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2013-09-11T06:50:36Z

Niccarter: Acts 20:32 errors?

== Why KJV2011 rather than KJV2010? ==

Simples! To mark the [http://www.kingjamesbibletrust.org/ quatercentenary] of the 1611 AV. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 22:01, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

== Jeremiah 50:6 ==

A search of the KJV for the word '''resting''' gives five matches, all of which qualify the word '''place''' or '''places'''. The first four have a space (Numbers 10:33, II Chronicles 6:41, Proverbs 24:15, Isaiah 32:18). The fifth (Jeremiah 50:6) has no space. It would be more consistent if the KJV had a space here, so that an exact phrase search for '''resting place''' would not omit the fifth occurrence. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 12:11, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

: Accuracy is the goal, not precision. (My science background bleeds through) --[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 07:18, 17 November 2011 (MST)

== The provenance of CCEL's KJV ThML file ==

[http://www.ccel.org/ CCEL]'s ThML file for the KJV contains 38204 instances of the word '''osisRef''', evidence that it was originally derived from an OSIS XML file. Its revision history has "2002-06-10 Converted from GBF text." [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 11:03, 22 April 2011 (MDT)

: osisRef is part of ThML now, so that's not really evidence of anything (other than that it is ThML). --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 08:11, 25 April 2011 (MDT)
::Thanks. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 09:36, 25 April 2011 (MDT)
: Timothy Lanfear was the latest editor of the CCEL KJV. He and I collaborated on updating the KJV for both CCEL and CrossWire. Our goal was to have a correct 1769 version, in so far as that is possible. We started collaborating when our independent work was essentially done. His is not derived from the OSIS. Ours is not derived from the ThML. We compared the texts for differences and then independently came up with the outcome. I used a dead-tree text for the final determination. --[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 07:12, 17 November 2011 (MST)

== Pilcrows in the KJV ==

Did you know the following?
* There are 2970 ¶ in the KJV
** In the OT, ¶ is found in every book except Psalms & Nahum
** In the NT, ¶ is found only in the four Gospels & Acts
[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 07:30, 23 April 2011 (MDT)

:A book I read recently suggests that the possible reason for this was that the early printers just ran out of moveable type for Pilcrows. See [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Authenticity-English-Version-Bibles-Autographs/dp/190544723X/]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:41, 11 July 2011 (MDT)

=== Pilcrows in the Deuterocanonical books ===
The apocrypha books in the KJVA module have very few Pilcrow signs. It would be worth checking against a printed edition. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 02:38, 28 June 2011 (MDT)

== Differences between the 1769 British Edition and the 1867 American Edition of the KJV ? ==

It may of be some use to determine all the minor differences between these two historic editions of the King James Bible. Both versions are available online in the ABS [http://www.bibles.org/ BibleSearch] website. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 02:46, 28 June 2011 (MDT)

== Words that are attributed to Christ? ==

With reference to John 16:17 and DM's comment: "These are words that are attributed to Christ, not him actually speaking" – this case might be argued for some passages of the NT outside the Gospels, etc., in which Dominical Sayings are rehearsed by the writer. Examples:

* Acts 20:35b, "..., how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive."
* I Timothy 5:18b, ".... And, The labourer is worthy of his reward."

Yet these are marked with red letters in the KJV module. So either the reference text is inconsistent, or we went beyond it? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 07:58, 14 November 2011 (MST)

:Likewise, how do we know with certainty who is the speaker in this red letter verse? The larger passage doesn't specifically tell us.

* Revelation of John 16:15, Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 08:12, 14 November 2011 (MST)

: My comment was more of a rationalization of why it might be not marked as Words of Christ. However, it doesn't matter if I am right or wrong. The goal is to have an accurately marked text, not a consistently marked text. To do this a dead-tree text is consulted as the final authority. --[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 07:14, 17 November 2011 (MST)

== 'Hyphenated' proper names in the KJV OT ==

Here is a list of all the words in the OT which are 'hyphenated' using an '''ndash''' rather than a plain hyphen:

:Abed–nego Abel–beth–maachah Abel–maim Abel–meholah Abel–mizraim Abel–shittim Abi–albon Abi–ezer Abi–ezrite Abi–ezrites Adoni–bezek Adoni–zedek Allon–bachuth Almon–diblathaim Ashdoth–pisgah Ataroth–adar Ataroth–addar Aznoth–tabor Baalath–beer Baal–berith Baal–gad Baal–hamon Baal–hanan Baal–hazor Baal–hermon Baal–meon Baal–peor Baal–perazim Baal–shalisha Baal–tamar Baal–zebub Baal–zephon Bamoth–baal Bashan–havoth–jair Bath–rabbim Bath–sheba Bath–shua Beer–elim Beer–lahai–roi Beer–sheba Beesh–terah Ben–ammi Bene–berak Bene–jaakan Ben–hadad Ben–hail Ben–hanan Ben–oni Ben–zoheth Berodach–baladan Beth–anath Beth–anoth Beth–arabah Beth–aram Beth–arbel Beth–aven Beth–azmaveth Beth–baal–meon Beth–barah Beth–birei Beth–car Beth–dagon Beth–diblathaim Beth–el Beth–elite Beth–emek Beth–ezel Beth–gader Beth–gamul Beth–haccerem Beth–haran Beth–hogla Beth–hoglah Beth–horon Beth–jeshimoth Beth–jesimoth Beth–lebaoth Beth–lehem Beth–lehemite Beth–lehem–judah Beth–maachah Beth–marcaboth Beth–meon Beth–nimrah Beth–palet Beth–pazzez Beth–peor Beth–phelet Beth–rapha Beth–rehob Beth–shan Beth–shean Beth–shemesh Beth–shemite Beth–shittah Beth–tappuah Beth–zur Caleb–ephratah Chephar–haammonai Chisloth–tabor Chor–ashan Chushan–rishathaim Col–hozeh Dan–jaan Dibon–gad Ebed–melech Eben–ezer El–beth–el El–elohe–Israel Elon–beth–hanan El–paran En–eglaim En–gannim En–gedi En–haddah En–hakkore En–hazor En–mishpat En–rimmon En–rogel En–shemesh En–tappuah Ephes–dammim Esar–haddon Esh–baal Evil–merodach Ezion–gaber Ezion–geber Gath–hepher Gath–rimmon Gittah–hepher Gur–baal Hamath–zobah Hammoth–dor Hamon–gog Havoth–jair Hazar–addar Hazar–enan Hazar–gaddah Hazar–hatticon Hazar–shual Hazar–susah Hazar–susim Hazazon–tamar Hazezon–tamar Helkath–hazzurim Hephzi–bah Hor–hagidgad I–chabod Ije–abarim Ir–nahash Ir–shemesh Ishbi–benob Ish–bosheth Ish–tob Ittah–kazin Jaare–oregim Jabesh–gilead Jashubi–lehem Jegar–sahadutha Jehovah–jireh Jehovah–nissi Jehovah–shalom Jiphthah–el Jushab–hesed Kadesh–barnea Kedesh–naphtali Keren–happuch Kibroth–hattaavah Kir–haraseth Kir–hareseth Kir–haresh Kir–heres Kirjath–arba Kirjath–arim Kirjath–baal Kirjath–huzoth Kirjath–jearim Kirjath–sannah Kirjath–sepher Lahai–roi Lo–ammi Lo–debar Lo–ruhamah Maaleh–acrabbim Magor–missabib Mahaneh–dan Maher–shalal–hash–baz Malchi–shua Me–jarkon Melchi–shua Meribah–Kadesh Merib–baal Merodach–baladan Metheg–ammah Migdal–el Migdal–gad Misrephoth–maim Moresheth–gath Nathan–melech Nebuzar–adan Nergal–sharezer Obed–edom Padan–aram Pahath–moab Pas–dammim Perez–uzza Perez–uzzah Pharaoh–hophra Pharaoh–necho Pharaoh–nechoh Pi–beseth Pi–hahiroth Poti–pherah Rab–mag Rab–saris Rab–shakeh Ramathaim–zophim Ramath–lehi Ramath–mizpeh Ramoth–gilead Regem–melech Remmon–methoar Rimmon–parez Romamti–ezer Ru–hamah Samgar–nebo Sela–hammahlekoth Shear–jashub Shethar–boznai Shihor–libnath Shimron–meron Succoth–benoth Syria–damascus Syria–maachah Taanath–shiloh Tahtim–hodshi Tel–abib Tel–haresha Tel–harsa Tel–melah Tiglath–pileser Tilgath–pilneser Timnath–heres Timnath–serah Tob–adonijah Tubal–cain Uzzen–sherah Zaphnath–paaneah Zareth–shahar

[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 03:40, 28 May 2012 (MDT)
:I've fixed the one name, Bar-jesus, that didn't have an ndash. The hyphen should be used for words, e.g. God-ward.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 12:20, 21 July 2012 (MDT)
::Words hyphenated using an ndash are inherently more difficult to search for in front-ends. Keying a hyphen is simple. Keying the ndash requires "more brains". [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 04:26, 16 August 2012 (MDT)

:The occurrence of a few spelling variants is noticeable. e.g. Beth–jeshimoth Beth–jesimoth; Malchi–shua Melchi–shua. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 03:42, 28 May 2012 (MDT)
::While interesting, have you found errors? --[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 12:20, 21 July 2012 (MDT)
:::No. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 03:58, 16 August 2012 (MDT)

== KJVA module errors ==

I have extended the list significantly today. My analysis was facilitated by using an exported word list for the DC books. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 08:09, 1 June 2012 (MDT)
: The main focus was on spelling typos. The exported word list omits all punctuation apart from hyphens and (using a workaround) the single right quotation mark used as an apostrophe. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 12:33, 1 June 2012 (MDT)

