[sword-devel] Creating modules for a beginner

[Joseph Daniel]

Thanks a lot for this explanation. I've not seen the wiki before I only saw 
the page in the Developer section in the main website.

I am having exams till the end of this week so I guess I will start resume 
working shortly after I finish. I will follow your instructions step by step 
and the wiki then I will report to you exactly what I encounter.

Last time I was using vpl2mod and the only error I got was 'Problem'. It was 
printed in the command line for every input line (31102 times). Anyway, I 
will check this wiki very soon and return with the news.

God Bless you all,
Joe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DM Smith" <dmsmith555 at yahoo.com>
To: "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum" <sword-devel at crosswire.org>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Creating modules for a beginner


>
> On Jan 21, 2008, at 7:51 AM, Joseph Daniel wrote:
>
>> Concerning module creation, I am facing many problems in converting
>> some
>> eSword modules to work on the SWORD project. These bible versions
>> are ALAB ,
>> GNA and JAB. All are Arabic translations.
>
> We don't condone converting eSword modules. Without permission from
> eSword, you are in violation of the license agreement that is part of
> every module's exe.
>
> However, assuming that you have obtained such permission and also
> permission from the copyright owner, if currently under copyright.....
>
> Did you see our module making instructions on our wiki: 
> http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/index.php/DevTools:Modules
>
> If it is incomplete, we'd like to improve it.
>
>>
>>
>> I have the permission to copy and distribute them but I am facing many
>> problems in converting them. I tried parsing the whole module into
>> verse per
>> line format but them vpl2mod tool didn't work.
>
> Please let us know exactly what problem you had. How is your input
> file structured? What command line did you use? Was it that vpl2mod
> failed? That it gave an error message? That the resulting module
> didn't work?
>
> Hopefully the following will fill in the gaps. Let us know what works
> for you and how we can improve our wiki documentation.
>
> vpl2mod should be able to handle anything with a KJV versification. It
> will produce a "raw text" module.
>
> The following is from reading the code. It is possible that I may not
> be understanding what I see.
>
> The basic command is:
> vpl2mod <source_vpl_file> </path/to/output/mod/> [0|1 - prepended
> verse refs] [0|1 - NT only]
> where the first argument is your vpl input file and the second a path
> to where you want the output files to be placed. Note, that directory/
> folder/location must already exist.
>
> The next argument indicates one of two different input formats. With
> either format a line beginning with | is a comment line and is ignored.
>
> Basically it can handle one of two formats:
> 0) VerseText
> When this is used, the file must have exactly 31102 lines for then
> entire Bible, or ??? (I don't know the exact number) for the NT only.
> You will notice that this is larger than the number of verses in the
> KJV. This is because we allow for "chapter 0" and "verse 0" for
> introductory materials for Bible, books, and chapters. Blank lines
> must be used for missing entries.
>
> There are versifications other than the KJV. If you have verses not in
> the KJV versification, then append them to the previous verse. If you
> are lacking verses in the KJV versification, leave a blank line.
>
> 1) VerseRef VerseText
> There is a comment in the code indicating that it is not implemented,
> It looks like it is implemented but it may be broken. If it works, it
> is the preferred format because it is more flexible. For example, it
> doesn't require every verse to be present.
>
> The VerseRef can be pretty much anything that Sword can understand as
> a verse reference, but minimally it needs to match the following
> pattern:
> *A*D*:*D*S where
> * is any number of any characters leading up to the following
> A is anything that satisfies isAlpha
> D is anything that satisfies isDigit
> : is the literal colon.
> S is a blank, a space (not a tab)
>  (Note: osisIDs don't have a : and thus would fail to match)
>
> Everything after the first blank is taken as the verse text.
> Any line that does not match this pattern (or a comment) will cause
> the program to exit.
>
> With this format, verses don't have to be present or in any particular
> order. However, verses that are outside of the KJV versification will
> be appended to the last seen verse.
>
> The final argument allows for a New Testament only file to be used,
> beginning with Matthew 1:1. This is only of use with a second argument
> of 0.
>
> Note: VPL is an input format. The VerseText can be any kind of
> supported encoding: Plaintext, ThML, OSIS, GBF (please not GBF!) but
> it has to be on a single line.
>
>
>> I don't understand whether
>> vpl alone is  enough or should I still put it in OSIS / thml format.
>
> Another input format is imp. It is like vpl, but can work for any kind
> of module. It is a bit more flexible/forgiving than vpl. With
> Plaintext modules, it handles verses with multiple lines. imp2mod
> handles that.
>
> Both OSIS and ThML can be used as input formats to other module making
> programs.
>
>
>>
>>
>> I am sorry if this is a bit off topic but could someone guide me on
>> how to
>> do it? The guide on the website seems to be missing a lot of
>> details. Can
>> anybody just give me a sample module so I can see how it's working?
>
> You can get the OSIS kjv at www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/kjv2006
>
> Just run it through osis2mod with (linux commands. windows is similar):
> mkdir -p modules/texts/rawtext/kjv
> osis2mod modules/texts/rawtext/kjv kjv.xml
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Working together for His Kingdom,
> DM Smith
>
>
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