[bd-users] Fwd: Re: How to Access "Bible Atlas Online" in Bible Desktop?

[Bev in TX]

I meant for this to go to the list -- sorry about that!

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Subject: Re: [bd-users] How to Access "Bible Atlas Online" in Bible Desktop?
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:46:50 -0500
From: Bev in TX <countryone77 at gmail.com>
To: Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net>

Peter,

I tried to use Eloquent's "Module Installer", but I ran into
difficulties.  I see the following on CrossWire's Module_Repositories
web page:

Xiphos ...
  Site Name:              Xiphos
  Site Machine Name:      ftp.xiphos.org
  Repository Directory:   .
  Catalog Directory:      /sword
  ZIP Directory:          /sword/zip

However, there is no one-to-one correspondence between that and what I
see in Eloquent.  Here is what I did in Eloquent:

In Eloquent:
	1) Eloquent->Module Installer
	2) In "Module Manager", clicked + (Add Install Source)
	3) IN "Install Source Window"

	Name: Xiphos
	Host: ftp.xiphos.org
	Directory: ???

Attempted directory of:
	./sword
	./sword/zip
	/sword
	/sword/zip

	4) Clicked "Test Source"
Got an error ...
The information is not valid.  Please check again.
	5) Clicked "Ok"
	6) Clicked on "Refresh Install Source"
Warning:  An unknown problem occurred while refreshing the install source.
	7) Clicked on the Xiphos
Eloquent blew up with the following message:

Eloquent quit unexpectedly.
Click Reopen to open the application again.  this report will be sent to
Apple automatically.

I went back and tried it again later, with the same warnings, but
Eloquent no longer blew up.

What directory do I need to use in Eloquent?

Bev in TX

On 8/6/11 10:52 AM, Peter von Kaehne wrote:
> The Xiphos repo (and a lot of others) is list here:
>
> http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Module_Repositories
>
> BibleDesktop is not dealing terribly well with other repositories, by
> not employing the standard CrossWire download mechanism. I gather this
> will be changed pretty soon, but for the moment it is a problem.
>
> As a result you probably can not use the module installer successfully,
> but might have to install modules by hand.
>
> My suggestion is that you install a programme which uses the module
> installer more effectively (on Windows this would be Xiphos, bibleCS or
> Bibletime, on Mac this would be Eloquent, on Linux Xiphos or Bibletime)
>
> You can still use BibleDesktop to actually use the installed modules, it
> will find them once installed.
>
> Peter