They are already mentioned: https://wiki.crosswire.org/DevTools:conf_Files

If you think there is better ways to document that, it is a wiki...

--Greg

On Mon, May 5, 2025, 12:02 PM David Haslam <dfh...@protonmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Greg,
>
> I may try this after I return from my trip to London.
>
> Maybe we should also expand on this detail in the developers’ wiki ?
>
> David
>
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>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 17:59, Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com
> <On+Mon,+May+5,+2025+at+17:59,+Greg+Hellings+%3C%3Ca+href=>> wrote:
>
> One could always switch to a zVerse4 driver instead of zVerse if they wish
> to have larger block sizes. zVerse is limited to a 65,535 byte cap per
> block, as it uses a 16 bit size value for the offset in the data file.
> zText4 uses a 32-bit value, and can correspondingly capture a 4 Gigabyte
> minus one block size. Most of our mpdule types have this split option
> available.
>
> That would probably be a better solution than modifying block setting. As
> mentioned, Chapter is the "best" block to use because that is what most
> apps use as a unit of display. But if the release script hard codes Book,
> then the other solution is to change the driver in use.
>
> --Greg
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2025, 11:45 AM David Haslam < dfh...@protonmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So if an OSIS file were so unusual as to cause the module to give
>> decompression buffer issues, as things stand at present, you would not have
>> a route to fix things?
>>
>> Not even if the submitted .conf file has BlockType=CHAPTER specified as
>> the way to prevent this issue ?
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 17:39, domcox < domini...@corbex.org
>> <On+Mon,+May+5,+2025+at+17:39,+domcox+%3C%3Ca+href=>> wrote:
>>
>> David Haslam < dfh...@protonmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > How does Dom’s module release script determine the right
>> > BlockType for a module?
>>
>> BlockType is set with only one value: BlockType=book.
>>
>> see:
>> https://www.crosswire.org/svn/sword-tools/trunk/modules/conf/confmaker.py
>> (line=431)
>>
>> --
>> Dom
>>
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