=== Split Words ===
I noted that there was a split word in Acts 1:12. David do you think you could find all the single letter words that don't make sense? --[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 11:39, 21 July 2012 (MDT)
:Search for "S" (with whole word matching), as the others are probably genuine. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 04:07, 16 August 2012 (MDT)
<pre>
Count Word
08181 a
08853 I
01065 O
00108 S
</pre>
::The 108 uppercase are all in the plural of the divine name: LORD'S. cf. Single lowercase "s" are in apostrophe-s as used in plurals.[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 04:14, 16 August 2012 (MDT)
:::My word count filter should have been tweaked to account for LORD'S. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 04:16, 16 August 2012 (MDT)

== Translators' added words that incongruously include lemmas ==

I emailed you on this topic last week (awaiting a response), I've since located all of the 34 verses where these occur. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 04:20, 16 August 2012 (MDT)

:Via a mutual friend, and with his permission, I now have a copy of the slides for the talk that Peter Williams gave in Exeter, wherein one slide deals with I John 2:23b. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 04:21, 16 August 2012 (MDT)

== Module version 2.5 with added Greek (TR) in the linguistic markup ==

DM is well on the way to releasing '''version 2.5''' of the KJV module. This includes a new feature in the NT. The linguistic markup (Strongs & Morph) now also includes the original Greek words from the TR. For the latest news, please see the [[Help:Contents#Developer.27s_Mailing_Lists|sword-devel]] mailing list. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 09:52, 6 February 2013 (MST)

== Acts 20:32 ==

I received this in an email from a PS user:

:Hi PocketSword,

:The tenses and definitions on Acts 20:32(KJV 1769 with Strong's Numbers and Morphology) is not correct. Some tenses and definitions are missing. Could you please have a look.

:I am not able to copy and paste the incorrect verse from PocketSword but I have copied and pasted the correct one from helps bible studies- bible hub.com/interlinear/acts/20:32.htm

If someone shoots me an email, I'll forward an anonymous version of the email to them to check. Thanks! --[[User:Niccarter|Nic Carter]] 00:50, 11 September 2013 (MDT)

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2013-09-07T02:57:23Z

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====Bible Versions====
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See also [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Catalogue-English-Bible-Translations-Bibliography/dp/031328041X/ Catalogue of English Bible Translations: A Classified Bibliography of Versions and Editions Including Books, Parts and Old and New Testament Apocrypha...] by William J. Chamberlin, Greenwood Press (1991). This is a 898 page reference book which has set a new standard in its field.

====== Before 1923 ======

*Entire [[Wycliffe Bible]] (''c''. 1380), available from [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe) Wikisource], which in turn was provided by the [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/wycliffe/ Wesley Center Online]. The entire Wycliffe Bible can be downloaded as a single ZIP file containing 76 text files in VPL format. ''cf. The existing SWORD module is limited to the Pentateuch and the Gospels.''

*Complete Tyndale Bible, Not even the whole NT is available with SWORD, and also he translated the Pentateuch, and Jonah, and other books later published in Matthew's Bible.
::[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24890 Jonah] (1531)
::[http://www.pgdp.net/ Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders] is digitizing the Pentateuch (1530) (Genesis is almost done, but still being PP'ed) [http://wesley.nnu.edu/sermons-essays-books/william-tyndales-translation/ Wesley Center Online] also has all of Tyndale's translation, except those published posthumously (by Matthew Thomas). Both Tyndale and Wycliffe from the Wesley Center are the work of Sergej A. Fedosov.

::Some problems with Sergey's work is that he doesn't transcribe the line over vowels that represented a n, or m--so the text has a lot of hi meaning him, the meaning them, wet meaning went etc...where these are not spellings that the printer used. He also transcribes the þt, þe and such thorn symbols as ye, yt instead of the, that, etc...but transcribes the "and" symbol (&) as "and".

::Please remember that William Tyndale translated only the first 14 books of the Old Testament into English.

*Miles Coverdale Bible, (1535).

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tomson Laurence Tomson] (1587) Geneva Bible 1587 Revision. Check Slavic Bible version for (significant?) differences from 1599 Geneva.

*KJV (original 1611 version/orthography). There exist some reprints in paper - has anyone scanned it? Also a few electronic editions exist--check into adapting one for SWORD.

*The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Psalm_Book Bay Psalm Book] (1640) – the first book, that is still in existence, printed in British North America. BiblioLife have published a digitized edition. See [http://www.amazon.com/Psalm-Book-Dodd-Mead-Company/dp/1113910690/].

*Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650). This is available in Online Bible (Topic) format at [http://www.ccel.org/olb/tolbss/zipfiles/books/psalter.exe] The complete text is online in HMTL format at [http://www.cgmusic.org/workshop/smp_frame.htm].

*[http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/book-of-common-prayer/the-psalter.aspx The Psalter] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer Book of Common Prayer] of 1662, the rights of which are vested in the Crown. The text in RTF format is available to download as a single file at [http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/download/]. Each Psalm has a title in Latin.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiston William Whiston] (1745) [http://www.archive.org/details/primitivenewtest00whisuoft The Primitive New Testament] on Archive.org

*Richard Wynne (1764) [http://www.archive.org/details/newtestamentcare00wynn New Testament : carefully collated with the Greek and corrected] on Archive.org. This copy is missing the title page thru the Acts of the Apostles. (Maybe it's Volume 2 of a 2 volume set.)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Doddridge Philip Doddridge] (1765) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Doddridge%29 The family expositor; or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section] 4 volumes on Archive.org (multiple copies of some volumes)

*A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek (1795) by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Haweis Thomas Haweis]. Text available online at [http://lookhigher.net/englishbibles/haweisatranslationofthenewtestament/]. ''Broken link''.

*John Guyse (1797) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Guyse%29 The Practical Expositor: The New Testament in the form of a Paraphrase, with Occasional Notes and recollections] on Archive.org

*Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Charles_Lee_Brenton Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton] (1845) Brenton's English Septaguint. See also this description of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/brenton/ Brenton's Translation of the Septuagint] on the website of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/ The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies]. An online HTML version of Brenton's 1851 edition is available at [http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint-hyperlinked.html] as a single webpage, but without the appendix.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Version Revised Version] (1885) – ''see the external links in the Wikipedia page for two online editions in HTML format, and one to a facsimile PDF copy''

*The New Testament Revised and Translated (1904) by Adolphus S. Worrell (1831-1908) – The text is available at [http://lookhigher.net/]. More detailed description given in [http://www.bible-researcher.com/versbib10.html].

*Richard C. Moulton (1907) [http://books.google.com/books?id=R5IaAAAAMAAJ Modern Reader's Bible] on Google

*S. Townsend Weaver (1909) [http://www.archive.org/details/universitynewtes00weav Weaver's New Testament] at the Internet Archive.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albert_Broadus John Albert Broadus] (1913) [http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain00philuoft The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments:A new version based in part on the bible union version] a.k.a The Baptist Bible (recommend OSIS id ABS.) on Archive.org

*[http://www.companionbiblecondensed.com/ The Companion Bible] edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._W._Bullinger E. W. Bullinger] – published in 6 parts (1909-1922), completed after his death by his associates.

====== After 1923 ======

*[http://bibles.wikidot.com/ballantine William Gay Ballantine] (1923) (revised ed. 1934) [http://thechan.com/ The Riverside New Testament: a Translation From The Original Greek Into The English of Today], ''needs copyright review'' According to the Google/Gutenberg copyright renewal records, this was [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/show.php?id=1346 renewed in 1950], which makes it still in-copyright today. NOTE: [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/ urbanpug], google, Gutenberg all have disclaimers that the database contains omissions and errors, and not finding a renewal record does NOT mean a work is PD, but finding a record does mean you have to get permission from someone.

*The [http://www.sprawls.org/williams/ Williams New Testament] by [http://www.sprawls.org/williams/about_the_translator.htm Charles Bray Williams] (1869–1952) – First published in 1937 by Bruce Humphries, Inc. New York. The links are to the modern reprint known as the Montreat Edition. The translator was the father of Charlotte Williams Sprawls. For contact information for Perry & Charlotte Sprawls, see [http://www.sprawls.org/retirement/].

*NASB – Currently being prepared. This will be sold. See [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]].

*Amplified Bible – Jointly produced by the Lockman Foundation and Zondervan. Zondervan Publishing House is contracted with the Lockman Foundation to control and manage the publishing rights of the Amplified Bible.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_Bible]

*NKJV, Thomas Nelson Inc. Contact attempted by Karl to rights@thomasnelson.com and onlinenotification@thomasnelson.com, December 2007; no response.

*NIV, the perennial request. Contact attempted via feedback web page at ibs.org, November 2006 and March 2007; no response. Dead-tree letter sent to IBS licensing directory, February 2008; no response.

*World Bible Translation Center (1987,1999,2006) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] English translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1988) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible] English translation. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*Michael Paul Johnson (1996) [http://www.ebible.org/glw God's Living Word] is a solo translation by the editor of the World English Bible. It only covers the Gospel of John and the epistles of John, but I'd like to see it in SWORD. It's already in OSIS format at the link with creative commons (commercial use) copyright allowing redistribution.

*Contemporary English Version, contact made. The [mailto:info@americanbible.org American Bible Society] have asked for a formal request to be made to them, with information about use and protection (May 2009).

*Third Millennium Bible, contact attempted at TMBible.com, November 2007, no response.

