[sword-devel] Pre-verse div and headings

[Nic Carter]

Thanks DM & Daniel.  I'll try KJV, as it seems sufficient, and besides visiting Vietnam and enjoying their signs, I can't read it...  :)
I'll proceed with the programmatic checking, and see if it's not too stressful for a portable device...  :)
And I'll keep an eye out for osis2mod changes regarding intros – hopefully someone will do a dummy module for testing purposes once we support all of these?  :)

I'm thinking that if we were to ever distribute the MSG, it would be cool to have testament intros, as I quite enjoy Eugene's introductions. :)


Thanks heaps, ybic
	nic...  :)

On 22/02/2013, at 12:38 PM, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:

> The KJV has book and chapter intros. These are merely the title for the book and chapter, but they'll be a good test case.
> 
> I don't know of any that have a module intro or a testament intro.
> 
> I haven't added them to osis2mod as I don't know how to reference them in the SWORD lib.
> 
> I don't know how to detect them using SWORD lib.
> 
> I do think it'd be good to have an indicator in the conf for these. 
> 
> Currently these are treated as "headings", but they can be much more than that.
> 
> I have the intro to the KJV, but haven't put it in the source yet because I don't know how to get it into the module.
> 
> In Him,
> 	DM
> 
> On Feb 21, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Nic Carter <niccarter at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Quick question about introductions in modules:
>> 
>> On 22/01/2013, at 2:07 AM, Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> OK, to clear this up technically.
>>> 
>>> setIntros() turns on and off the versification extra 'slots':
>>> 
>>> TSTMT BK CH:0 - chapter intro
>>> TSTMT BK 0:0 - book intro
>>> TSTMT 0 0:0 - testament intro
>>> 0 0 0:0 - module intro
>> 
>> Is there any way to detect if a module contains these introductions?
>> 
>> Right now PocketSword will display chapter intros if they exist (well, in v1.4.3, which is currently "in review" with Apple).
>> After that, I am thinking about the rest of these intros.
>> Do I programmatically check 69 different locations (well, for Bibles with 66 books) to test for
>> 66 lots of (book intro != NULL)
>> 2 lots of (testament intro != NULL)
>> 1 lot of (module intro != NULL)
>> and then know whether to offer a user to select these intros to view?
>> 
>> Or is there a simpler way of knowing if these exist?
>> 
>> Also, is there an English module that contains various of these intros that I can use for testing purposes? (actually, non-English will work as well, but I just won't be able to read the content!)
>> 
>> Thanks heaps, ybic
>> 	nic...  :)
>> 
>> ps: alternatively, I could check to see if I'm displaying chapter 1 & then include the book intro at the top.
>> pps: along these lines, I could check if we're viewing the first book in a testament & then display the testament intro at the top as well?
>> ppps: and, carrying on, check if we're viewing the first book in the first testament in a module, and display the module intro as well?
>> 
>> pppps: However, all of these ps' will make things a little more messy for the reader...  :/
>> 
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