Reformat a LXX Greek text for more pleasant readability

Perhaps it's just me, but up to now I had only used the LXX to look up passages. Now that I have to read extended sections from it, I find that it is ugly to look at. No section headings, small size chapter numbers. In the Septuaginta, every verse (and sometimes sentences within a verse) has a small indent.

Interestingly, it is not indented in the same way in the web app where it looks much better already. Why that is I am not sure (isn't the same resource?).

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Rick Brannan (Logos)

Hi Francis.

Which LXX are you using? There are a few different editions and versions.

The web app and the desktop should display the text pretty much the same (they use the same underlying code for resource display). Are you using any visual filters in the desktop to control the view? Do you have an example passage that displays this phenomenon?

Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/911828#Comment_911828

I don't know what happened Rick. When I posted, I checked all my versions and they were all doing the same thing. I thought it might have been a visual filter and tried different options and it made no difference (I wish I had done a screenshot then). Yet I just tried again and now the text is no longer indented as described earlier!!! I don't know how that happened. I did restart Logos in between though. Bizarre. [:^)]

Concerning headings and chapter numbers. Are there no section headings in LXX print editions? The text lacks air (too compact: no spaces between chapters or sections):

Steve Maling

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/911830#Comment_911830

Hello, Francis, depending on the size of my Septuagint window I choose 2 or more columns which introduces some "air". It looks like you have already gone to Tools>Program Settings>Text Display>Line Spacing to choose "Loose".

BTW, thank you for all your helpful observations, requests, and suggestions over the years.

Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/911893#Comment_911893

BTW, thank you for all your helpful observations, requests, and suggestions over the years.

Thanks, Steve. for this encouraging feedback.