#95659 - jbullfrog - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:03 pm
I remember the gba had a Bible homebrew (In KJV) on the gba.
Is it possible to utilize the DS' two screens as one Big page so that text could be larger and more easily read?
If any developer could make "BibleDs" with a table of contents (books of the bible) a search function and with bookmarks, I would be deeply obliged. I do not want to use old gba apps!
I'm sure this would be quicker than flipping through pages of the book.
**EDIT** 9/9/06: Since, nobody appears to have made any effort to create such an application, I downloaded the entire KJV bible in .txt format, and divided it up into books. Here is the file if anyone is interested.
For best results, use DsOrganize to open up each text file (you can view across both the top and bottom screens) using the "y" button, and use the "a" button to bookmark.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JLD1YBP3
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#95662 - clone dad - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:12 pm
well i voted yes, but we would have to figure out which version we're using.
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#95663 - HtheB - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:13 pm
I can't decide :D
'couz I'm going to port pocket Quran to the DS :)
(Quran is the holy book of the muslims)
www.pocketquran.com
:)
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#95664 - juhees - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:14 pm
| clone dad wrote: |
| well i voted yes, but we would have to figure out which version we're using. |
make it support different languages!
#95666 - tepples - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:16 pm
In English, we have to use the 1611 version. Almost every other popular translation is post-1923 and thus for PIRACY-DOT-COM only.
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#95672 - HtheB - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:24 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| In English, we have to use the 1611 version. Almost every other popular translation is post-1923 and thus for PIRACY-DOT-COM only. |
Huh? I dont get it xD
#95674 - BMH - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:27 pm
That is the most stupid thing i've ever heard.
But hey, i'm an Atheist :)
#95675 - MaHe - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:30 pm
| BMH wrote: |
That is the most stupid thing i've ever heard.
But hey, i'm an Atheist :) |
That doesn't matter at all, Bible is a very philosophical book to read. And really interesting no matter what religion you belong to (if you do).
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#95676 - kevinc - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:31 pm
| BMH wrote: |
That is the most stupid thing i've ever heard.
But hey, i'm an Atheist :) |
I was counting the seconds before such a comment appeared.
*sigh*
#95677 - tepples - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:32 pm
After you read the following articles, you should know a little bit more as to why I mentioned the King James Version:
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#95683 - spinal_cord - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:41 pm
what about a side-ways txt viewer, so you could have two turnable pages?
Whay are people interested in reading a 1600 year old book? whats wrong with Lord of the rings or K-pax?
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#95693 - BMH - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:53 pm
Guys... Books have advanced the last few hundreds years... As a matter of fact, their now portable!! Do you dont need a ds to read text.
#95695 - spinal_cord - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:57 pm
but surely carrying a whole pile of books on a 1x1.5" cf card is way better than an actual pile of books.
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#95698 - clone dad - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:58 pm
I dont think there shold be 'versions' of the bible. I think that there should be just one bible.
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#95699 - HtheB - Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:58 pm
| BMH wrote: |
| Guys... Books have advanced the last few hundreds years... As a matter of fact, their now portable!! Do you dont need a ds to read text. |
thats why I like to port something to the DS xD
#95701 - spinal_cord - Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:03 pm
| clone dad wrote: |
| I dont think there shold be 'versions' of the bible. I think that there should be just one bible. |
is that not the same as "I dont think there shold be 'versions' of the religion. I think that there should be just one religion."
I personally dont think religion is a good idea, if you want to be a good person, then be a good person, you dont need to follow thousands of years old rules to do it. Religion and money cause more wars then any other world wide problem, but a DS book reader is a good idea.
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#95711 - tepples - Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:13 pm
| spinal_cord wrote: |
| Whay are people interested in reading a 1600 year old book? whats wrong with Lord of the rings or K-pax? |
What's wrong is they're still copyrighted with all rights reserved.
