ESV Bible commands for Ubiquity 0.5.x

This page hosts a Ubiquity command for the ESV Bible. This command will insert text from the ESV into the current selection or perform keyword/Bible passage searches.

Command information

• insert from ESV Inserts a passage from the ESV Bible. By default, the output will be in rich-text format, but if you prefer plain text, just add the optional modifier in plain text.

  Sample rich text output:

  Mark 1:1

  John the Baptist Prepares the Way

   The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. [1] (ESV)

  Footnotes

  [1] Some manuscripts omit the Son of God

  Sample plain text output:

  Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (ESV)
• search with ESV Searches the ESV Bible by verse reference or keyword. Press ENTER to open the ESV search results in your browser window.

Usage

To insert any reference:

1. Type ctrl+space to get the Ubiquity prompt.
2. Type insert from ESV and your reference (if you want plain text, include the optional in plain text). The command will insert the reference into your currently selected text when you hit enter.

To insert a highlighted reference:

1. Highlight a Bible reference with your cursor (try this one: John 3:16).
2. Type ctrl+space to get the Ubiquity prompt.
3. Type insert from ESV this or simply insert from ESV. The command will insert the reference into your currently selected text when you hit enter.

Source

esv.js - source code for both commands

Change log

08/11/2009	Updated command to be compatible with Ubiquity 0.5.x and Parser 2.
01/14/2009	Fixed bug in esv-insert (rich text) command to support inserting into non-rich-text elements such as comment forms on blogs.
01/13/2009	Added esv-search documentation.
01/09/2009	Added esv-search command, but did not document it.
01/06/2009	Added new esv-insert-plain command to provide plain text output. Updated documentation for both.
11/26/2008	Removed unneeded function _returnResponse. Generalized behavior into the _getVerse function.
11/20/2008	Converted global query methods into member functions of the command function.
11/06/2008	Generalized unnecessarily duplicated jQuery code into a single method.
10/31/2008	Added synonyms "esvinsert" and "insert-esv" to the command. Updated and expanded documentation.
10/14/2008	Initial release. See conversations here and here to document the original concept and release.