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


From: Teus Benschop
Subject: Re: [be] OT: USFM files to test with
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:09:59 +0100

If the footnotes are what is needed, then this link may have some
footnotes and xrefs, but not for the KJV:
https://sites.google.com/site/bibletranslationdata/ndebele-bible
Teus

On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 12:13 +0200, Eric wrote:
> 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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