Re: [sword-devel] About conversion \va tag

2017-11-07 Thread Ryan V
>> An alternative verse number (or chapter number) should not be given merely >> an osisID as this makes no sense for the v11n to which a module is to be >> built. u2o.py handles both \ca and \va tags in the manner in which the osis.2.1.1 manual says they should be handled when converting them to

Re: [sword-devel] About conversion \va tag

2017-11-07 Thread Michael H
FYI: In USFM: \vp *replaces *\v - used when the verse numbering appears out of order or verse markers include alpha characters. \va creates a visible *added word* inside of the verse. - used when multiple versifications are being presented at the same time. The problem with the proper

Re: [sword-devel] Soft hyphens

2017-11-07 Thread David Haslam
Michael Hart's example from Cebuano (a language of the Philippines) should be treated with a degree of caution before transferring the described method to any of the Bantu languages in Africa. This caution may be warranted on the grounds that the alphabets of several Bantu languages contain

Re: [sword-devel] About conversion \va tag

2017-11-07 Thread David Haslam
As u2o.py is not supported by CrossWire, the first response ought to be to describe how usfm2osis.py deals with the `\va_#\va*` tag pair. It's quite likely that both scripts result in an OSIS construct that is far from meeting requirements. An alternative verse number (or chapter number) should