[sword-devel] Fwd: Resend: David Haslam's inquiry about Crosswire

Mon Mar 11 15:58:43 EDT 2024

BibleTime can manually add a repository.

Gafy

On 3/11/24 9:51 AM, David Haslam wrote:
> Dear Troy,
>
> The underlying problem is that the STEP Bible repository was never 
> added to the CrossWire Master Repository List.
>
> Until that’s done, the only way users can test it is when a front-end 
> permits manually adding a remote repository. Xiphos can do that, but I 
> don’t know if any other app can.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 16:35, Darcy McKinnon <dmckinnon78 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 16:35, Darcy McKinnon <<a href=>> wrote:
>> Hi David and Troy,
>>
>> Mark and David passed this along to me to look into. We thought that 
>> STEPBible's modules were available for others to access, but if we 
>> have something misconfigured, please let me know.
>>
>> On the Official_and_Affiliated_Module_Repositories 
>> <https://wiki.crosswire.org/Official_and_Affiliated_Module_Repositories#STEP_Bible> 
>> page we have the following information:
>>
>> Site Name: STEP Bible
>> Site Machine Name: ftp.stepbible.org <http://ftp.stepbible.org>
>> Repository Directory: /pub/sword
>>
>> Catalog Directory: /pub/sword
>> ZIP Directory: /pub/sword/zip
>>
>> Below is a transcript of a connection to the ftp server from my Linux 
>> workstation. If there is something specific that I can test, that 
>> would be great.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Darcy McKinnon
>>
>>     > ftp ftp://anonymous@ftp.stepbible.org
>>     Connected to ftp.stepbible.org <http://ftp.stepbible.org>.
>>     220 (vsFTPd 3.0.5)
>>     331 Please specify the password.
>>     Password:
>>     230 Login successful.
>>     Remote system type is UNIX.
>>     Using binary mode to transfer files.
>>     200 Switching to Binary mode.
>>     ftp> cd pub/sword
>>     250 Directory successfully changed.
>>     ftp> ls
>>     229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||30096|)
>>     150 Here comes the directory listing.
>>     drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Feb 13 10:05 mods.d
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 6789 Feb 13 10:05 mods.d.tar.gz
>>     drwxr-xr-x 3 0 0 4096 Feb 13 10:05 modules
>>     drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Feb 13 10:05 zip
>>     226 Directory send OK.
>>     ftp> cd mods.d
>>     250 Directory successfully changed.
>>     ftp> ls
>>     229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||30082|)
>>     150 Here comes the directory listing.
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1852 Apr 01 2021 RV_th.conf
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2402 Dec 18 21:07 SBLG_th.conf
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 3353 Jan 27 2022 THOT.conf
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1586 Sep 30 20:25 abpen_sb.conf
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2265 Sep 30 20:24 abpgk_sb.conf
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 3447 Feb 08 22:53 arasvd_sb.conf
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 688 Jun 30 2015 cym.conf
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2343 Oct 25 2017 lxx_th.conf
>>     226 Directory send OK.
>>     ftp> cd ../modules
>>     250 Directory successfully changed.
>>     ftp> ls
>>     229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||30065|)
>>     150 Here comes the directory listing.
>>     drwxr-xr-x 3 0 0 4096 Feb 13 10:05 texts
>>     226 Directory send OK.
>>     ftp> cd ../zip
>>     250 Directory successfully changed.
>>     ftp> ls
>>     229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||30023|)
>>     150 Here comes the directory listing.
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2877552 Feb 13 10:05 AraSVD_sb.zip
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2290234 Nov 06 15:22 CYM.zip
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 6267628 Nov 06 15:22 LXX_th.zip
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 3008973 Apr 10 2021 RV_th.zip
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1574927 Dec 22 10:05 SBLG_th.zip
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 4488324 Nov 21 10:05 THOT.zip
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 4682539 Oct 05 21:56 abpen_sb.zip
>>     -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 4403217 Oct 05 21:56 abpgk_sb.zip
>>     226 Directory send OK.
>>     ftp> exit
>>     221 Goodbye.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: *David Instone-Brewer* <davidinstonebrewer at gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 3:21 AM
>> Subject: Re: Resend: David Haslam's inquiry about Crosswire
>> To: Mark Cannon <mcannon.bw at gmail.com>, Darcy McKinnon 
>> <dmckinnon78 at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Darcy
>>
>> David Haslam of Crosswire asked Mark (below) if our module repository 
>> could be made compatible with other Sword software.
>> I thought it was! Presumably he means that programs like Zophos can't 
>> pick up modules from our repository.
>> Do you know what he means by this problem?
>>
>> All the best
>> David IB
>>
>>
>>     I was excited about Patrick's info on the grammar features
>>     working with the ESV_morph and posted something to my own
>>     Facebook page after I posted it on our STEPBible Users page.
>>     David Haslam asked in a reply to my post:
>>
>>         Is there any chance that the Bible modules hosted by STEP
>>         Bible could be maintained in a compatible online repository
>>         such that other SWORD and JSword front-end apps could install
>>         them therefrom ?
>>         For further details, please visit wiki.crosswire.org
>>         <http://wiki.crosswire.org/> and see the page about “Official
>>         and Affiliated Module Repositories”.
>>         Section 2.6 already describes STEP Bible but the section
>>         hasn’t been updated for several years, so it may now need
>>         updating.
>>         The Master Repositories List (MRL) hosted by CrossWire still
>>         does not include an entry for STEP Bible.
>>         To request that this should be added, please send an email to
>>         Troy A. Griffitts - CrossWire’s founder.
>>         Please DM me for his address if you don’t have it.
>>
>>
>>     What do you think about this?
>>
>>     Mark
>>
>>     -- 
>>
>>     Mark Cannon
>>
>>     PO Box 43
>>
>>     Gatesville, NC 27938
>>
>>     757-576-4474
>>
>>     www.STEPBible.org <http://www.stepbible.org/>- understand the
>>     originals behind your Bible
>>     STEP stands for 'Scripture Tools for Every Person' and is
>>     designed to give users across the world, particularly those in
>>     disadvantaged countries, free access to trustworthy Bible expertise.
>>
>
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