*James Madsen (2003) New Simplified Bible. [http://www.geocities.com/simplifiedbible/EnjoyNSB15.html (author's page)]

*Gary Gallant (2007) Grammar Uses Version. "Version showing the the way verbs in a participle or infinitive tense are used when translated. Also shows noun uses when translated. This is a very literal translation from the BYZ lectures." (Available in its native OLB [http://www.fundamentalbaptists.com/host/olb/files/guv.exe] format at Gary's site.)

*Word of Yahweh Bible--KJV3, 2010 (Expected completion). Rights unknown. [http://yahavahbiblekjv3.com/site_map.html]

*[http://rockhay.tripod.com/cottonpatch/index.htm Cotton Patch Version.] Copyrighted.

*[http://logoschristian.org/mark/ The Phat News of Mark]. Copyrighted. A bit like the Cotton Patch Version.

*[http://www.2001translation.com/ 2001 Translation]. Public Domain.

*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28Wikisource%29 Free Bible]. Public Domain.

*[http://bookworm.oreilly.com/view/first/The+New+Testament+Letters/16015/ New Testament Letters] by Paula Fether. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.standardversion.org/aramaic_english_standard_version/aesv/aesv-index.php Aramaic English Standard Version]. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.essenescrolls.com/peshitta/index.php The Holy Peshitta of the Assembly of Jerusalem]. Copyrighted.

*[http://wordhord.org/nasb/ Anglo-Saxon Bible]. Public Domain? This is really a collection of various versified AS texts, by various translators/authors.

*[http://www.thewaytoyahuweh.com/translations The Way to Yahuweh].

*Ferrar Fenton Bible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrar_Fenton_Bible]. The complete Bible was published in 1903. The text is now available online in HTML format (as well as a PDF download) from [http://thetencommandmentsministry.us/ministry/ferrar_fenton/]. Fenton used a different book order in both testaments, so any future SWORD module for his translation would require [[Alternate Versification]].

*[http://thetencommandmentsministry.us/ministry/charles_thomson/ Charles Thomson] English translation of the Greek Septuagint (LXX) Bible. Horne says (1846): "Very few copies of Mr. Thomson's work have reached England, and even in America it has become very scarce and dear." Looks like the full text of what must be a PD work has been posted online.

*RSV/NRSV. "We appreciate your interest in making the RSV/NRSV available as modules for the Sword Project. However, at this time, we do not authorize any open source uses of the RSV/NRSV. God's blessings on your ministry." (Response received 22 Aug 2009 in response to detailed inquiry per their instructions and form.)

*NEB. The [http://www.katapi.org.uk/NEB/IntroContents.php New English Bible] 1962 – available online with the legend "exclusive to this website". © The Delegates of the Oxford University Press & the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1961. ''Maybe worth making contact with Paul Ingram''.

* Plain English Version (PEV) - a special update of the AV/KJV containing a glossary of 1,163 words from the old English of the AV/KJV which have been substituted for their equivalent words in plain English, as used in the Parallel Edition of the [http://www.nftbible.org/ New Fijian Translation (NFT) Bible] project.

* Norlie's Simplified New Testament – translated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_M._Norlie Olaf M. Norlie] (1876 - 1962). First published by Zondervan in 1961. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] recently acquired a copy of the 1991 edition published by Spear Publications. This edition is still being distributed by the [http://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/ Scottish Bible Society]. A more detailed description is given in [http://www.biblecollectors.org/biographies/norlie.htm].

* [http://worldenglishbible.org/t4t/ A Translation for Translators] – a special translation of the Bible designed to help translators to know implicit information in the original languages that is often required in translating the Holy Bible to other languages. It presents alternate ways of translating that may be necessary in various languages. It also gives additional insight to people who are just interested in reading and studying the Bible in English. A Translator's Translation is a version of the same text, edited to be more smoothly readable for the latter group. Work is currently in progress on the Old Testament, and will be updated here periodically. [http://worldenglishbible.org/t4t/copyright.htm Copyright © 2008 - 2011 Ellis W. Deibler, Jr.] [http://www.sil.org/sil/roster/deibler_ellis.htm]

* [http://www.hearthevoice.com/ The Voice Bible] – an English translation of the Bible developed by Thomas Nelson and the Ecclesia Bible Society. The Voice is a modern language, dynamic equivalent translation. The New Testament was released in November of 2011, and the full Bible was released in April of 2012. ''No approach initiated yet''.

=====Original languages=====

======Hebrew and Aramaic OT======

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Codex WLC] with Westminster Morphology

*Samaritan Torah – for background, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Torah]. Has this ever been digitized?

======Greek NT======
:''See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_uncials List of New Testament uncials] on Wikipedia, for possible further leads''.

* [http://sites.google.com/site/nestle1904 Nestle 1904/1913 Greek new Testament] - a [https://sites.google.com/site/nestle1904/downloads/nestle1904.zip?attredirects=0&d=1 vpl file] is available. The text for each verse is tab separated from the verse reference.

======Latin Bibles======

:''The existing Vulgate module and Vulgate_Clem beta module contain only the 66 protocanonical books, even though the complete Vulgate contains 76 books''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate]

* [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_%28Stuttgartensia%29 Complete Vulgate Stuttgart] (including the Apocrypha), for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards. (This is copyrighted. Stuttgart almost always indicates DBG(GBS). WikiSource is hosting a copy, in progress, but someone does note that it is copyrighted.)

* Nova Vulgata - the text is copyright (1979 onwards), so obtaining permission may be impossible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate#Nova_Vulgata] for more details.

=====French Bibles=====
:''See also [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traductions_de_la_Bible_en_fran%C3%A7ais Traductions de la Bible en français] and [http://www.la-bible.net/page.php?ref=bible16_20_intro La Bible en français du XVe au milieu du XXe siècle].''

* La Bible Pierre Robert Olivétan, 1535. Selected books are already digitized at [http://www.ecritures-saintes.com/olivetan/]. One edition is original spelling, and one is with modern spelling.

* La Bible de David Martin 1707. The original 1707 David Martin translation is being published on-line in modern orthography. The complete NT is available now, plus several OT books already on-line. See http://www.martin1707.com/

* La Bible de David Martin 1855. The complete NT is available from [http://desmond.oshea.free.fr/BibleMartin/Bible%20Martin%201855/Bible%20david%20Martin%201855%20index.html], along with 26 books of the OT. "Tous les textes bibliques contenus ici sont libres de droit vous pouvez les réutiliser et les diffuser sans mon autorisation." English: "All biblical texts contained herein are free you can reuse and distribute without my permission." The same website also has the complete Bible David Martin 1744, which may well prove to be a better text source than we used for our SWORD module. It's a very detailed site, with a page showing the changes between the 1744 and 1855 editions of the text.

* La Bible de Jean-Frédéric Ostervald - 1744.

* La Bible de Saci - 1759 (Bible complete traduit sur la Vulgate par le Maistre de Saci, dite aussi Bible de Mons (Port Royal)) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/saci/saci.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* L’Ancien Testament Traduit D’Après L’Hébreu par H.-Auguste Perret-Gentil (professeur à la Faculté de Neuchâtel) 1861, 1866. The 1861 text is available in PDF format from [http://epelorient.free.fr/].

* La Sainte Bible commentée d'après la Vulgate (8 volumes, 1888-1895) par Louis-Claude Fillion (1843-1927). Electronic edition available at [http://www.magnificat.ca/].

* La Bible de Lausanne (1872) - Nouveau Testament complet. Electronic edition available at [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/bibles.htm].

* Le Nouveau Testament de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ - Version Oltramare (1874). Electronic edition available at [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/bibles.htm].

* Le Nouveau Testament traduction de Stapfer (1889). Electronic edition available at [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/bibles.htm].

* Le Nouveau Testament de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ et le Livre des Psaumes - Version Synodale (1921). Electronic edition available at [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/bibles.htm].

* La Bible de Pirot et Clamer (Louis Pirot et Albert Clamer, La Sainte Bible, texte latin et traduction française d'après les textes originaux avec un commentaire exégétique et théologique, Paris 1950). Text was obtained in 2008 from [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/pirot/pirot.htm], but subsequently withdrawn, with note "N'est plus disponible.". ''Permission had been given to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].'' NB. Check the French copyright status.

* La Bible King James Française 2007 (D'après la version AV 1611, Traduction Nadine L. Stratford) [http://www.kingjamesfrancaise.com/],[http://456-bible.123-bible.com/kjf/kjf.htm]. ''2009-07-16 Email received by [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] from N. Stratford granting permissions for both Go Bible and CrossWire SWORD module''.

* La Bible - French OT translation by Édouard Dhorme (1956). Edward Paul Dhorme (1881 - 1966) was a French Assyriologist, Semiticist and translator of the Bible. He was a professor at the College de France and the Sorbonne. One of his works deals with the religions of Babylon and of Assyria. The French translation of the Old Testament was published under his direction by Gallimard in the prestigious Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Dhorme was a Dominican. ''Not yet found en electronic version''.

* La Sainte Bible d'Ostervald - the revision of 1996.

* [http://ba.21.free.fr/septuaginta/cover.html La Septante] – French translation of the LXX.

* [http://testamant.nevez.pagesperso-orange.fr/fr.presentation.htm Le Nouveau Testament version Anjou 2011]

From [http://lire.la-bible.net/ lire.la-bible.net] (read.the-bible.net)

* Traduction oecuménique de la Bible (TOB) (Copyright 1988, Société biblique française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France et Editions du Cerf)

* La Bible dite la Colombe (Colombe) - nouvelle version Segond revisée (Copyright 1978, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible Parole de Vie (PDV) (2000) (Copyright 2000, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Nouvelle Bible Segond (NBS) (Copyright 2002, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible en français courant (BFC) Version révisée 1997 (Copyright 1997, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

====== Roman Catholic translations ======

There are several French Catholic Bible translations hosted at http://jesusmarie.free.fr/ including:
* La Bible Fillion
* La Bible Vigouroux
* La Bible d'Allioli
* La Bible Calmet
* La Bible Crampon
* La Bible Lethielleux
* La Bible Polyglotte Vigouroux
* La Bible Septante

=====German Bibles=====
* [http://www.volxbibel.com/ Volxbibel] – A new German Bible translation in the language of the young generation. The translation is under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/deed.en_GB Creative Commons] license, so non-commercial use and distribution is allowed. A SWORD module called VLX3 has been already created by [http://www.heidoc.net/ Jan Krohn], who has also built Go Bible applications for Java mobile phones.

