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-rw-r--r--docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-operation.docbook72
-rw-r--r--docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-reference.docbook22
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-rw-r--r--docs/handbook/en/docbook/index.docbook11
6 files changed, 129 insertions, 95 deletions
diff --git a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-config.docbook b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-config.docbook
index 81f9bed..a829ace 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-config.docbook
+++ b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-config.docbook
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
</menuchoice>
<guimenuitem>Configure &bibletime;</guimenuitem>.</para>
+
<sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-display">
<title>
<guimenu>Display</guimenu>
@@ -27,6 +28,23 @@
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-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 them, the Mag will show the content of the verses
+ referred to, according to the standard Bible you
+ specified. With the use of text filters, you can control the
+ appearance of the text.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-languages">
<title>
<guimenu>Languages</guimenu>
@@ -139,8 +157,9 @@
<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>
+
+ <entry>Several fonts available from the &cbs;
+ FTP site.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
@@ -177,31 +196,27 @@
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 them, 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">
+
+ <sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-shortcuts">
<title>
- <guimenu>HotKeys</guimenu>
+ <guimenu>Shortcuts</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>
+
+ <para>Shortcuts (previously known as 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 Shortcuts (see
+ <link linkend="hdbk-reference-shortcuts">this section</link> for a
+ complete listing). Most of &bibletime;'s commands can be
+ assigned Shortcuts. This is very helpful to quickly access the
+ functions that you need the most.</para>
+
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="ss_shortcuts.png" format="PNG" />
+ </imageobject>
+
+ <para>In the preceding example, F2, Bible Study Howto has a
+ secondary shortcut defined, CTRL+2.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>
diff --git a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-intro.docbook b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-intro.docbook
index ce72462..3cb1b99 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-intro.docbook
+++ b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-intro.docbook
@@ -2,27 +2,26 @@
<title>Introduction</title>
<sect1 id="hdbk-intro-about">
<title>About &bibletime;</title>
+
<para>&bibletime; is a Bible study tool with support for
- different types of texts and languages. Even large amounts of works
- modules are easy to install and manage. It is built on the
- <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org/sword">Sword</ulink> library,
- which provides the back-end functionality for &bibletime;, such
- as viewing Bible text, searching etc. Sword is the flagship product
- of the <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org">Crosswire Bible
- Society</ulink>.</para>
+ different types of texts and languages. Even large amounts of works
+ modules are easy to install and manage. It is built on the
+ <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org/sword">&sword;</ulink> library,
+ which provides the back-end functionality for &bibletime;, such
+ as viewing Bible text, searching etc. &sword; is the flagship product
+ of the <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org">&cbs;</ulink>.</para>
<para>&bibletime; is designed to be used with works encoded in
- one of the formats supported by the Sword project. Complete
- information on the supported document formats can be found in the
- <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/develop/index.jsp">
- developers section</ulink> of the Sword Project, Crosswire Bible
- Society.</para>
+ one of the formats supported by the &sword; project. Complete
+ information on the supported document formats can be found in the
+ <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/develop/index.jsp">
+ developers section</ulink> of the &sword; Project, &cbs;.</para>
<sect2 id="hdbk-intro-works">
<title>Available works</title>
<para>Over 200 documents in 50 languages are available from the
- <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org">Crosswire Bible
- Society</ulink>. These include:
+ <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org">&cbs;</ulink>.
+ These include:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Bibles</term>
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@
only modern versions, but also ancient texts like the Codex
Leningradensis ("WLC", Hebrew), and the Septuagint ("LXX",
Greek). This is the most advanced section in the library of
- the Sword project.</para>
+ the &sword; project.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-operation.docbook b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-operation.docbook
index abf7062..7ab4ec9 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-operation.docbook
+++ b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-operation.docbook
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
key to access the work. For additional information on locked
works, please see
<ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/aboutlocked.jsp">
- this page</ulink> on the Crosswire Bible Society web
+ this page</ulink> on the &cbs; web
site.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@
<sect3 id="hdbk-op-parts-desk-write">
<title>Editing your own commentary</title>
+
<para>To be able to store your own comments about parts of the
- Bible, you have install a certain work from the library of the
- <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org">Crosswire Bible
- Society</ulink>. This work is called "Personal
- commentary".</para>
+ Bible, you have install a certain work from the library of the
+ <ulink url="http://www.crosswire.org">&cbs;</ulink>.
