[xiphos-users] e-Sword modules to Xiphos

[Jose Isaias Cabrera]

Ed Backell, on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 2:20 PM, wrote...
>
> I seem to remember a program called Simple Bible Converter that runs in
> Windows that has the ability to convert various formats.
>
> I've done some conversions of commentaries with decent results, although
> I don't specifically remember trying esword modules.

Thanks Ed. I will look into it.

josé
> On Tue, 16 Nov, 2021, 8:54 AM Jose Isaias Cabrera, jicman at outlook.com<mailto:jicman at outlook.com>
> wrote:
>
Karl Kleinpaste, on November 16, 2021 11:22 AM, wrote...
> >
> > On 11/16/21 11:11 AM, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:
> > I have e-Sword modules that I would like to convert to Xiphos.
> >
> > Regrets, Sword and e-sword are unrelated, and the module formats are
> not
> > compatible. There is no conversion process.
> >
> > Many years ago, we were about to add support for direct usage of
> e-sword
> > modules, that is, without needing conversion, just install them
> > appropriately and use them as-is. We were threatened legally by Rick
> > Meyers' people, and after demonstrating that the then-current
> incarnation
> > of e-sword's modules had no actual password protection, Meyers went
> silent
> > and released a completely re-worked e-sword module system less than 2
> > months later. That's why there exist e.g. both .bbl and .bblx modules
> in
> > e-sword.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. Sometimes I wonder about all of these
> possessive attitudes with things that do not even belong to us, and should
> be freely distributed. I wonder what is God thinking on this? I have a
> pretty good idea. Thanks, Karl.
>
> josé
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