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

[Bev in TX]

Manfred,

That sets the Xiphos directory to "." (without quotes), but does 
nothing.  Well, not absolutely nothing -- it sometimes blows up 
Eloquent.  I am unable to get Eloquent's Module Manager to see any of 
Xiphos' modules.

I manually downloaded all of the zipped modules and unzipped one of 
them, smithatlas.zip, in:

$HOME/Library/Application Support/Sword

which placed files in subdirectories mods.d and modules.  I was then 
able to access the atlas in both Eloquent and Bible Desktop.  I wrote a 
shell script to unpack the rest of them.

Thanks to all who helped me.

Bev in TX

On 8/7/11 6:25 AM, Manfred Bergmann wrote:
> Hi.
>
> "Test Install Source" seems to have a problem. It says "invalid" even though the source might be valid.
> To get the Xiphos source though you could just use "Sync Install Sources" from the Eloquent module installer toolbar. That will add the Xiphos source automatically.
> If you want to add it manually you need to use the "repository directory" which for Xiphos is just a "." (dot).
>
>
>
> Manfred
>
>
> Am 07.08.2011 um 02:18 schrieb DM Smith:
>
>> Bev,
>> I'm blind copying this to the lead developer for Eloquent. Perhaps he can weigh in.  Otherwise I'll get back to you.
>> In Him,
>> 	DM
>> On Aug 6, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Bev in TX wrote:
>>
>>> DM,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the offer of help :-).
>>>
>>> Please see my previous message about Eloquent problems below ...
>>>
>>> Bev in TX
>>>
>>> On 8/6/11 5:14 PM, DM Smith wrote:
>>>> Bev,
>>>> You'd need to manually unstall them into ~/Library/Application Support/Sword. However, you'll need to do this via Terminal using unzip.
>>>>
>>>> Eloquent should be easier than that. Can you let us know what the difficulties were?
>>>>
>>>> In Him
>>>> 	DM
>>>
>>> On Aug 6, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Bev in TX wrote:
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Fwd: Re: [bd-users] How to Access "Bible Atlas Online" in Bible Desktop?
>>> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:53:48 -0500
>>> From: Bev in TX<countryone77 at gmail.com>
>>> To: bibledesktop-users at crosswire.org
>>>
>>> I meant for this to go to the list -- sorry about that!
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> 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
>>
>>
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