Trouble with User Bible Import

[SamH]

When I try to import the following (this is the complete file so far), Accordance tells me that 2 Why is not a valid verse reference and that each line must begin with a valid reference, etc. If I try 2:2, Accordance does not seem any happier. If I begin with Psalm 2:2 it seems to work but then errors out on the next line. If I cut out all of Psalm 2, the file imports Psalm 1 just fine. Am I missing something obvious? I don't want to have to reference book chapter and verse on every line.

 

Edit: the exact error is

The entry "2 Why" is not a valid verse reference.

 

All lines must begin with a valid verse referenced for a single verse on that line.

 

All book names cannot use a space within the name.

 

I've tried Unix (LF) encoding and Mac Classic encoding (CR). File is Western/Mac/Roman etc.

 

Psalms 1:1 ¶ <i><color=burgundy>Beatus vir qui non abiit</color></i><br><br>	Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of<br>			the wicked, *<br>		nor lingered in the way of sinners,<br>		nor sat in the seats of the scornful!<br><br>
2 	Their delight is in the law of the Lord, *<br>		and they meditate on his law day and night.<br><br>
3 	They are like trees planted by streams of water,<br>	bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither; *<br>		everything they do shall prosper.<br><br>
4 	It is not so with the wicked; *<br>		they are like chaff which the wind blows away.<br><br>
5 	Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when<br>			judgment comes, *<br>		nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.<br><br>
6 	For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, *<br>		but the way of the wicked is doomed.
2:1 ¶ <i><color=burgundy>Quare fremuerunt gentes?</color></i><br><br>	Why are the nations in an uproar? *<br>		Why do the peoples mutter empty threats?<br><br>
2	Why do the kings of the earth rise up in revolt,<br>	and the princes plot together, *<br>		against the Lord and against his Anointed?<br><br>
3	“Let us break their yoke,” they say; *<br>		“let us cast off their bonds from us.”<br><br>
4	He whose throne is in heaven is laughing; *<br>		the Lord has them in derision.<br><br>
5	Then he speaks to them in his wrath, *<br>		and his rage fills them with terror.<br><br>
6	“I myself have set my king *<br>		upon my holy hill of Zion.”<br><br>
7	Let me announce the decree of the Lord: *<br>		he said to me, “You are my Son;<br>		this day have I begotten you.<br><br>
8	Ask of me, and I will give you the nations<br>			for your inheritance *<br>		and the ends of the earth for your possession.<br><br>
9	You shall crush them with an iron rod *<br>		and shatter them like a piece of pottery.”<br><br>
10	And now, you kings, be wise; *<br>		be warned, you rulers of the earth.<br><br>
11	Submit to the Lord with fear, *<br>		and with trembling bow before him;<br><br>
12	Lest he be angry and you perish; *<br>		for his wrath is quickly kindled.
13	Happy are they all *<br>		who take refuge in him!

[Helen Brown]

Do you have a tab between the 2 and the Why? It looks as if you do, rather than a simple space.

 

Also we cannot see the end of verse 2:1. Is there something there that messes up the following reference?

[SamH]

Do you have a tab between the 2 and the Why? It looks as if you do, rather than a simple space.

 

Also we cannot see the end of verse 2:1. Is there something there that messes up the following reference?

 

The code window should let you scroll to see the end of 2:1. You are correct that 2:2 begins "2[TAB]Why"

[Helen Brown]

Maybe try to see if a space is accepted rather than a tab.

[SamH]

Maybe try to see if a space is accepted rather than a tab.

 

Inserting a space immediately after the verse number worked. I now have 2[sPACE][TAB]Why and it works fine for the rest of the psalm. Thanks, Helen!