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diff --git a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-config.docbook b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-config.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e784e25 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-config.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,207 @@ +<chapter id="hdbk-config"> + <title>Configuring &bibletime;</title> + <para>In this section you find an overview to configure &bibletime;, + which can be found under + <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> in the main menu.</para> + <sect1 id="hdbk-config-bt"> + <title>Configure BibleTime Dialog</title> + <para>The &bibletime; user interface can be customized in many + ways depending on your needs. You can access the configuration + dialog by selecting + <menuchoice> + <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> + </menuchoice> + <guimenuitem>Configure &bibletime;</guimenuitem>.</para> + <sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-display"> + <title> + <guimenu>Display</guimenu> + </title> + <para>The startup behavior can be customized. Select from the + following options: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Show startup logo</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist></para> + <para>Display templates define the rendering of text (colors, + size etc.). Various built-in templates are available. If you + select one, you will see a preview on the right pane.</para> + </sect2> + <sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-languages"> + <title> + <guimenu>Languages</guimenu> + </title> + <para>Here you can specify which language should be used for the + biblical booknames. Set this to your native language, if it is + available, and you'll feel at home.</para> + + <para>By default, &bibletime; uses the default system + display font. You + can override this font if necessary. Some languages require + special fonts to be displayed correctly, and this dialog allows + you to specify a custom font for each language.</para> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="ss_configfonts.png" format="PNG" /> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>Options Dialog - fonts</phrase> + </textobject> + <caption> + <para>The Options dialog - Fonts.</para> + </caption> + </mediaobject> + <para>&bibletime; can now use all supported fonts. + As long as the works you are interested in display correctly + nothing needs to be done here. If a work only displays as a + series of question marks (??????) or empty boxes, then you know + that the standard display font does not contain the + characters used in this work.</para> + + <para>To correct this, choose this work's language from the drop + down menu. Select the use custom font checkbox. Now select a + font. For example, a font that supports many languages is + Code2000. If no installed font can display the work you are + interested in, try installing the localization package + for that language.</para> + <sect3 id="hdbk-config-bt-addfont"> + <title>Installing fonts</title> + <para>Detailed font installation instructions are outside the + scope of this handbook. For further information you might want + to refer to the + <ulink url="http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Unicode-HOWTO-2.html"> + Unicode HOWTO</ulink>.</para> + <tip> + <para>If you use a small font like Clearlyu (about 22kb), + &bibletime; will run faster than with a large font like + <trademark class="registered">Bitstream + Cyberbit</trademark>(about 12Mb).</para> + </tip> + </sect3> + <sect3 id="hdbk-config-bt-ob-font"> + <title>Obtaining Fonts</title> + <para>Fonts can be obtained from a number of sources:</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Your *nix distribution.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Your distribution's localization packages.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>An existing + <trademark class="registered">Microsoft + Windows</trademark>installation on the same + computer.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>A font collection, such as are available from Adobe + or Bitstream.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Online font collections.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <para>Unicode fonts support more characters than other fonts, + and some of these fonts are available at no charge. None of + available fonts includes all characters defined in the Unicode + standard, so you may want to use different fonts for different + languages.</para> + <table id="hdbk-config-unicode-fonts-table"> + <title>Unicode Fonts</title> + <tgroup cols="2"> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry> + <ulink url="http://code2000.net/CODE2000.ZIP"> + Code2000</ulink> + </entry> + <entry>Perhaps the best free Unicode font, covering a + wide range of characters.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <ulink url="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&cat_id=FontDownloads"> + SIL unicode fonts</ulink> + </entry> + <entry>Excellent Unicode fonts from the Summer + Institute of Linguistics.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/"> + FreeFont</ulink> + </entry> + <entry>A new free Unicode font initiative.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <ulink url="ftp://ftp.crosswire.org/pub/sword/iso/latest/FONTS"> + Crosswire's font directory</ulink> + </entry> + <entry>Several fonts available from the Crosswire Bible + Society Ftp site.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <ulink url="ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/extras/fonts/windows/"> + Bitstream CyberBit</ulink> + </entry> + <entry>Covers almost the entire range of Unicode, but + might slow &bibletime; down because of its + size.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Clearlyu</entry> + <entry>Included in some distributions. Contains + European, Greek, Hebrew, Thai.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry> + <ulink url="http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/sfds/"> + Caslon, Monospace, Cupola, Caliban</ulink> + </entry> + <entry>Partial coverage, see information on linked + site.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + <para>There are good Unicode font lists on the net, as the one + by Christoph Singer ( + <ulink url="http://www.slovo.info/unifonts.htm">Multilingual + Unicode TrueType Fonts in the Internet</ulink>), or the one by + Alan Wood ( + <ulink url="http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fontsbyrange.html"> + Unicode character ranges and the Unicode fonts that support + them</ulink>).</para> + </sect3> + </sect2> + <sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-desk"> + <title> + <guimenu>Desk</guimenu> + </title> + <para>Many features provided by the Sword backend can now be + customized in &bibletime;. These features are documented + right in the dialog. You also have the possibility to specify + standard works that should be used when no specific work is + specified in a reference. An example: The standard Bible is used + to display the content of cross references in the Bible. When you + hover over then, the Mag will show the content of the verses + referred to, according to the standard Bible you + specified.</para> + </sect2> + <sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-hotkeys"> + <title> + <guimenu>HotKeys</guimenu> + </title> + <para>HotKeys are special key commands that can be used in the + place of the menu items and icons. A number of &bibletime;'s + commands have predefined HotKeys (see + <link linkend="hdbk-reference-hotkeys">this section</link> for a + complete listing). Most of &bibletime;'s commands can be + assigned HotKeys here. This is very helpful to quickly access the + functions that you need the most.</para> + </sect2> + </sect1> +</chapter> |