Another interesting way forward would be an ability to tag sections in GenBooks thematically.
So a search on forgiveness e.g. would throw up all Bible verses, related commentary sections, a dictionary entry and various tagged sections in Genbooks. Peter Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Don A. Elbourne Jr. wrote: > >> Does Sword index scripture references in gen books? >> >> In other words, does the Sword engine provide the possibility of >> creating some sort of "passage study" tool? For example a user could >> submit a particular passage, like Eph 2:8-9. The query would return a >> list of links to citations in gen books where the scripture reference >> exists. > > This would be very good indeed. > >> I am not necessarily making a feature request (although this feature >> would be very cool - so please do not flame me) I'm just wondering if >> the possibility exists. If so, I would be more willing to help convert >> classic Systematic theologies, historic creeds, and puritan sermons into >> Sword module format. then I could wait until someone wants to build it >> into a front end. Without this feature, it doesn't seem that gen book >> modules afford much usefulness. > > I think that general books like Pilgrim's Progress are not very useful > as Bible reader program modules. PDF or HTML is as good as our format. > The usefullness really comes from the scripture references. The first > and obvious use for them is clicking a link and having the Bible text > right there. The other one is something which I have seen in some Bible > applications but not in Sword. That is just what you described. > > As the library and frontends become more and more mature we have to > think how to utilize the possibilities of computers more and more. This > is exactly the way to go. Computers should do anything possible > behalf of a human being. Before computers theological books had > scripture indexes. Today this should be automatized so that if the user > reads a verse and wonders what Calvin said about that verse he could > just click a link to Insitutes or commentaries. > >> Having something like this would serve me well in sermon preparation. If >> I'm preaching a particular passage, I'd love to have the ability to >> search my gen book collection for any citation of that passage. > > If this is possible with the Sword library I would be willing to find a > way to utilize it in BibleTime frontend. If I have understood correctly > Joachim and Martin have also thought something like this when they have > planned the BibleTime2 frontend. > > Yours, > Eeli Kaikkonen (Mr.), Oulu, Finland > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (with no x) > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
