As a fellow Windows user (Win 7 x64) I found it useful to make (in my Sword directory) a symbolic link <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link> to where the Sword utilities are stored.
Symbolic links may be unfamiliar to many Windows users, but old-hat to Linux folk. They are created using the Windows command called *mklink* You can use Windows Help to find out more. Then for any of the individual tasks (especially those that need repeating), I create a custom Windows CMD file to launch the utility, such that I can just double-click it to start that from within Windows Explorer. You can use any decent text editor (even Notepad will do) to make a CMD file. btw, I'd recommend *Notepad++* as a replacement for Notepad. Here's an example: I've been working on the Norsk module yesterday, so my CMD file called *MakeNorsk.cmd* contains: ..\utils2\imp2vs ..\Import\Norsk.raw.imp.edited.txt -z -o ..\modules\texts\ztext\norsk 1>..\log\imp2vs.log 2>..\log\error.log You see that I also capture the stdout and stderr streams to a pair of log files in a separate subfolder. It's also useful to append a pause command within the CMD file, so that you can watch what happens before the CMD window closes, and then close it manually. Also, to avoid clutter, all my CMD files are in a sub-directory I created under Sword (called Make). Likewise, source text files being used to make a module, these are in a folder I created (called Import). Once you've mastered these techniques, you'll wonder why you ever thought it difficult. Finally, for all utility commands relating to modules, the module name is Case Sensitive. It must be exactly as in the first line of the conf file, less the square brackets. This requirement appertains to all commands that do something with an existing module. David -- View this message in context: http://sword-dev.350566.n4.nabble.com/Hello-I-need-help-with-the-Sword-Utilities-tp4651823p4651826.html Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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