On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Jonathan Morgan <jonmmor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 4. Bible references from commentaries, etc. use this master versification. >> >> Then the module creator needs to go through and convert all of their >> references to that master versification. Why would we do that when we >> can just tell them they have the right to specify a preferred module? >> One front-end might decide that the user is free to over-ride that, to >> their own possible confusion, but that allows the module creator to >> create the module correctly, instead of having to transfer it to a >> master versification. Think of how confused a user would be if they >> click on a reference that says, "Matthew 3:17" and are taken instead >> to their favorite Bible module to the key "Matthew 2:27." Sure, it >> might have the right content, but they would think the system was >> broken - and I don't blame them. Likewise if I see a print copy of >> Matthew Henry's that refers me to Psalm 150:1 and then open SWORD and >> want to read the passage there some other day and it has been changed >> to Psalm 151:1 because of the differences in Psalm numbering - I'd be >> utterly confused and would report invalid module content. > > Think how confused they would be likewise if the verse didn't say > anything like what the commentary said it did. Which would you > prefer?
Also, it is quite possible to overcome this by displaying a status message somewhere informing the user that it has gone to Psalm 151:1 because it is equivalent to Psalm 150:1 in the other versification. The status message could even allow them to go to Psalm 150:1 in that module if they decide that is really what they want (it isn't, unless the module author encoded it badly, but that's besides the point). The exact form of such a message is open to debate, but the fact remains that this way is the only way to overcome both forms of confusion (Psalm 150:1 doesn't say what the commentary said, and I didn't want to go to Psalm 151:1). Jon _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page