MikeLi

Earl,

You are welcome.

Correct visual studio is tool (know as a compiler) for developers not you and I. But in most cases today the source code is writen using a multipurpose compiler such as Visual Studio so the developer doesn't have to be an expert in all the different device operating systems, such as Win, Android, Linux, iOS 10.....

I just wish the e-sword people would compile an Android version of the program. Like I mentioned I am not a hard coder (more of a hack then anything) so I am sure it is a bit more complicated but that is a basic understanding.

In other words for now we are out of luck!

Hello,

 

I just spent the better part of an hour reading back through the e-mail on this topic and I have a few more question the issue of conversion of bblx (e-sword) to bbl.mybible (mysword).  Since e-sword has not made an Adroid app in part due to mysowrd has there been any work to "unprotect" the bblx files so the old convert to theWord to mysword thing would work.

 

Thanks again.

Hello Earl,

 

I think what APsit190 was saying is that if the source code for e-sword written using Visual Studio, which is a piece of software to compile code so it can run on various platforms, for example Win, IOS and Android.  The base code is still the same but Visual Studio handles the heavy lifting of adjusting the code so that it works on the various systems.  Essentially, the developers should just have to tell Visual Studio what platforms they intend to use e-sword on and hit.  Not being a coder it is probably harder than that but that is the basic.

Eliran,

 

Thanks.  I will take a look.  It would just be so much easier if I could have one program for all my devices.  

Hello,

 

I am new to the e-sword/mybible world. I'm using e-sword on the laptop and mysword on my Android tablet.  I tried converting two bblx files 

 

LXX-BYZ - Transliterated Septuagint OT and Majority Text NT.bblx

and

Clementine Vulgate (clVulgate).bblx

 

by simple changing the the bblx to bbl.bible.  In the case of the last it work so so maybe 95%; however, in the middle of sentences you occasionally get weird codes inserted for example

Gen 1:9  ....Congregentur aqu\'e6, qu\"e6 sub c\'e6lo sunt.....

( this should read should be)

Congregentur aquæ, quæ sub cælo sunt 

 

In the case of the LXX-BYZ it came out completely garbled.  Is there a way/method or tool to correct translate these.  I have used the e-sword to theWord to mysword method (MySword migration tool) with limited success on other types of files but when it comes to the bblx files the e-sword to theWord, theWord import tool often comes back saying these are protected and will not convert them. 

 

Has anyone developed a good method to convert one to the other?

 

This only worked for me on a couple of very simple Bibles. It did not work on one I tried over the weekend. Thanks for the information.

A Rob, do your scripts for commentaries handle converting the tool tip scripture pop ups in e sword to the verse reference links in MySword?