erasmus V1.5 release notes (released 2-Mar-2025)

BUG FIXES:
General:
o Improved English word definitions.
o Removed stray characters near images.
o Fixed issues with account signup.
o Fixed searches in purchased add-ons.
o Tapping on chapter references list pane now opens to the tapped position.
o Email alert signup dialog now goes away when it should.
o Improved search performance.
o Search results pane no longer shows blank location.

Windows/Mac:
o Added Account menu to main menu.
o Search pane hover now works in all cases.
o Page up/down now affect the privacy policy and account agreements.

Windows:
o Main menu no longer can get into the state where it immediately vanishes after displaying.

Mac:
o Added Tab menu to main menu.


ENHANCEMENTS
General:
o Added Prayer Journal feature.
o Added a local drop-down menu item for easy Bible/Commentary cross-references.
o Added Online dialog.

Windows/Mac:
o When a search pane is open, pressing ENTER will select the next item in the search pane.  Shift+Enter (or Ctrl+Enter) will select the previous item in the search pane.


REFERENCE WORKS:
o Outline and tabs for Abbot-Smith Lexicon properly show Greek words
o Fixed punctuation issues in World English Bible
o Minor formatting fixes to AKJV, ASC, CPDV, Douay-rheims, Darby, ERV, Webster and YLT versions.
o Fixes to Matthew Henry concise commentary
o Minor fixes to Morning and Evening.
o Minor fixes to Geneva Notes
o Minor fixes to Adam Clarke's commentary
o Minor fixes to JFB commentary
o Added more images to Easton's and some fixes
o Minor changes to Hebrew Interlinear
o Formatting fixes for Institutes of the Christian Religion
o Updates to Hymnal
o Updates to Reflections in the Redwoods
o Added The Apocalypse by Dr. Seiss to the Deluxe edition
o Added the Bible in Basic English (BBE) to the Deluxe edition
o Added William Tyndale: Memoir of His Life and Writings to the Deluxe edition


erasmus V1.4 release notes (released 6-Sep-2024)

BUG FIXES:
General:
o Removed erroneous captions from footnote popups.
o Fixed problems with topics.
o Fixed issues with changing reference work in multipane tabs.
o Multipanes now synchronize under all conditions.
o Fixed problem with added panes not always positioning to proper location.
o Fixed various issues with key query dialog.
o List dialog Add Reference button only enables when a valid reference is entered.
o Values entered directly into the Days box in the Reading Plan Edit dialog are now honored.
o Various other UI improvements.
o Support IOS.

Android/Mac:
o Copy to clipboard now works in all cases.

Mac:
o App no longer hangs on startup or when doing account-related functions.


erasmus V1.3 release notes (released 15-Jul-2024)

BUG FIXES
General:
o Fixed problem with search not working on certain words and/or languages and/or editions.
o Crossreferences to Treasury of Scripture Knowledge from a topic article no longer hang the app.
o The proper outline shows in tab when positioned at or after the last outline item.
o Copy Paragraph operation works better.
o Search pane splitter now shows fully.
o Reference work dropdowns now show in preference order.
o Fixed problem with some reference work dropdowns showing duplicates.
o Highlights panel no longer covers multipane captions.
o Fixed a potential abend when clicking on a topic.
o Reference query dialog for Hebrew Interlinear now shows BCV tab.
o On shutdown erasmus properly saves current tab positions in all cases.
o Improved display of Hebrew.
o Fixed issues with autoupdate.
o Fixed issues caused by installing smaller edition over a larger edition.
o Fixed various minor display issues.
o Corrections to popup English word definitions.
o Major performance improvement for loading reference query box for topical works.
o Other slight performance improvements.

Mac/Windows:
o Open tabs menus now correctly show only the open tabs.


ENHANCEMENTS
o Integrated with web site.
o Lists can now be opened directly from the Edit List dialog.
o Verse popup Bible version can now be changed and other improvements.
o Verse popup text can now be scrolled.
o Added Topic search.
o Other minor UI changes.


REFERENCE WORKS:
o Added forematter and corrections to JFB commentary
o Added forematter, maps, images, and corrections to Smith's Bible Dictionary
o Minor corrections to Geneva Notes
o Added prefaces and minor corrections to Morning & Evening
o Minor corrections to Weymouth
o Minor changes to WEB
o Updates to Reflections in the Redwoods
o Updates to Hymnal
o Expanded Help
o Added Adam Clarke Commentary to 1 Gb edition
o Added Tyndale Bible to 1 Gb edition



erasmus V1.2 release notes (released 14-Dec-2023)

BUG FIXES
General:
o Improved display of text.
o Fixed memory leak that could cause the app to hang or abend.
o Improved handling of Back/Escape processing.
o Moving the image viewer sizing control all the way left no longer makes images blank.
o Improved other behavior of Image viewer.
o BCV query dialog works better.
o Fixed abend that could happen in BCV query dialog.
o Fixed problem with copy-verse not copying verse to clipboard.
o erasmus now takes differences in versification into account.
o Favorite verse on startup now shows the proper verse range in all cases.
o Better handle topics entered in search box.
o Lexicons and Topical tabs can once again open multiple panes.
o Panes synchronizing with primary pane in multipane tabs will position to next verse in chapter if the primary pane's top verse isn't present in the subsidiary pane's reference work for Bibles and Commentaries.
o Topics are handled better.
o Fixed issues with tapping on drop-down menus.
o Reference work ordering is now restored correctly when the app starts.
o Custom ordering is now honored in multipane tabs even if a chosen reference work does not have the primary pane's key.
o Various other UI improvements.

