Ok, found a copy of sword utilities at the ftp server. How do I use it in Windows (i'm sorry, I'm a Linux user - there's been a while...)?
Or how do I run it on Wine? On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Angel Candelaria <linuxarec...@gmail.com>wrote: > I tried to download the vpl2mod.exe (for Windows) but seems that the link > is broken. Is there any other link available? Or maybe someone can provide > a copy. > > Thanks. > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Mike Hart <just_mik...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I had that problem (terminating characters) on linux, but not on windows. >> When I didn't have a windows box, I found that the vpl2mod.exe command under >> wine worked better than the vpl2mod script. In my case the incoming trouble >> had to do with the file I was working on being saved by open office as a >> .CSV (tab separation) >> >> --- On *Fri, 6/10/11, Angel Candelaria <linuxarec...@gmail.com>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Angel Candelaria <linuxarec...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Looking for vpl reference >> To: "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum" <sword-devel@crosswire.org> >> Date: Friday, June 10, 2011, 7:42 AM >> >> >> Thanks for the info. >> >> Anyway, seems I almost got it working, following the brief >> instructions on the man page of vpl2mod (I'm using Linux, by the way). >> >> I only have one problem: When I open the module on a viewer (I'm >> testing it on Xiphos), it lacks spaces between the words. Here's an >> example of Genesis 1:1 as it is displayed, so you understand what I'm >> talking about: >> >> "ENelprincipio creó elPoderosolos cielosy latierra." >> >> It should be displayed as "EN el principio creó el Poderosolos cielos >> y la tierra."; some spaces between words are missing. This problem is >> present throughout all the bible module. Maybe some encoding problem? >> >> By the way, when I compile the module with vpl2mod, I get a lot of >> "problem" errors on the terminal, and occasional "ERROR: short read of >> terminating char in readline" errors too. >> >> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Brian J Dumont >> <brian.j.dum...@gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=brian.j.dum...@gmail.com>> >> wrote: >> > Angel, >> > >> > The link that you reference is not VPL, it is OSIS. That's why vpl2mod >> > fails. >> > >> > Sorry, I don't have any example vpl files. >> > >> > Brian >> > >> > >> > >> > On 06/10/2011 06:48 AM, Angel Candelaria wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi all. >> >> >> >> I'm new in this list, as you can tell. Please excuse me if my >> >> questions shout out "NOOB" all over the place. >> >> >> >> I'm working on a Spanish module based on the public domain SpaRV 1909. >> >> Seems that it uses KJV versification, so I'd like to try and format >> >> it as vpl and convert it to a Sword module. But since I'm new at >> >> module making, I'm looking for a vpl source to use as a reference; >> >> just something I can look at and compare my work to. >> >> >> >> Can someone point me out to a link where I can find vpl sources I can >> >> use as reference? I found this page >> >> http://crosswire.org/~dmsmith/kjv2006/ . I tried to run one of the vpl >> >> text's found at the bottom of the page through vpl2mod (just as a >> >> practice) but I got some errors (maybe those texts are not made for >> >> that, but I don't know) >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> sword-devel mailing list: >> >> sword-devel@crosswire.org<http://mc/compose?to=sword-devel@crosswire.org> >> >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >> >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > The question is not "Have you accepted Jesus into your heart", but "Has >> > Jesus accepted you into His heart?"; not "have you given your whole >> > life for God", but "has God given His whole life for you" >> > - Pr Bryan Wolfmueller, 2010 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > sword-devel mailing list: >> > sword-devel@crosswire.org<http://mc/compose?to=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://mc/compose?to=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 >> > >
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