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I'll reset the uploaded date every time you had a book, so it goes to the top of the New e-Sword Modules list.
#29661 The Layman's Bible Commentary
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on 12 December 2016 - 11:41 AM
#29643 HTML Streaming Data Base?
Posted by
on 09 December 2016 - 02:16 PM
Hey Gary,
Your project sounds ambitious!
e-Sword modules are SQLite databases. Your website database would probably be MySQL. You could convert from one format to another but such would require coding and intermediary processing. This would require more effort initially but would led to seamless conversions later.
Another idea: You can generate an e-Sword module (database) from a word processing document in a program called ToolTip NT. The disadvantage of this solution is you must update the word processing document each time you made a change to your website database. This is the better "low-tech" solution, allowing non-technical users to parse and format data properly for e-Sword.
But no, e-Sword can't pull data from the Internet.
Josh
My thoughts are that rather than create a new dictionary version every couple of weeks, I was hoping to have this information available as it is entered.
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Again, I've already compiled a large list of words as the example shown above, but as it grows, I just figured it may be more feasible to tie a website database to the dictionary to allow automatic updates, rather than create countless consecutive versions of the same dictionary for download.
God bless,
Gary
#29581 The Layman's Bible Commentary
Posted by
on 30 November 2016 - 10:23 AM
Congratulations on making your first module. This looks very good!
Two suggestions:
1. Make one quick pass through your text with your editor window width resized narrower or wider. This will reveal line breaks that shouldn't be there. (These can be difficult to notice if they happen to align with the width of your editor window and resizing the window width for one quick pass reveals them. They will stand out).
2. Matthew 18:1-35 (The New Community): is that supposed to be blank?
The quality of the text digitization is truly excellent!
#29567 Beza's Greek New Testament
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on 29 November 2016 - 10:05 AM
Rather than deleting the upload entirely, I've unapproved it so the original uploader retains access. No one else can see the material for now.
I sent a message to Josh asking him to delete the uploads
http://www.biblesupp...it_main&id=9916
http://www.biblesupp...t_main&id=10111
DSaw
#29213 What's the Story with Rick Meyers?
Posted by
on 18 October 2016 - 03:56 PM
This is the short version of what I've been able to ascertain over the years. I've never asked anyone because I believed it was none of my business.
Rick's daughter was a musician or singer, tried to "make it" in the industry with limited success, and then she decided to get on with her life in the traditional way (marriage, family, etc.) Somewhere along the line, she attracted a stalker (as many public personalities do). That stalker transferred over to Rick and his church, presumably because his church was mentioned on e-sword.net.
This stalker is, in my opinion, certifiably insane. His posts go in circles, with no logic, no evidence, and wild accusations. When his blog or forum is shut down in one place (likely for defamation of character and libel), he says the same thing in another place. He's been shutdown now in dozens, if not hundreds, of forums, blogs, and publication venues.
And on this website, we're not going to delve into this. If someone is mentally ill, this will only "feed" them the attention they obviously crave. Let's leave it alone because it's not our business.
Josh
#29104 The Companion Bible for e-Sword
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on 08 October 2016 - 01:34 PM
I agree. There are a ton of typos in this resource and it really needs to be made, from the ground up and put into a format that more closely resembles the original (when possible).
It was imported from another Bible software. Their methodology was to use algorithms and various search/replace's to fix typos and known problems. That worked sometimes, but it left (and sometimes even created) other errors throughout. There's still no substitute, when OCRing text, for a human eye comparing suspect words in the original scan with the digitized text.
#28900 New World Translation
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on 14 September 2016 - 09:43 AM
And that concludes this exciting episode of "Jehovah's Witnesses"! Thanks for watching and check back in a year or two when this periodically obligatory topic arises again. 
Josh
#28899 What's Still Broken As Of e-Sword 11.06?
Posted by
on 14 September 2016 - 09:32 AM
#28819 New World Translation
Posted by
on 05 September 2016 - 02:37 PM
All doctrinal issues aside, we could not host the New World Translation, even if we wanted, because of copyright issues.
Although they might appear at your door to be quite giving of information, in reality, they are some of the largest DCMA complaint filers against religious websites who host their material.
#28796 Dangerous downloads?
Posted by
on 03 September 2016 - 09:30 AM
No, there's nothign to worry about. Avast doesn't recognize the exe files and flags them. Disable and try again.
#28700 eBooks
Posted by
on 24 August 2016 - 05:59 PM
For getting content out of eBook formats, I like Calibre. Google it, along with DRM removal, to get content out of ebooks. Getting that content into e-Sword is possible with ToolTip NT, the e-Sword authoring tool.
#28647 Tooltip NT error
Posted by
on 18 August 2016 - 04:14 PM
Without seeing the file, I'm not sure. Possibly you have a verse, chapter, or book reference marker but no valid verse, chapter or book?
#28632 e-Sword 11.0.6
Posted by
on 17 August 2016 - 07:10 PM
The "blinking" bug I made a Youtube video about is fixed.
The Pericope / highlighting bug is still there.
In all likelihood, each of these maintenance releases probably has half a dozen to a dozen bug fixes that haven't been reported here.
#28571 What's Still Broken As Of e-Sword 11.06?
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on 12 August 2016 - 02:21 PM
I've been meaning to post this for a while.
e-Sword 11 likes to blink at me. No, I'm not making this up! 
[Fixed in 11.06]
It's rather annoying. Sometimes I can re-produce the blink. Sometimes it's seemingly random, such as when I'm typing in another program, like Sublime.
#28512 What's Still Broken As Of e-Sword 11.06?
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on 06 August 2016 - 01:20 PM
I like Journey's idea of a consolidated bug thread.
Make sure your bug still exists after you upgrade to the latest e-Sword here. (Press Help/About in e-Sword to compare the version there with the latest here.)
Posts not reporting a bug will be removed.
Posts should clearly describe the bug and how to reproduce what you consider a bug.
1. Pericope toggle still breaks highlighted verses. (Upgrade from 10.x, and if you had highlighting, it's wrong now. Or, once in 11, highlight a verse and turn Pericope off if it was on / turn Pericope on if it was off.)
2. Reports that Copy Verses is still buggy when pasting in certain places (see link).
3. Painfully slow macro execution (official e-Sword macros) in version 11, possibly because e-Sword is converting back/forth html/rtf on the fly.
