Re: New libquran architecture and features

["Ahmed Ghoneim" <ahmed dot ghoneim at gmail dot com>]

On 7/23/07, nabil ben khalifa <nabil_benkhalifa at yahoo dot fr> wrote:
> Are plugins really needed ? why we don't offer
> compilation options so that everyone can compile
> libquran with the adequate options for his platform ?
Good point. But the reason i would lean more towards the plugins
options is that, not all the expected user base (at least from what
i've seen) will be in "compile your program" camp.
A problem that's easily solved by maintaining a combination of builds
that would satisfy most people, then again it's more work/headache for
you (the maintainers) :)


> I have another suggestion: instead of using xml or
> binary files, why we don't use to databases instead to
> store quranic data (text, tafsir, ...) which will
> facilitate access to data and searching of info
> within.  We can use sqlite for example which is a very
> light and portable sql database based in files, what
> do you think ?
excellent point, i totally agree, sqlite wuold be great for extras
such as tafsir (in a plugin arch).
but do we really need it for The Quran text? i think for a smaller
footprint (mobile devices), XML or sqlite should not be used, the
quran text can be stored in a binary record format file and indexed by
aya number.
of course sqlite search capabilities will be much more superior to
such a scheme, so it's still a very good idea to consider.

i haven't used sqlite on symbian. anybody has some experience there?

Salam,

Ahmed Ghoneim