* [http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zefania-sharp/sf_zuercher_1931.zip Zürcher Bibel 1931] – Die Ursprünge der Zürcher Bibel gehen auf die Reformation in Zürich unter Ulrich Zwingli zurück (1531). Die Zürcher Bibel von 1931 gehört zu den strukturtreuen Übersetzungen und legt dabei grossen Wert auf philologische Genauigkeit. Bezüglich Texttreue wird sie bei Vergleichen von Bibelübersetzungen meist nahe bei der Elberfelder Bibel gesehen und oft etwas lesbarer als diese beschrieben. – The ZIP file was uploaded to sourceforge on 12-Apr-2009.

There is a [http://www.bijbelstudie.org/downloads/ger/details_ger.php?ID=783 module] for Online Bible. This might work as a source if it is not also taken from the Zefania-XML-file.

* Die Bibel nach der Übersetzung von Hermann Menge as discussed [http://www.crosswire.org/forums/mvnforum/viewthread_thread,842 in this thread]. The translation is of a high quality and went into the public domain last year. The German Bible Society had updated orthography and punctuation, which is a non-copyrightable act, and reissued the bible in the 1990's, so it would be desirable to use their updated version. It was double-checked with them that this is legal and that the digital text of the Menge-Bibel as found on the [http://www.bibelwissenschaft.de/nc/online-bibeln/menge-bibel/lesen-im-bibeltext/bibelstelle/Gen%201/anzeige/context/#iv GBS websites] may be used freely, including for the purposes of making a module. An unofficial module from a Zefania source is linked to in the above forum thread.

=====Polish Bibles=====

* Biblia Tysiąclecia. Several Polish translations are available as Go Bible applications from [http://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~ja235896/biblia/download.php]. This is one for which there is not an existing SWORD module.

* [http://sword.chrzescijanie.pl/moduly.htm Polish SWORD website]. Copyright status uncertain for some of the available modules.

=====Spanish Bibles=====
''For a more comprehensive list, see'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_%28Spanish%29]
*[http://www.reinavaleragomez.com/ Reina Valera Gómez 2010] – updated edition. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is assisting webmaster Shane Rice to make this new module, which will obsolete the module SpaRVG2004 in the CrossWire repository.

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1971) [http://www.bible.claret.org Biblia Latinoaméricana] a.k.a Christian Community Bible - Spanish version. Sent email 11/4/08 requesting rights. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Spanish translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Nueva Versión Internacional

*Dios Habla Hoy (United Bible Societies). This is available online at the ABS [http://www.bibles.org/ BibleSearch] site.

===== Portuguese =====
''For all these, please ask for further information at sword-devel. And please read the section in the [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]] first''.

====== Brazilian ======
*[http://www.sbb.org.br/ SBB] denied permissions, someone from Brasília intends to try again.

*IBB has left the door open to a future favourable answer. Need to follow up with request for permissions on Versão Revisada and its Almeida Século XXI successor.

*[[Corrigida]] low-quality copies are available, we need to evaluate if it is worthwhile to move forward: old translation, not too good, OCR will be troublesome.

*[[Tradução Brazileira]] (1917) copy obtained, working library contacts to find a book scanner. Public domain in the USA, still copyrighted in Brazil.

*[http://www.centrodabiblia.org/pageID_2611978.html Tradução Literal da Bíblia (dead link)] by Bernd Bremicker. This is an independent Portuguese Bible translation work in progress. The files are in PDF format, and so far cover a substantial part of the NT. Bernd Bremicker was found on Skype, so we might be able to establish contact with him.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Portuguese translation. (If the WBTC is amenable to allow other languages be published, I will specifically request and post here Portuguese allowance if given) The WBTC lists the version as 'Brazilian Portuguese'.

* The [http://www.tbsbibles.org Trinitarian Bible Society] has completed a 2011 revision of the Portuguese (Almeida Corrigida Fiel) Bible. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] will lobby TBS for permissions. He visited the TBS offices in London on 2012-01-23. (and how did that lobbying go? --[[User:Niccarter|Nic Carter]] 20:57, 6 September 2013 (MDT))

*[http://www.biblias.com.br/ Sociedade Biblica Trinitariana do Brasil (SBT)] had been contacted, anticipating answer. [http://siriarah.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/biblia-almeida-corrigida-fiel-2007-acf-2007/ Siriarah Blog] allegedly has authorization to distribute ACF 2007.

====== Iberian ======
* Permissions were obtained on a number of texts from [http://www.sociedade-biblica.pt/ SBP], as per post at sword-devel.

===== Welsh Bibles =====

* 1620 Translation (William Morgan's 1588, revised by Parry and Davies in 1620). [http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_testunau/sion_prys_003_beibl_mynegai_1284e.htm]. See also [[Non-CrossWire_Text-Development_Projects#Individual_Works|Text Development]]. ''Public Domain. Texts for Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Luke, and 2 Corinthians are not yet available.'' In 2010, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has learned that the [http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/ Bible Society] has the William Morgan translation available in USFM format, and has been given the relevant contact information, with permissions likely to be given to CrossWire. They have received several user requests for the William Morgan translation to be made available on mobile phones, i.e. by means of our Go Bible application.

*Revised New Welsh Bible (Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Argraffiad Diwygiedig). Available for free as a e-Sword Module. So Bible Society may well be happy for it to be available for SWORD as well. [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/resources.htm], [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/news.htm]

===== Cornish Bibles =====

* The Cornish Bible Project http://www.bibelkernewek.com/ This project is run under the auspices of the Cornish Language Board, and the Bishop of Truro's Ecumenical Advisory Group for Services in Cornish. The translations are checked against the best editions of the Hebrew and Greek texts, and will be made available in both the Unified and Common Cornish spelling systems. The New Testament (Common Cornish version), with a Commendation by the Archbishop of Canterbury, is now complete, and was published on 13 August 2004. Translation of the Old Testament is underway, with parts already published as separate booklets. Of all the Celtic languages, it was only Cornish that did not have its own translation of the Bible. This was a severe handicap: if the Bible had been translated perhaps the language would not have died.

* '''Testament Noweth''', edited by Michael Everson. First edition, 2002. http://www.evertype.com/gram/tn.html

* '''An Beybel Sans''', the first complete translation of the Bible into Cornish was published in August 2011. It was translated by Nicholas Williams, taking a total of 13 years to complete. Having completed the New Testament, Williams translated the Old Testament into Standard Cornish from various of sources, including Hebrew and Greek texts, starting with Leviticus, which he regarded as one of "the boring bits". Published by [http://www.evertype.com/ Evertype]. See also [http://www.evertype.com/books/beybel.html An Beybel Sans: The Holy Bible in Cornish].

===== Maltese Bibles =====

* Maltese Bible. I just found this [http://www.tarxienparish.org/Il-bibbja.htm] which appears to be a Catholic website. Complete Bible (with deuterocanonical books) in MS Word format. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Maltese Bible. A site with the full Catholic canon Bible available online is [http://www.laikos.org/bible_index_laikos.htm Il-Bibbja bil-Malti]. Another is [http://www.qormisbparish.org/bibbja/ Bibbja | Parroċċa San Sebastjan].

* Maltese Bible. The Trinitarian Bible Society published theirs in 1980. with a reprint in 2007.[http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org/site/news.asp]

* Malta Bible Society (UBS and CBF) http://www.maltabible.com/ (''No Bible downloads advertised'').

===== Arabic Bibles =====

* 1865 SVD Arabic Bible complete with '''deuterocanonical books''' & other Arabic material. See [http://www.saintmina-holmdel.org/ArabicBible/], for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards. ''Direct page link broken. This Bible edition is no longer found on the [http://www.saintmina-holmdel.org hosting site]''.
* [http://www.sharifbible.com/ Sharif Bible] – ''We have accepted a request to begin work on converting this to a module''.

=====Other European languages=====

======Latin script languages======
* '''Dutch Delftse Bijbel (1477'''). Jacob Jacobszoon van der Meer en Mauricius Yemantszoon van Middelborch, Delft 1477. Editie Nicoline van der Sijs en medewerkers [http://www.bijbelsdigitaal.nl/ Bijbeldigitaliseringsproject]. See [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_bib004bibl01_01/colofon.php]. Text download available in PDF format. Front page has "© 2008 dbnl". Pages 1-25 contain a lot of scholarly background details in modern Dutch.

* Romanian Corrected Cornilescu Version (RCCV). Note that this is not a new translation or revision, it's just a corrected version of the most used PD Bible in Romania: Cornilescu Version, first published in 1924. This version of the Bible was obtained after correction of spellings and uses the modern Romanian morphology.[http://biblia.pentruviata.ro/bib_text.php] ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in email contact with the website owner''.

* [http://mazsola.iit.uni-miskolc.hu/~drdani/biblia/bd/ Hungarian NT]. Roman Catholic translation by P. Békés Gellért & P. Dalos Patrik.

* [http://www.biblian.fo/ Faroese Bible]. ''We now have a personal contact''.

