Scripturizer 1.2, now with MT Plugin-ability

Any chance of a version 1.3 that incoporates the ESV api? I use a hacked version of 1.0 to use it, but am afraid that that’ll break for no reason at some point…
Good work though

What else do you imagine going into the Sermonizer:: hierarchy?

If I were doing this, I might construct a hierarchy something like this:

Bible - Biblical software

Bible::Constants::en - a class that would contain different constants, such as book names, book order, names of versions, etc.

Bible::LinkMaker - this would be what is now Sermonizer::Scripturizer

Bible::LinkMaker::Methods::biblegateway
Bible::LinkMaker::Methods::localKJVfile
Bible::LinkMaker::Methods::localSwordFile

These would be different methods that could be plugged into LinkMaker to say where it links to. This may be huge overkill, since a method is basically just a string with a spot where you substitute in the passage. (”localSwordfile” refers to a module packaged for the software sitting at http://www.crosswire.org/sword )

At this point, though, it may be getting too abstract to actually implement…

Below is a patch which adds support for the abbreviations that bible gateway supports,
and it fixes a bug where an extra space would be inserted in some cases (i.e. (Mark 5:5) would become ( Mark 5:5)). Just patch it into Scripturizer.pm

— foo Tue Aug 12 11:20:37 2003
+++ Scripturizer.pm Tue Aug 12 11:19:45 2003
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@

use vars qw($volumes $books $versions);
$volumes = qr/I+|1st|2nd|3rd|First|Second|Third|1|2|3/;
-$books = qr/Genesis|Exodus|Leviticus|Numbers|Deuteronomy|Joshua|Judges|Ruth|Samuel|Kings|Chronicles|Ezra|Nehemiah|Esther|Job|Psalm|Proverbs|Ecclesiastes|Song\sof\sSolomon|Isaiah|Jeremiah|Lamentations|Ezekiel|Daniel|Hosea|Joel|Amos|Obadiah|Jonah|Micah|Nahum|Habakkuk|Zephaniah|Haggai|Zechariah|Malachi|Matthew|Mark|Luke|John|Acts|Romans|Corinthians|Galatians|Ephesians|Philippians|Colossians|Thessalonians|Timothy|Titus|Philemon|Hebrews|James|Peter|Jude|Revelation/;
+$books = qr/Genesis|Exodus|Leviticus|Numbers|Deuteronomy|Joshua|Judges|Ruth|Samuel|Kings|Chronicles|Ezra|Nehemiah|Esther|Job|Psalm|Proverbs|Ecclesiastes|Song\sof\sSolomon|Isaiah|Jeremiah|Lamentations|Ezekiel|Daniel|Hosea|Joel|Amos|Obadiah|Jonah|Micah|Nahum|Habakkuk|Zephaniah|Haggai|Zechariah|Malachi|Matthew|Mark|Luke|John|Acts|Romans|Corinthians|Galatians|Ephesians|Philippians|Colossians|Thessalonians|Timothy|Titus|Philemon|Hebrews|James|Peter|Jude|Revelation|Exod\.|Lev\.|Num\.|Deut\.|Josh\.|Judg\.|Sam\.|Kgs\.|Chron\.|Ezra\.|Neh\.|Esth\.|Ps\.|Prov\.|Ecc\.|Song\.|Isa\.|Jer\.|Lam\.|Ezek\.|Dan\.|Obad\.|Hab\.|Zeph\.|Hag\.|Zech\.|Mal\.|Matt\.|Mk\.|Lk\.|Jn\.|Rom\.|Cor\.|Gal\.|Eph\.|Phil\.|Col\.|Thes\.|Tim\.|Tit\.|Philem\.|Heb\.|Jas\.|Pet\.|Rev\./;
$versions = qr/NIV|NASB|AMP|NLT|KJV|ESV|CEV|NKJV|KJ21|ASV|WE|YLT|DARBY|WYC|NIV-UK/;

# scripturize a single string of text
@@ -55,13 +55,12 @@
# don’t just match, replace
$text =~ s/
(?:($volumes)\s*)* # any number of vols.
- \s*
-
+ (\s*)
($books) # the book
\s*
( $verses (?: \s* , \s* $verses)* )
- /$passage = ($1 ? “$1 “:”").($2 ? $2:”").($3 ? ” $3″:”");
- ” $passage”
+ /$passage = ($1 ? “$1 “: “”) . ($3 ? $3 : “”) . ($4 ? ” $4″ : “”);
+ “$2$passage”
/gcex;

return $text;

Scripturizer Plugin for MT

Convert Scripture references into hyperlinks to the text.

Hey, can this plug into Typepad???? I use typepad for my blogs (and forward from the brotherphil.com site to the blog).

Would it be possible to extend this plugin to retrieve the linked Scripture and put in a seperate module on the MT page? I would like to be able to do this, of course giving credit to BibleGateway and providing a link back to their main page. This way, you could have a sidebar appear next to the main article with the requested scripture passage without having to leave the page.

Hiya,
Just a small question. I have installed both files in my MT installation correctly.

Now the most somple and obvious question. How do i use Scripturizer when making a post in MT?

I’m completely befuddled as I havn’t found any information on your website to tell me how to do this.

Yeah, it would be extra-cool if we could get that abbreviation problem fixed.

I figured out how to fix the space after parenthesis. I don’t know perl but after playing with the changes given by Jason Rust I figured it out. Go to Scripturizer Changes and make the changes indicated. It works great for me.

I’m going to have to echo Werner. I pico’d a new text file with the above code, wrote the files to the appropriate places, and now I’m at a loss as to what to do. I’ve read somewhere about adding “scripturizer=ESV$>” or something to the end of the tag in the main index template, but that’s only made my body text disappear! Some sort of documentation for beginning users would be really helpful, as I can’t find it anywhere.

If not, I’ve noticed that when a hyperlink is added manually, Scripturizer doesn’t add another hyperlink to the same text. So here’s the workaround:
1. Post the reference, though it won’t work.
2. Hilight the reference (e.g. Genesis 46:28 - 47:31)
3. Click the Bible Gateway link (which will not cover all of the reference text).
4. In the box at the top of the Bible Gateway page that allows you to search by verse, paste the reference in. Hit Go.
5. Copy the new URL (F6, ctrl+c) to the clipboard.
6. Edit your post and add a hyperlink to the troublesome citation, pasting the URL from the clipboard. (Note: MT will not have saved the Scripturizer links in the post’s text, since these are added when publishing).
7. Save your entry.

Since this probably won’t happen that often, I’ll just use this workaround unless/until there is a way to avoid it. Thanks for leaving the comment on my blog. Grace and peace,
Justin

Umm, Dean? This works, but when rebuilding my index I see the following error message: “MT::App::CMS=HASH(0×838a4dc) Use of /c modifier is meaningless in s/// at extlib/Sermonizer/Scripturizer.pm line 65.”

Any ideas?

I was wondering … is there a way to specify what version of the Bible it links to?