Bible Heaven/Bible Heaven.iso/online/version.doc

Text File | 1994-09-05 | 24KB | 588 lines

Aug. 22, 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1) Greek and Hebrew character display surpressed when VI or BB option
   specified.

2) Quick Verse Print uses full book names not abbreviations.

3) Minor display changes for visually impaired.

4) Topics entries work correctly for VI option. Before scriptures were
   not being looked up correctly.

5) NOFONTS option added as keyword to surpress loading of FONTS.EXE
   to display Greek and Hebrew in verse notes. Some laptops have non-
   standard VGA adapters and some EGA adapters do not handle the
   downloading correctly. The result is a garbaged screen display.

6) Windows and CD-ROM installation streamlined. See "Using Windows"
   on the Mini-Menu for the changes.

7) Windows clipboard support added. See "Using Windows" on the Mini-Menu.

8) Radix of 5 allowed on verse notes to handle the "Treasury of David"
   by C. H. Surgeon.

9) Network and CD-ROM install copy Windows' PIF and ICON files and
   MESSAGES.TXT into user directory. This allows user pick his language
   preference.

10) Version changed to 6.12.

11) Install disk now can update a CD-ROM hard disk installation.  The
    unlocking of CD versions is intergrated into the install program.

12) The option "Expand Verses" in print menu's ignores embedded
    bolded cross-references.

13) Expanded maximum size of verse to handle updated Classical Pak.

14) Parms to program can now be in upper case.

15) Manual updated and sent to printers for the seventh printing.

Apr. 25, 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) Problem with final forms not displaying in Hebrew text corrected.

2) Cross-references work either from TSK or CXREF directory. If
   you have the TSK installed, you can delete the CXREF
   directory files to save disk space. The INSTALL procedure no
   longer deletes the CXREF files for you.

   WARNING we are running short of space and this support for
   the old CXREF file will be dropped sometime in the next year
   or so.  If you are really short on disk space, consider
   buying our Online Bible CD-ROM.

3) The mouse support is no longer the default. To activate it
   use the keyword "mouse". If you are running under Windows, do
   not activate it or your Windows "Cut & Paste" facility will
   not work properly.  To activate it do the following.

         mm mouse

   You can set the OLB environment variable or update your
   BIBLE.INI file. See your blue version 6.1 manual for details.

4) FONTS.EXE updated to improve the shape of Hebrew characters,
   ZAYIN, AYIN, and TSADHE. If you get a messy screen display,
   delete this file from the Bible directory. This means that
   the Greek and Hebrew characters cannot be displayed in your
   verse notes. Some portable computers and early VGA adapters
   do not handle the video download command properly.

5) Distributor READ.ME2 on install disk now displays when user
   selects To-Order on mini-menu. It always displayed when you
   ran the GO menu on the install disk. This file can be a
   maximum size that will fill a screen and still leave room for
   the PAUSE statement. To-Order document updated.

Mar. 25, 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) Bug fixed in display routines for Russian text.

Feb. 28, 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1) Support for Windows install added to install program.

2) Old module detection added. Message 520 added to MESSAGES.TXT
   and INSTALL.TXT. This informs users that the material they have,
   may be quite old and they should get a better copy.

3) Extra checking added to install procedure to prevent "Undefined
   File" errors from occurring during CD-ROM installation.

4) Bug in runtime error recovery routines fixed a display bug when
   selecting Strong's numbers using cursor keys.

5) Version changed to 6.11.

6) Documentation updated to correct minor errors.

7) Serveral minor bugs in UED corrected.

Jan 25, 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) F10 on main screen toggles window display between full screen,
   split horizontal, and verticle windows.

2) Note radix can be changed to support huge verse note
   commentaries. "Gill's Expositor" will be about 50 megs of data
   and have a radix of 12 not the normal 50. Specify a third
   parameter of the NOTES file for a different radix. e.g.

          notes * gill 12

3) New commands in verse notes.

