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Refdoc: /* xulsword */

2018-01-10T15:36:56Z

‎xulsword

2018-01-08T12:03:55Z

2018-01-08T12:00:50Z

2015-08-18T01:56:28Z

updated to use the -D flag

2015-08-17T17:31:59Z

2015-08-17T17:18:55Z

Corrected the command to create a zip to exclude directories

2011-05-11T10:16:19Z

‎xulsword: (version 3.0)

2011-02-01T09:56:44Z

2011-02-01T09:55:34Z

‎xulsword: At present, this feature is used only for the newer modules that are fully compatible with SWORD.

2011-02-01T09:52:09Z

xulsword

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 == xulsword ==
-A new Windows file extension has been allocated for '''xulsword''' zipped modules, such that drag & drop of a file with extension '''.xsm''' installs the module automatically. xulsword was developed for countries with monitored Internet access very much in mind. At present, this feature is used only for the newer modules (version 3.0) that are fully compatible with SWORD. See also [[Module Repositories#Institute_for_Bible_Translation]].
+A new Windows file extension has been allocated for '''xulsword''' zipped modules, such that drag & drop of a file with extension '''.xsm''' installs the module automatically. xulsword was developed for countries with monitored Internet access very much in mind. At present, this feature is used only for the newer modules (version 3.0) that are fully compatible with SWORD. See also [[Official and Affiliated Module Repositories#Institute_for_Bible_Translation]].
 == Other programmes and uses ==

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 == JSWORD ==
-JSword front-ends require (for the moment at least) having zipped modules available. We distribute them through our webserver. Several user programmes can also import directly zipped modules e.g. in order to be helpful for people who have no direct access to the Internet or who live in countries with monitored access to the Internet to be able to download (and possibly distribute) zipped modules.
+JSword front-ends require (for the moment at least) having zipped modules available. We distribute them through our webserver.
 == xulsword ==
 A new Windows file extension has been allocated for '''xulsword''' zipped modules, such that drag & drop of a file with extension '''.xsm''' installs the module automatically. xulsword was developed for countries with monitored Internet access very much in mind. At present, this feature is used only for the newer modules (version 3.0) that are fully compatible with SWORD. See also [[Module Repositories#Institute_for_Bible_Translation]].
 [[Category:Modules|Zipped modules]]

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-Some of the smaller devices running a sword front-end might not not have a network enabled module manager or network use might be slow and expensive. Users of these devices need to download their modules as zipped files and unzip them in the right place - e.g. a SD card.
+== JSWORD ==
+JSword front-ends require (for the moment at least) having zipped modules available. We distribute them through our webserver. Several user programmes can also import directly zipped modules e.g. in order to be helpful for people who have no direct access to the Internet or who live in countries with monitored access to the Internet to be able to download (and possibly distribute) zipped modules.
 == xulsword ==

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 JSword front-ends also require (for the moment at least) having zipped modules available.
-It is also helpful for people who have no direct access to the Internet or who live in countries with monitored access to the Internet to be able to download (and possibly distribute) zipped modules. This is a zipped archive of a module in the file and directory layout used in the local module directory. Note: only include files in the zip.
+It is also helpful for people who have no direct access to the Internet or who live in countries with monitored access to the Internet to be able to download (and possibly distribute) zipped modules. This is a zipped archive of a module in the file and directory layout used in the local module directory.
 To create a zipped module of an uncompressed GenBook do this:
   cd ~ftp/pub/sword
-  zip zip/mybook.zip mods.d/mybook.conf modules/genbook/rawgenbooks/mybook/*
+  zip -r -D zip/mybook.zip mods.d/mybook.conf modules/genbook/rawgenbooks/mybook
-If the module contains subdirectories:
+-r finds all files under the specified directory<br/>
+-D only include files in the zip
 == xulsword ==

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   cd ~ftp/pub/sword
-  zip -r zip/mybook.zip mods.d/mybook.conf modules/genbook/rawgenbooks/mybook/*
+  zip zip/mybook.zip mods.d/mybook.conf modules/genbook/rawgenbooks/mybook/*
 If the module contains subdirectories:
   cd ~ftp/pub/sword
-  zip -r zip/mybook.zip mods.d/mybook.conf $(find modules/genbook/rawgenbooks/mybook -type f)
+  zip zip/mybook.zip mods.d/mybook.conf $(find modules/genbook/rawgenbooks/mybook -type f)
 == xulsword ==

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 == xulsword ==
-A new Windows file extension has been allocated for '''xulsword''' zipped modules, such that drag & drop of a file with extension '''.xsm''' installs the module automatically. xulsword was developed for countries with monitored Internet access very much in mind. At present, this feature is used only for the newer modules that are fully compatible with SWORD.
+A new Windows file extension has been allocated for '''xulsword''' zipped modules, such that drag & drop of a file with extension '''.xsm''' installs the module automatically. xulsword was developed for countries with monitored Internet access very much in mind. At present, this feature is used only for the newer modules that are fully compatible with SWORD. See also [[Module Repositories#Institute_for_Bible_Translation]].
 [[Category:Modules|Zipped modules]]