[jsword-devel] ESV versification

[DM Smith]

In JSword there are (were?) two existence checks. They differ only in that one throws an exception. Maybe we shouldn't throw the exception at all?


On Jul 5, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk> wrote:

> The kjv is the opposite problem in that the module creation wraps both verses into one.
> 
> For nrsv, it is a missing verse in esv.  So I guess that's a bug in jsword, ie to allow verses not to be there without throwing a book exception.
> 
> So presumably the consequence is checking for the absence of a verse had to be done against global key list.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 5 Jul 2013 12:31, "DM Smith" <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:
> Short answer: no.
> Longer answer: It is OK for a v11n to have more than what's in a module. At times it is OK for it to have less (we use the KJV for the ESV now and 3John15 is appended to 3John14, but w/o distinction)
> 
> This has been discussed on sword-devel at length. So search there for the longest answer.
> 
> If by fails, you mean that JSword has a failure, then we have a bug.
> 
> In Him,
>         DM
> 
> On Jul 5, 2013, at 6:21 AM, Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I wonder if we need  a versification system for the ESV. I'm experimenting with the ESV on the NRSV versification. However, looking up "Rev 12" fails because it fails to look up Rev 12:18 (only exists in NRSV, as opposed to ESV which only has the 3Jo part).
> >
> > Chris

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