Libronix

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!

Well, I decided to figure out how the new highlighting works... Libronix 3 uses XML files that are loaded into a custom engine. Palettes and the locations for where they are used are stored in separate files, marking it simple to copy and share the information with others (in a piecemeal manner if desired.) In Logos 4, all this data is stored in a single file called visualmarkup.db in a hidden directory that is found in a location like C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Logos4\Documents\yyyh0liv.wfu\VisualMarkup on a Vista/Windows 7 system. Logos is now using SQLite to store all the data in a relational database. This is a real change in design!

Good news, this is a true relational database. Bad news, the imported data (and near as I can tell, new user generated data) is just being stored as TEXT simular to how it was stored in XML. I expected to see data broken up more efficiently, espeically the images which I would have thought would be BLOBs. I also didn't find a good key to index on in the location table. I would suggest creating a new index base on the books of the Bible (when when the Bible is the resource being indexed) in addition to the existing index based on the resource being indexed. That is probably why there was such a delay when I imported my last few years worth of markups... (About 18700 records.) Not much I could do to speed things up so decided to see how difficult it would be to share palettes.

Well, I'm pretty unhappy with highlighting right now...

The short version is that the more markups you import, the slower the process on marking new text for highlighting... For me this meant a 30 second delay every time I tried to highlight something new... Unacceptably slow...

Initially I was pretty impressed, the markups that were imported looked good. Next I saw my custom markup palettes imported, tho they had a few minor glitches. (The import process does not like commas in the palettes, and broke up some of my markups oddly... I submitted a bug report at Logos.) I tried using them, but found the delay between marking text for highlights, and the actual marking almost 30 seconds. I found the same problem when trying to highlight using the built in palettes. Erasing highlights was just as slow. (Note: I also found out you cannot use ERASE on imported markups.)

Some things I tried to improve performance included disabling the Internet connection, MERGE INDEX, and then REBUILD INDEX, each of which took several hours to run. I closed Logos and rebooted between most steps. I tried IMPORT DELETE HIGHLIGHTING, then tested using the built in palettes, and the highlighting was almost instant. I then did a IMPORT HIGHLIGHTING. When complete, I closed Logos, rebooted, and was back up the the 30 second delay... I did the IMPORT DELETE HIGHLIGHTING again...