    \~ toggle Greek

   The Greek text MUST be entered according to the following
   transliteration format, in which a single English letter
   represents a single Greek letter:

            Alpha    = a                 Nu       = n
            Beta     = b                 Xi       = x
            Gamma    = g                 Omicron  = o
            Delta    = d                 Pi       = p
            Epsilon  = e                 Rho      = r
            Zeta     = z                 Sigma    = s
            Eta      = h                 Tau      = t
            Theta    = y                 Upsilon  = u
            Iota     = i                 Phi      = f
            Kappa    = k                 Chi      = c
            Lambda   = l                 Psi      = q
            Mu       = m                 Omega    = w

                         Sigma final = v

   e.g. \~logov\~

   \^ toggle Hebrew

   The Hebrew transliteration scheme does NOT attempt to reflect
   phonetic equivalents.  Rather, a simple mnemonic expedient
   which allows a single English letter to represent a single
   Hebrew consonant has been implemented.  The transliteration
   code utilized for notes' display is as follows:

              Aleph   =  a               Lamedh  =  l
              Beth    =  b               Mem     =  m,M
              Gimel   =  g               Nun     =  n,N
              Daleth  =  d               Samekh  =  o
              He      =  h               Ayin    =  e
              Waw     =  w               Peh     =  p,P
              Zayin   =  z               Tsadhe  =  u,U
              Cheth   =  x               Qoph    =  q
              Teth    =  j               Resh    =  r
              Yod     =  y               Sin     =  v
              Kaph    =  k,K             Shin    =  s

                           Tau     =  t

   Note that the five letters which possess distinct final forms
   (Kaph, Mem, Nun, Peh, and Tsadhe) are mapped to upper case.

   e.g.      \^Kab\^

   The FONTS.EXE must be in the main Bible directory for the
   characters to display properly on a VGA screen.

4) Parameters may now be entered by creating a text file in the
   Bible directory called "bible.ini". After the parms are
   processed on the command line, the data from this file is
   processed. If the first non-blank character of a line is a
   ";" or a "[" then the line is ignored. An complete example is
   given in the manual in Appendex B under the title "BIBLE.INI
   Parameter File".  A "?" for the drive letter is replaced by
   the drive letter for the drive of the version you are using.
   e.g.

       bible d=g:\olb\bible\scholar

   If your INI file contained the following:

       2n=?:\olb\bible\gill

   In this case the "?" would be replaced by the character "g"
   and the statement would be treated as though you wrote:

       2n=g:\olb\bible\gill

   This allows you the freedom to design INI files that are
   not require a specific drive letter.

5) Copyrighted versions are supported on the CD-ROM. User must
   register to obtain missing pieces for these versions to work.
   This way the CD-ROM is not burdened with royalty charges and
   the user only pays for the copyrighted versions he wants to
   use.

6) Notes append to end of note file not to beginning.

7) The line in the notes file you are pointing to is displayed
   in the lower right of the screen.

8) File sharing now implemented so you can run the program and the
   TSR at the same time without a file sharing violation. This
   problem occurs under OS/2, Windows and the DOS Shell.

9) The default abbreviations for the 66 Bible books are loaded
   from a table rather than VERSION.DAT. Some modules had in
   VERSION.DAT an abbreviation of "He" for Hebrews instead of
   "Heb". This will correct all those situations without having
   to reissue those modules.

10) Chinese support added.