* [http://www.biblian.is/ Icelandic Bible]. 1981 Þordarsson translation. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://www.hi.is/Uppl/Biblia/ Icelandic Bible]. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://old.bibelselskabet.dk/grobib/web/bibelen.htm Greenlandic Bible]. Danish Bible Society. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain''.

* Serbian Emilijan Čarnić (1973, 1992) NT. [http://wwwyu.com/web/]

* [http://www.bibel.se/ Svenska Reformationsbibeln]. This modern Swedish Bible translation is based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textus_Receptus Textus Receptus] for the New Testament. Work has begun on translating the Old Testament, based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoretic_Text Masoretic Text]. The stance of the website is one in defence of these traditional texts, and therefore critical of modern translations made using dynamic equivalence methods and eclectic texts. The translators have currently completed the Pentateuch and all the New Testament. It may be several years before the rest of the OT is translated. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in indirect contact with the project leaders. They have responded positively to the request for CrossWire to distribute this new translation. A Go Bible version has been built by Thomas Dilts.

* Swedish - Gezelius Biblia (1711-1728). Carl XII Biblia in Late New Swedish (1750-1880) language revision by Johannes Gezelius (1686–1733). Digitized text (derived from the 1860's printed editions) is available from [http://www.logosmappen.net/bibel/gezelius/ Projekt Gezelius].

* [http://www.ibecat.org/BIBLIA/ Catalan Bible] Bíblia Evangèlica Catalana. Copyright © 2000, Institució Bíblica Evangèlica de Catalunya (IBEC). An iPhone application [http://bec.ibible.mobi/] for this is now available, as is an e-Sword module [http://www.pedrangular.com/software/e-Sword/BEC.php]. In view of the BEC edition being freely available for the iPhone and e-Sword, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] made a request with a view to developing a SWORD module and Go Bible application. Permissions received 2009-12-02.

* Slovak translations. A member of the Go Bible Forum has recently posted that he has permissions for the Slovak Catholic translation from Spolok svätého Vojtecha ([http://www.ssv.sk/ SSV]), Trnava, Slovakia. See [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=798]. ''[http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/ Login] first for the direct link to work''. This translation includes deuterocanonical books. Await first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]].

* ''An Bíobla Naofa'' (1981), or the Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) Bible, is a translation of the Bible into ''Modern Irish Gaelic'' by a team of translators, edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_%C3%93_Fiannachta Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta]. It includes deuterocanonical books. It is available in printed form (ISBN 1870684907) as well as in Word and PDF format on CD-ROM[http://www.fiosfeasa.com]. ''John Duffy has received permissions to make a SWORD module, etc''.[http://cgcf.net] Awaiting first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]]. A Go Bible edition has been made with assistance from [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. This is now available from [http://www.anbioblanaofa.org/ An Bíobla Naofa].

* Lule Sami New Testament. A new translation of NT in ''Lule Sami'', based on an edition from 1913 but using modern orthography, was begun in 1996. The [http://www.bibelsallskapet.se/ Swedish Bible Society] was responsible for this translation which was completed in 2000. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* Northern Sami Bible. Work is in progress on a new Bible translation in ''Northern Sami'' using the new orthography from 1980. The Gospels and Acts were completed in 1995, followed by the New Testament in the beginning of 1998. Presently, translation of the Old Testament is in progress, with a planned completion in 2008. The translation is based on the Norwegian Bible with the Norwegian and Finnish Bible Societies being responsible for the project. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* The complete Estonian Bible (OT, NT & Apocrypha) is available online at [http://www.piibel.net/sisukord.html Piibel.NET]. (NB. The table of contents requires Javascript.) There is also another online edition (OT, NT only) at [http://www.piibel.com/loe.php Piibel.com]. cf. The existing SWORD module '''Est''' is Genesis plus NT only. ''Worthwhile making enquiries to the [http://www.eps.ee/ EPS] about copyright permissions''. For a history of Estonian Bible translations, see [http://elm.einst.ee/issue/28/history-estonian-bible-translation/]. The two online translations are not the same edition. One example of the difference is in the rendering of the divine name in the OT. In 1. Mos 2:4 piibel.net has 'Issand', whereas piibel.com has 'Jehoova'. (cf. SWORD module '''Est''' uses the former).

* The [http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/lithuanian/ Lithuanian Bible] including the Apocrypha is available online in HTML format on the website of Jesus Christ Saves Ministries. Pages are encoded Windows-1250 (Central European). This is not the same translation as the existing SWORD module.

* The Bible Society of Lithuania – Ecumenical Translation. [[User talk:David Haslam|David Haslam]] now in contact. Source files exists in USFM format for complete Bible including the deuterocanonical books. Request for permissions to be put to the Board, with a meeting expected in March 2010.

* New Lithuanian translation: Old Testament and New Testament from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages by Algirdas Jurėnas. – Duncanville, Tex. : World Wide Printing, c2000 (Sterling Heights, Mich. : Distributed by Lutheran Heritage Foundation). ISBN 1-58712-019-4. ''Has been described as a slavishly literal translation''.

* The complete Latvian Bible (1997). Currently, the Latvian version which is on the CrossWire repository is NT only, and is not commonly used. ''Jānis Veinbergs has sent an email to the Latvian Bible Society''.

* [http://testamantnevezkoad21.monsite.orange.fr/ Breton New Testament] (complete) '''Koad 21''' translation[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/testamant.nevez/] published by the [http://sites.google.com/site/bibleenanjou/ Association Bible en Anjou]. ''Permission received (2009-12-15) from Luc Bernicot, chairman of Société Biblique d'Anjou''. Updated text was received 2012-02-29. A Go Bible edition is available at [http://www.box.com/shared/1g1att3k88]. Module submitted (2012-03-03) by [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].

* [http://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Indeks:Nye_testamente_%281889%29.djvu "Det nye testamente"] translated to nynorsk (Norwegian) 1883-1889 by Samlaget. Belongs to the public domain. The bible is already scanned and available, and needs OCR processing.

* [http://www.bibel.no/Hovedmeny/Nettbibelen.aspx Indrebøbibelen 1938] revised version of the "Studentmållagsbibelen frå 1921" written in nynorsk (Norwegian), published by [http://www.bibel.no/ Det Norske Bibelselskap]. Should belong to the public domain since 2009. Requested permission.

* A complete [http://www.mannin.info/MHF/ Manx bible] – completed in 2005 with its publication in electronic form by the Manx Heritage Foundation.

* [http://archive.org/details/antiomnanuadhar00odogoog An Tiomna Nuadh ar Dtighearna agus ar Slanuightheora Iosa Griosd]: (1847) – the complete Irish Gaelic NT translation of William O'Donnell is available on the Internet Archive, having been digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University.

======Cyrillic script languages======
* Russian Synodal translation (1876), complete with deuterocanonical books, and using the [[Alternate Versification]] proper to the RSB.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Synodal_Bible] cf. The existing RST module (based on Sergej A. Fedosov's Slavic Bible for Windows) must be the protocanonical subset, as adapted to use standard KJV versification. A complete RSB is available in HTML format at [http://www.days.ru/~bible/], but would require checking for accuracy against the best known modern printed version. Tigran Aivazian has reported, "if you need the source code for our edition of the Russian Synodal Bible please email me and I'll send it. We (mostly Vladimir Volovich) have fixed quite a few typos by comparison with many other printed (and electronic) editions and believe ours to be the cleanest/accurate source of the synodal text. Btw, we have done the 5th edition recently, I hope you downloaded the PDF of the 5th and not the 4th edition (check the title page, it says at the back)." Copied from [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=626]. See [http://www.bibles.org.uk/].

* "Радостная Весть" - Good News in translation from ancient greek (Russian Bible Society http://www.biblia.ru/). Currenty they prepare modern translation of full Bible, and asked to repeat request after 15 april of 2011. --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

* Geneva Bible In Russian with commentaries.

* Ukrainian new translation by Oleksandr Gyzha [http://ukrbible.com/]. Email contact established with web-master. Permissions received (17 November 2008).

* [http://www.mkbible.net/ Macedonian Bible]. Old and New Testaments / translated DH Konstantinov - Bitola Euroliber, 1999. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of the Macedonian Online Bible website.

* Macedonian Bible. First Edition fully translated into modern Macedonian literary language, issued by the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Copyright 1990 United Bible Societies.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain'' [http://biblija.info/biblija.htm].

* Serbian Lujo Bakotić (1933) complete Bible.

* Serbian Dimitrije Stefanović (1934) NT.

* Belarusian translation by Vasil Syomuha. "Vasilij S.Semukha translation. © 2000, 2001 by Alesya Semukha". More details about the translation and translator are reported in [http://www.privet-minsk.com/Belarusian-Bible.html]. A much fuller article about the Belarusian Bible, with the title, "Uncle Vasil's Passion" may be found at [http://tinyurl.com/39v6f5]. In 1998, Vasil Siomukha won the of Ales Adamovich Literary Prize (awarded by the Belarusian PEN Centre ) for a highly artistic translation of the New Testament and Psalter into the Belarusian language. See [http://www.pen-centre.com/eng/laureate.html]. A copy of the text of this Bible translation was found in a module for Sergej A. Fedosov's '''Slavic Bible for Windows''' [http://www.sbible.boom.ru/ (Russian) website]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] was researching how to make contact with the copyright owner, and received a kind offer from someone to act as an intermediary''. ''We have since received informal permission, which now needs to be formalised. An email has been sent to Troy''. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received an authoritative copy of the translation in MS Word format''. A SWORD module has been created using Synodal versification. Currently this is in the [[Module Repositories|CrossWire experimental repository]].