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#95717 - spinal_cord - Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:24 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| spinal_cord wrote: | | Whay are people interested in reading a 1600 year old book? whats wrong with Lord of the rings or K-pax? |
What's wrong is they're still copyrighted with all rights reserved. |
bah, there are loads of un-copywrited texts on the net, we could read those instead.
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#95728 - clone dad - Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:44 pm
| spinal_cord wrote: |
is that not the same as "I dont think there shold be 'versions' of the religion. I think that there should be just one religion."
I personally dont think religion is a good idea, if you want to be a good person, then be a good person, you dont need to follow thousands of years old rules to do it. Religion and money cause more wars then any other world wide problem, but a DS book reader is a good idea. |
religion isn't just about being a good person, its about getting to heaven. And, the world would be pretty much perfect if there was just one religion.
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#95730 - HtheB - Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:52 pm
I dont wanna go to the hell.. :(
:D
that's why I love my religion ^_^
:P
#95738 - jbullfrog - Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:25 pm
WoW! Lots of responses. I take this as a good sign.
I hope there is neither strife nor contention amongst thou fellow brothers...
Excuse my Old English, this post was NOT meant to be controversial. Rather, I think it can be beneficial
#95743 - BMH - Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:52 pm
| clone dad wrote: |
| spinal_cord wrote: |
is that not the same as "I dont think there shold be 'versions' of the religion. I think that there should be just one religion."
I personally dont think religion is a good idea, if you want to be a good person, then be a good person, you dont need to follow thousands of years old rules to do it. Religion and money cause more wars then any other world wide problem, but a DS book reader is a good idea. |
religion isn't just about being a good person, its about getting to heaven. And, the world would be pretty much perfect if there was just one religion. |
Religion & religioustexts were only created to keep some people in power. Thousands, no hundreds of thousands of people have died because of religions (either by following them or denying them).
I can not understand why anyone would follow a religion that stands for nothing more than a history of murder.
[/2 cents] :)
#95747 - LiraNuna - Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:16 pm
| spinal_cord wrote: |
| the world would be pretty much perfect if there was just one religion. |
Correction: the world would be pretty much perfect if there were no religions.
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#95750 - chatterbug89 - Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:32 pm
....You know...it's all "fine and dandy" if someone wants to make a bible reader...but..is this realy the time or place to have a relgion flame war.
P.S. by the way...my two cents about the heaven/hell deal....if God is evil enough to send someoen to a place like hell....I'd rather he or she not exist...no one deserves eternal punishment >_>
#95751 - BMH - Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:36 pm
| chatterbug89 wrote: |
....You know...it's all "fine and dandy" if someone wants to make a bible reader...but..is this realy the time or place to have a relgion flame war.
P.S. by the way...my two cents about the heaven/hell deal....if God is evil enough to send someoen to a place like hell....I'd rather he or she not exist...no one deserves eternal punishment >_> |
If god is so mercifull and kind, why does he give little kids aids?
#95752 - spinal_cord - Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:38 pm
| BMH wrote: |
| If god is so mercifull and kind, why does he give little kids aids? |
Lets stop now, GOD, does not give kids aids, PEOPLE do.
A DS book reader is a greate ideo, nomatter what the book is.
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#95781 - shaz - Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:14 am
| HtheB wrote: |
I can't decide :D
'couz I'm going to port pocket Quran to the DS :)
(Quran is the holy book of the muslims)
www.pocketquran.com
:) |
I'd help you on that if I could...
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#95782 - clone dad - Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:14 am
| BMH wrote: |
I can not understand why anyone would follow a religion that stands for nothing more than a history of murder.
[/2 cents] :) |
I can't understand that either....but Jesus actually rose people from the dead, so there hasn't been nothing but murder. seems that you've just skimmed the surface if you think that way :-)
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#95788 - M3d10n - Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:50 am
A very basic HTML renderer with support for linking to different files, and core formatting tags could do it. Now, you only need to find a version of the Bible in suitable HTML format to stick on a CF... good googling.
#95831 - HyperHacker - Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:49 am
Why not just find a text/simple HTML copy of your favourite book and view it in DSOrganize?
