DevTools:Modules

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Module Development

Module Repositories

List of known Module Repositories

Module Maintenance

List of modules that are currently being worked on

New Modules

List of modules that are being developed

Module Specifics

OSIS Book Name Abbreviations

.conf File Layout

The conf file tell the Sword engine how to treat installed module files, etc. which kind of markup they contain, and so forth. Below is a listing of the possible directives in that file.

Element
Values (type or enumerated)
Default Value
required elements
DataPath
<relative system path>  
Description
<string>  
ModDrv
RawText, zText, RawCom, zCom, HREFCom, RawFiles, RawLD, RawLD4, zLD, RawGenBook  
elements required for proper module access
CipherKey
<string> (typically in a format matching the pattern /[0-9]{4}[A-Za-z]{4}[0-9]{4}[A-Za-z]{4}/
BlockType
BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE CHAPTER
CompressType
ZIP, LZSS LZSS
BlockCount <integer> 200
elements required for proper rendering
GlobalOptionFilter
GBFStrongs, GBFFootnotes, GBFScripref, GBFMorph, GBFHeadings,

ThMLStrongs, ThMLFootnotes, ThMLScripref, ThMLMorph, ThMLHeadings, ThMLVariants,

ThMLLemma, UTF8Cantillation, UTF8GreekAccents, UTF8HebrewVowels
 
Direction
RtoL, LtoR LtoR
SourceType
Plaintext, GBF, ThML, OSIS Plaintext
Encoding
UTF-8, Latin-1 Latin-1
DisplayLevel <integer> 1
Font
<string>  
OSISqToTick
true/false true
elements to indicate features
Feature
StrongsNumbers, GreekDef, HebrewDef, GreekParse, HebrewParse, DailyDevotion, Glossary  
GlossaryFrom
<OSIS:Lang identifier>  
GlossaryTo
<OSIS:Lang identifier>  
general informatic and installer elements
About
<string>  
Version
<version string> 1.0
History_x.x
<string>  
MinimumVersion
<version string> 1.5.1a
Category
<string>  
LCSH
<tree/string>  
Lang
<OSIS:Lang identifier> en
InstallSize
<integer (indicating bytes)>  
SwordVersionDate
<ISO date string (yyyy-mm-dd)>  
Obsoletes
<name of module>  
copyright- & licensing-related elements
CopyrightHolder
<string>  
CopyrightDate
<integer (indicating year)>  
CopyrightNotes
<string>  
CopyrightContactName
<string>  
CopyrightContactAddress
<string>  
CopyrightContactEmail
<string>  
DistributionLicense
"Public Domain", "Copyrighted", "Copyrighted; Permission to distribute granted to CrossWire", "Copyrighted; Free non-commercial distribution"  
DistributionSource
<string>  
DistributionNotes
<string>  
TextSource
<string, probably a URL>