Import and Export USFM / USFX / USX

[jamescmarsh]

I specifically am interested in converting MyBibleZone files to USFM or something similar, like USFX or USX.

[schierlm]

Have a look at the current implementation if it suffices your needs. In case you need more / anything else, feel free to reopen.

[AlisterH]

Hi, how do you actually export to USFM? For other formats you add an output filename to the end of the command to avoid the error message as per #13, but I can't work out what to do for usfm.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1

[schierlm]

There are other formats that need more than one output parameter. That's what the help command is for.

C:\BibleMultiConverter-0.0.6>java -jar BibleMultiConverter-AllInOneEdition.jar help USFM
USFM - Bible format used by Paratext

Bible format used by Paratext

Usage (export): USFM <outdir> <filenamepattern>

Point the importer to a directory that contains the .usfm files.

When exporting, you need to give a file name pattern. You can use # for
the book number and * for the book name.

In other words, enter the name of a (nonexisting or empty) directory as first parameter, and the desired filename pattern (e.g. #-*.usfm) as second one.

[shadow-light]

Thanks for this great tool. I was also confused by the traceback from missing an arg since it wasn't clear what the problem was. I thought it was an issue parsing the file. Perhaps the exception can be caught and "Argument missing" or something printed instead?

WARNING: Skipping unknown tag \fig
WARNING: Skipping unknown end tag \fig*
WARNING: Skipping mismatched end tag \fig*
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 0 out of bounds for length 0
        at biblemulticonverter.format.paratext.AbstractParatextFormat.doExportBooks(AbstractParatextFormat.java:430)
        at biblemulticonverter.tools.ParatextConverter.run(ParatextConverter.java:41)
        at biblemulticonverter.Main.main(Main.java:58)