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Logos Bible Software is all about easier Bible study. It consists of a free software engine (the Libronix Digital Library System), addin modules that provide specialized functionality, and collections of electronic books targeted to your needs. The Books on this page were created with the Personal Book Builder- Standard Edition To read them you need to have a PBB reading Key. Electronic books built with the PBB will be readable only by users who have a Libronix PBB Reading Key. The reading key is free and is available only to users who own one of the seven boxed products (e.g., Scholar's Library, Bible Study Library, etc.) This key is included with the PBB and has been included in boxed Logos Bible Software collections since the QB release. It is not included in free downloadable viewers. Users who own a boxed product predating the QB release can determine their eligibility for the free reading key and download it here. (The Private Use Edition is licensed for building books that will only work on the system that built them; the Private Use Edition does not build books for distribution.) See: http://www.logos.com/support/lbs/readingkey

Technical Talk on Notes

Submitted by normanjd on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 10:38pm
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I used Logos4 during a class for taking Notes for the first time since importing all my old Libronixi notes... I was not happy... It worked, but was sluggish... Time to do more research...

Turns out importing was the problem again... I removed all the notes I imported and performance picked up again... On looking on the Logos forums, other users can confirm my experience...

This data is also stored as SQLite database files like the highlighting data. This database is better with indexes than the highlighting one is, (I was able to do manual queries with decent times for returns of data) but it still needs work. SQLite is a good piece of software, so there must be something odd with the way Logos 4 is using it.

It looks like what happens when you let programmers design the database. This is not meant as a slam nor am I looking for a job. ;) I do database administrator (DBA) work and manage programmers for a living and see this all the time. Programmers generally don't make good DBAs. They know enough to make things work, but their database work just doesn't scale well, just like what we are seeing here with highlighting and notes. A database specialist is need to craft efficient queries and design an effective database structure. In the case of notes, I think queries are being executed using features such as "LIKE" or "GLOB" that may force full table scans because they can't use indexes, but can't know for sure without access to the Logos source code.

These issues should be simple enough to fix, but will probably require rebuilding the databases from scratch, which will be another multi-hour process for most of us having problems. That is if and when Logos addresses them...

Highlighting Tutorial - The Video

Submitted by normanjd on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 9:19pm
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You should now be able to watch the Highlighting tutorial live below:


Thanks to Pastor Black for his help!

Flash Tutorial on Using Highlighting in Logos 4

Submitted by normanjd on Tue, 04/06/2010 - 8:55pm
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Here is a Flash tutorial I did on Logos 4 highlighting using WINK: http://cid-2710bca0d4d5e0f5.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/Logos4/h...
I haven't been able to upload it here (Uploads don't accept SWF files maybe) so you will need to download it and run it from IE. Designed for a screen at 1024x768 Resolution. If and when I do videos in future, I'll use a smaller size... I didn't even think about it until I was done... :(

UPDATE: Redid the video at a smaller resolution, and added a few new notes... Also see next my next post to view the video online without downloading... (The link above still works for downloading without viewing online...)

Please enjoy!

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