This might be a bit naive on my part, but is there a mechanism in the Sword library that will tell the front-end that the presented text covers multiple verses? If I set a VerseKey to Genesis 1:2 is there a way to retrieve where that entry begins and ends? For example, if the OSIS entry spans from verses one to three, is there a way for the front end to determine that from the VerseKey? Can it call and ask beginKey() and endKey() or some such thing where the returned values are 1 and 3, even though the program asked for verse 2? I don't remember seeing anything like that in the documentation, but if there is such an entry, then that would simplify the application's programming end of the representation.
<br><br>--Greg<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">DM Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:dmsmith555@yahoo.com">dmsmith555@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have entered an issue into Jira against BibleCS. Here is the text I<br>entered:<br><br>When two or more verses are marked in OSIS with a single verse tag, such<br>as <verse osisID="gen.1.1 gen.1.2" n="1,2">...</verse> the rendering of
<br>the text by any client should indicate both 1 and 2. Of course part of<br>the problem is that osis2mod strips the verse elements and presents just<br>the content.<br><br>Example<br>1,2 In the beginning....<br>or<br>1-2 In the beginning....
<br>or<br>whatever.<br><br>It might be acceptable to require and show the content of the n<br>attribute. Or perhaps show the content of n if present, otherwise use a<br>programmatic form.<br><br><br><a href="mailto:vkaehne@doctors.org.uk">
vkaehne@doctors.org.uk</a> wrote:<br>>> I'd always thought that OK - yes - that is what it does. I suppose it<br>>> might be a slight improvement if it put out a verse range - but it's<br>>> never been an issue ass far as I am concerned.
<br>>><br>>><br>> I disagree. The BibleCS and Bibletime version of presenting things could create serious problems when dealing with Muslims - One of the constant features of Islamic attack against the truth of the gospel is the claim that the Bible is not complete.
<br>><br>> This might sound daft to you, but I would have real hesitation to show e.g. the Turkish module to a new Turkish believer - who would then be tempted to think things have been cut. Logic may well be bypassed at such a moment. (This applies both to the previous problem of poor encoding and to the presentational problem of BibleCS and BibleTime.) Gnomesowrd's version of showing linked verses is just plain ugly - but not half as damaging.
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