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Re: [be] OT: USFM files to test with


From: Eric
Subject: Re: [be] OT: USFM files to test with
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:13:38 +0200

As a follow-up, these files do not have the KJV translator's footnotes. Of 
course, they have Psalm titles. If anyone knows of a USFM/USFX source for the 
KJV with the footnotes, please let me know.

Thank you!
Eric

On Nov 13, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Eric wrote:

> 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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