Gary Thornock wrote:
like instant access. What READER do you recommend (both for RedHat 9 and FC2) and then which version (PDF, HTML, Plain Text) of the scriptures/manuals to download
I'd have to agree, but with the addition that, if you use HTML, you get a lot more ability to organize/program the stuff the way *you* want it.I've been using a plain HTML version of the Scriptures for the last few years. The one I have doesn't have the chapter headings, the topical guide, the footnotes, etc., but it does have the full text, and for the most part that's all I need.
[Storytime]
When I was on studying medieval manuscripts in Paris I wrote a simple PHP/MySQL site to collate different versions of stories, poems, etc. It was a simple hierarchal tree with each branch ending in a content node. One of the great aspects of using an HTML display with PHP/MySQL in the background was that I could run it locally on my Zaurus palmtop.
One Sunday I realized I could use the same system for the scriptures. I started with a root node of "scriptures", a node for each physical book (Bible, Triple). Eventually, I made it down through books (Genesis, 1 Nephi), to chapters and verses. The whole thing was a single PHP page, with a single GET parameter: The database ID of the current object.
I grabbed the Project Gutenberg version of KJV Bible, and BOM (did you know they had that?), did some regex, left the headers in as objects, and voila! I had a very easy to manage PDA version of the scriptures. (I never got around to grabbing the Doctrine and Covenants.) I still use it from time to time.
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So, in short, I agree that going with HTML, or a similar text-based markup language, is definitely the way to go.
--jeremy
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