[sword-devel] usfm to osis converter...

[Michael H]

I was previously aware of multiple untagged references in \r's but not
\x's, but I do see it in the manual.   It seems poor markup to include
multiple references per \xt tag. USFM does support multiple \xt tags per \x
... \x* tag.

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 14:44 -0500, Michael H wrote:
> >
> > I haven't worked on it myself,
>
> And I think this is the problem.
>
> Xrefs can take any number of complicated forms. lists, ranges, etc.
> They are context dependent - sometimes the xref is only to a verse or a
> chapter/verse combo. Without understanding of the meaning of the
> separators you are often lost.
>
> Mark 1,2;3 could mean second and third verse of chapter 1 of Mark, it
> could mean second verse of chapter 1 of Mark and verse 3 of the current
> chapter, it could mean first and second chapter of Mark, and verse 3 of
> the current chapter and a whole plethora of other potential readings -
> all dependent on what is meant by , and ;.
>
> Peter
>
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