[sword-devel] Osis2mod change

[DM Smith]

On Apr 29, 2009, at 12:37 AM, Tonny Kohar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:54 PM, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org>  
> wrote:
>> I have just checked in (svn revision 2358) a significant change to  
>> osis2mod.
>> The API is the same, but it generates modules that require 1.6.
>
> Is this 1.6 means that the xxx.conf file entry must be using
> MinimumVersion=1.6 (rather than 1.5.9) ?

Yes.

>
>
> Cheers
> Tonny Kohar
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>
>>
>> Here are the changes: (I mentioned them as an aside in an email  
>> yesterday.
>> Here I'll go into more depth on some.)
>> [ Note: by verse osis2mod means an indexable unit of module text. ]
>> 1) All tags are retained in the module. (Note: the OSIS header is  
>> not kept.)
>> 2) Inter-verse tags are not re-ordered.
>>   This is a big boon to module writers as the module's whitespace  
>> is as they
>> define it.
>> 3) Inter-verse material is handled in a well-defined predictable  
>> manner:
>>   a) Everything from the book element up to the first chapter  
>> element goes
>> into the book introduction.
>>      This is what the old code attempted to do.
>>   b) Starting with the chapter element, everything is put into the  
>> chapter
>> introduction,
>>       until one of the following conditions is met:
>>         i) A section div is found.
>>         ii) A title that does not have a type of "main" or "chapter".
>>      Once that is found, it is marked "pre-verse" (see below) and  
>> attached
>> to the following verse.
>>      Note: we may need to tune this. I think it fits with the OSIS  
>> texts I
>> have seen. Feedback welcomed.
>>   c) Between verses, the first start or empty tag defines the  
>> boundary
>> between the two verses.
>>      This does not include empty, milestoned end tags of the form  
>> <tagname
>> eID="xxx"/>.
>> 4) Inter-verse material that is deemed to be pre-verse will be  
>> marked up in
>> the following fashion:
>>   <div type="x-milestone" subType="x-preverse" sID="pvXXX"/>
>>       .... All the elements that are deemed to be preverse ...
>>   <div type="x-milestone" subType="x-preverse" eID="pvXXX"/>
>>   Where XXX is a number that follows the sID/eID rules.
>> 5) The code handling the preverse material is significantly simpler  
>> and is
>> now commented well.
>>
>> In doing this code, I realized that osis2mod does not handle module
>> introductions or testament introductions. Perhaps we should add it  
>> someday.
>>
>> I'd appreciate people trying it out and giving feedback. For linux  
>> and mac,
>> you'll have to compile it from SVN.
>> Maybe Chris will make a Windows version?
>>
>> I hope to redo the KJV and ESV modules using it. When/if I do, I'll  
>> put them
>> in beta.
>>
>> In Christ,
>>   DM
>>
>>
>>
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