Hi! > How does this relate to Sword? Well, Sword is currently available to > C++ programs. There should be alternate interfaces for other tools. A > simple command line tool to quote a verse by reference or output a > concordance like list of references given a search key would be handy > for a scripted web page or editor macros. A C interface would be more > easily wrapped for script languages like Python or Perl. A command line > tool would also let you search the Scriptures on a 4Mb 386 in console > mode (although an ncurses frontend would be nicer for that).
A Perl interface does already exist and (beginnings of) a ncurses frontend were written some monhs ago. Joachim