[xiphos-users] Error Correction

[Skaynopoyos]

With all sincerity I thank you for reading my question and just answering it.

I am surprised that the program uses compressed files in it's normal functions.

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On Jun 10, 2021, 8:24 PM, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:

> On 6/10/21 10:08 PM, Skaynopoyos wrote:
>
>> I want to know what file to edit.
>
> Most text modules are in "ztext" compressed text format. For these, you'd have to uncompress the content, edit it, and re-compress it, making sure that all 31,102 verses' (standard KJV versification) constant offsets from the paired index file remained exactly the same.
>
> Technically, you could use "mod2imp" to generate the "import format" version of the file from the compressed files, edit that, then "imp2vs" to get back what you want, if imp2vs takes a compression switch (I don't know/remember). Most typically, modules are produced from OSIS-formatted texts with "osis2mod", which will generate compressed content, but it's a known fact that mod2imp -> osis2mod is not an idempotent round trip, variances crop up.
>
> This is why I say we don't fix content, and we refer people wanting mods to use the Sword bug tracker.
>
> Still, if you're feeling up to it, look in ~/.sword/modules/texts/ztext/MODULENAMEHERE.
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