+ This work is called "Personal commentary".</para>
<para>If you open the personal commentary by clicking on its
symbol in the Bookshelf with a
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
are used to from other programs. This function can be reached
either by clicking with the
<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> mouse button and selecting
- <guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem>, or by using the hotkey
+ <guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem>, or by using the shortcut
<keycombo action="simul">
<keycap>&Ctrl;F</keycap></keycombo>. Read on to learn how you can
search in entire works.</para>
@@ -266,57 +266,79 @@
ranges by clicking the
<guibutton>Setup ranges</guibutton> button.</para>
</sect3>
+
<sect3 id="hd-op-search-config-syntax">
<title>Basic Search Syntax Introduction</title>
- <para>Enter search terms separated by spaces. By default the
- search function will return results that match any of the
- search terms (OR). To search for all the terms separate the
- terms by AND.</para>
- <para>You can use wildcards: '*' matches any sequence of
- characters, while '?' matches any single character. The use of
- brackets allows you to group your search terms, e.g. '(Jesus OR
- spirit) AND God'.</para>
+
+ <para>Enter the search phrase separated by spaces. By default the
+ search function will return results that match all the
+ words. If you want to find any of the words entered, select
+ the <guimenu>Some words</guimenu> button. If you want to
+ perform a more complex search, select the
+ <guimenu>Free</guimenu> button. You can see examples of
+ searches by clicking on <guimenu>full syntax</guimenu>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>You can use wildcards: '*' matches any number of
+ characters, while '?' will match any single character. The use of
+ brackets allows you to group your search terms, e.g. '(Jesus OR
+ spirit) AND God'.</para>
+
<para>To search text other than the main text, enter the text
- type followed by ':', and then the search term. For example, to
- search for the Strong's number H8077, use
- 'strong:H8077'.</para>
+ type followed by ':', and then the search term. Refer to the
+ table below for examples.</para>
+
<para>Available text types:
<table id="hd-op-search-config-syntax-table">
<title>Search Types</title>
- <tgroup cols="2">
+ <tgroup cols="3">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Prefix</entry>
<entry>Meaning</entry>
+ <entry>Example</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>heading:</entry>
<entry>searches headings</entry>
+ <entry>heading:Jesus</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>footnote:</entry>
<entry>searches footnotes</entry>
+ <entry>footnote:Moses</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>strong:</entry>
<entry>searches Strong's Numbers</entry>
+ <entry>strong:G535</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>morph:</entry>
<entry>searches morphology codes</entry>
+ <entry>morph:N-GSM</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table></para>
+
+ <tip>
+ <para>You can right click on an installed work and select
+ <guimenu>About</guimenu> to find which of the above search
+ criteria may work for you. Not all works have the
+ built in features for performing this type of search.</para>
+ </tip>
+
<para>&bibletime; uses the Lucene search engine to perform your
- searches. It has many advanced features, and you can read more
- about it here:
- <ulink url="http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html">
- http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html</ulink></para>
+ searches. It has many advanced features, and you can read more
+ about it here:
+ <ulink url="http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html">
+ http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html</ulink>.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
+
<sect2 id="hdbk-op-search-results">
<title>Search results</title>
<para>Here you can see how many instances of the search string
@@ -387,9 +409,9 @@
<title>Install/update work(s)</title>
<para>With this facility, you can connect to a repository of
works (called "library"), and transfer one or more works to your
- local Bookshelf. These libraries may be local (e.g. a Sword CD),
- or remote (e.g. Crosswire's online repository of Sword modules,
- or another site offering Sword modules). You can manage your
