What does it do?
Flammard is a Bible bot for Google Wave. You can add it to a wave, and it will replace some specific patterns with other content.
Currently, it recognizes two kinds of patterns:
- <verse verseReference [from Version]> is replaced by the verse. The version is optional. Examples: <verse Gen 1:1 from NIV> or <verse Acts 3:5-15>
- <verselink verseReference [from Version]> is replaced by a link to the verse on another website. The version is optional. Examples: <verselink Gen 1:1 from NIV> or <verselink Acts 3:5-15>
Known versions
The Bible bot uses several resources in order to support as many Bible versions as possible.
The versions currently supported are:
- All versions from BibleGateway.com, referenced by their code (e.g. KJV, NIV, LSG) or their ID (the full list can be found on this page);
- The ESV (English Standard Version) Bible;
- The NET Bible, from Bible.org;
- The BFC (La Bible en francais courant), PDV (Parole de Vie), Colombe (La Colombe), NBS (Nouvelle Bible de Segond), TOB (Traduction OEcumenique de la Bible) from La-Bible.net.
In all cases, the version is optional. When possible, the bot will try to find the right version for your blip depending on the language you have typed in the context of the tag.
Example
Live demo
Here is a video demo of the bot working (as of today's functionalities):
How can I add this bot to a wavelet ?
Simply add flammard@appspot.com as a participant to your wavelet.
Where can I find the source code?
The project is hosted on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/wavebiblebot. You are welcome to report bugs and wishes, or to send patches.
Posts
6 comments:
Wow, so maybe there is a point in using Google Wave. :-)
How do I add it to Google \/\/ave? What is the bots email?
@Jordan: there is surely a point, and more :-) I'll soon blog about my first month using Wave.
@RJP Computing: Add biblegateway-bot@appspot.com to your wave. It might break in the next few days as I plan to change a few internals in the bot to fix some small issues and add style functionalities to verses.
Thanks - this is exactly what I was looking for! It works great!
I don't get Google Wave. It's like it tries to do many things at once and does them all worse than a specialized tool.
Maybe I'm just too old to realize the OBVIOUS benefits of these new toys for cool kids like Twitter and Google Wave. *siiigh*
@lucidfox: The thing with Google Wave is precisely that it's not a tool, contrarily to Twitter. Wave is first and foremost a protocol. Saying Google Wave does a bad job at replacing other tools is like saying email is bad because Mutt does not handle images. The current interface at googlewave.com and wavesandbox.com are just sample implementations of this protocol, but there's much more you can do with it. Some people are beginning to use it to power their blogs, rebase their forum apps on it, and many other things can be done.
In short, think of it not so much as a communication tool, but rather as a protocol that could federate a lot of existing tools such as IM, wikis, forums, email, social networks, Google docs, etc.
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