Copy select USFM codes to another project

Question

I am helping with a project that has no formatting codes inserted in the Psalms. Is there a way to copy/replicate codes from one project to another one that already has the text in place?

EpiWaetMan

Answer 1

I don’t know of a way to copy format markers from one project into another that already has text.
But maybe some search and replace routines would get you most of the way there.

First, you could insert a \q1 before every verse marker with a search/replace like this:
search for: \v
replace with \q1 \v

Second, you could insert a \q2 after any punctuation mark that is not at the end of a verse, with this string in RegExPal

search for: ([;.,?:]\s)(?!\n)
replace with \1 \\q2

These would take text like this:

\c 23
A Psalm by David.
\v 1 Yahweh is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.
\v 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
\v 3 He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
\v 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, 2 they comfort me.
\v 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
\v 6 Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

And give you this:
\c 23 A Psalm by David.
\q1 \v 1 Yahweh is my shepherd;
\q2 I shall lack nothing.
\q1 \v 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
\q2 He leads me beside still waters.
\q1 \v 3 He restores my soul.
\q2 He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
\q1 \v 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
\q2 I will fear no evil,
\q2 for you are with me.
\q2 Your rod and your staff,
\q2 they comfort me.
\q1 \v 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
\q2 You anoint my head with oil.
\q2 My cup runs over.
\q1 \v 6 Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life,
\q2 and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

You probably need to review this, for instance, this needs a marker for “A Psalm by David” and it probably has too many lines in verse 4.
What I would do is copy the book of Psalms into a temporary project, and experiment with this. If you got good results you could then import Psalms into the regular project, but if you got bad results you could just abandon the temporary project and you’d still have what you have now.

Comments

Thanks for the ideas, sewhite!
EpiWaetMan