* Bulgarian 1940 Bible transcribed to modern Bulgarian orthography by [http://cupandcross.com/ Cup & Cross Ministries International]. "While the text is free to use, we do require that proper description is included along with the text for reasons of protecting its holistic quality."
:'''Copyright Information'''
::This digital version is based on the 1940 edition of the Bulgarian Bible. The original text has been revised according to the current Bulgarian alphabet. The applied transliteration method is patented and may not be used without an express written permission from the patentee. The current version contains exactly: 66 books, 1,189 chapters, 31,101 verses, 679,466 words and 3,027,900 characters. It may be reproduced electronically only in its entirety, except in cases of direct quotation accompanied with complete bibliographical note. The text may be digitally formatted only if this does not modify the order and meaning of words, phrases and sentences. While the order of the books may be rearranged according to the Western canon, the original chapter and verse numbering must be preserved. Titles may be translated.
:'''Version Information'''
::This digital version is based on the 1940 edition of the Bulgarian Bible.The original text has been revised according to the current Bulgarian alphabet. The text contains the following technical markings:
:::<> Translators note representing text not contained in MSS
:::[] Text not found in all known MSS
:::{} Meaning of the preceding word or phrase
:::() Grammatical function (in parentheses)

======Hebrew script languages======

* Yiddish New Testament – copyright belongs to The Society For Distributing Hebrew Scriptures (SDHS), Joseph House, 1 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1RT, ENGLAND, UK. Tel: 01462 457486 Fax: 01462 451568 (Registered Charity No. 232692). SDHS literature is officially distributed in the USA by "Light for Israel". http://www.lightforisrael.org/

=====American languages=====

======North America======
*Navajo, O'odham, Hopi, Apache, Inupiaq (North and North West), Siberian Yupik. – All these languages have at least a New Testament. Navajo has the whole Bible, and the Siberian Yupik NT isn't printed fully yet. ''Contact should be established with the Wycliffe Bible Translators''.

*Zuñi http://benawekokshi.googlepages.com (Mark is ready, Acts and John are still being digitized).

*Arapaho (Only Luke and parts of Matthew were ever translated, these texts are available on Gutenberg.org: [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30102] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24002])

======Hawaii======
*Baibala Hawaiian Bible http://baibala.org/ – full text online from the 1839 and 1868 editions, and now with the text for the 1994 and 2012 editions. Copyright © 2003-2008 by [http://www.pidfoundation.org/ Partners In Development Foundation], which is solely responsible for this product. This website may be utilized for personal use, but may not be used for commercial purposes or copied to any other website. See [http://ulukau.org/disclaimer.php?site=bible] for full terms & conditions. Ulukau uses open-source [http://www.greenstone.org/ Greenstone] software. ''The two earlier editions must be public domain by reason of their age, the two recent editions are copyright.'' All four editions can be accessed from mobiles by visiting http://m.baibala.org/

*[http://www.pidginbible.org/ Da Hawai`i Pidgin Bible] – "Da Pidgin Bible Translation Group work togedda wit da Wycliffe Bible Translators."

======Caribbean======
* Papiamento Bible – Netherlands Antilles. The Bible is known to have been completed in this language in 1996 [http://www.forum-intl.net/find_a_bible/?Language=pap]. This [http://www.world-bibles.org/language_detail/eng/pap/Papiamentu site] has a link to download Luke's Gospel in PDF format, published by Christus Rex. Text is selectable. The font seems to be customized, even though it is CourierStd. The circumflex accent (U+005E) is displayed like a combining double breve below (U+035C). ''Need to establish who owns the copyright''.

=====African Languages=====
:There are an estimated 2000 languages spoken in Africa! [http://www.bibleafrica.org/]

======Nigerian languages======

*Hausa Bible. [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/hausa.zip]

*[http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/HausaBible/HausaBible.htm The Deutero-Canonical Books of the Bible in Hausa.] – Translated by Musa Danjuma and Joseph Kenny, O.P., published by the United Bible Societies, 1979. Also available here [http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/IndexChristian.htm] are The Psalms and Canticles in Hausa, by the same translators (2001).

*Yoruba Bible (1884). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther Samuel Ajayi Crowther] translated the whole Bible into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880s—it is known as '''Bibeli Mimo'''. In 1875 the Church Missionary Society (CMS) organized a conference on Yoruba Orthography; the standard devised there was the basis for the orthography of the steady flow of religious and educational literature over the next seventy years. The current orthography of Yoruba derives from a 1966 report of the Yoruba Orthography Committee, along with Ayo Bamgbose's 1965 Yoruba Orthography, a study of the earlier orthographies and an attempt to bring Yoruba orthography in line with actual speech as much as possible. In 1957, BFBS reprinted Bibeli Mimo, using the 1909 edition of the OT and the 1930 revised edition of the NT.[http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:gial.edu:986] ''The 1884 text of Bibeli Mimo must be public domain. Need to find digital version.'' [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with someone who is developing a SWORD module for the Yoruba Bible.

* The [http://www.africanportal.net/ABO/BibeliAtoka/ Bibeli Yoruba Atọ́Ka] – Yoruba Reference Bible Online is another Yoruba translation. This version is copyright of KAYBAL Bible Mission, Ibadan, Nigeria, and hosted by African Bibles Online with permission. File format is scanned to PDF, so not readily convertible to a digitized text.

*Igbo Bible (1906). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Efik Bible (1868). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

======Other languages======

*Amharic Bible (Ethiopia) [http://www.bible.org/foreign/amharic/]

*Zarma Bible (Niger) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/zarma.zip]

*Fulfuldé Adamawa Bible (Cameroun) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/FUB.zip]

*Moore New Testament (Burkina Faso) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntmoore.zip]

*Kabyle New Testament (Algeria) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntkabyle.zip]. Like many other online copies of the Kabyle NT, this one has several omissions, probably due to having been copied from the text found at the Unbound Bible Project [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=298&page=1#Item_12]. '''News update''' - March 2010: [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the '''Kabyle Révisé''' Psalms and NT in USFM format. His contact in AWM is seeking permissions from the Algerian Bible Society on behalf of CrossWire.

*Kisongye New Testament (Congo) (1925) [http://www.biblafrique.org/Kisongye.htm]

*Complete Swahili Bible (East Africa) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/SWA.zip] – Union Version June 2003. ''Need to obtain permissions from copyright owner for non-Paratext use''.

*Tshiluba Gospel of Mark (Congo) [http://www.biblenlangue.org/Tshiluba.htm]

*Wolof New Testament (Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania) (1987,2004,2008) [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm][http://www.biblewolof.us/] – Copyright is held by Les Assemblées Evangéliques du Sénégal and La Mission Baptiste du Sénégal.

*Wolofal NT portions (Luke, John, Acts). Wolof language in Arabic script. [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm]

*Hanga NT (Ghana). Found electronic text in the Oxford Text Archive. [http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/headers/1183.xml]

*[http://noloshacusub.net/Bible/ Kitaabka Quduuska Ah] is the name of the Somali Bible – ''A Go Bible version already exists.'' The copyright owners (SIM) would be glad for CrossWire to make the KQA text as widely available as possible. Source text is available in USFM format.

====== Bible Society of South Africa ======
The following translations are available as free cellphone Bibles from [http://www.biblesociety.co.za/ BSSA]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with their CAP Officer for Publications and Scripture Programmes''.

* Afrikaans – 1933/53 translation, 1983 translation, 'Die Bybel vir Almal';
* English – King James Version;
* Northern Sotho – 1951 translation;
* Southern Sotho – 1909 translation in standard orthography;
* Tsonga – 1929 translation;
* Tswana – 1908 translation; 1970 revised translation;
* Xhosa – 1975 version; 1996 translation;
* Zulu – 1893 translation, 1959 translation, New Testament and Psalms 1986 translation.

Translations listed, but not yet as cellphone editions:

* Southern Ndebele – 1986 First New Testament and selected Psalms;
* Swati – 1996 translation;
* Venda – 1936 first Bible; 1998 translation.

====== Berber (Tamazight) Languages ======

* [http://www.tarifit.info/ Tarifit], the Tamazight language from the Rif in Northern Morocco (Latin script).

* [http://www.tamazight.info/ Tamazight], the Tamazight language from Middle Atlas in Morocco (Arabic script).

* [http://www.tachelhit.info/ Tachelhit], the Tamazight language from the South of Morocco (Latin script).

:''Need to establish contact with a view to copyright lobbying''.

=====Asian Languages=====

It would be helpful to the churches in Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia if Bible modules can be developed for the languages of these regions. CrossWire volunteers who have a particular interest in Asia should be seeking opportunities to obtain permissions and offering our services to the Bible agencies working in the regions.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Nepali, Vietnamese, Bengali, Indonesian translations. Rights requested 11/05/2008

======Languages of China======
:Use this section for Bibles translated in other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China languages of China]. Remember that this topic may be politically sensitive.

* The [http://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E8%81%96%E7%B6%93_%28%E6%96%87%E7%90%86%E5%92%8C%E5%90%88%29 Classical Chinese Bible] on wikisource. Public Domain. This is also known as the Wenli version, based on the work of Robert Morrison. The NT was published in 1906. The OT was published in 1919. Amendments were published in 1923, and a final revision in 1934. For further details about the language, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Chinese].

======Indian subcontinent======

*Nepali Sangati NT - copyright belongs to the [http://www.gfa.org/bibles Gospel For Asia Bible Society]. Permission for Go Bible granted to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] in November 2007. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Mizo Bible - [http://apps.m.khampat.com/mgb]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Mizo Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Paite Bible - [http://www.zogamonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=156]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. The Paite e-Holy Bible is a Windows application that uses the SWORD API. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Paite Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Hmar Bible - permissions for SWORD Module and Go Bible have been received in an email sent to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. The Hmar NT was originally sent to him in PageMaker .PMD format. Yesudas Solomon has assisted in making the Go Bible application. ''Need to obtain the digitized text in a convertible format''.