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#95833 - giraid - Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:56 am
bible or other books, I think DS would make a perfect text reader, espicially after played brain age, when the text were put side by side, it's very easy too read, and the DS even has the grip of a book that way, so if someone were going to make a ebook reader, they should definitely take a look of the text layout of brain age.
#95844 - spinal_cord - Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:44 am
| clone dad wrote: |
| but Jesus actually rose people from the dead |
Not proved. besides, doctors rais people from the dead all of the time, we dont worship their lives.
[back on topic]
Yes, a basic xml type reader woulb be perfect, then we could include some formating and images.
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#95854 - Devil_Spawn - Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:29 am
wow 50:50, and i was the first person to say no ~
i will not comment on the bible
#95858 - BMH - Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:40 am
| spinal_cord wrote: |
| clone dad wrote: | | but Jesus actually rose people from the dead |
Not proved. besides, doctors rais people from the dead all of the time, we dont worship their lives.
[back on topic]
Yes, a basic xml type reader woulb be perfect, then we could include some formating and images. |
Doctors have learned how to rase people from the dead.. Jesus is... magic :)
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#95862 - spinal_cord - Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:16 am
| BMH wrote: |
| spinal_cord wrote: | | clone dad wrote: | | but Jesus actually rose people from the dead |
Not proved. besides, doctors rais people from the dead all of the time, we dont worship their lives.
[back on topic]
Yes, a basic xml type reader woulb be perfect, then we could include some formating and images. |
Doctors have learned how to rais people from the dead.. Jesus is... magic :) |
Whose to say Jesus didnt LEARN to rais people from the dead? he could have known a doctor or something.
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#95863 - wintermute - Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:16 am
#95869 - kevinc - Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:07 am
| wintermute wrote: |
| Who on earth is going to enforce copyright on the bible? |
The bible itself is not copyrighted, the translations are :)
So the answer would be: the translator, and their publishers.
#95874 - spinal_cord - Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:28 am
So to avoid legal issues, we all need to learn to read hebrew.
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#95879 - Mrshlee - Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:09 pm
This is split into two paths.
Firstly, an Ebook reader would be an excellent idea.
Secondly, Porting the bible over.. if your religious and feel like reading a passage. might be a good idea - if your ebook reader supported bookmarking and other such features.
Hope something comes of this.. I won't be readin the bible tho
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#95889 - jbullfrog - Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:36 pm
Ok, Ebook REader it is!
Just to let everyone know, the bible prophesized the conflict that is going on now in the Middle East
#95932 - justatest - Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:55 pm
All I can do is LOL at this thread. Really, I just can't understand why people would want to read the bible on a portable games system.
Allah and Jesus suck dick
#95939 - HtheB - Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:29 pm
| HyperHacker wrote: |
| Why not just find a text/simple HTML copy of your favourite book and view it in DSOrganize? |
Well.. you can say that with the bible.. but not with the Quran :)
it has arabic characters :)
:D
its harder I think XD
#95948 - dude1 - Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:24 pm
i think a ebook reader would be great but i would find a better piece of fiction to read rather than the bible
#95999 - tepples - Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:40 pm
| spinal_cord wrote: |
| So to avoid legal issues, we all need to learn to read hebrew. |
Not necessarily. The popular English translation from 1611 isn't copyrighted (except in the UK, where it is protected as the holy text of the state religion), and there's a 1910s translation of the Old Testament that's supposed to be pretty decent.
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#96002 - kevinc - Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:48 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| Not necessarily. The popular English translation from 1611 isn't copyrighted |
For the moment. Oh, just give it another Republican/Democrat administration, some "think of the children", a little Disney lobbying, and it'll be done.
