP component.

jonathon

 
 you Said ( that is fine if I could open them from windows itself)  This can be done from within e-Sword
 
within e-Sword go to topic files make sure topic files is highlight
In the upper left Click on file then open this is the windows file system from here you can load a topic file from anywhere just by clicking on and it will open it in e-sword to that topic module
 
****Note: this is differentthen using windows explorer in my computer it will just open e-sword then you have to find it again****
 
The default open for e-Sword is in my Documents /e-swordso I would put the main folder there
I am assuming you know how to create folders and sub folders (BUT here's how I do it by Author)
sorting by author create main folder Topic files by Author
in that folder create folders a to zand then in a to z another a sub folder of the name of the Authorcopy your topic files to the corresponding folder  (Example Aurthur W, Pink  topic files to Aurthur W, Pink  folder in P folder of the  A to Z folder of the topics By authour folder)
 
opening a file sorted this way
Example Go to TOPIC WINDOW in e-Sword click FILE then chose OPEN,  
double click on TOPICS BY AUTHOUR 
double click on P folder then doable click on AUTHOUR W. PINK folder
then double click on topic file by PINK you want to load then you Should be looking at the title page of the PINK topic file you wanted
 
 And its quicker to do then to type how to do it
 
As you stated  (I can catalog them to any attribute) and You can open them in e-Sword that way also using the file open in e-Sword
 
I hope this explains it better
God Bless
David

double post sorry
 

 
 
This is only for bibles
 
In e-Sword go to options at top then to text colors change active verse color to whatevere color the drop down permits
 
God Bless
 
David
 

I, too, would like an option for colored tabs. In my ideal little world, one could right click on a tab and be given an option to colorise it. You could choose any organizational schema you desire. For example, I would have one color for Greek texts, another for Hebrew, another for paraphrased versions, another for literal translations, etc. The same idea would apply for dictionaries and Commentaries.

On a related idea, I would like to be able to right click on a tab, and be able to choose what the tab says and to have the tabs sorted accordingly.

On a totally unrelated idea, I would divorce the Topics from the Commentaries, giving it its own window with tabs. With the ability to Park now available, one can now have as many or as few widows as one wishes.

In one of the versions prior to e-Sword 8..6, I managed to configure my screen to have Maps, Bibles, Commentaries, and Dictionaries all display on the screen with no overlap. (Each component was in a "corner". I didn't think about taking a screenshot of it. Nor did I write down how I did it. I haven't been able to reproduce that setup. :(

With two display monitors, I have setup the main e-Sword screen on one monitor, and have the second monitor show Map files. (I've also done it the other "popup" components, sometimes two or more at the same time.)

I should point out that there are some distinct differences in how e-Sword screens currently behaves on Windows 7 and Ubuntu Christian Edition 6.0 (beta).

jonathon