1. These forums have been archived.
    Please switch to using our new GitHub Discussions and Issue Tracker.

Not a Bug Looking up scripture with accents doesn't work

Discussion in 'Bug Reports' started by Marvin, Jul 8, 2015.

  1. Marvin

    Marvin New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2015
    Messages:
    14
    Likes Received:
    9
    When copying an bible verse to the clipboard where an accent is on top of one of the characters, it doesn't open.
    For example Mattheüs doens't work, where Matt does, or Timotheüs doesn't work, where Timo does.
    This is in Dutch quite often the case. Can you fix this?

    Greetz Marvin
     
    Marvin, Jul 8, 2015
    #1
  2. iMatt

    iMatt Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2015
    Messages:
    778
    Likes Received:
    343
    I am sure I can Marvin. I just need to make sure I understand where the issue actually is.

    My understanding of your explanation is that there is something wrong with clipboard lookups. So you copy the scripture from somewhere outside Equipd Bible app, and then switch to the app, and it doesn't offer to lookup the scripture?

    I presume you have the Clipboard Lookups set to Dutch in the Settings instead of English?

    I just tested a clipboard lookup using "Mattheüs 24:14" and it worked perfectly. Thus, I am a bit confused. Please see the attached screenshots.

    Am I misunderstanding and the issue is not with clipboard lookups but somewhere else? Can you explain further?

    image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg
     
    iMatt, Jul 8, 2015
    #2
  3. iMatt

    iMatt Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2015
    Messages:
    778
    Likes Received:
    343
    I tested "2 Timotheüs 3:16" as well - and that also worked, with the accent.

    image.jpg
     
    iMatt, Jul 8, 2015
    #3
  4. iMatt

    iMatt Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2015
    Messages:
    778
    Likes Received:
    343
    Maybe you can give me some screenshots to work with as well...
     
    iMatt, Jul 8, 2015
    #4
  5. Marvin

    Marvin New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2015
    Messages:
    14
    Likes Received:
    9
    I tested what you did, and I must confirm that it works.
    It goes wrong when I copy verses from the PDF files of the WT publications for example.
    I tried to copy the verses, and pasted them in Notes. What happens is that it looks like this:
    1 Korinti"ers 15:14 or 1 Timothe"us 3:16.
    It seems that copying verses with accents from PDF files from jw.org ar wrong copied to the clipboard.

    Therefore, it looks like it's not a promblem with Equipd perse.

    But perhaps it's possible to make an option to search the clipboard for the first 3 or 4 char of the biblebook and then the chapter and verse from clipboard. This way the character with accent is not an issue anymore.
    Or maybe you can come up with another simple option.

    Otherwise, I have to live with it :) It only applies to the Read texts most of the time, because they are fully written out. Other verses are mostly abbreviated anyway.

    Greetz.
     
    Marvin, Jul 8, 2015
    #5
  6. iMatt

    iMatt Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2015
    Messages:
    778
    Likes Received:
    343
    Thanks for clarifying Marvin. This is not the first time I have encountered the PDF throwing in hidden characters, especially when unicode is involved.

    Overall I cannot cater for every scenario a PDF with hidden characters might throw at the app, but I have improved the detection for this specific scenario for the next update for you :)
     
    iMatt, Jul 8, 2015
    #6
  7. Marvin

    Marvin New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2015
    Messages:
    14
    Likes Received:
    9
    You're the best!
    Thnx!
     
    Marvin, Jul 8, 2015
    #7

Share This Page

Loading...