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diff --git a/docs/handbook/unicode/hdbk-config.docbook b/docs/handbook/unicode/hdbk-config.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 94a037e..0000000 --- a/docs/handbook/unicode/hdbk-config.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,182 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="hdbk-config"><title>Configuring &bibletime;</title> - -<para>In this section you find a description of the different possibilities -to configure &bibletime;: The <link linkend="hdbk-config-bt">Configure BibleTime Dialog -</link> and the <link linkend="hdbk-config-toolbar">Configure Toolbars</link> -dialog. Both can be accessed 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 tip of the day</para></listitem> - <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 &kde; general display font which can - be specified in the &kcontrolcenter;. You can override this font if neccessary. - 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 fonts supported by KDE/QT. - 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 - KDE 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 &kde; 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. - &kde;'s <ulink url="help:/kcontrol/index.html">KControl Center</ulink> contains - an excellent and easy to use font installation module. - Please read <ulink url="help:/kcontrol/kcmfontinst/index.html"> - its documentation</ulink>. For further information you might want to refer to the - <ulink url="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Unicode-HOWTO.html#toc4"> - 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 Linux 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> - <title>Unicode Fonts</title> - <tgroup cols="2"> - <tbody> - - <row><entry><ulink url="http://home.att.net/~jameskass/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://bibliofile.mc.duke.edu/gww/fonts/Unicode.html">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 - crossreferences 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> - - - <sect1 id="hdbk-config-toolbar"><title>Configure Toolbars dialog</title> - <para>You can adapt the toolbar to your needs. Please use the following entry in the main menu: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><menuchoice> - <guimenu> - <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="i_configuretoolbars.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> - </inlinemediaobject>Settings - </guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Configure toolbars</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> - <listitem><para>Configure toolbars</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - <para>You will see this dialog, which allows adding and removing buttons from - the main toolbar of &bibletime;. The order of the buttons can also be changed. - </para> - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="ss_configtoolbar.png" format="PNG"/> - </imageobject> - <textobject><phrase>Toolbar configuration dialog</phrase></textobject> - <caption><para>The Toolbar configuration dialog.</para></caption> - </mediaobject> - <para>Use the 4 buttons in the middle of the window to move buttons to the toolbar, - away from the toolbar or to sort them on the toolbar according to your preference. - </para> - <para>Please see <link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-settings-toolbars">this section</link> for further information.</para> - </sect1> - -</chapter> |