#96005 - jester - Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:05 pm
maybe it shouldnt be ported 2 the ds it depends i would welcome the idea as i could pray on the move
#96031 - spinal_cord - Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:28 pm
| jbullfrog wrote: |
Just to let everyone know, the bible prophesized the conflict that is going on now in the Middle East |
just about every old book predicts something, nostradamus (spelling?) is said to have predicted loads of stuff that came true, however he did this in the form of poetry, wich by its nature can be interprated any way you want. some people see meaning, some people see emotional words. Unless the bible actually says, "There will be trouble in the middle east in the years 2005 through 2006" then im afraid you're wrong.
[back to the topic]
does anyone know of a simple txt reader with scource code? I haven't got a clue where to start with opening and reading files from CF.
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#96037 - HtheB - Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:46 pm
| spinal_cord wrote: |
[back to the topic]
does anyone know of a simple txt reader with scource code? I haven't got a clue where to start with opening and reading files from CF. |
moonshell?
#96130 - altometer - Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:00 pm
oy the flame wars nobody is even really helping this guy... unfortunatly nobody here really wants to hear of jesus because they have all have denied him. id say use ds organiser's source for the text reader. it isnt as buggy.
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#96136 - tepples - Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:45 pm
DSOrganize is proprietary software.
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#96166 - takieda - Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:13 pm
You know what... I voted no early on in this discussion as I expected this kind of subject to ONLY turn into a flame war... I vain illusion voting no and quelling this discussion to start with would stop any flame wars, but that obviously didn't happen.
So consider one of those No's a yes. I'm not a Christian, but I do like the idea of having a bible available (I do have some rather intellectual discussions with Christians and I always rely on searching through their copies to be able to point anything out).
Remember this... we (as humans) had another point in our history where we decided to stop books (I remember a few book burnings on television). Even just saying this ONE book shouldn't be ported is essentially saying the same thing (though to a lesser extent). Freedom of speech is freedom of ALL speech, regardless of whether or not we like what's being said.
Now beyond all that political babble...
I think a good rotatable ebook reader would work rather well, but what format of text would you use? a basic HTML renderer would make it easy to make links, etc, but it might not present us with the best way of navigating through a book. Are there free ebooks out there with text links, etc that allow for easy navigation? and what about searching through stuff (i.e. searching for Job 3.11 or something - and don't tell me that verse doesn't exist or whatever, I don't know the bible in and out, I'm just making a point).
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#96215 - jbullfrog - Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:56 pm
| takieda wrote: |
You know what... I voted no early on in this discussion as I expected this kind of subject to ONLY turn into a flame war... I vain illusion voting no and quelling this discussion to start with would stop any flame wars, but that obviously didn't happen.
So consider one of those No's a yes. I'm not a Christian, but I do like the idea of having a bible available (I do have some rather intellectual discussions with Christians and I always rely on searching through their copies to be able to point anything out).
Remember this... we (as humans) had another point in our history where we decided to stop books (I remember a few book burnings on television). Even just saying this ONE book shouldn't be ported is essentially saying the same thing (though to a lesser extent). Freedom of speech is freedom of ALL speech, regardless of whether or not we like what's being said.
Now beyond all that political babble...
I think a good rotatable ebook reader would work rather well, but what format of text would you use? a basic HTML renderer would make it easy to make links, etc, but it might not present us with the best way of navigating through a book. Are there free ebooks out there with text links, etc that allow for easy navigation? and what about searching through stuff (i.e. searching for Job 3.11 or something - and don't tell me that verse doesn't exist or whatever, I don't know the bible in and out, I'm just making a point). |
Great input!
#96221 - takieda - Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:24 pm
Thanks... I've been wanting a good ebook reader for sometime... the M3 and Moonshell's txt reader functions are decent, but really don't give you a good reading experience - a two screen reader would do wonders, as well as having it rotate-able to give that feeling of reading a book.
One other note on the HTML front - it *could* be used to implement pictures as well, which would be useful as a LOT of the books I have have a small picture for every chapter beginning, which would be nice to see, giving the user more of a feeling of reading a book, yet again. Making an actual ebook reader (like Microsoft Journal or Adobe Reader, for .pdf files), might be too cpu intensive.. basic formatting in HTML would allow it to run very quickly.