Oct 1, 1993
~~~~~~~~~~~

1) Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening" daily readings have replaced
   the CXREF files on the high density install disk.  We have
   added to each morning reading the passages to read so you can
   read your entire Bible through each year.

Sept. 21, 1993
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) Colour problems in Greek and Hebrew corrected.

2) MM2.OLD now displays TSR prompt when ".DOC" files are not
   present in a version.

Sept. 8, 1993
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1) To activate the Russian keyboard for the Russian version
   press ALT F10. Pressing ALT F10 again restores the normal
   keyboard. See the Russian version documentation for complete
   details.

2) MM2.OLD altered to active the font driver before a
   documentation file is displayed. This allows the Russian font
   to be correctly displayed in the Russian documentation

3) Installation altered not to update CONFIG.SYS and
   AUTOEXEC.BAT on OS/2 systems.

4) Greek and Hebrew cross-reference book names are displayed in
   English not Greek or Hebrew.

5) Mini-Menu changed to allow user to load TSR from a menu option.

July 1, 1993  Minor Changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1) TSR has been altered to use a different method of determining
   the hot key. This should expand the number of word processors
   that will work with it. For XY Write or Signature by XY Quest
   use a control key sequence for the hot key. Alt key sequences
   interfere with the menu processing on XY Write.

   If the hot key number displays a leading zero, the old method
   is still being used. Add this leading zero to the number you
   use to start the TSR. e.g. _scholar 02092 not _scholar 2092.
   If no leading zero is displayed, do not alter your TSR. It
   should work correctly.

2) The INS key in the scan window toggles the automatic
   collapsing of the verse list display for cross references.

3) A new option on topics and verse note print to expand the
   text of a verse instead of just showing the cross references.
   (New messages 416, 456 added to message file.)

4) Print menu excepts F5, F6, and Control T to select output
   options.

5) Mouse made less sensitive and works everywhere. Changes from
   the printed manual are.

       Left Button - Page Down
       Right Button - Page Up
       Double Click Left Button - Escape
       Double Click Right Button - Enter

6) To map accented characters to their closest unaccented
   equivalent specify "/x" after the file name when printing.

   e.g.    prn/x
           passage.doc/x

   HP series printers (Laserjet and Bubble Jet series) do not
   map the accented characters the same way the IBM PC does.
   Either use the "/x" option to strip the accents or print the
   text to a file and print it using your word processor. Most
   dot matrix printers require dip switch settings to make them
   emulate the IBM Pro Printer II to correctly print accented
   characters.

7) To be CD-ROM compliant we changed the name of the TSR so it
   starts with '_' instead of a '$'. Under Microsoft Windows
   this may not be accepted. Either rename the file in the Bible
   directory or start the TSR in your AUTOEXEC.BAT before you
   start Windows.

May 1, 1993   Version 6.1 - NETWORK & CD-ROM Compliant Version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The major change between 6.0 and 6.1 was making all the file
names and directories CD-ROM compliant. This allows us to
continue to develop even larger databases for you on CD-ROM
quite inexpensively. See the To-Order documentation on the
Mini-Menu for details on pricing.

1) All file names changed to become CD-ROM acceptable. All
   filenames with a "$" or a "-" have these characters changed
   to "_". Directory suffixes were dropped. The install
   procedure will fix everything inside the Bible directory.
   However, if you used the NOTES batch file to create notes
   directories outside of the Bible program, rerun NOTES to
   correct the directory names. You will not lose your notes.

2) The TSR batch file is now starts with a "_" instead of a "$"
   Correct your calling procedure to match the new name for the
   TSR batch files. e.g.

         $SCHOLAR becomes _SCHOLAR
         $AV-NIV  becomes _AV_NIV
         $MODERN  becomes _MODERN

   You may have to edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to allow for
   these changes. These changes were necessary for CD-ROM
   version.

3) Path names have been added to all batch files. Hence to run
   the Mini-Menu, only MM needs be in the search path. If you do
   not want to add the Bible directory to your search path, copy
   MM.BAT to a directory in your search path.

4) For CD-ROM two new keywords are available.

   dp      = specifies default path for all files to be read or
             written from the Online Bible e.g. c:\wp51

   user    = specifies the directory where
             a) the "SCREEN.OPT" file is located
             b) NOTES, 2GREEK, 2HEBREW, 2TOPICS directories are located
             c) UED editor
