[bd-users] Bible Desktop and dark themed Windows

[DM Smith]

On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Tomas Valusek wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I downloaded Bible Desktop, some bibles and wanted to try it. I'm  
> using
> a system color theme based on "High contrast - black" preset supplied
> with WinXP - included in attachement. As shown on a screenshot, the  
> only
> thing visible in the bible text pane are verse numbers. Text has its
> color set to black, while background is left to default - in my case,
> black, which produces very high contrast indeed.

That's not good. I'll be glad to look at it.

>
>
> I also wanted to enlarge font used in bible text window, but can't  
> find
> appropriate otpion to do so. General font properties influence many
> things but bible text.

There are three ways to affect the font. Two settings are in options/ 
preferences (Tools->Options ) and one is in Tools -> Books.
In preferences, you can set the font for the application, giving the  
font name, the font size and the style. This requires restarting Bible  
Desktop and is very useful for making the application more readable on  
large monitors.

Also in preferences, you can set a default font for the Bible Display.  
This actually affects the display of all books.

The third way, that should be in the manual, but isn't, is to set the  
font on the language or the book itself. In Tools->Books, click on the  
"Installed Books" and drill down to the language or Book. When you do,  
the Font... button becomes active. Clicking on it will let you set the  
font.

>
>
> This software looks really great, but currenlty it's unusable for me.
>
> Tomas Valusek
>
> P.S:: I wanted to attach some files, but it is not possible due to  
> message size limit.

Send me the file directly. You'll find my address in the email  
headers. I think I know a work around for you and I'll enter a bug  
report to fix it for everyone.

In Him,
	DM