Of all the tools available for the creation of e-Sword modules, there is one aspect that is lacking and that is the ability to create bible modules with Strong's Numbers.
e-Sword Tooltip NT does not have the function to add Strong's Number's with relative ease while it does provide the functionality to properly format Strong's Numbers. This particular function when used formats Strong's Numbers so that when an e-Sword user mouse over the number the Strong's number in a bible module, the Strong's information appears in a Pop-Up.
Formatting the Strong's Numbers is very important but first the numbers have to be added to the bible text which there is no simple easy to do, The only option in Tooltip is to use find and replace for each Strong's number. This means doing a find and replace such as replacing the word God with GodH430.
Tj,
Having used UniqueBible by Eliran Wong, I believe that he creates e-Sword modules with added Strong's numbers by approaching the problem from a different direction. My greatly over-simplified explanation of how this method appears to work is:
Decide which Greek and/or Hebrew your Bible version will be based on.
Create a database index in numerical order for each Greek and/or Hebrew word, starting in Genesis 1 and/or Matthew 1 as entry 000001.
Add the correct Strong's Number to the database as a record for each Greek and/or Hebrew word indexed.
Finally add the English language translation as another record for each Greek and/or Hebrew word indexed.
Take for example a database starting with Matthew 1:1. The Index and records would start out looking something like this:
000001 Βίβλος G976 [The] book
000002 γενέσεως G1078 of [the] genealogy
000003 Ἰησοῦ G2424 of Jesus
000004 Χριστοῦ G5547 Christ
The numerical index doesn't change. The Greek word order doesn't change. The Strong's numbers don't change. The only thing that really changes is your English translation. You don't need to completely re-invent the wheel as you can reuse open source data that is already out on the Internet. You may choose to combine some Strong's numbers to make better sense in English, for example the word "throughout" in the verse below has both H5704 and H7097 Strong's numbers:
Psa 46:9 He brings an end to H7673 wars H4421 throughout H5704 H7097 the earth H776; he shatters H7665 the bow H7198 and breaks H7112 the spear H2595; he burns H8313 the shields with fire H784.
The programs that you can use to manipulate the data could vary. Notepad++ is quite powerful and accepts regex expressions. Microsoft Excel with .csv files may be useful. Probably want to finish the module using DB Browser for SQLite
I'm not saying that any of this is easy or fast, or that I'm an expert. I'm just saying that if you want to get to the finish line, this may be a way to go about it.
ElderB
