[jsword-devel] bible modules

[Chris Little]

Alan,

vpl2mod in the utilities directory of the Sword source tree will do what 
you want.

--Chris

Alan Rouse wrote:

>I have an ancient DOS version of WordSearch (NIV).  I would love to convert that Bible so that I can read it with one of the sword ui's.  
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>Conveniently, my version of WordSearch permits me to export the entire (or individual NT and OT, or any other range) as a plain text file. Each verse is on a single line, with the reference at the beginning of the line... like
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>GEN 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 
>GEN 1:2 Now the earth was* formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 
>* Or possibly became 
>GEN 1:3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 
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>I can export it with or without the notes...
>
>I'm a competent java programmer so I think I should be able to pull this off, given a little information.  It should not be hard to convert this to something like GBF (using the ASV module as a pattern), and drop them into a texts/rawtext/niv directory just like the ASV (and create a corresponding conf file in the appropriate directory.  However, there is that little matter of those index files. 
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>Surely there already exists code to generate index files.  Can someone point me to the details I'm lacking so I can accomplish this?
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>Thanks!
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