[sword-devel] Grep or Sed Command to Automate OSIS References?

[Greg Hellings]

Maxwell,

If you install the Python bindings to the Sword library, you can use the
library's extensive parsing information as well as its knowledge of
locales. A very simple Python script[0] will iterate all lines of input
(you can give it a list of file arguments, you can pipe the output of a
different program to it, you can write the lines in manually from stdin)
and parse them. Doing exactly this work was impetus to get the bindings
fixed up and compiling again some years back when converting references by
external means was awfully slow for another member of this list. Using the
bindings like this became nearly fool-proof and brought down the amount of
time required to execute from unbearably long periods to under a second.

--Greg

[0] https://gist.github.com/greg-hellings/0de55fc3e07d5014f005efc12ffbdffa

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 11:28 AM Maxwell Murunga <maxmmur at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Dominique; Thanks Cyrille; Thanks Greg.
>
>
>
> # “Additional” steps to get the awk script
>
> # working fine on macOS as it does on Linux
>
> $ brew install gawk
>
>
>
> # If Terminal Throws Error
>
> $ brew unlink awk
>
> $ brew link --overwrite gawk
>
>
>
> # Confirm all went well!
>
> $ gawk --version
>
>
>
> # Now proceed as normal
>
> # Make the executable
>
> $ chmod +x Ref2Osis.sh
>
>
>
> # Thereafter, run it
>
> $ ./Ref2Osis.sh
>
>
> Works Perfect.
>
>
> Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting.
> Amen, and Amen.
>
>
>
> ~~Shalom.
>
> On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 3:39 AM Cyrille <lafricain79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What are you doing exactly? If you try to convert the ref to osisRef
>> Dominique wrote an awk script which works pretty good.
>> See the attached file.
>>
>> Le 01/02/2020 à 18:06, Maxwell Murunga a écrit :
>>
>> Greetings Saints,
>>
>> I'm processing an OSIS Commentary in InDesign using GREP:
>>
>> *Find: *((\d+ )?(\w+?.? \d+[:]\d+)(.\d+)?([, \d]+(.\d+)?)*)
>> *Replace:* <reference osisRef="$1">$1</reference>
>>
>> It partially accomplishes the task, but does not automatically convert
>> the book names to the standard OSIS abbreviations. I also need help in
>> figuring out how to add looking for Arabic and Roman numerals (1-2
>> instances of the letter "I"; or simply "1" or "2" ) to cover instances of
>> something like I Corinthians or II Corinthians; 1 Corinthians or 2
>> Corinthians.
>>
>> Could anyone be so kind enough as to provide a *grep* or *sed* script to
>> auto convert any kind of Bible reference into this format:
>>
>> <reference osisRef="Gen.1.1">Genesis 1:1</reference>
>> <reference osisRef="2Chr.1.1">2 Chronicles 1:1</reference>
>> <reference osisRef="2Chr.1.1">II Chronicles 1:1</reference>
>>
>> In Christ Alone,
>>
>> Maxwell.
>>
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