Re: [be] Nightly builds

[Brian Wilson]

Hi Teus,

Either there have been significant changes, or I was following instructions on a different page...

Anyway, I noticed that the instructions you give are for 10.7 (Lion) and I am using 10.8(.2) (Mountain Lion). That may be some of the issue. Another issue to my bugs may be something that I just noticed.

Run

To run Bibledit, do the following every time you use it:
Open an X11 terminal. Be sure this is not a normal Terminal, but the X11 terminal.
Start bibledit: Type
bibledit-gtk
If you do not start Bibledit this way, it will run with errors, and it will not be fully functional.

New day, new stupid question... "What is an X11 terminal?" I have "Terminal Version 2.3 (309) Copyright © 1991-2012 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved". I am now assuming that this isn't an X11 terminal. Are these instructions current, and if so, how do I get an X11 terminal?

Brian

 

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On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Brian Wilson <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Teus,

I pulled the new git and installed it as per the instructions. I was out most of the day and got dehydrated. So coming back I was very literal in my following of instructions and didn't have my mind turned on.

Anyway, I couldn't figure out why ./configure wasn't working until finally I realized that I needed to be in the gtk subfolder. If I had been more with it I would have done that automatically, but I wasn't and there may be others in the future who have their own set of challenges. Can we add "cd gtk" after git pull and before ./configure on the development page?

I didn't try to restore a backup as my other problem has been corrected. I had opened and closed bibledit 4.7.4 multiple times but was only showing a blank screen. Now with 4.7.5 I have my project back. (I had moved the entire .bibledit folder from the old computer to my home folder as you suggested.) Thank you. I am always amazed at how fast you can implement changes.

Have a nice day,

Brian

Brian Wilson, Director

Mekong Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Dong Dok, Saythany, Vientiane Municipality

Lao PDR

Tel/Fax: (+85621) 725010

Mobile: (+85620) 9646-7085

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And so the visitor turned sadly away, thinking for what miserable messes of pottage men and women are willing to sell their glorious birthright as children of God. -- Ellen White.

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Teus Benschop <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Brian,

The option to "Restore" a backup has been improved in the version of bibledit-gtk that is now in the git repository. 

It gives better feedback about the process. The feedback that it gives is this: "Restart Bibledit-Gtk for the restore to take effect". 

It works well on Linux. 

If you wish, you can try installing it on a Mac, to see if it works well there too.

Regards,

Teus.

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