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#96278 - NorQue - Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:13 am
Yes for an eBook reader, no for the bible. Could you guys please keep NDSDev secular?
#96284 - Lick - Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:06 am
NorQue, it's just another project. It's made by christians, sure it is, but it doesn't mean nsdev becomes religious? You're just overreacting.
I second this idea, although I doubt I will read the Bible on the DS. I prefer a real book as with all eBooks, I prefer a printed version.
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#96302 - PhoenixSoft - Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:27 pm
You can get the KJV in plain text from the Gutenberg Project, in case you are looking for it.
| NorQue wrote: |
| Yes for an eBook reader, no for the bible. Could you guys please keep NDSDev secular? |
I like the fact that you included a link to the Wikipedia article, as if we're too stupid to know the meaning of the word. And why are you so concerned with people mentioning religion here?
#96340 - takieda - Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:33 pm
It's actually quite easily to create an html version of a .txt book with proper links based on the index and TOC... takes a bit of time for larger books though... But still - the question remains on a search function. With a normal text search, searching for something like "Job" to begin with would probably bring up a LOT of results - what about if you wanted to search chapter titles only? or just search the TOC, etc... You'd have to change chapter titles to give it a different style of header... Probably could be easily done with .xml but then we'd need the proper .xml parser alongside that.
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#96342 - Lynx - Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:40 pm
Heh.. I LOL at this thread because it shows the stupidity in the community.
I don't read Ebooks, so I don't know what the interface is capabable of, but I would prefer it to have the ability to search. I don't know how easy/fast that would be on a DS, but it would be very useful.
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#96482 - Yamishi - Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:44 pm
Okay, I'm gonna split my post into two segments, one is my opinion on religion, the other is the DS related bit. The DS related bit is the most important, so I'll put it second.
RELIGION:
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It's unfair to say religion has nothing but a history of murder. Most religions I know of preach peace, love and understanding. I could start quoting bible phrases, but since I haven't read the bible, that would be unfair of me. Now, I already know what people are going to say to this; "What about the crusades? And George Bush's war?" I submit that these people are using religion as an excuse to do what they want. It's not religions fault, but if the "crusaders" didn't appeal to at least one section of humanity, they'd probably be completely rejected.
IN SHORT: For murder, religion is usually the excuse, not the reason. |
DS:
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| The text reader would be genius! If you added a two-page system when the DS is held sideways (like in Brain Training) added basic text, HTML maybe even .rtf support, and a bookmarking system to save your place in a file, it'd be amazing! Also, perhaps you could use the touch screen to highlight certain things in the text files (and obviously, have a way to move ONE page at a time so it's possible to highlight things on the non-touchscreen page). Obviously this would be a lot of work, but that's my vision of a perfect ebook reader. |
And for the record, I think reading the bible on the DS is a good idea, although I'm not particularly religious.
#96966 - jbullfrog - Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:33 am
so will DSbible come true? Or will a e book creator be established?
Thanks all for the input
#96969 - takieda - Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:04 am
To be totally honest a very versatile ebook reader would probably be the best idea for this, that way, among other reasons, you can have whatever version of the bible on it you like (as opposed to creating DSBible with a copyrighted recent KJV, or other bible - using gbadev.org resources to help create it wouldn't be allowed due to its infringement of the copyright). Furthermore this would also open up its usability for other religions. I would actually like a compilation of the Q'uran, Bible, Bhagavad-Gita, Tanakh, Tripitaka, among others, that is easy to access at any given time. Any highly religious person would benefit from such a creation as it would allow that person to be more familiar with others religions so they can relate on a more knowledgeable level - something I strive to do.
It might be good to have a specialized ebook reader with extra functions such as ability to search for specific verses, or passages, within the books; be able to look for all passages relating to a specific theme (love, for example); display passages in both original and translated languages (some books rely heavily on this - the Bhagavad-Gita, for example). Perhaps it should even allow for the addition of handwritten notes (imagine a sermon being given with the DS as the reference source, with notes scrawled onto it that can be hidden down to a button that's easily placed in between words, or somewhere on the page and brought up with just a quick click (fatlib anyone?).
