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Convert between programs:
e-Sword 8.0.6 -> e-Sword 9.5.1;
e-Sword 8.0.6 -> Pocket e-Sword 3.1.0
e-Sword 9.5.1 -> e-Sword 8.0.6;
e-Sword 9.5.1 -> Pocket e-Sword 3.1.0;
Pocket e-Sword 3.1.0 -> e-Sword 9.5.1;
Pocket e-Sword 3.1.0 -> e-Sword 8.0.6;
BeST 2.x (Premium Edition) can do this for the resource types it supports.
Import into e-Sword, and where appropriate, Pocket e-Sword:
- Bible;
- Commentary;
- Devotional Modules;
- Dictionary;
- Map/Graphic;
- Study Note;
- Topical File;
- Bible Reading Plan;
- Harmony Resources;
- Markup Overlay;
- Prayer Lists;
- Scripture Memory Verse Lists;
- Verse Analysis;
- Verse Lists;
Import support for presentation markup languages:
- B-XML;
- CSV;
- GBF;
- HTML 3.2;
- HTML 5.0 + CSS 2.0;
- OSIS;
- no markup;
- RTF;
- TSV;
- USFX (not currently supported):
- USFM (not currently supported);
- XSEM (not currently supported);
- VPL;
- Z-XML;
Import support for file formats:
- plain text;
- Excel 2000;
- ODF - ODS;
- DIF (? Obsolete format. Probably more effort to implement, than benfit would be derived. );
- SYLK (? Obsolete format. Probably more effort to implement, than benfit would be derived.);
Resource conversion:
- Create a concordance from any resource type (currently available) ;
- Merge any two resources of the same type into one resource;
- Create a file that lists only the different elements (and which file contains them), for any two resources of the same type;
- Create a file that lists only the common elements for any two resources of the same type;
- Topical File <-> Dictionary Resource;
- Verse List <-> Scripture Memory Resource;
- Study Note <-> Commentary Resource (currently available);
- Bible Reading Plan <-> Devotional Resource;
Included within Bible Resource construction:
- Red Lettering for Words Of Jesus (Currently available.);
- Red Lettering for Words of God the Father (Easiest is to to read in an external file.);
- Red Lettering for Words of the Holy Spirit (Easiest is to to read in an external file.);
- Red Lettering for words of angels (Easiest is to to read in an external file.);
- User supplied verses to be Red Lettered (Easiest is to to read in an external file.);
- Add Strong's Numbers (Easiest is to to read in an external file.);
- Automatic construction of a concordance file (currently available);
- Highlight user provided list of verses (Easiest is to to read in an external file.);
- Create a Dictionary file of subject lines for commentary notes;
- Automatic construction of a concordance file (currently available);
Convert character encodings:
Convert all of the following character encodings to UTF-8:
- Beta Code
- DOS_CP_737 (MS-Dos monotonic Greek)
- ISO_8859_7 (Standard monotonic Greek)
- Ibycus (for Latex)
- Latex Standard Babel
- Babel_7 (Latex Standard Babel + ISO 8859-7)
- SIL Composite (for the SIL Greek system)
- SMK GreekKeys
- SPIonic
- Sgreek
- SuperGreek (for the Macintosh)
- Unicode encoded in UTF-8 (Using precomposed polytonic glyphs from the Greek Extended codepage)
- Unicode encoded as HTML Character Entities (as above)
- WinGreek
- Michigan Claremont Encoding
The original post was posted to my e-Sword-users.org blog on 17 November 2009. I did add content to it later, which I note in the post itself.
