[be] OT: USFM files to test with

[Eric]

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