The following four Indian languages Bibles are available as Java ME mobile phone applications made using Go Bible Creator [http://www.christiansmobile.com/]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer, Yesudas Solomon, who is based in Tamilnadu. Most of these have also been made into SWORD modules and are available from the [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team].

*Hindi Bible
*Tamil (OV) Bible (also Catholic Tamil version)
*Malayalam Bible
*Kannada KJV Bible
*Telugu Bible
*Hmar Bible

The text sources for the above translations were used by direct permissions of the translators, even though the Bible Society of India has been unresponsive. The SWORD modules are provided as self-extracting EXE files for Windows platform. Two kinds are available, one for BPBible, the other for The Sword Project (BibleCS). Users of CrossWire front-ends designed for other platforms would therefore have to copy them from a Windows PC, or use a suitable software utility to extract them from the EXE file.

The [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team] also offers the same translations in e-Sword format, with the addition of the following translations, not yet made into SWORD modules:

*Kannada ERV Bible
*Kannada BSI Bible
*Koya Bible

See also the [http://www.indianbibles.net/ Indian Bibles] site launched on Jan 26th, 2013.

''The following translations are from other sources''.

*Marathi New Testament – translated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratnakar_Hari_Kelkar Ratnakar Hari Kelkar]. The full text is available in PDF format at [http://navakarar.wordpress.com/]. ''Need to establish contact with the copyright owner, Prof. R. R. Kelkar, Pune, India''.

*Konkani Bible – online HTML version available at [http://www.konkanibible.org/]. This Catholic translation includes the Apocrypha. The site is a project of [http://www.KonkaniCatholics.com/ KonkaniCatholics.com].

*Bengali Bible – the Bengali Old Version Bible was first published in 1909. This date may mean that copyright on the text has expired. A digitized edition is available online at [http://www.biblesocietybd.org/ Bangladesh Bible Society] in PDF format. This requires the [http://www.sentbd.com/Bangla/ SutonnyMJ] font, which is not a Unicode font. ''Worth further research''.

*Gujarati OV Bible – available at [http://gujaratibible.com/]. Currently only Genesis, John and Acts is shown in the search engine.

======Central Asia & Caucasus ======
''Please visit http://ibt.org.ru/en/pc.htm for details of xulsword modules for several languages of this region''.

* [http://www.korpu.net/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Korpu (Persian script).

* [http://www.yeniheyat.com/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Yeniheyat. Azeri Latin (HTML) & Azeri Cyrillic (PDF). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has been sent the USFM files for the Azeri Latin 2008 translation (with permissions!), and is in contact with the [http://www.azerbaijanipartnership.org/ Azerbaijan Partnership] and other interested parties. The Northern Azeri (Latin script) module is available in the main CrossWire repository.

* Kyrgyz Bible. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has made a Go Bible version (Cyrillic) by permission from one of the translators who worked on the Ray of Hope translation. This is only one of the three modern Kyrgyz translations. Not yet published the Go Bible version - still waiting for completion of the UI translation. There are now two pairs of Kyrgyz Bible versions available as xulsword modules from [http://www.ibt.org.ru/english/bible/info_bible_en.htm IBT].

* [http://www.slovocars.org/english/ Eastern Russian Scriptures Translation] - ''aka'' the CARS Project. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader.

* Mongolian 'KJV' Bible (Cyrillic script) – [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] was contacted on 2011-04-14 by the leader of the translation team, with advance permissions to proceed. 2011-11-15 Received source text files for the four Gospels, Acts, Romans, 1,2,3 John and Jude. (2012-06-16) Some further books have been checked and copies sent to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]], which are now in his to do list for updating the module.

* [http://www.holybible.mn/ Mongolian Bible] (Ariun Bibli) Cyrillic script. The complete Bible is available for The SWORD Project for Windows and for Eloquent. ''Trying to find out download details.''

* [http://gospelgo.com/a/2000r/mbible.htm Ariun Bibli] – the complete Mongolian Bible in Romanized script. Available online in HTML format. ''Gospel Go is not the copyright owner.''

* [http://www.mongolbible.com/html/IMNT/index.html Mongolian NT] Mongolian script. We may want to do some testing to see whether it is even ''possible'' to display this text in a reasonable fashion before even approaching the copyright holders. [[Talk:Module_Requests#Mongolian_NT_(in_Mongolian_vertical_script)]]

* [http://kkitap.net/ Киелі Кітап] – the whole '''Kazakh Bible''' is online. A SWORD module is now available in the CrossWire Av11n repository.

======South East Asia======
* New Malay Bible - Kitab Suci Zabur & Injil (KSZI) translation, copyright © 2008 Pengamat Kitab Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Translation of the OT (Taurat) is an ongoing work. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with someone who has negotiated permissions. 2010-02-22 CrossWire has been granted distribution permissions for the KSZI as long as it is kept free of charge. This [http://mykitabsuci.org/en website] has the Psalms & NT available online, albeit with some minor errors and a couple of omissions. We have since received a copy of the translator's source text in RTF format.

* [http://www.gerijaiban.com/bup_kudus.php Iban Bible] translation © The Bible Society of Malaysia 2011. – [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with someone who is negotiating with the copyright owner for distribution permissions. ''Please pray.''

* Hmong Bible (Laos, Vietnam, China, USA). See [http://www.hmongbible.org/ Hmong Bible Online], in which it is hoped that the Hmong Bible eventually be published online. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with the web-master. The translation was published using QuarkXPress 4.0, after having been converted from WordPerfect 12 but with subsequent edits. Permissions are OK, subject to written conformation. Update (2012-01-24) In November 2011, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] received the complete text for the Hmong NT as a .qxd file and has since begun work on preprocessing to USFM.

* [http://www.laobible.net/ Lao Bible] Online. See also [http://www.biblelaos.org/ UBS-Laos Partnership] and [http://www.bible.is/versions?language=Lao Bible versions for Lao].

====== Myanmar ======

* Myanmar languages. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the [http://www.myanmarbible.com/bible/ Myanmar Bibles] website. The following languages are listed as available translations. Some are complete Bibles, the rest are NT only. OSIS files are already available for all these versions. I have started to work on some of them. (Some of these were converted [[File Formats#LaTeX|TeX]] into OSIS by bibleTec2osis.pl). There is a separate XML file for each book of the Bible. Some of these files required further editing to correct & improve the OSIS markup. Back in June 2008, there was definite interest for Go Bible, and I imagine they would be also interested for the SWORD project. Falam and Tedim would be the easiest to start with, as these use Latin script with no additional characters. ''Follow up is intended''.
** Myanmar Judson 1835 – ''this has been used as a better text source for our BurJudson module''.
** MCL 2005 – Myanmar Common Language Bible
** Chin Study 2007
** Cho NT 1999
** Falam 2005
** Hakha 2005
** Kachin 2005
** Lahu 2002
** Lhao Vo (Maru) NT 2003
** Matu NT 2005
** Ngawn NT 2005
** Tedim 2004
** Pwo Karen 2005 – United Bible Societies
** S'gaw Karen 1853 – Rev. Francis Mason (1799 - 1844)
** Sizang 2002
** Zaniat NT & Psalms 2007
** Zotung Chin NT 1999
** WEB – ''also used for online parallel translation pages''. The text source is not as recent as the latest release from [http://ebible.org/web/ WEB].

* [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2054.html Myanmar Bibles - Software Project]. "The Myanmar Bible Software Project involved the cooperative effort of volunteers from various nations with a variety of specialized skills e.g. Myanmar languages consultants, Bible translations, software programming, led by [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2067.html Levi Sap Nei Thang]. The project is built upon the invaluable foundations of the work of many generations of Bible translators and Bible Societies. We seek to develop software that will eventually serve as a Biblical Resource tool for Myanmar, Bible readers, Christians, church leaders, pastors and church planters. Currently, basic Bible software is available in most major languages of the world. Bible software provides the advantage for people not only to study the word in multiple languages. It also provide to opportunity to incorporate biblical references material such as concordance, dictionary and others to help us deepen our knowledge in the word of God."
:''This request seems well matched to the skills found among CrossWire volunteers.''

* See also [http://thanlwinsoft.co.uk/ ThanLwinSoft] (Open Source Software for Myanmar). ''This link is now broken (following the death of Keith Stribley in February 2011). Some pages can still be retrieved from the Wayback Machine''[http://web.archive.org/web/20110722073552/http://www.thanlwinsoft.org/].

====== Asia Pacific ======
* Cebuano Bugna (Ang Biblia, 1917) and Cebuano Pindayag (OT 1917, NT more recent revision based on critical text) translations exist in several places on-line. The designations Bugna & Pindayag are derived from the Cebuano names given to the book of Revelation. Ang Biblia must be PD. Pindayag is copyright by the [http://www.bible.org.ph/ Philippine Bible Society]. For language details see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano_language].

* Bagong Ang Magandang Balita Biblia (Revised Tagalog Popular Version). Copyrighted. Ang nilalaman ay mula sa 2005 Edisyon ng Magandang Balita Biblia ng Philippine Bible Society. Available online at [http://www.angbiblia.net/ Ang Biblia].

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (after 1998?) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible - Tagalog, Chinese, Cebuano, and Ilonggo] translations. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in Spanish is pending.

