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Re: [be] OT: USFM files to test with
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Eric |
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Re: [be] OT: USFM files to test with |
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Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:46:22 +0200 |
Teus,
Thank you very much! I didn't happen to see those file :)
I've downloaded and will check them out.
Regards,
Eric
On Nov 13, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Teus Benschop wrote:
> Hello,
>
> There are USFM files on ebible.org. Whether these have all the special
> things you need, I have not checked out.
>
> Teus.
>
> On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 07:48 +0200, Eric wrote:
>> Hello, again.
>>
>> Can anyone offer KJV USFM files with, of course, Psalm titles, acrostic
>> notations (either Hebrew letters or transliterations), and preferably also
>> with the epistolary subscriptions, it would be most helpful to us. Thank you!
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On Nov 12, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Eric wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have some USFM files they'd like to let me use to test a
>>> program to convert USFM to SwordSearcher format? (see www.swordsearcher.com
>>> for info on it; it's not free, but an elegant and friendly application
>>> developed by one man).
>>>
>>> We are (well, not I, but a friend is) trying to make a usfm-usfx2ss program
>>> to quickly make Bible modules for SwordSearcher. I only have one USFM file
>>> to try, but if we had some more, we might be able to improve the program.
>>> We convert USFM to USFX via WordSend
>>> (http://code.google.com/p/wordsend/downloads/list; after installing one
>>> uses the command line tools), then go from USFX to SS.
>>>
>>> I am currently testing with Psalms, since having Psalm titles, acrostic
>>> letters, "Selah", and plenty of footnotes gives us a pretty good test. So,
>>> Psalms is a good one to try, maybe Lamentations also (acrostic letters),
>>> and / or an Epistle like 1 Timothy with the epistolary note at the end
>>> (e.g. as in KJV) saying "The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea,
>>> which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana." is an option. Anyway, the
>>> more complex the file, probably the better to test it. And, though I
>>> dislike versification issues, if we had a USFM file with some other
>>> versification than English and Original, that might be good, too.
>>>
>>> If anyone would help us out with a file or two, it might help. If so, it
>>> may involve some back-and-forth with e-mails, since we won't understand the
>>> language of the USFM file Bible. Please send files to me off-list.
>>>
>>> If anyone has any other comments that may be useful, we're listening.
>>>
>>> Eric
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