[xiphos-users] e-Sword modules to Xiphos

[Ed Backell]

The program I mentioned is found here:

http://lingtransoft.info/apps/simple-bible-reader-converter

On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 11:51 AM Jose Isaias Cabrera <jicman at outlook.com>
wrote:

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> Ed Backell, on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 2:20 PM, wrote...
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> > I seem to remember a program called Simple Bible Converter that runs in
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> > Windows that has the ability to convert various formats.
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> > I've done some conversions of commentaries with decent results, although
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> > I don't specifically remember trying esword modules.
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> Thanks Ed. I will look into it.
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> josé
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> > On Tue, 16 Nov, 2021, 8:54 AM Jose Isaias Cabrera, jicman at outlook.com
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> Karl Kleinpaste, on November 16, 2021 11:22 AM, wrote...
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> > > On 11/16/21 11:11 AM, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:
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> > > I have e-Sword modules that I would like to convert to Xiphos.
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> > > Regrets, Sword and e-sword are unrelated, and the module formats are
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> > not
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> > > compatible. There is no conversion process.
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> > > Many years ago, we were about to add support for direct usage of
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> > e-sword
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> > > modules, that is, without needing conversion, just install them
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> > > appropriately and use them as-is. We were threatened legally by Rick
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> > > Meyers' people, and after demonstrating that the then-current
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> > incarnation
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> > > of e-sword's modules had no actual password protection, Meyers went
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> > silent
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> > > and released a completely re-worked e-sword module system less than 2
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> > > months later. That's why there exist e.g. both .bbl and .bblx modules
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> > in
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> > > e-sword.
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> > Thanks for the explanation. Sometimes I wonder about all of these
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> > possessive attitudes with things that do not even belong to us, and
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> > be freely distributed. I wonder what is God thinking on this? I have a
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> > pretty good idea. Thanks, Karl.
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> > josé
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