Looking at how Xiphos behaves when trying to scroll up or down past a missing verse or missing chapter, the following tip may be worth sharing.
The module I'm building includes the DC book we call EsthAdd, the Greek additions to Eshther. i.e. As defined in the KJVA versification scheme. Rather than having missing records, this is what I did in the XML (ignore the inserted spaces before each ! comment line) < !-- Main title moved to before chapter 10 --> < !-- Esther (Hebrew) ends at 10.3 --> < !-- Greek additions begin at 10.4 --> < !-- The 12 "empty verses" below each contain a horizontal ellipsis --> < !-- This avoids navigation issues in front-ends such as Xiphos --> Example: <chapter osisID="AddEsth.2"> <verse sID="AddEsth.2.1" osisID="AddEsth.2.1"/>…<verse eID="AddEsth.2.1"/> </chapter> and leter: <title short="Esther (Greek)" type="main">The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther</title> <chapter osisID="AddEsth.10"> <verse sID="AddEsth.10.1" osisID="AddEsth.10.1"/>…<verse eID="AddEsth.10.1"/> <verse sID="AddEsth.10.2" osisID="AddEsth.10.2"/>…<verse eID="AddEsth.10.2"/> <verse sID="AddEsth.10.3" osisID="AddEsth.10.3"/>…<verse eID="AddEsth.10.3"/> There are thus no empty verses or chapters. The chapter/verse scrollers in Xiphos can now move through the "almost empty" sections of this book. This may also help in some other front-ends, though I've yet to try in PocketSword. Similar scenarios exist even for some protocanonical editions, such as where verse 1 is missing from a chapter for whatever reason. Best regards, David -- View this message in context: http://sword-dev.350566.n4.nabble.com/A-useful-tip-for-building-modules-that-include-EsthAdd-tp4655969.html Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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