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#96970 - tepples - Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:12 am
The problem with holy texts written in Sanskrit or Hebrew or Arabic is that few people know how to make text output routines for those scripts. Greek, by comparison, is simple.
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#96974 - takieda - Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:33 am
tepples - good point, but there are two alternatives to this issue.
1 is to use unicode. MOST foreign languages can be easily transliterated into either an English text, or at least a unicode style text. The bhagavad-gita itself generally has the original sanskrit, a latin transliteration, a translation guide (word for word), the actual translated text of the verse, and then a purport (or discussion) about the text.
Using a standardized form of this method (say transliterating everything into Latin (which I'm intimately familiar with pronouncing), or just to use unicode text in general) would allow most texts to work in that facet (I'd assume, I've not read much beyond the Bhagavad-Gita, and some of the Bible and the Qur'an). Even the Tripitaka uses sanskrit and/or Pali (very similar language, but Buddha spoke Sanskrit, so I'm going with that one), which is the same as in the Bhagavad-Gita.
The other alternative, and perhaps an easier one for some, would be to just include images (perhaps b&w gifs) of the original text. I wouldn't expect most older languages to have a working Unicode alphabet, and some even require right to left support. This would, however, not allow for the searching of the verses/passages, which would be useful to find the different meanings and usages of some words (like love - I keep saying that because that's a central theme with a current discussion I'm having with some of my Christian friends).
I think, in the end, a hybrid use of that would probably be the most useful, allowing anyone to use whatever they have to do the job. (consider having pictures for the original language, and unicode transliterations of that).
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#97685 - brian33x51 - Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:44 am
Supporting the Septuagint + Greek new testament would be great (and likely not that difficult).
I'm guessing there might be some way to use the "sword" project as the text repository. And looking at existing software for readers or perhaps developing something like "bibletime" or "gnomesword" or whatever your favorite bible study software uses.
http://www.crosswire.org/sword/
#97696 - h0t1ce - Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:56 am
I would just love to be able to read the bible on my DS
As for the trouble in finding the actual bible versions (translations) that aren't copyrighted, I believe we should just find out how projects/programs like e-sword got all their Bible translations? They seem to have worked out deals with the publishers. Maybe got them free? We should simply check out if we could get them free as well?
But concerning the actual BibleDS project, I think it should be built as a generic e-book reader that is flexible. And worry about what books we want to read later on.
#97707 - tepples - Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:26 am
Good idea for separation of church and state^W^W^W text and reader. Now let's map out the requirements: - To support texts such as The Adventures of Pinocchio, reader will need only one level of division: Chapter 1 through Chapter 36.
- To support texts such as Holy Bible, reader will need two levels of division: Genesis through Revelation, and numbered chapters in each.
- Divisions can be referred to by a number or an optional title.
- Line breaks at a word break when possible. (Not MoonShell style.)
- Text in UTF-8.
- Full text indexing.
- Latin has first priority; Greek and Cyrillic have second.
- Font sizes?
- Hebrew? Devanagari? Arabic?
Who has enough knowledge of non-Latin scripts to help implement their rendering engines?
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#97710 - HtheB - Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:15 am
| tepples wrote: |
Who has enough knowledge of non-Latin scripts to help implement their rendering engines? |
check www.pocketquran.com for it :) :D
#97734 - retrohead - Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:36 am
Would cory1492s DSbook not allow you to read the bible should you so wish? Come on guys please don't waste your prowess on this heap of shite
#97829 - tepples - Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:32 pm
Full text search and divisions of the document are a must for reading long structured documents such as computer manuals and religious texts. Does your favorite text reader have these?
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#97864 - Lick - Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:19 am
I'd say: release the Bible books in .. books. Not as a whole but something like:
01. Genesis (KJV)
02. Exodus (KJV)
03. Leviticus (KJV)
..
