Automatic Bible reference hyperlinking in notes when "v." or "vv." are used

Francis
Francis Member Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭
edited December 2024 in English Forum

This is a suggestion of what I think would be neat though not indispensable. Quite often I find that I am writing a note on say verse 2 in a passage and as I discuss it in context, I make reference to surrounding verses. I usually turn these references (e.g., v. 15 or vv. 3-7) into hyperlinks manually by using the hyperlink box. But I think it would be nice if v. 15 or vv. 16-17 were automatically recognized as same book and chapter as the previous reference (a little bit like navigation works in Bible windows).

I don't know whether it'd be more complicated to implement than I think. Perhaps others have comments or improvements to make to this suggestion?

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  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 33,276

    Hi Francis

    I think this is a really good idea - I would use it a lot.

    It could potentially be extended so that it was "cascading" in that references to chapter:verse would apply to the same book as the previous reference.

    Graham

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,167
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/237470#Comment_237470

    Unfortunately, I have some commentaries where this would not work. The section headings are often v or vv but of the book under study not the last mentioned book.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Francis
    Francis Member Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/237492#Comment_237492

    Hi MJ, I don't quite understand your point. My suggestion is for what happens when we as users type notes. When you speak of commentaries, do you mean resources? If so, it's not where I'd like to see it implemented.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,167
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/237512#Comment_237512

    Francis said:

    Hi MJ, I don't quite understand your point. My suggestion is for what happens when we as users type notes. When you speak of commentaries, do you mean resources? If so, it's not where I'd like to see it implemented.

    I am often copying external sources into notes - essentially clippings from non-electronic books. It is also how I build the commentaries/notes for lectionary-based Bibles studies.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Francis
    Francis Member Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/237515#Comment_237515

    I see what you mean, that's a problem indeed! 

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