Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 00:43:28 +0800 From: Adrian Pavone <wingot@eftel.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: textproc: Typesetting holy content Message-ID: <44773030.6030309@eftel.com> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060526180029.0224b418@broadpark.no> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060526180029.0224b418@broadpark.no>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kyrre Nygard wrote: > > Hello! > > I hope this is not too off topic. > > I'm involved in some studies here, on the authority of holy scriptures. > > I am trying to transcribe The Noble Qur'an, by some said to be the most > elegant book > ever written, into LaTeX format. That way I can format it the way I wish, > and study it at my own premises. > > I began to wget -m http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/ > > Which gave me 001.qmt.html all the way up to 114.qmt.html. > > Next, I ran this: > > for i in `find -s . -name "*.html"`; do w3m -dump "$i" > > "${i%.html}.txt"; echo "${i%.html}.txt"; done > > And ended up with 001.qmt.txt all the way up to 114.qmt.txt. > > Then, I took 001.qmt.txt, which looked like this: > > -- > > USC > USC > Compendium of Muslim Texts > > Fundamentals > Allah > Muhammad > Qur'an > Sunnah > Pillars > > Special Topics > Economics > History > Human Relations > Law > Misconceptions About Islam > Politics > > Tools > Qur'an Search > Hadeeth Search > Glossary > > Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 1: > > AL-FATIHA (THE OPENING) > > Total Verses: 7 > Revealed At: MAKKA > Maududi's introduction > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 001.001 > YUSUFALI: In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. > PICKTHAL: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. > SHAKIR: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. > > 001.002 > YUSUFALI: Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; > PICKTHAL: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, > SHAKIR: All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. > > 001.003 > YUSUFALI: Most Gracious, Most Merciful; > PICKTHAL: The Beneficent, the Merciful. > SHAKIR: The Beneficent, the Merciful. > > 001.004 > YUSUFALI: Master of the Day of Judgment. > PICKTHAL: Master of the Day of Judgment, > SHAKIR: Master of the Day of Judgment. > > 001.005 > YUSUFALI: Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek. > PICKTHAL: Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help. > SHAKIR: Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help. > > 001.006 > YUSUFALI: Show us the straight way, > PICKTHAL: Show us the straight path, > SHAKIR: Keep us on the right path. > > 001.007 > YUSUFALI: The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those > whose > (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray. > PICKTHAL: The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of > those > who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray. > SHAKIR: The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the > path) > of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray. > > Sponsored by the MSA. > > -- > > And transformed it into LaTeX format: > > -- > > \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside,english]{book} > \begin{document} > > \title{The Noble Qur'an} > > \tableofcontents{} > > \chapter{AL-FATIHA (THE OPENING)} > > 001.001 In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. > 001.002 Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; > 001.003 Most Gracious, Most Merciful; > 001.004 Master of the Day of Judgment. > 001.005 Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek. > 001.006 Show us the straight way, > 001.007 The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those > whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray. > > -- > > Basically what I did manually on the first file is what I intend to do > automatically > with all the other files. The format remains the same, however the > quantity of text will differ. > > The process, to be done on each of my now *.txt files, would look > something like this: > > 1 > Cut out everything before line 27. > > 2 > Take line 27, and embody it. So if line 27 says "HELLO", it will become: > > \chapter{HELLO} > > 3 > Cut out everything preceding line 27 until a NNN.NNN (verse indication) > appears. > > 4 > Join the NNN.NNN with the below line and cut out "YUSUFALI:" > > 5 > Join all lines below the "YUSUFALI:" line ... > > 6 > Until the "PICKTHAL:" line appears. Then, delete it and all below lines > until the next NNN.NNN appears. > > The reason is that the University of California compilation displays > three different english translations and I'd only be interested in the > first one. > > For instance, this: > > -- > > 004.054 > YUSUFALI: Or do they envy mankind for what Allah hath given them of his > bounty? > but We had already given the people of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and > conferred upon them a great kingdom. > PICKTHAL: Or are they jealous of mankind because of that which Allah of His > bounty hath bestowed upon them? For We bestowed upon the house of > Abraham (of > old) the Scripture and wisdom, and We bestowed on them a mighty kingdom. > SHAKIR: Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them of His > grace? > But indeed We have given to Ibrahim's children the Book and the wisdom, > and We > have given them a grand kingdom. > > -- > > Would simply become this, in one line: > > -- > > 004.054 Or do they envy mankind for what Allah hath given them of his > bounty? but We had already given the people of Abraham the Book and > Wisdom, and conferred upon them a great kingdom. > > -- > > 7 > When the next NNN.NNN appears, treat it like the rest. > > Thank you! Really! For bearing with me so far! > > Indeed, this is what I wish to achieve. > > I realize now though, after writing all this down, that it might be too > much for some. > I hope that is not the case with he who has been endowed with the > ability to help me. > > All the best, > Kyrre > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Well, sounds to me like the perfect reason to learn how to write a shell script. You already have your algorithm/method clearly defined, now you just need something to automate it. A shell script would clearly be the thing to do that with. If you need any help with shells and shell scripting, a wealth of information is just a google away ;). Just my $0.02 Regards, Adrian - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. 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