On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 12:14 -0400, DM Smith wrote: > On Jul 23, 2013, at 11:49 AM, David Haslam wrote: > > > DM wrote, > > > > "Regarding linked verses, this is common in commentaries, but until recently > > was very rare in Bibles. It is still rare in Bibles. > > > > I can assure you that based upon the large number of Bible projects that I > > have worked on since 2007, the phenomenon of linked verses (/aka/ verse > > range tags) is NOT rare. If anything, it is now almost always the case that > > a Bible edited with Paratext will contain some linked verses. It is very > > common. > > I'll buy that linked verses is common in new translations. > > So, what percent of the modules in the CrossWire repository have linked > verses? Isn't it low?
I am unaware of any test for counting this, but I can confirm that not a single modern translation (modern being 20th century and since) I have dealt with had no linked verses. As an issue it was for a long time not obvious to many of us. I think at the time when we did the big Beta testing and clearout - probably 2006 or so, we became aware of the presence of linked verses in many/most modern translations - which at the time showed itself mostly as empty verses in our modules. So, linked verses are a matter of importance, I just struggle to see how the particular output should be a bug in mod2imp. Within the described purpose - it is no issue. I would close the bug as a whole and re-open one for diatheke (unless David comes up with a specific use related concern relating to mod2imp's current output which he has so far not done. The only thing I would really suggest re mod2imp is that that the help output will be amended to explain how linked verses are expressed. Peter
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