Configuring &bibletime;In this section you find an overview to configure &bibletime;,
which can be found under
Settings in the main menu.Configure &bibletime; DialogThe &bibletime; user interface can be customized in many
ways depending on your needs. You can access the configuration
dialog by selecting
SettingsConfigure &bibletime;.DisplayThe startup behavior can be customized. Select from the
following options:
Show startup logoDisplay 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.DeskMany 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.LanguagesHere 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.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.Options Dialog - fonts
The Options dialog - Fonts.
&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.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.Installing fontsDetailed font installation instructions are outside the
scope of this handbook. For further information you might want
to refer to the
Unicode HOWTO.If you use a small font like Clearlyu (about 22kb),
&bibletime; will run faster than with a large font like
Bitstream
Cyberbit(about 12Mb).Obtaining FontsFonts can be obtained from a number of sources:Your *nix distribution.Your distribution's localization packages.An existing
Microsoft
Windows installation on the same
computer.A font collection, such as are available from Adobe
or Bitstream.Online font collections.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.
Unicode Fonts
Code2000Perhaps the best free Unicode font, covering a
wide range of characters.
SIL unicode fontsExcellent Unicode fonts from the Summer
Institute of Linguistics.
FreeFontA new free Unicode font initiative.
Crosswire's font directorySeveral fonts available from the &cbs;
FTP site.
Bitstream CyberBitCovers almost the entire range of Unicode, but
might slow &bibletime; down because of its
size.ClearlyuIncluded in some distributions. Contains
European, Greek, Hebrew, Thai.
Caslon, Monospace, Cupola, CalibanPartial coverage, see information on linked
site.
There are good Unicode font lists on the net, as the one
by Christoph Singer (
Multilingual
Unicode TrueType Fonts in the Internet), or the one by
Alan Wood (
Unicode character ranges and the Unicode fonts that support
them).ShortcutsShortcuts (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 the
Shortcuts section 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.In the preceding example, F2, Bible Study HowTo has a
secondary shortcut defined, CTRL+2.