I have looked, but I cannot seem to find any information regarding the structure of the ztext file format.
I understand that there are 3 files. For example, looking at the KJV New Testament, there are: nt.bzs nt.bzv nt.bzz I can only look at so much C++ code before I get lost in what the code is doing. My goal is to create an open source C# reader from scratch if possible. I just need to understand the file format, and how it is compressed, and how is it indexed. Perhaps, it is all explained in some header file that I missed, but I hadn't found it. I understand that the file is compressed in a block size of either verse, chapter, or book. How is that determined? Also, when you do a search for, lets say, the word, "God", does the search uncompress each block and search the uncompressed block? Or is there an index that is created for each word? The reason I ask is because the search is reasonably fast, and I am curious how it can be fast with the constant decompression of each block. I know that in my own tests, the time to uncompress a raw text bible could take 3-5 seconds depending on the speed of the computer, not including the time to search for the text which would take another 2 or 3 seconds. The SWORD lib could search for "God" in a compressed Bible and return results nearly instantly. Any help would be appreciated. Wade
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