I think the route of a MS Word/OOo -> module is so fraught with difficulties that it is simply pointless to think one can automatise it.
What i can see and many people seem to cope just fine with is using some simple markup used in fora software, wikis and blogs. People then can be told - these are the 20 codes we support and please get going. This is largely semantic markup, but is also easily understood. Peter -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:55:03 +1000 > Von: Jonathan Morgan <jonmmor...@gmail.com> > An: "SWORD Developers\' Collaboration Forum" <sword-devel@crosswire.org> > Betreff: Re: [sword-devel] Logos Personal Book Builder > Hi Greg, > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Greg Hellings > <greg.helli...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > I have pursued the avenue of docx -> Bible conversion in the past and, > > allow me to state unequivocally, it is incredibly complex. The sheer > > number of ways to mark up the same item and material makes any sort of > > attempt at such a conversion almost impossible to conceive. I never > > completed the project (my apologies to David for that), but I did get > > so far as to have the base text working in SWORD. However, headings > > were in the wrong places, foot notes were acknowledged but not > > present, and many other things were very wrong with the results I > > produced. Not to mention that the parsing was highly dependent upon > > that one text and the manner in which its editor had elected to markup > > his works. I have since come into possession of better tools which > > would make some parts of the process easier, but by no means would it > > be simple. > > > > I'm not surprised. I don't know how long it took Logos to develop their > PBB > and how many programmers were involved, but I do know it was originally > tentatively planned for 2010. As you say, I think a big part of the > problem > is the number of ways a thing can be represented as (plus the general > problem of trying to map from presentation to meaning - it's also possible > that Logos has a more presentational format than you are targetting). I > think Logos handles things like verses using pre-defined styles, but I've > only played with it, not read the documentation. > > > > Producing a general book might have better results, but it would still > > be a monumental undertaking for anyone who wanted to tackle it. I am > > up to my ears right now in other projects or I might consider it. > > Also, I lack any sort of source texts which would make it worthwhile > > for myself to undertake the project. > > > > Indeed. > > Jon > > > > > > --Greg > > > > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Benjamin Misja <alv...@googlemail.com> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > The new PBB feature sounds exciting and I will definitely see if I can > > > integrate some papers and additional bible translations into my Logos > > library. > > > > > > I would think that having a comparable feature for making SWORD > modules > > would > > > give a huge boost to both the available amount of books and community > > > participation. I think SWORD should make tools like this available to > the > > > community at any cost. It would take making modules out of the hands > of > > those > > > who know at least regular expressions and some programming language > and > > put it > > > into the hands of anybody who would want to make a module. I know I'd > be > > > making a lot of them if only I could! It would make SWORD so much > cooler > > and > > > more dynamic. ;-) > > > > > > Just my humble opinion, > > > > > > Ben > > > > > > > > > Am Sonntag, 14. August 2011, 23:28:39 schrieb Jonathan Morgan: > > >> I don't usually comment on competing products, but I thought the new > > >> (long-expected) Logos Personal Book Builder was worth commenting on. > > You > > >> can find a post about it at > > >> > http://blog.logos.com/2011/08/personal-book-builder-the-inside-scoop/. > > The > > >> main difference from most software is the fact that books are built > by > > >> importing a docx file rather than entering any text into an editor, > > which > > >> hopefully means minimal work to make it happen. The created books > can > > then > > >> just be shared as you wish, even through the main Logos servers. > > >> > > >> I personally do not intend to do anything about this, but I thought > it > > worth > > >> mentioning to see what others thought of the idea. Certainly > > difficulties > > >> converting the text into a usable form seem to crop up quite a bit > for > > >> SWORD, and we have no knowledge of how many people just give up > without > > >> asking (I know there is a project to work with OpenOffice to create > > >> Genbooks, but I have never used it and so do not know how capable and > > how > > >> automatic it is). > > >> > > >> Thoughts? > > >> > > >> 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! 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