[sword-devel] Turkish module

[Greg Hellings]

This might be a bit naive on my part, but is there a mechanism in the Sword
library that will tell the front-end that the presented text covers multiple
verses?  If I set a VerseKey to Genesis 1:2 is there a way to retrieve where
that entry begins and ends?  For example, if the OSIS entry spans from
verses one to three, is there a way for the front end to determine that from
the VerseKey?  Can it call and ask beginKey() and endKey() or some such
thing where the returned values are 1 and 3, even though the program asked
for verse 2?  I don't remember seeing anything like that in the
documentation, but if there is such an entry, then that would simplify the
application's programming end of the representation.

--Greg

On 1/16/06, DM Smith <dmsmith555 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have entered an issue into Jira against BibleCS. Here is the text I
> entered:
>
> When two or more verses are marked in OSIS with a single verse tag, such
> as <verse osisID="gen.1.1 gen.1.2" n="1,2">...</verse> the rendering of
> the text by any client should indicate both 1 and 2. Of course part of
> the problem is that osis2mod strips the verse elements and presents just
> the content.
>
> Example
> 1,2 In the beginning....
> or
> 1-2 In the beginning....
> or
> whatever.
>
> It might be acceptable to require and show the content of the n
> attribute. Or perhaps show the content of n if present, otherwise use a
> programmatic form.
>
>
> vkaehne at doctors.org.uk wrote:
> >> I'd always thought that OK - yes - that is what it does.  I suppose it
> >> might be a slight improvement if it put out a verse range - but it's
> >> never been an issue ass far as I am concerned.
> >>
> >>
> > I disagree. The BibleCS and Bibletime version of presenting things could
> create serious problems when dealing with Muslims - One of the constant
> features of Islamic attack against the truth of the gospel is the claim that
> the Bible is not complete.
> >
> > This might sound daft to you, but I would have real hesitation to show
> e.g. the Turkish module to a new Turkish believer - who would then be
> tempted to think  things have been cut. Logic may well be bypassed at such a
> moment. (This applies both to the previous problem of poor encoding and to
> the presentational problem of BibleCS and BibleTime.) Gnomesowrd's version
> of showing linked verses is just plain ugly - but not half as damaging.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
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