Gnomesword just gives Arabic text

[NoOp]

On 03/23/2009 03:27 AM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> Sometimes it is best to check:
>> 
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/intrepid/gnomesword
>>   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnomesword/+bugs
>>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnomesword/+bug/231886
>>    [GnomeSword dependency wrongly installs Arabic bible]
>> 
>> However I don't think it's actually a bug;
> 
> Of course it is.  If it's going to install a single version (as opposed
> to a comprehensive set) by default, it should be either the books in
> their original languages (mostly Hebrew and Koine Greek), or a
> translation associated with the user's localization.  Installing an
> arbitrary translation is asinine.
> 
> Matt Flaschen
> 

Personally I don't use it. But rather than pursuing fixes to the old
gnomesword, why not instead push to replace it with the newer, xiphos
instead? See:

http://xiphos.org/

On install it prompts you to select language, versions, dictionaries,
etc. PPA is here:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~pkgcrosswire/+archive/ppa