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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 13:48:49 +0200

That might help, Teus. Thanks! I'll try it. The benefit of English is that thy 
programmer understands it and more easily spots problems :). So if anyone has 
an English translation in USFM/USFX with footnotes, that would be helpful, but 
this one will help, too.

Thank you!
Eric

On Nov 13, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Teus Benschop wrote:

> 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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