[sword-devel] How to access raw OSIS files

[Szabó Kristóf Imre]

Hi,

I'd stick trying to leverage on sword libraries instead of reinventing the
wheel. Or do you have any constrains?

Have you seen pysword? It seems to be a fairly obvious choice.

Kind regards,
Kristof

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 10:09 PM Philip White <philipwhite at cedarville.edu>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm interested in building a linux command line module viewer. From
> the wiki and the FAQ, it seems that the only way to work with the
> modules available from the website is to use the SWORD library. If the
> raw OSIS files were available, then I think I could write a
> low-dependency piece of software (counting all dependencies) since I
> will probably not use everything that the library provides.
>
> Is there a place I can get OSIS modules for something like the KJV
> with Strong's numbers module? My understanding is that the modules
> format acts as a sort of DRM for those modules that need to have some
> copyright protection. However, a lot of Bibles, commentaries, and
> books are public domain, so there would be nothing preventing the
> distribution of the OSIS files.
>
> In summary, my question is how I can obtain the files in the
> standardized OSIS format instead of the undocumented modules format
> that modules on the website come in.
>
> Thanks,
> Philip
>
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