[sword-devel] Versifications and verse order

[Troy A. Griffitts]

SWORD does not support out-of-numerical-order v11n systems, e.g., one 
Bible might decide to number its verses 1,5,2,3,4,6,7.  We do not plan 
to have a facility to support this.  The argument has been made on 
threads-past which basically says: changing the logic of chapter/verse 
from integer logic to something else would allow for this case-- indeed 
GenBooks support any type of data for 2nd and 3rd hierarchy level and we 
have some support to show GenBooks as Bibles-- but is it worth it?  No.  
Encode this Bible like so:

$$$Bk.Ch.1
bla bla bla
$$$Bk.Ch.2
(v5) bla bla bla
$$$Bk.Ch.3
(v2) bla bla bla
$$$Bk.Ch.4
(v3) bla bla bla
$$$Bk.Ch.5
(v4) bla bla bla
$$$Bk.Ch.6
bla bla bla
$$$Bk.Ch.7
bla bla bla

Not ideal for this corner case, but not unusable.



On 07/04/2013 11:17 AM, Chris Burrell wrote:
> So, my understanding from all the previous emails, is No we don't cope 
> for books with different orders of keys. However these do happen. 
> Moreover, the more general case of content from 1 verse switched with 
> the content of another is more prevalent.
>
> So it's quite feasible to have a system that maps to the KJV as follows:
> a -> a
> b-> c
> c-> b
>
> where a, b, c is the normal order in each of the books. As a result, 
> we can't simply iterate through them sequentially downwards.
>
> (yes, the example is simplified as keys can map to multiple other 
> keys, etc.)
> Chris
>
>
>
>
>
> On 3 July 2013 21:36, Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk 
> <mailto:chris at burrell.me.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Response from Michael below.
>
>
>     On 3 July 2013 21:25, Kahunapule Michael Johnson
>     <kahunapule at mpj.cx <mailto:kahunapule at mpj.cx>> wrote:
>
>         On 07/03/2013 10:07 AM, Chris Burrell wrote:
>         >
>         > In your example about the Psalms, within the versification
>         itself you still have the verses in the same order, so that
>         wouldn't be a problem. But I think you're saying you might
>         have the content of verse 1 and the content of verse 2 swapped
>         around... Is that right? Would the numbering be swapped around
>         too? Presumably not...
>         >
>
>         I have seen a versification where the numbers were swapped
>         around, too... but I don't remember exactly where that was. It
>         is fairly rare. Normally, the content would be left in place
>         and the verses renumbered to make a Sword module....
>
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