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

Thu Mar 14 04:14:22 EDT 2024

Thanks Troy,

I refreshed PocketSword on my iPhone SE and the STEP Bible source appeared. Successfully installed a couple of modules.

NB. No fast search indices are available for installation, but this drawback is not unique to this particular source.

David

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On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 08:03, Troy A. Griffitts <[scribe at crosswire.org](mailto:On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 08:03, Troy A. Griffitts <<a href=)> wrote:

> I've added STEP Bible to our registry of known remote SWORD publishers, but I've tested a refresh in Bishop and it hangs on STEP Bible. I've tested using the latest sword/utilities/installmgr CLI tool and it works OK. I'll leave it in for a 24 hours. Please report your findings.
>
> Troy
>
> On 3/11/24 12:58, Gary Holmlund wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>> 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.
>>>>> 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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