[sword-devel] HowTo: create ztext module?

[L.Allan-pbio]

Thanks. I'll revise the earlier tutorial for module preparation to 
describe making a ztext compressed module. Later today, it should be 
at:

http://lcdbible.sf.net/misc/CwModuleTutorial_060510e.doc
http://lcdbible.sf.net/misc/CwModuleTutorial.doc   (same file)
and
http://lcdbible.sf.net/misc/CwModuleTutorial_060510e.zip
http://lcdbible.sf.net/misc/CwModuleTutorial.zip (same file, about 
500kb)
(includes a whole stand-alone tree of directories and files to 
correspond to the .doc above, and the .doc file assumes it has been 
installed)

The .zip file above will include the vc6/7.1/8 project files to build 
mod2zmod.exe from mod2zmod.cpp (provided as a template even though 
mod2zmod.exe is available).

Feedback appreciated.

BTW: is twiki available, or still offline? That would seem like a 
preferred way to allow the tutorial to improve/expand with input from 
people with lots more experience that myself. The tutorial so far is 
"for newbies written by a newbie", and tries to be "everything you 
need to know, and NOTHING MORE."

What about the mvnForums? It seems less applicable for this kind of 
task, but is still alive.
http://www.crosswire.org/forums/mvnforum/listthreads?forum=8

Greg Hellings wrote:
>> I build mod2zmod.exe and wrestled with it for a while, but didn't 
>> end
>> up with anything that showed up in sword.exe 1.5.8 rc1.
>>
>> What would the command line steps be to compress something like the
>> WEB (currently rawtext)? Do you have to change the web.conf, and, 
>> if
>> so, in what ways?
>
> Short answer: Yes.  Here are two examples of the lines that need to 
> be
> added/changed, taken out of the alt.conf file for the
> Analytical-Literal Translation:
> ModDrv=zText
> CompressType=ZIP
> DataPath=./modules/texts/ztext/alt/
>
> Clearly the last one is dependant upon the DataPath where the module
> is installed, but most of the ztext modules tend to be placed under
> texts/ztext.