On 14 Jan 2003 at 14:49, Chris Little wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Joachim Ansorg wrote: > > > I just added a new strip filter for red letter words. Works on my side. > > This constitutes altering text presentation. Whenever possible, we do not > do this or allow this because it is not our right to choose presentation > of books that we did not author. We try to (and need to) maintain as > much as possible of the presentation format of text editions. > > We also shouldn't be writing filters and otherwise modifying Sword for > everyone who comes along declaring that something is unbiblical. Will you > also write a filter to convert instances of Lord back to YWHW because it > is an affront to God that we try to hide his name? Or better, back to > Hebrew because it is an affront to God that we should render his name in > any but His Chosen Language?
ok, I won't suggest it is unbiblical but that I personally find red letters are a right pain and a distraction. So I think a filter to give you that option is a good idea. I see nothing wrong in filters that alter text presentation, like stylesheets. Altering the text itself is a different matter. Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