Windows/Mac:
o Pressing Control key no longer causes dialogs to exit.
o Fixed issues with main scrollbar.
o Main scrollbar now updates as you scroll the text with page up/down and line up/down.
o Hover is working again on Edit List dialog.
o Text inside hover wraps better when hover popup is large.
o Up/Down arrows allow selection change in drop-down menus.


ENHANCEMENTS
o Added verse highlighting and Bible colorization.
o Sort button added to Edit List dialog.
o Greek and Hebrew words can now be entered into search box to open a lexicon to that definition.
o erasmus now recognizes Latin and Greek Bible book names.


REFERENCE WORKS:
o Corrections to meters in Hymnal
o Other updates to Hymnal
o Updates to Reflections in the Redwoods
o Corrections to Geneva Notes
o Minor changes to Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
o Some reference works moved from 512 Mb edition to 1 Gb edition
o Added Geneva Bible to 1 Gb edition
o Added Latin Vulgate to 1 Gb edition
o Added Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary to 1 Gb edition



erasmus V1.1A release notes (released 15-Jul-2023)

BUG FIXES
General:
o BCV tab now exists for commentaries in key query
o Bible/Commentary Outlines in Key query dialog no longer contain blank entrys
o Fixed some abends
o Fixed some scrolling issues

Windows:
o Page-up/page-down/line-up/line-down no longer makes category dialog go away
o Pressing SHIFT in the key query edit box no longer exits the dialog
o Fixed some issues with hover
o Main scrollbar works better
o Mouse wheel works in Library|Categories



erasmus V1.1 release notes (released 5-Jun-2023)

BUG FIXES
General:
o add/remove pane menu options show under all valid circumstances
o Greek words with certain characters weren't recognized
o Fixed problem with confusing abbreviations of Philippians and Philemon
o Improved performance of More Information dialog for BCVs
o Menu item size only scales with text size to a reasonable minimum
o Fixed some incorrect verse cross-references
o Abbot-Smith outline titles show correctly in all cases
o Opening a new pane in a commentary now adds a commentary pane instead of a Bible pane
o The state of the "Enabled sounds" checkbox is now persisted across runs of erasmus
o The Reference Work Ordering dialog now lists all categories with multiple reference works, and only those categories
o Bringing up lists no longer occasionally abends the app
o Renaming a list or plan is now reflected in the left panel caption of any tab viewing that list or plan
o Corrected data corruption problem with lists
o User is now prompted to confirm list deletion
o Tapping on References in Bible Reading Plan pane now change text location
o Searching Spanish words now works
o Advanced search includes all available reference works
o Supplement popup can now be scrolled when text is larger than will fit the box
o Fixed occasional font size issue on outline pane of reference query dialog
o The Reference Work Ordering dialogs no longer show duplicate reference works

Windows:
o Multiple copies of erasmus can no longer run simultaneously (fixes potential data corruption)
o Page up/down and arrow keys now work properly on category list
o Fixed problem with abend on startup if user typed a stray keystroke
o Downgrading from a larger edition to a smaller edition no longer results in the app not starting
o Hover works consistently in search pane
o Hover works better in general


REFERENCE WORKS
o Updated the Hebrew interlinear
o Corrected numerous issues with Naves Topical Bible
o Verse numbers in the Berean Study Bible are now superscripted
o Minor formatting corrections to the Geneva Notes
o Minor corrections to Illustrated Bible Dictionary
o Corrections and updates to the Hymnal
o Corrections to Smith's Bible Dictionary
o Corrections to the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
o Updates to Reflections in the Redwoods
o Added Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion to 512 Mb Edition
o Added Palmberg's Gifts of the Holy Spirit to 512 Mb Edition
o Added in-program help to 512 Mb Edition


ENHANCEMENTS
o Transliterated Greek words are now clickable/hoverable
o Different tunes with the same meter can be selected when playing hymns
o Tab options dropdown stays open while adding or removing panes
o Added appendable clipboard option
o Other misl. improvements to the UI
o Main menu autohides on Windows


NOTES TO USERS
1. The bug that sometimes caused problems with lists being cleared, lost, or otherwise changed has been fixed.  Old lists with problems cannot be corrected, but erasmus will recover as much of the old lists as possible.
2. erasmus will not update to the new version on its own on Android.  You will need to go to the web site, download the program and update it that way.


V1.0 released January 5th, 2023