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

[Teus Benschop]

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
> 
>