search

crosswire / xiphos

Xiphos is a Bible study tool written for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using GTK, offering a rich and featureful environment for reading, study, and research using modules from The SWORD Project and elsewhere.
http://xiphos.org
GNU General Public License v2.0
202 stars 52 forks source link

Study Pad not launching in Xiphos v4.2.1 #1113

Closed GWM69 closed 2 years ago

GWM69 commented 2 years ago

Study Pad does not open on Linux Mint 20.03 when selecting Study Pad from the FILE menu. Also unable to open the Journal editor.

greg-hellings commented 2 years ago

I'm assuming Mint still pulls packages from the Ubuntu repositories. In that case, you will need to either 1) Talk to the Ubuntu people about packaging the necessary dependencies; or 2) Work with Xiphos to update the editor code to a modern format.

Ubuntu has, for a long time, applied a Xiphos patch that removes the editor functionality but does not remove the options and buttons for it. They simply do not do anything in their builds. This is because Xiphos depends on antiquated versions of the HTML widget libraries for the editing code.

LAfricain commented 2 years ago

It's always the same issue #794 Very sad nobody take care of this.