[sword-devel] A question about Generic book modules
Tom Sullivan
info at beforgiven.info
Wed Jun 3 09:22:58 EDT 2020
David:
I gave up on Microslop and Windoze years ago. So I am way out of date,
but even several years ago, Windoze would, for security reasons, restore
changed system files and delete foreign files unless certain settings
were made. C:\, was protected then, and maybe now.
I think you got hit by Windoze is smarter than you behavior. Try cd to
your "my documents" directory and repeat. If you see a 3 files, then
you have a Windoze problem. You should be able to break your script into
simpler steps and fix things.
Hope this helps.
Tom
Tom Sullivan
info at BeForgiven.INFO
FAX: 815-301-2835
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On 6/3/20 9:10 AM, David Haslam wrote:
> I followed Timmy's sensible suggestion, which was something I'd pondered
> myself already.
>
> Now here's what I observed.
>
> Files *lbc1646.dat* and *lbc1646.idx* appeared /momentarily/ in the
> *Make* folder, but simply _vanished_ when *lbc1646.bdt* finished being
> created.
>
> Does anyone have a plausible explanation for such bizarre behaviour?
>
> Were they moved to some unknown destination or simply deleted?
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
>
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> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 13:34, Timmy <tim.bze at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> As Tom also mentioned, I run the command on linux, in your case, like
>> this:
>> ..\utils64\xml2gbs -fO ..\Import\OSIS\OSIS-lbc1646.fix.xml lbc1646
>>
>> Windows also can have issues if there are spaces in the path. I don't
>> know if your full path has any spaces, but you might want to try
>> running from c:\ directly, or some path that has no spaces.
>>
>> After command runs, the 3 files are in current directory. If it does
>> not work on Windows then there might be wins problem, not sure.
>> *
>> --
>> Timmy Braun*
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 6:23 AM David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com
>> <mailto:dfhdfh at protonmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Tom,
>>
>> The module name is [LBC1646] (as specified in my .conf file), and
>> that points to the right module path.
>>
>> This was the command in my CMD file, all of which are stored in a
>> folder called Make under my Sword path.
>>
>> ..\utils64\xml2gbs -fO ..\Import\OSIS\OSIS-lbc1646.fix.xml
>> ..\modules\genbook\rawgenbook\lbc1646\lbc1646 2>..\Log\error.log
>>
>> NB. utils64 is a symbolic link to where I installed the Windows
>> edition of Sword utilities (x64 version).
>> Likewise, the Import folder is one I created some years ago. The
>> Log folder is similar.
>>
>> This command created the file called lbc1646.bdt in the right
>> place, but did not create the other two files.
>> And, yes, I've looked for them elsewhere too!
>>
>> So am I doing something wrong or is there a deficiency in the
>> Windows edition of xml2gbs ?
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> David
>>
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>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>> On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 12:57, Tom Sullivan
>> <info at beforgiven.info <mailto:info at beforgiven.info>> wrote:
>>
>> > David:
>> >
>> > You will have cd to a temporary directory xml2gbs as xml2gbs
>> just puts
>> > its output in the current directory, then copy files from that
>> temporary
>> > directory to your .sword library as below, along with your .conf
>> file.
>> >
>> > All three of those files are created simultaneously.
>> >
>> > After you copy from the temporary directory, you should have a .conf
>> > file in .sword/mods.d, (done manually), and then from your temporary
>> > directory: in .sword/modules/genbook/rawgenbook/somemodulename
>> the three
>> > files *.bdt, *.dat, *.idx.
>> > An images directory should be there also if there are images.
>> >
>> > This is Linux. I do not know what Windoze will do.
>> >
>> > Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>> > Tom Sullivan
>> > info at BeForgiven.INFO
>> > FAX: 815-301-2835
>> > ---------------------> It's apparent that the .dat and .idx
>> files are
>> > needed for the module to function aright.
>> >
>> > > When I tried to open the new module in Xiphos, nothing was
>> displayed.
>> > > So please would someone explain how I can make these two files
>> so that my new module will work correctly.
>> > > Best regards,
>> > > David
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>> > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>> > > On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 11:18, David Haslam
>> dfhdfh at protonmail.com <mailto:dfhdfh at protonmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I have just used xml2gbs to create a Generic book module for
>> the first time.
>> > > > It created a module file with extension .bdt in the right
>> location.
>> > > > All Generic book modules I've installed from CrossWire also
>> have two more files in the module folder.
>> > > > One with extension .dat and one with .idx
>> > > > I have not found anything on our wiki that describes what
>> software tool is used to create these two files, nor an
>> explanation of what they are for.
>> > > > Please would someone enlighten me.
>> > > > Best regards,
>> > > > David
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