             d) batch files for running the program

   e.g.

       mm dp=c:\wp51 user=c:\bible
   or
       mm dp=c:\wp51 u=c:\bible

   If the USER keyword is not set, your changes to the options will
   be lost when the Online Bible terminates. If you do a CD-ROM
   install the USER keyword is automatically added to all batch
   files for you and you do not have to make any changes.

5) A bug in the date-stamp routine for Online Bible modules that
   were created before Mar. 12, 1993 may cause trouble if you
   try to download or install the files using OS/2. Try
   installing under DOS if you get a CRC error when loading the
   files under the OS/2 DOS box. All modules created after this
   date will not have this problem. All modules shipped from
   Winterbourne after Mar. 12, 1993 will not have this problem.
   Other suppliers may still have this problem with their
   masters.

6) Control-C clears the display windows and resets the quick
   print path to PRN. (not in 4th printing of manual)

7) Virus protection programs that alter the time stamps of any
   of our files will cause a false VIRUS alarm message from the
   Online Bible during the install procedure or when running
   the program. Do not use programs that alter time stamps.

8) The topics disk was updated to correct spelling and other
   minor errors.

9) Disk masters for making blank masters deleted from disk
   version and are only found on the CD-ROM version. These four
   files are MASTER.360, MASTER.720, MASTER.120, MASTER.144

Changes Feb 18, 1993  Version 6.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1) Verse note display does not automatically wrap to the
   beginning of note when you reach the end of the note. Press
   Home to go to the beginning of the note.

2) Note display does not return to start of note when end of
   note displayed. Press HOME to return to beginning of note.


Changes Jan. 6, 1993
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) When you press F4 from the scan or reference window, you can
   select the Strong's numbers using the cursor keys to select the
   number or just type in the number directly.

2) The horizontal windows may now be expanded to full screen size
   and overlap. This allows the maximum display windows for viewing
   triple versions.


Changes Oct. 14, 1992
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1) For $5 you can order from us a file for Avery Label Pro that
   contains all the labels we use.  Use Avery form 5160 for your
   labels. Order this product from:

       Avery Commercial Products Division
       818 Oak Park Road
       Covina, CA
       91724
       Tel: [phone]

Changes for 6.00 Sept. 1, 1992
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The first printing of the manual on the disk and the printed manual
are current except for the following items that were added after the
manual went to press. These errors were corrected in the second
printing of the manual.

1) Control T and F6 can be pressed from the main menu to change
   search requests text.

2) Following functions can be selected from main menu.

   F2 - Word Search
   F3 - Display Passage
   F4 - Display Strong's Definition
   F5 - Topic Display
   F8 - Display Verse Note for a Passage
   F9 - Phrase Search
   F10 - Quit Program

3) In the Notes Window, F10 note sets the default set of notes,
   topics or definitions rather than loading cross-references.
   (p. 85)

4) All extensions to Strong's numbers are shown in (..) brackets to
   (p. 40)

5) Copyqm no longer distributed with the Bible program. The latest
   version 3.00, was too large to fit on the install disk. This
   program is the best way to mass copy disks on a PC.  Please
   write or call Sydex for ordering information. Cost is about $20.

   Sydex, P.O. Box 5700, Eugene, OR, 97405 or call [phone]

See To-Order on the Mini-Menu for details on ordering a manual
and getting the latest install disk. The manual on disk is not
suitable for printing.

Errors in the First Printing of the  Manual
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1) Page 39, after "Heb 1:8" the three words "Press F8 and" were omitted
   from the next sentence. It should read as follows.
      "Press F8 and a blank notes window will open."

2) Search request "LORD | Lord | GOD | God" on page 29 is too
   large for the program. The example will be altered in the
   next printing.

Improvements in positioning of Englishman's Strong's Numbers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sept  23/92 Pr 14:12    "6440" moved from "seemeth" to after "to"
               16:25                   "
            Da 1:16     extraneous "6598 0" dropped
            Mt 11:27    changed to: and 2532 [he]
            Mt 13:4     changed to: by 3844 the wayside 3598
               26:22    changed to: is 1510 5748 it
               26:35    changed to: yet 3364 0 will I 533 0 not 3364 deny 533
               26:57    extraneous "520 0" dropped
               28:14    changed to: come 191 0 to 1909
            Mr 4:22     extraneous "1096 0" dropped
