Hi John, I trust you are already aware of the CrossWire wiki. This page is good place to start.... http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/OSIS_Bibles http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/OSIS_Bibles
For the specific questions, there are several CrossWire volunteers who are able and willing to help. David johnduffy-2 wrote: > > Hi, > > I mentioned some months ago about wanting to convert the Bible in Irish > into > a Sword module. It became clear then that to do so, I need to produce an > OSIS file. I'm now able to work on it again, and have some questions that > I > would appreciate some help on. > > I'm not trying to produce the most enhanced version of an OSIS file at > this > stage, but I simply want to convert the existing vpl format file into OSIS > as a starter. The results will be basic, but usable, I trust. I'm a > newbie > to Sword also, so some questions may seem rather basic, but please bear > with > me. > > 1 Can I use alternative quotation marks (“ for " and so on) to > globally replace single and double quotations, instead of having to go > through the whole text and use the 'q level'? The use of single and > double > quotations has already been differentiated by the publisher for nested > quotations. > > 2 I have two file versions - one file with line breaks (using rtf code) > and headings (marked up as bold using rtf code) within verses, while the > other file has neither and is the most basic vpl. I would like to use the > version with line breaks and headings. The headings seem relatively easy > to > implement in OSIS using title. Is it OK to use type="main" for a book > title, type="chapter" for the start of chapters, and type="sub" for > passage > headings within a chapter? > > 3 Can I implement line breaks using lb within a verse? (They are not > grouped so lg seems like a lot of work to get the same result.) > > 4 Just for clarity, I gather that I should be using milestones for > chapter and verses - is that correct? > > 5 Since I don't have paragraphs marked and therefore won't be using > paragraphs in OSIS, I presume that each verse will automatically start on > a > new line when displayed - is this correct? > > 6 For the very occasional places where italics are found in the > original, > if I use the <hi type="italic"> element will that be interpreted correctly > by osis2mod? (I'm currently marking them up using rtf code.) There is no > uniform reason for their use so other more specific markups are not > practical at this time. > > 7 This is a 73 book canon. Is there a definition or specification for > the KJVA or Vulgate v11n available with the number of verses in each > chapter > and chapters per book? > > I appreciate all your help at this stage. > > Thanks > > John Duffy > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Need-some-help-before-starting-new-OSIS-file-tp25067955p25068915.html Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
