[sword-devel] thml2gbs

[Jason and Larua Brooks]

Dave,
    Sorry I didn't reply to this one.  If you want to take the Institutes mod for a test spin, go to the following URL
http://brookswv.freeshell.org/institutes.zip
Let me know how it works.
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Hall <dhall@clearcommerce.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:32:27 -0600 
To: "'sword-devel@crosswire.org'" <sword-devel@crosswire.org>
Subject: RE: [sword-devel] thml2gbs

> I'd like it. Could it get put on the beta site?
> 
> - Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason and Larua Brooks [mailto:ljbrooks@mail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:09 PM
> To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] thml2gbs
> 
> 
> Joachim,
>     Thanks for the pointer, and Christian, thanks for the work.  I now have
> Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion as a sword module!  If there's
> interest in checking it out for errors, etc, let me know and I'll pass it
> on!
> Jason
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joachim Ansorg <joachim@ansorgs.de>
> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:18:24 +0100 
> To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] thml2gbs
> 
> > There's a Perl script which converts the ThML to a format which can be 
> > converted directly into a module.
> > 
> > I think the perl script works better than imp2gbs.
> > The URL should be http://www.web42.com/software/sword/ccel2imp/. The tool 
> > imp2gbs converts the resulting text into a Sword module.
> > 
> > Joachim
> > 
> > > Chris,
> > >     Thanks for the info.  The docs I have pulled from ccel.org are
> > > available in other formats, including osis.  Is there any tool that
> could
> > > use another format that would come closer to working?  Or, would the
> > > modules have to be made by hand or a script?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jason
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Chris Little <chrislit@crosswire.org>
> > > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:33:24 -0700 (MST)
> > > To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
> > > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] thml2gbs
> > >
> > > > thml2gbs has some bugs and is broken at the moment, I believe.
> > > >
> > > > You should not modify the .bdt files manually because it will mess up
> the
> > > > indexing in the other files.  There are some quirky things you COULD
> do
> > > > in ThML (or OSIS or any other XML format) that would really confuse
> > > > thml2gbs, but I don't think that is done in any texts I've seen.  So
> any
> > > > problems you're having are probably the result of either:
> > > >
> > > > 1) bugs in thml2gbs (it was really just a proof-of-concept project and
> > > > didn't quite get finished)
> > > > 2) bugs/inadequacies in Sword's or BibleCS's handling of ThML
> > > > 3) possibly bugs in the GenBook code, but this is least likely
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Jason and Larua Brooks wrote:
> > > > > OK.  I went back with the same config as below and generated the
> files
> > > > > fine.  The only question I have left is this:  is it common to have
> to
> > > > > manually manipulate the *.bdt files? I ran thml2gbs on Calvin's
> > > > > Institutes and Harmony of the Law in 4 volumes, all in XML (thml).
> I
> > > > > realize the Harmony presents problems because it is laid out in
> chart
> > > > > format.  However, Institutes is flat in relation.  But the thml2gbs
> > > > > caught all the head tags, but missed all the text underneath.  For
> > > > > example, there are simply Roman Numerals in the left pane.  The text
> > > > > pane only lists the topic sentence. I manipulated the first of the
> bdt
> > > > > file, and corrected some of the problems.  So, question is is this a
> > > > > problem with the source, the conversion process, or what?  Or is it
> the
> > > > > norm?
> > > >
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> > -- 
> > Joachim Ansorg
> > www.bibletime.info
> > www.ansorgs.de
> > 
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