Looking back through this - did you ever try mod2zmod? cipherraw, as explained above in the thread, has been absent from SWORD for a long time. Encrypted modules are only supported in compressed forms.
--Greg On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 6:16 PM John Dudeck <john.dud...@sim.org> wrote: > > I'm not sure why this message is showing up now. I posted it on 26 march > 2019. The question still stands, as I have never gotten a response about > how to make encrypted Genbooks. > > As to why I need the tools for Windows, I work with a very small group > that is preparing a set of Bible study materials in Sword to run on > AndBible, targeted to French-speaking African pastors. The materials are > mostly copyrighted, and we are using the encryption feature of Sword to > exert a bit of barrier against mass piracy outside of Africa. Our team uses > Windows 10 workstations, and just want to create good working Sword modules. > > With the advent of WSL2, I can conceivably see creating scripts that would > run the Sword tools in the Linux subsystem. I would appreciate it if > somebody could point me to a tutorial for installing and using Sword under > WSL2. > > Even more valuable would be if somebody could show me how to build Windows > executables of the tools from within WSL2, which would eliminate the need > for my coworkers to deal with installing WSL2 on their workstations. > > Thanks. > > John > > > Am 01.12.20 um 17:39 schrieb Greg Hellings: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 11:08 AM John Dudeck <jdud...@laclef.org > > > <mailto:jdud...@laclef.org>> wrote: > > > > > > __ > > > Greetings. > > > > > > I am looking into how to use the encryption feature for Sword > > > modules. I have done it successfully using the -c command line > > > switch on osis2mod for Bibles, commentaries, and dictionaries. > > > > > > But I also need to do encryption for Genbooks. Reading the > > Crosswire > > > wiki, it mentions the cipherraw tool. > > > > > > We do our module developement on Windows. I am using the other > > > various utilities bundled with Xiphos 64-bit, but cipherraw.exe is > > > missing. > > > > > > > > > This is officially unsupported. Only Linux is officially supported for > > > module development. > > > > > > Of course, with the world being what it is, one of the easiest places > > > for you to test things out would be in Windows using the WSL2 support. > > > You should be able to get copies of the module utilities by tapping a > > > sword (or sword-utils on Fedora) package for any of the distros you > > > install in WSL2. > > > > > > > > > I have the 1.7.0 / 1.8.0 32-bit version from CrossWire. Is this the > > > latest current version? > > > > > > > > > I'm unaware of any official builds from CrossWire. Where did you get > > it? > > > > > > > I guess version 1.7.0 came from > > http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/utils/win32/ > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > John Dudeck Tel: +1-704-588-9891 Cell: +1-803-504-8065 > john.dud...@sim.org Charlotte, North Carolina > -- > Most people want to serve God, but only in an advisory capacity. > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
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