[sword-devel] verse numbering schemes (was: RC4 BUG!)

[Jerry Hastings]

At 10:01 PM 9/12/2002 -0700, Joel Mawhorter wrote:
>There is no reason to allow users to apply different versifications
>to the same module since it would have no real meaning and be very confusing.
>Likewise, the current method of forcing all modules into the KJV
>versification scheme is a serious limititation since printed copies of some
>translations differ from what is in Sword. This could also be confusing to
>users.

It would be good for translations to work with the versification schemes 
given by the translators. But, there are time it is nice to force a 
translation to work with another versification scheme. Using a commentary 
that has Bible references does not work well if the Bible translation you 
want to use with it can only use a different scheme. Also, comparing 
translations is better if you can force them to use the same scheme. And, 
if I know where a verse is in one scheme, it is nice to be able to use that 
scheme with any translation to look it up. But, it should be clear when a 
translation's native scheme is not being used so one does not add to 
confusion by citing a verse with one scheme when people would expect it in 
a different scheme.

Jerry