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[Deof Movestofca]

Thanks, that looks fine. Only thing is about the question mark in John 18:35, is that I "hear" it as a rhetorical question rather than one the English reader would expect a rising tone at the end as for typical questions. But that isn't critical.

I see your point somewhat, but a question mark is added even after a rhetorical question, isn't it?  =OP

[2thePoint]

I don't have Linux (although it's one of those things I've put off learning for far too long), but I take it there's a reason why Wine isn't an option for you.  (Note that anything beyond a simple yes or no would probably be too technical for me at this time).

And I can't believe that I failed to "recognized" a typo in John 1:10.

 

Wine will run but seems to crash a lot for me. But I haven't tried it in quite a while and maybe they've improved it by now.

 

Yeah, the typos... my touch typing isn't what it used to be, with my arthritic fingers hitting between keys half the time.

[2thePoint]

Regarding your comment about John 1:6-7, I think the online version has it right, and the PDF was made before the missing content was discovered. If you're working from the PDFs you're using outdated material. I did those mainly for friends who wanted to read it off-line while I was still working on it.

 

I have everything in a mySQL database and can easily write a php script to convert the content to whatever form you need. I've already written both php and bash scripts to create text in the forms needed for LaTeX and ePUB, so this would not be a problem.

[Deof Movestofca]

Warning: the following was written quite late and therefore may be partially or entirely semi-intelligible.

Regarding your comment about John 1:6-7, I think the online version has it right....

Yep, the online has the section as John 1:6-8.

I have everything in a mySQL database and can easily write a php script to convert the content to whatever form you need.

#Pounds head on desk# I can't believe I didn't think of converting the .pdf to .rtf format, as that would probably greatly reduce the conversion time. However, your idea would seem to offer the added advantage of removing extraneous text such as page numbers, making the e-Sword module conversion even easier. So I would greatly appreciate it if you could do so. Just let me know and then e-mail me the file or upload it here. Otherwise, I'm sure I can find either a program or an online site that could convert it.
However, I have noticed that when I copy and pasted from the .pdf, certain letter combinations (especially those including "ff") aren't recognized correctly. For example, "official" appears as "o□cial". I have no clue as to whether this is a problem with the font, the conversion process to .pdf, or something else entirely and it shouldn't be too much of a problem for whatever word processor I use to do a search and replace, but just thought I would let you know.

[2thePoint]

Warning: the following was written quite late and therefore may be partially or entirely semi-intelligible.
Yep, the online has the section as John 1:6-8.
#Pounds head on desk# I can't believe I didn't think of converting the .pdf to .rtf format, as that would probably greatly reduce the conversion time. However, your idea would seem to offer the added advantage of removing extraneous text such as page numbers, making the e-Sword module conversion even easier. So I would greatly appreciate it if you could do so. Just let me know and then e-mail me the file or upload it here. Otherwise, I'm sure I can find either a program or an online site that could convert it.
However, I have noticed that when I copy and pasted from the .pdf, certain letter combinations (especially those including "ff") aren't recognized correctly. For example, "official" appears as "o□cial". I have no clue as to whether this is a problem with the font, the conversion process to .pdf, or something else entirely and it shouldn't be too much of a problem for whatever word processor I use to do a search and replace, but just thought I would let you know.

I can either send you the html files or you can copy/paste from the online text. But if I knew what format you need for modules (e.g. how to designate bold, italic, etc.), I could insert those codes and make the output a text file.

 

Re. PDF, it may be your PDF reader since I can't find any instances of "o□cial". I may have used an older PDF creator at that time, since it was done several years ago.

[Deof Movestofca]

I can either send you the html files or you can copy/paste from the online text. But if I knew what format you need for modules (e.g. how to designate bold, italic, etc.), I could insert those codes and make the output a text file.

HTML would be fine, although .rtf would be better since that is what the Tooltip Tool NT (or T4 for short, which is a word processor developed by a user on this site to help create e-Sword modules) reads. However, I'm sure there are various freeware or online options out there which I could use to convert the HTML to RTF.

Re. PDF, it may be your PDF reader since I can't find any instances of "o□cial". I may have used an older PDF creator at that time, since it was done several years ago.

After I posted, an epiphany struck me that it might be the Tooltip Tool NT, since if I copy and paste the text into other fields (such as this online form), it displays correctly.

[2thePoint]

HTML would be fine, although .rtf would be better since that is what the Tooltip Tool NT (or T4 for short, which is a word processor developed by a user on this site to help create e-Sword modules) reads. However, I'm sure there are various freeware or online options out there which I could use to convert the HTML to RTF.

After I posted, an epiphany struck me that it might be the Tooltip Tool NT, since if I copy and paste the text into other fields (such as this online form), it displays correctly.

Okay, html is probably the best, since all you'd have to do is open the files with your browser and copy/paste into your word processor. Each WP is a little different but most browsers  handle html the same.

 

I can put the files in a zip directory, can that be uploaded here? If not, I can put it on my server and just give you a link... maybe I'll do that anyway.

[2thePoint]

Here's the link: http://bible.fether....s/TGNTfiles.zip

[Deof Movestofca]

Okay, html is probably the best, since all you'd have to do is open the files with your browser and copy/paste into your word processor. Each WP is a little different but most browsers handle html the same.

Actually, the whole reason I wanted them in rtf format is to see if I could avoid having to do copy and paste, which is how I think the whole problem with the text not displaying properly arose (copying from the pdf and pasting it to the Tooltip Tool NT). The RTF format was created by Micro$oft long before the existence of e-Sword and I believe the creator of e-Sword adapted the various module formats from it. But no worries, since, like I wrote previously, I can always find a way to convert the HTML to RTF.

I can put the files in a zip directory, can that be uploaded here? If not, I can put it on my server and just give you a link... maybe I'll do that anyway.

Just in case you find a future use for it, "More Reply Options" button (under the "Reply to this topic" form and beside the "Post" button) > "Choose Files..." button.

[2thePoint]

Actually, the whole reason I wanted them in rtf format is to see if I could avoid having to do copy and paste, which is how I think the whole problem with the text not displaying properly arose (copying from the pdf and pasting it to the Tooltip Tool NT). The RTF format was created by Micro$oft long before the existence of e-Sword and I believe the creator of e-Sword adapted the various module formats from it. But no worries, since, like I wrote previously, I can always find a way to convert the HTML to RTF.

Just in case you find a future use for it, "More Reply Options" button (under the "Reply to this topic" form and beside the "Post" button) > "Choose Files..." button.

Didn't know that, thanks.

 

I have yet to find a way to go directly from html to rtf, without paying for special software. If anyone knows where I can find the necessary encoding, please fill me in.