This would A) allow sorting on book number, B) allow sorting on version and allow the user to pick which versions he wants to mix.[/list]
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#97869 - takieda - Sat Aug 12, 2006 1:34 am
Being able to use a book reader to reference different books would be a great idea... i.e. have several different files, one for each text, or html (or whatever) file that link to each other... But as nice as the idea is, it also does bring out a problem. What if you open your book and want to do a text search for a specific phrase - unless it has some damn good parsing, it's not going to be able to search from file to file, etc. It would basically have to parse through the links found in the first file, to the next file, and know not to search back through other links through files that have already been searched. This method would also probably be pretty slow (considering the DS's actual power) - but I'm not completely sure. Someone might be able to pull this off.
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#98398 - jbullfrog - Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:49 am
http://mega-file.net/file.php?file=af13300b59f50171d2380c4bc4baec42
bible in text format, can view with ds orgaznize across2 screens using "y" button
#98464 - Lick - Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:43 pm
Searching will forever be slow, simply because it's slow on the PC too. =/ I think there could be an indexing format for searching. Like a file with keywords, that can be updated often to complete it. We could set up a webpage for it.
----------The Bible Indexing Database-----------
[enter keyword] [enter passage] (Add to database)
(Download database) (Download to nintendo ds)
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#101371 - jbullfrog - Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:28 pm
It was a good venture wasn't it?
I expected a lot of controversy, but compromises were made.
I wish I had the skills....
#101404 - zzo38computer - Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:27 am
If you ever do this, I hope you include the Deuterocanionical books if there is a old enough version.
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#101424 - Extreme Coder - Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:37 am
I know how to read arabic pretty well just in case you need me:D
#101452 - HtheB - Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:49 pm
| Extreme Coder wrote: |
| I know how to read arabic pretty well just in case you need me:D |
I contacted the guys on www.pocketquran.com :)
so.. I hope we will be able to bring it asap ^_^
#101673 - sasuke_kun12 - Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:13 am
um all i bring to church is my DS and my GBAMP coz i got the bible on it and just use the ebook reader. lol i got an excuse to bring my ds to church and verse my sunday school kids (doesn't look good coz i'm a sunday school helper) and some of my youth. serouisly, i got like 8 people with ds at my church and 2 guys with psps (woo hoo for nintendo!)
ok to get to the point
if you guys want i can give you all of the books of the bible in seperate .txt files for development or for personal use
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#101794 - d3v1n - Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:10 am
sasuke_kun i'm interested with the txt, if you can send me to my email or upload it something it would be great. let me know if you can upload it or else i can pm you my email. Just curious which bible version is it? can you give me NIV by any chance? though I dont mind King James Version. thank you so much
#101796 - tepples - Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:18 am
| d3v1n wrote: |
| can you give me NIV by any chance? |
No, because that would be warez.
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#101811 - sasuke_kun12 - Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:23 am
| d3v1n wrote: |
| sasuke_kun i'm interested with the txt, if you can send me to my email or upload it something it would be great. let me know if you can upload it or else i can pm you my email. Just curious which bible version is it? can you give me NIV by any chance? though I dont mind King James Version. thank you so much |
sorry man it's only KJV got it off ebible.com or some jazz I'll upload it as a zip and send you a link. That'll save you a whole lot of time coz i grabbed each individual html link and saved it as a txt
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#102003 - jbullfrog - Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:22 pm
**EDIT** 9/9/06: Since, nobody appears to have made any effort to create such an application, I downloaded the entire KJV bible in .txt format, and divided it up into books. Here is the file if anyone is interested.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JLD1YBP3
For best results, use DsOrganize to open up each text file (you can view across both the top and bottom screens) using the "y" button, and use the "a" button to bookmark.
#102491 - souLLy - Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:03 pm
If anyone was interested in making an eBook reader of this nature, I'd be interested in doing the graphic design for the interface. I think it could be an excellent project.