[sword-devel] usfx

[Andrew Thule]

If you know 'awk' it's not difficult at all Chris.  You can use 'awk'
regular expressions to replace  USFM tags with OSIS ones.

~A


On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:39 AM, Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk> wrote:

> Thanks for all the info. On the last point, I did mean read directly from
> USFM. I don't know the format well-enough, but presumably if other software
> uses it, then maybe we could have a go at displaying the best we can...
> Chris
>
>
>
> On 8 November 2012 10:17, Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> > Von: Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk>
>>
>>
>> > I've found some instructions on transforming usfm/x to osis on the wiki
>> > but
>> > was wondering how difficult it would be to automate a lot of it?
>>
>> Several of us have been starting to think and experiment with this too.
>>
>> Basically it is easy to automate as such. The problem is around cleaning
>> up.
>>
>> There is a thread earlier this year where some of this was discussed. The
>> basic plan is to use a git repository and git hooks with scripts attached
>> to that. Some infrastructure is up, but not much else has happened yet.
>>
>> >
>> > is it such that there is too much manual cleaning up?
>>
>> Manual/mechanical cleaning up is a huge need, unfortunately. I have not
>> yet encountered a truly clean USFM text, despite all claims by various USFM
>> experts.
>>
>> >
>> > also, I was wondering if there's any appetite in developing a driver to
>> > read such modules, within sword or jsword...
>>
>> You mean to read directly USFM?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>
>
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