[sword-devel] How about the OT"s versification?

[Lynn Allan]

> Alt. versification functionality includes a mapping mechanism to
sync
> Bibles of different versification schemas.  This is one of the
hardest
> parts, as alt. versification basic functionality was originally part
of
> the engine, but removed for performance gains-- and Daniel Glassey
has
> submitted yet another implementation of such.

Perhaps the following has been considered and rejected ... too
simplistic or unworkable ...

My understanding of versification (v11n?) is that KJV has a specific
number of book (66). Each book has a known number of chapters (50 in
Genesis), and each of the 1300 or so chapters has a known number of
verses (Gen 1 has 31 verses).

This is all reflected in structures in canon.h, specifically a "bunch
of numbers" in sbook and vm.

Would it be possible to define alternative sbook's and vm's, and then
have information in a module's .conf file as to which sbook+vm
applied?

Seems like this approach might work for Bible texts, but I'm not
particularly familiar with how non-Biblical texts like commentaries
work.