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+<chapter id="hdbk-term">
+ <title>Starting &bibletime;</title>
+ <sect1 id="hdbk-start">
+ <title>How to start &bibletime;</title>
+ <sect2 id="hdbk-start">
+ <title>Starting &bibletime;</title>
+ <para>&bibletime; is an executable file that is integrated
+ with the desktop. You can launch &bibletime; from
+ the Start Menu with this icon:
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="i_bibletime.png" format="PNG" />
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>&bibletime; start icon</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject></para>
+ <para>&bibletime; can also be launched from a terminal
+ command prompt. To launch &bibletime;, open a terminal window
+ and type:
+ <screen>&bibletime;</screen></para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="hdbk-start-otherwm">
+ <title>Other window managers</title>
+ <para>&bibletime; can be used with other window managers such
+ as Gnome, BlackBox, Fluxbox, OpenBox or Sawfish, providing the
+ appropriate base libraries are already
+ installed on your computer.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="hdbk-start-custom">
+ <title>Startup customization</title>
+ <para>From a terminal you can use &bibletime; to open a
+ random verse in the default bible:
+ <screen>bibletime --open-default-bible
+ "&lt;random&gt;"</screen>To open at a given passage like John
+ 3:16, use:
+ <screen>bibletime --open-default-bible "John 3:16"</screen>You
+ can also use booknames in your current bookname language.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+ <sect1 id="hdbk-startsequence">
+ <title>Startup sequence</title>
+ <para>As &bibletime; launches you may see the following screens
+ before the main &bibletime; window opens:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <interface>Bookshelf Manager</interface>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <action>Modifies your Bookshelf.</action> This dialog lets you
+ modify your Bookshelf, add or delete works from your system.
+ It will only be shown if no default Bookshelf can be found.
+ Please see
+ <link linkend="hdbk-op-bookshelfmanager"> this
+ section</link> for further details. If you start off with an
+ empty Bookshelf, it will be helpful to install at least one
+ Bible, Commentary, Lexicon and one Book to get to know
+ &bibletime;'s basic features quickly.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <interface>Configure &bibletime; dialog</interface>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <action>Customizes &bibletime;.</action>This dialog lets
+ you adapt &bibletime; to your needs. Please see
+ <link linkend="hdbk-config-bt">the detailed
+ description</link> of this dialog.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect1>
+</chapter>