Commentary that sends links to all its Bible references to the Bible margin

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Eric

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I have a commentary module in which I write my own notes on the Scripture on a per-verse basis. Because it is a SwordSearcher commentary module and not a SwordSearcher book module, the only links to my user commentary that show up in the margin when reading the Bible are the links to the one verse under which a comment is made. That is helpful in that I don't have to go look to see if I've already commented on that verse. But I'm not sure if it really does what I think I'd like.

I would like a way to "toggle" user-made commentary modules (maybe all commentary modules?) so that all Scripture references in them show up in the margin. Let's say I've commented at Genesis 4:1 in my user commentary and referred to Ge 3:15 there. I would like there to be a live link in the margin when I'm reading Ge 4:1 and Ge 3:15. As it is now, when I read Ge 3:15, I do not realize that I commented on that verse in relation to Ge 4:1.

I have thought of just not using the user commentary and making a user book with 31102 entries (for the number of verses in the Bible). Then I think I would get what I want. But maybe there is a better way …

Does anyone else see the benefit of this? What do you think, Brandon?

Thanks, everybody!

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Eric said:
I have a commentary module in which I write my own notes on the Scripture on a per-verse basis. Because it is a SwordSearcher commentary module and not a SwordSearcher book module, the only links to my user commentary that show up in the margin when reading the Bible are the links to the one verse under which a comment is made. That is helpful in that I don't have to go look to see if I've already commented on that verse. But I'm not sure if it really does what I think I'd like.

I would like a way to "toggle" user-made commentary modules (maybe all commentary modules?) so that all Scripture references in them show up in the margin. Let's say I've commented at Genesis 4:1 in my user commentary and referred to Ge 3:15 there. I would like there to be a live link in the margin when I'm reading Ge 4:1 and Ge 3:15. As it is now, when I read Ge 3:15, I do not realize that I commented on that verse in relation to Ge 4:1.

I have thought of just not using the user commentary and making a user book with 31102 entries (for the number of verses in the Bible). Then I think I would get what I want. But maybe there is a better way …

Does anyone else see the benefit of this? What do you think, Brandon?

Thanks, everybody!

Edited: typo fixed
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Personally use the "TAG" module to get ALLLLLL modules under one topic:
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Search Personal Commentary for Categorized Words

Unzip to the Swordsearcher User Modules directory. I use a prefix, "cat:" in my personal commentary to tag key words. There are no cats in the Bible :) For example I tagged "seed" in the note on Gen 3.15 and various other entries that that I...
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I love this way to "toggle, TAG" all my topics. A very easy way for me.
If I understand well . . .
 
Eric said:
I have thought of just not using the user commentary and making a user book with 31102 entries (for the number of verses in the Bible). Then I think I would get what I want. But maybe there is a better way …

Does anyone else see the benefit of this? What do you think, Brandon?
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I understand what you're going for. I will add this to my feature request list and see what the ramifications of adding an "exhaustive margin index for commentary modules" might be. I can see the value in at least having the option.

That said, you can get the same data in the Topic Guide or even the Verse Guide.

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Brandon Staggs said:
I understand what you're going for. I will add this to my feature request list and see what the ramifications of adding an "exhaustive margin index for commentary modules" might be. I can see the value in at least having the option.
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Thank you for considering it.
Brandon Staggs said:
That said, you can get the same data in the Topic Guide or even the Verse Guide.
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Somehow the Topic Guide and Verse Guides have never excited me. It's probably some way I process information. A lot of details in one place (the margin) excites me and I use it, but a lot of details in a separate panel doesn't thrill me. However, maybe, just maybe I can re-train this mind of mine!

I use quite a lot of software, but I still think SwordSearcher does the best job of making things both easy to use and meeting most of my "needs" (otherwise known as desires). Thank you, Brandon.
 
I have some problems with it also.
I wonder if the TVG could be filtered by a module set to make it more selective?
 
Eric said:
I was thinking last night that maybe I could rename my user commentary so that it was always at the top of the list in the TVG. Maybe with an * or ° character at the front. I haven't tried it yet, though.
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I have an underscore, i.e., _Notes, at the front of mine... That puts it at the top of the list in most instances, but at the bottom of the list in the drop-down selection for the commentary panel.
 
Eric said:
I was thinking last night that maybe I could rename my user commentary so that it was always at the top of the list in the TVG. Maybe with an * or ° character at the front. I haven't tried it yet, though.
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I use _ underscore prefix (i.e. _MyNotes). If you have links to the commentary you will have to change them in all the places referring to it.
 
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