Daniel Owens wrote:
Chris Little wrote:
Daniel Owens wrote:
Can anyone give me some quick pointers on how to use xml2gbs to
compile a module with deuterocanonical material? I have a source file
I itching to try out, and for now I have resorted to deleting the
extra material using a Perl script so I can compile using osis2mod.
1. Do I need to compile SWORD from SVN?
At a minimum. Even with Sword from SVN, I'm not sure there are any
frontends that can display GenBook Bibles and I don't know that the
whole implementation within Sword itself is completed.
Maybe I need to sit tight for awhile. If anyone wants a source file to
play with, I have one (including permission for CrossWire to
distribute). Should I put the KJV-only version (wink wink) into beta or
just sit tight?
A KJV-versified text will work now--and I wouldn't hold my breath for
non-KJV-versification to be widely supported in stable releases soon.
That is to say, I wouldn't discourage releasing the more limited text
now and updating when that is possible.
2. Do I have to do anything special to the OSIS (I tried xml2gbs
once, and it quit after a few verses I think.)? The structure is BSP,
not BCV.
You shouldn't need to do anything to your Bible, assuming it is
encoded with the correct OSIS book IDs. That said, I don't recall
whether I have ever attempted to import a book with milestoned
chapter/verse elements and I don't recall having written anything in
xml2gbs to handle these elements. So it may be that the BSP style is
causing your problems.
OSIS file validates except for a section in Daniel which uses the
Dan.3.90!+ format, which is forbidden in OSIS. Perhaps I will need to
use x instead of +, but it's a bummer to change it from the printed
version. I guess it's a moot point until front-ends start supporting
alternative versification.
The text really intends a plus sign as a sub-verse marker? Is it
supposed to be a cross? Or a dagger? I would guess there is something
+-like that is allowed in that position by OSIS.
Milestoned verse elements are a real pain, but it's hard to do anything
but canonical text unless you use them. There's no way to handle
paragraphs and poetry, unless I'm mistaken.
Paragraphs you can usually do without resorting to milestones. Poetry,
almost never. So, yes, they're a pain, but they're the best we've got.
--chris
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