+ local Bookshelf. These libraries may be local (e.g. a &sword; CD),
+ or remote (e.g. Crosswire's online repository of &sword; modules,
+ or another site offering &sword; modules). You can manage your
libraries with
<guibutton>Add library</guibutton> and
<guibutton>Delete library</guibutton>.</para>
diff --git a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-reference.docbook b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-reference.docbook
index 1ee4cc9..111fba9 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-reference.docbook
+++ b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-reference.docbook
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
entries in the main menu of &bibletime;. They are ordered in
just the way they appear in &bibletime;, with all the sub-items
listed under the major menu item they belong to. You can also see
- the hotkey of each item;a complete listing of all hotkeys can be
+ the shortcut of each item;a complete listing of all shortcuts can be
found in
- <link linkend="hdbk-reference-hotkeys">this section</link>.</para>
+ <link linkend="hdbk-reference-shortcuts">this section</link>.</para>
<sect2 id="hdbk-reference-menus-file">
<title>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- <action>Opens a dialog where you can change your Sword
+ <action>Opens a dialog where you can change your &sword;
configuration and manage your bookshelf</action>. Please
see <link linkend="hdbk-op-bookshelfmanager">this
section</link> for details.</para>
@@ -811,22 +811,22 @@
</sect2>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="hdbk-reference-hotkeys">
- <title>HotKeys index</title>
- <para>This is index of all hotkeys and their corresponding
- description in the handbook. The hotkeys are sorted (roughly)
- alphabetical. If you want to directly find out which hotkey a
+ <sect1 id="hdbk-reference-shortcuts">
+ <title>Shortcuts index</title>
+ <para>This is index of all shortcuts and their corresponding
+ description in the handbook. The shortcuts are sorted (roughly)
+ alphabetical. If you want to directly find out which shortcuts a
certain menu item has, you can either look at the entry itself in
- &bibletime; (as it always shows the hotkey), or you can look it
+ &bibletime; (as it always shows the shortcut), or you can look it
up in
<link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus">this section</link>.</para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
- <colspec colname="hotkey" />
+ <colspec colname="shortcut" />
<colspec colname="desc" />
<thead>
<row>
- <entry>Hotkey</entry>
+ <entry>Shortcut</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
diff --git a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-start.docbook b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-start.docbook
index 111985d..77cc67d 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-start.docbook
+++ b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/hdbk-start.docbook
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
<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
@@ -15,29 +17,24 @@
<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>
+ <screen>bibletime</screen></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>
+ 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
diff --git a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/index.docbook b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/index.docbook
index 7671567..5eb8415 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/en/docbook/index.docbook
+++ b/docs/handbook/en/docbook/index.docbook
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
[
<!ENTITY bibletime '<application>BibleTime</application>'>
<!ENTITY sword '<application>Sword</application>'>
+ <!ENTITY cbs '<application>Crosswire Bible Society</application>'>
<!ENTITY kde '<application>KDE</application>'>
<!ENTITY qt '<application>Qt</application>'>
@@ -47,14 +48,14 @@
<para>The &bibletime; handbook is part of
&bibletime;.</para>
</legalnotice>
- <date>2009-09</date>
- <releaseinfo>2.3</releaseinfo>
+ <date>2009-10</date>
+ <releaseinfo>2.4</releaseinfo>
<abstract>
- <para>&bibletime; is a Bible study tool based on the Sword
- framework.</para>
+ <para>&bibletime; is a Bible study tool based on the &sword;
+ framework.</para>
</abstract>
<keywordset>
- <keyword>QT4</keyword>
+ <keyword>Qt4</keyword>
<keyword>bibletime</keyword>
<keyword>sword</keyword>
<keyword>crosswire</keyword>