Is there a link-href syntax for a chapter span?

Question

I am trying to create a link to a chapter span like this:
\xt 1:16–2:12|MRK 1:16–2:12\xt*
But this generates an “Invalid extra material” error.

Interestingly a chapter list is valid:
\xt 1:16–2:12|MRK 1:16; 2:12\xt*
It produces this USX:

<char style="xt" link-href="MRK 1:16; 2:12">1:16–2:12</char>

• Does anyone know if there is a syntax for the link-href text to the right of the | that will link to a chapter span?

Point of geeky interest
In the NIV 11 there is a link to a chapter span at the beginning of Psalms. It produces the following USX

<para style="mr">
    <ref loc="PSA 1-41">Psalms 1–41</ref></para>

So I tried the following syntax thinking it might link to Mark chapters 1 and 2:
\xt 1:16–2:12|MRK 1-2\xt*
But no, it too generated.an “Invalid extra material” error☐☐

Answer 1

I’m not sure what the problem could be off the top of my head. Probably best to send in a problem report (Help > Give feedback) so we can take a closer look.

Comments

Problem report sent,

Answer 2

Is the “|MRK …” actually used anywhere outside of Paratext?

I tried to use it in a project for both the DBL and SAB and it wasn’t recognized in either.

Comments

CrazyRocky:

I am trying to create a link to a chapter span like this…

It looks like that should be valid. Does it say what it thinks is the invalid extra material?

CrazyRocky:

Interestingly a chapter list is valid…

Looking at the documentation, it doesn’t look like that should be valid (semi-colon doesn’t look like a valid thing to put inside the href).

LivingField:

I tried to use it in a project for both the DBL and SAB and it wasn’t recognized in either.

It’s defined in USFM 3.0 as a valid thing to do. I would expect that DBL and SAB would allow USFM 3.0 stuff (DBL especially). Was your Paratext project marked as a USFM 3.0 project?

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anon291708:

Was your Paratext project marked as a USFM 3.0 project?

Yes it was a 3.0 project. I tried in both a regular book and a peripheral book.

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And the project I was working on was USFM 3.0 also.

At YouVersion, the \r lines showed up like this:

“Mark chapter 2 verses 1 to 10|MRK 2:1-10”

The link passed straight through as text.