[sword-devel] Help!

David davnr1 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 07:52:21 MST 2005


Binaries of the tools for Windows are at
http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/utils/win32/ .

On 11/17/05, Shane Rice <shane at rices2peru.com> wrote:
>
> Greg H.,
>
> Thanks for the info. I do have the one verse per line raw text, for the
> entire Bible. I did figure out the conf file. That was pretty easy. I don't
> think I have ever compiled anything in my life, I'm new to Linux. I'm using
> Ubuntu, and dual booting with Win XP. I could make the file in XP. Where do
> I find this vpl2mod ? I have searched the web, and it seems as though
> everyone is mentioning it in forums, but it is not at sourceforge that I
> found. Is there a windows version of this program? Thanks.
>
> Serving the King,
>
> Shane Rice
>
> Rom 12:1-2
> www.rices2peru.com <http://www.rices2peru.com/>
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> Greg Hellings wrote:
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> Shane,
>
> That depends on what kind of "raw text" you have. If it is just straight
> text that is on one "verse per line" you can use the program vpl2mod
> (already installed if you build from source on Linux). If each verse is more
> than one line long you would have to use the "import format" - before each
> verse you enter a like as such:
> $$$Genesis 1:1
> In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
> $$$Genesis 1:2
> And the earth was without form and void, and...
>
> So on and so forth. That tool would use the imp2vs program (again, also
> intsalled when you build from source on Linux). Each, or at least most, of
> these tools are available in Windows forms if you need them. Beyond that,
> you also need to create a .conf file to put into the mods.d folder. It
> sounds like you might already know how to do this if you were just copying
> over from another module. That is probably one of the easier ways to do it,
> but you can find a description on the website at
> http://www.crosswire.org/sword/develop/swordmodule/ - section 2.1 will be
> helpful for the conf file. The rest of it can be helpful for the rest of
> your work also, but goes into more detail about other types of modules and
> items like that.
>
> --Greg H
>
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