Logos 4 Mac Alpha 20 Release Notes

Cameron Watters (Faithlife)

 

The app should auto update, but you can always download the latest release from: http://www.logos.com/logos4mac

Whats New?

Bible Word Study

• Fixed a possible crash when selecting large segments in Ring Graphs

Guides

• Parallel Passage guide added
• Music section layout fixed to match windows
• Guide Header text/title updated to show subtitle for Guides with subtitles
• Additional Passage Guide sections (PowerPointSermons, SermonAudio, SermonCentral, sermons.logos.com)

General

• Resource Tooltips starting to show up (Tool tips with resource information – cover, title, author...)
• Fixed space bar page scrolling in Resource Display
• Items in the command bar can now be dragged
• Multi-Selection in custom controls now possible
• Selected item color now respects system preference in custom controls

Search

• Paging now reflects actual page count
• Paging shows currently selected page number in black color

Highlighting

• Highlighting panel now shows currently selected highlighting style.
• Dashed, Wavy and Informal borders are implemented.

Indexer

• Fixed a bug that always downloaded resources when starting Logos 4
• Due to changes in searching non-Bibles with Morph search, Alpha 20 will require a full reindex
• Removed “Automatically pause indexing when running on battery” functionality

Information Panel

• Multiple Items can now be selected

Pronounciation Panel

• Fixed sizing issue and greatly sped up display
• Pronounciation now works

Synchronization

• There is now a synchronization indicator in the toolbar
• Clicking the sync icon will sync immediately

Shortcut bar

• There is now a shortcut bar at the top of the main window
• Panels can be dragged to the shortcut bar to create a shortcut
• Shortcuts can be dragged
• Right click on a shortcut to get a context menu

Keyboard shortcuts

• App:
  • CMD+SHIFT+] Go to next panel
  • CTRL+TAB Go to next panel
  • CMD+SHIFT+[ Go to previous panel
  • CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Go to previous panel
  • CMD+1 … 9 Navigate to Bookmark (1 – 9)
  • CMD+OPT+L Focus command bar
  • CMD+SHIFT+H Home
  • CMD+L Library
  • CMD+OPT+W Close all panels
  • CMD+Q Close the App
• Panel:
  • CMD+SHIFT+N Clone this panel in a new tab
  • CMD+OPT+SHIFT+1 .. 9 Set Bookmark (1 – 9)
  • CMD+D Add current location to Favorites
  • CMD+W Close current panel
  • CMD+K Apply visual markup
  • CMD+SHIFT+K Erase visual markup
  • CMD+SHIFT+C Show table of contents
  • CMD+SHIFT+L Show locator
  • CMD+[ Back in History
  • CMD+] Forward in History
  • CMD+SHIFT+DOWN Next
  • CMD+SHIFT+UP Previous
  • CMD+Z Undo
  • CMD+SHIFT+Z Redo
• Note: Undo and redo apply mostly in documents (coming soon!), but they can be used now in the Guide Template editor.

Timelines

• Events now correctly grouped and positioned
• Added vertical time markers
• Can now increase and decrease time scale (page width)
• Fit to screen implemented
• Expand all implemented
• Known issues:
  • Panel initial loads scrolled to bottom
  • Cannot edit time range (text field)
  • Does not support skins
  • Zooming not yet supported
  • Time markers (numbers) are not done
  • Cannot copy to clipboard, print or send to Keynote yet

 

Syntax Search Panel

 

• Detail View toggling
• Edit Tree - dragging/dropping nodes
• Syntax Specifics Panel
  • General View
  • Checkbox View

Passage Analysis

• Morph River and Version River graphs are in. (Although the graph's legend and most of the mode-selection controls are still in-the-works, the reference range control is usable.)
• Cluster Graph now has Copy, Save As…, and Print… in and working.