[sword-devel] sword module repository

[DM Smith]

Peter,
	JSword uses HTTP tunneling to get to the modules' zip files and to  
the catalog of modules. Specifically it expects the following structure:
www.xyz.com/a/b/c/root/
	(note: a/b/c/root can be any path of your choosing)
www.xyz.com/a/b/c/root/packages/rawzips/*.zips
	(note: it must be packages/rawzips)
www.xyz.com/a/b/c/root/raw/mods.d.tar.gz
	(note: it must be raw/mods.d.tar.gz)

With regard to the naming of the zips, each module's conf specifies  
the "initials" of the name on the first non-blank line in [] as in  
[KJV] and the zip is expected to have this name, e.g. KJV.zip

The content of the zip will be (using the KJV for an example)
mods.d/kjv.conf
	(note the conf name is typically in all lower case)
modules/texts/ztexts/kjv/*.*
	(note: the directory name containing the module files generally  
matches the conf name, but it has to match the DataPath in the conf)

The following would be run in the pub/sword/raw directory of your ftp  
site:
To zip up the KJV, I use a command like
	zip -u ../packages/rawzips/KJV.zip mods.d/kjv.conf modules/texts/ 
ztexts/kjv/*

To create mods.d.tar.gz I use the following command
	tar czvf mods.d.tar.gz mods.d

 From a practical perspective, you need to make the ftp directory  
accessible via http.

In His Service,
	DM Smith

On Nov 6, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Peter von Kaehne wrote:

> I have created a collection of sword modules for which i have only  
> limited rights of distribution - i.e. our church can distribute  
> them without any complaint, but I think I would end up in trouble  
> if I uploaded them into the sword repositories. I do presume this  
> will be resolved at some stage, but I am at the same time eager to  
> go ahead and put a repository onto our church website until things  
> are sorted.
>
> What exactly is needed in a repository to make it work with the  
> module manager in BibleCS or in JSword's Bibledesktop
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> How do I need to package modules? Zip or self extracting exe-files?
>
> Thanks
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