            Lu 2:15     changed to: shepherds 444 4166
            Lu 13:14    changed to: come 2064 7540 and
            Lu 22:40    extraneous "1096 0" deleted
            Joh 18:22   codes for "1325 5656" rearranged
            Joh 21:6    extraneous "2765 0" dropped
                        changed to: they were 2480 0 not
            Ac  10:10   changed to: fell 1968 5627
            Ac  20:16   extraneous "5551 0" dropped
            Ac  22:30   extraneous "1014 0" dropped
            Ro  4:23    extraneous "1223 0" dropped
            Ro  6:18    extraneous "1402 0" dropped
            Ro 10:14    extraneous "191 0" dropped (second one)
            Ro 11:28    extraneous "1223 0" dropped (first one)
            1Co 1:31    extraneous "2744 0" dropped
            1Co 3:18    extraneous "1096 0" dropped
            1Co 9:16    extraneous "2097 0" dropped
            1Co 9:27    extraneous "3381 0" dropped
            1Co 10:27   extraneous "1223 0" dropped (Webster Update Only)
            1Co 13:4    changed to: not 3756 itself
            1Co 15:17   changed to: not 3761 Christ
            1Co 16:13   extraneous "407 0" dropped
            2Co 5:6     extraneous "1736 0" dropped
            Ga  1:8     extraneous "2097 0" dropped
            Ga  6:6     extraneous "2841 0" dropped
            2Ti 2:10    extraneous "1223 0" dropped
            Phm 1:18    changed to: put 1677 0 that 5124 on 1677 5720 ...
Mar. 16/93  4481        position improved in Ezr 4:15, 6:8, 7:13
                        Da 2:6,8,35,41 3:15,17,29 4:6 5:13,20 6:7,12 7:20
Sept. 5/94  5716        Eze 16:7

   By Scott Musser
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar. 16/93  Jer 51:53   changed to: yet 227 from
            Isa 13:4    changed to: like as 1823
            2Sa 4:2     changed to: had 1961 8804 two men
            Pr 23:29    changed to: 4079 8675 4066?
            Le 23:5     changed to: fourteenth 702 6240
Apr. 16/93  Mt 10:22    5056 and 3778 interchanged

   By Mark Fuller
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan. 28/93  Ge. 2:24    "because 2063 she" should be
                        "because she 2063"
            Ge. 3:6     "pleasant 2530 8737 ... desired 8378" should be
                        "pleasant 8378 ... desired 2530 8737"
Mar. 2/93   1Co 7:27    interchange 3089 & 3080

Errors in the New Englishman's Strong's Numbers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Errors found by Larry Pierce
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date        Reference   Error

Sep. 23/92  2Sa 20:10   "8138 8804" delete first of two
            1Ch  6:57   "3063" dropped for "of Judah", no Hebrew
Sep. 24/92  Mt  27:31   "1745 0" should be "1746 0"
            Ac  26:10   "4150 0" should be "4160 0"
            Ro  14:10   "1846 0" should be "1848 0"
            1Co 10:27   "35 0" should be 350 0"
            2Co 10:12   "1469 0" should be "4793 0"
Jan. 29/93  Ex  36:30   "two 8147 sockets 134" should be
                        "two 8147 8147 sockets 134 134"
Feb. 9/93   Le  24:18   "beast ... beast 5315 for beast 929" should be
                        "beast 5315 929 ... beast 5315 for beast 5315"
Mar. 29/93  Jud 20.4    "Levite 3881" should be "Levite 376 3881"
May  4/93   2Ki 10:21   6310 omitted at end of verse
May 15/93   1Ch 12:33   double 3820 hearted
May 29/93   2Ch 29:25   of 3027 the LORD
May 30/93   2Ch 31:6    by heaps 6194 6194. (6194 twice)
June 9/93   Ne 13:24    each 5971 people
Aug. 30/93  Ps 23:6     for ever 3117 (3117 twice in verse)
            Ex 5:19 16:5 2Ki 25:30 2Ch 31:16 Ezr 3:4 Es 3:4
            Ps 61:8 68:19 Pr 8:30,34 Isa 58:2 Da 1:5
                        daily 3117 3117 (3117 twice for each daily)
Sep. 6/93  Eze 21:14   hands 3709 3709 (twice)
Sep 27/93  Zep 3:5     every 1242 morning 1242 (first one omitted)
Sep 28/93  Zec 12:12   every 4940 family 4940 (first one omitted)
Jan. 20/94 Ex 9:18     7760 8804 deleted

Errors found by others
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date        Reference   Error

Oct 26/92   Ex  3:14    1961 missing for I AM - John W Summers
                        Codes rearranged for    Dartford, Kent
                        1961 in that verse.     DA4 9DS England
June 29/93  1Jo 4:12    Numbers 25 & 26       - Aaron Stevenson
                        reversed.               Wheatland, WY
                                                82201-2451
Dec. 7/93   Jos 7:25    Numbers 5619 & 7275   - Shelton Allen
                        reversed.               1065 N. Pasadena Ave
                                                Ypsilanti, MI
                                                48198-4229
Jan. 28/94  Eze 10:9    681 missing twice     - H. Th. Willers, O.P.
                                                Rijnstraat 107
                                                1079 HA Amsterdam
                                                Netherlands

See Topic 9903 for details of Strong's Number Error Contest.
Read the entire topic carefully.  Win $10 for each error if you
are the first to report them to us.