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<font size="+1"><font face="Arial Unicode MS">Ben,<br>
<br>
I think the module developer should decide on this. As a module
developer I found it frustrating that only two front-ends, both of them
compiled only for Linux at the time, supported book level
introductions. When one front-end doesn't support a well-discussed
feature it is hard to know whether you're OSIS tagging is correct or
not. Very often Bibles have introductory material for a book, though it
is less common to see introductory material for a chapter (the reason
being that chapters are often considered arbitrary divisions). </font></font><font
size="+1"><font face="Arial Unicode MS"> <br>
<br>
I would like BPBible to support book introductions. </font></font><font
size="+1"><font face="Arial Unicode MS"> It should be a minimum level
of functionality in thinking about future support of the ESV study
Bible, for example. I'd suggest you think about it for 0.5... <br>
<br>
By the way, the modules with introductions in the repository are
VietNVB and VietLCCMN (not all books have them, but the major ones do).<br>
<br>
Daniel<br>
</font></font><font size="+1"><font face="Arial Unicode MS"><br>
</font></font>Ben Morgan wrote:
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cite="mid:bbb201fa0903010042u56c07aefr68564405bb90d493@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 01/03/2009, <b
class="gmail_sendername">Peter von Kaehne</b> <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:refdoc@gmx.net">refdoc@gmx.net</a>>
wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Chris
Little wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> Karl Kleinpaste wrote:<br>
>> Manfred Bergmann <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bergmannmd@web.de">bergmannmd@web.de</a>> writes:<br>
>>> What is meant by "Ancillary texts" and "Verse Lists"?<br>
>><br>
>> Many modules, both Bibles and commentaries, have additional
introductory<br>
>> material at the fictitious n:0 and 0:0 references. Some apps
are able<br>
>> to display this information; Xiphos does so if headings are
enabled,<br>
>> because such text is conceptually a variant on headings. The
table<br>
>> could perhaps use a different column heading descriptor.<br>
><br>
> Does any front end NOT have a way to display this material? This
is a<br>
> fairly fundamental feature necessary for text integrity. It really<br>
> should not be considered a distinctive feature of front ends that
are<br>
> capable of displaying chapter/book level material. Rather it
should be<br>
> considered a serious bug in any front end not capable of
displaying such<br>
> material.</blockquote>
<div>I don't think book level introductions are usually particularly
important - definitely not a serious bug. Chapter level ones may be
important. They are usually suplementary material which isn't all that
important. If the user gets it, fine. If they don't, they are unlikely
to know or to worry. For example, how many e-sword bibles have book
level introductions (seeing as they are unsupported in e-sword, I
believe)? That said, I intend to fix it in BPBible.<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">BpBible
and all JSword derived frontends do not display this material AFAICT</blockquote>
<div>BPBible does show chapter information, but not book information.</div>
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God Bless,<br>
Ben<br>
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Multitudes, multitudes,<br>
in the valley of decision!<br>
For the day of the LORD is near<br>
in the valley of decision.<br>
<br>
Giôên 3:14 (ESV)<br>
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