* Bisaya-Inunhan New Testament, translated by Eldon Leano Talamisan (copyright owner), first published in the Philippines in 1999. The Bisaya-Inunhan language is spoken in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romblon Romblon Province], especially in Tablas Island. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has direct contact with the translator, who has given full permission to the proposal to build a SWORD module and Go Bible application. ''David now has a copy of the most up to date digitized text in MS Word format''. A Go Bible has been made already, albeit with default English user interface.

* [http://pngscriptures.org/ Papua New Guinea] – a country in which over 800 languages are spoken.
:*Tok Pisin (tpi) is the most widely spoken language in Papua New Guinea, with English running second. 2013-05-29 Michael Johnson has received official permission from the Bible Society of Papua New Guinea for the Tok Pisin translation to be published digitally. ''Details have been sent to the sword-devel mailing list''.
:These PNG languages also have the scriptures available online: (this list may be incomplete)
:*Adzera (adz)
:*Bimin (bhl)
:*Dedua (ded)
:*Gapapaiwa (pwg)
:*Misima-Paneati (mpx)
:*Numanggang (nop)
:*Ubir (ubr)
:The [http://pngscriptures.org/terms.htm terms of use] are [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons – Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works].

* [http://www.nftbible.org/ New Fijian Translation (NFT) Bible] – [[User:Refdoc|Refdoc]] is in contact with the project leader, and has been sent the source text in MS Word format.

====== Tibetan Bibles ======

* A new Tibetan translation of the Bible is available online.[http://www.gsungrab.org/] The translation is an ongoing project. The Bible portions are in PDF format, and use embedded subsets of a Tibetan font called Ededris. ''Message left using the contact form''.

====== Korean Bibles ======

* The full text of the Catholic Bible in Korean is online at [http://info.catholic.or.kr/bible/]. The website is all in Korean, but Google translate copes quite well for navigating the page and menu bars.

* Korean Bible translations[http://monoon.com/eng.html] include:
:*The Korean Revised Version
:*The Korean Common Translation Version
:*The New Korean Standard Version
:*The Korean King James Version

=====Cult / Unorthodox / Questionable Bibles=====
* [http://www.lolcatbible.com/ The LOLCat Bible] (GFDL 1.2)

* Conservapedia's [http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible Conservative Bible] (Unique, but fairly permissive [http://conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Copyright license].)

* The [http://ravenscall.net/ethanl/shavbible/ Shavian Bible] – The King James (Authorized) Version Bible in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavian_alphabet Shavian alphabet]. Only the first six chapters of Genesis have been converted to date. Minority interest version, recorded here for curiosity's sake. Requires the use of a non-Unicode font, even though there is now a Unicode block for the Shavian letters.

====Books====

===== English =====
* [http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2501.htm Eusebius' Church History] – translated by Arthur Cushman McGiffert. This online edition contains links to the [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ Catholic Encyclopedia] on the same site. New Advent is maintained by a Catholic layman named Kevin Knight.

* [[Creeds of Christendom by Philip Schaff]] ([http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1.html 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds2.html 2])

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxe%27s_Book_of_Martyrs Foxe's Book of Martyrs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxe John Foxe] ([http://books.google.com/books?id=gCUeSAoqOSEC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=EwFbQI-cOy&sig=Ciue6KwFnRP_7jDxSRSw1nDEpcw&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Faq%3Do%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu%253Aen-US%253Aofficial%26q%3DFoxes%2BBook%2Bof%2BMartyrs%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPR9,M1 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html 2])

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cur_Deus_Homo Cur Deus Homo] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury Anselm of Canterbury]. See also [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/anselm-curdeus.html].

===== French =====
* Tertullian on http://www.tertullian.org/french/french.htm
* Augustine on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/augustin/index.htm
* John Chrysostome on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/chrysostome/index.htm

====Commentaries====

* Skeptic's Annotated Bible (file under unorthodox), the similar The Scripture Project, and any of the various refutations/responses, e.g. [http://thedaystar.webs.com/books/index.html].
* Russian Explanatory Bible by A.P. Lopukhin. Here is source which I can use in non-commercial purposes http://www.bible.in.ua/underl/Lop. Currently converting to osis and obtaining rights
* J. P. Lange's Commentary. Digital form is currently (28th September, 2010) just a scan of the original, with scanning "typos". [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924092344351]
* [http://www.preceptaustin.org/nt_commentary-henry_alford.htm Henry Alford's Commentary on the Greek NT]
* Matthew Poole's Commentary, aka: Annotations upon the Holy Bible: wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annexed, together with the parallel Scriptures... 3 vols. [http://libguides.calvin.edu/content.php?pid=47579&sid=442938]
* The Believer's Bible Commentary. 1995, so still under copyright, but perhaps someone would be interested in contacting the publisher?
* Exposition of the Old and New Testament by John Gill

====Devotionals====
There are several good on-line devotionals listed by the [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/devotions.htm Asia-Pacific Institute Of Biblical Studies]. Among them are the following.

* ''The Believer's Daily Remembrancer'' aka ''The Pastor's Morning Visit'' (1846), by James Smith (1802-1862). Digitization has already begun. [http://archive.org/details/believersdailyr01smitgoog].

* ''Faith's Check Book'', by C. H. Spurgeon. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.htm]. Fully digitized. Single download available. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.zip]

====Lexicons====
*Unabridged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%E2%80%93Driver%E2%80%93Briggs Brown-Driver-Briggs] Hebrew Lexicon – worth researching; The text exists in electronic format, at least licensed. It's important that this not be the "Abridged BDBG" which is Larry Pierce's altered module.

*Logos [http://wbsa.logos.com/ What Does the Bible Say About] and [http://www.nelsonministryservices.com/nms/product_detail.asp?sku=1418502308 Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary], lightweight but potentially interesting and useful resources and (based on testing from text portions obtained from ebible.com) easy to convert to SWORD format. Contact attempted, see NKJV above. There are other resources possible here as well, on a more restricted basis at ebible.com, in the "New Illustrated" series (commentary, "topics"), any of which should be convertible.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Thayer Thayer's] Greek Lexicon (no source known)

* Any of these [http://www.lexilogos.com/english/burmese_dictionary.htm Burmese dictionaries] would be useful to accompany the BurJudson Bible module. One of those listed is also by Adoniram Judson.

* '''HALOT''' – ''The Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'', Ludwig Koehler, Walter Baumgartner and Johann Jakob Stamm, translated and edited under the supervision of M.E.J. Richardson. Copyright © 1994-2000 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. This is the standard Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, essential for serious Old Testament exegetical work.

== Pictures ==

:''For further leads, please visit [http://www.biblical-art.com/ Biblical Art on the WWW]''.

=== Bible illustrations ===

* ''The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons'', edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer. 1908. I have found many of these images available online at [http://www.wcg.org/images/b1/].

=== Maps ===

== External links ==
:''Please add links here that may be fruitful in suggesting further leads''.

* [http://betterbibles.com/ Better Bibles Blog] – focuses on how to improve translations of the Bible. Concentrates on English translations of the Bible, but also welcomes discussion of issues concerning translation of the Bible to any language.

=== Wikipedia ===
:''CrossWire volunteers who are also Wikipedians are encouraged to update such articles based on their specialist knowledge''.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bible_translators

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_by_language

[[Category:Modules]]
[[Category:English Bibles]]

Talk:Current Projects

2013-09-06T06:44:12Z

Niccarter: flag to delete page.

== Page renamed from Current Events ==

As there were no "events" mentioned, I have copied the content of the page that had the title, Current Events. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to suggest we delete this page. It's obviously not "current" in any way whatsoever and I only bumped into it when doing a search for something old, which I know isn't current, and it turns up here! :P --[[User:Niccarter|Nic Carter]] 00:44, 6 September 2013 (MDT)

== Pumpkin Holder ? ==

Where does the term "Pumpkin Holder" come from? And what is an "Ant" ? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 17:02, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

: [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22pumpkin+holder%22 LMGTFY]--the second link gives the pointer to [http://everything2.com/title/patch%2520pumpkin patch pumpkin], which defines the term. It also identifies the source of the term (Perl). "Ants" would be the workers. Maybe "Worker Bees" would be a better term here. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 22:41, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

::Thanks. ''Most enlightening''. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 14:53, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

== BREW ==

Software for the BREW-enabled handsets can be developed in C or C++ using the freely downloadable BREW SDK. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:10, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

:Adding the '''BREW platform''' sub-section was prompted by a question in the Go Bible Forum about the Samsung Alias 2 SCH-U750 mobile phone. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:16, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

== MRP ==

I am grateful to David Liu of [http://www.godislove.cn/] for alerting me about MRP. The potential to get the Word of God out on mobiles in many Asian countries is hampered by the fact that so much of the handsets sold in the region are based on application frameworks other than Java ME. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 12:12, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

== MTK ==

How to start develop for chinese mobile phones based on nucleus RTOS? (MTK). See [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/787838/how-to-start-develop-for-chinese-mobile-phones-based-on-nucleus-rtos-mtk] and [http://indiareckoner.com/smf/china-phone/china-phone-links/?PHPSESSID=63049860e09bf174061a7597ae724222]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:14, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

== Progress on Bishop for Android? ==

How about a progress update Troy? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 18:07, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

== Ideas for projects - make a separate page? ==

Would it be preferable to hive off this section to a separate page? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 05:20, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

== HP TouchPad and webOS products ==

On August 18, 2011, less than 7 weeks after the TouchPad was launched in the United States, Hewlett-Packard announced that it would discontinue all current hardware devices running webOS. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_TouchPad [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 02:24, 28 October 2011 (MDT)

Talk:Module Requests

2013-03-12T05:10:45Z

Niccarter: /* Malayalam Bible */

== Bibles from Visionneuse ==
You can download or read online the Bible in Hausa, Swahili and other languages on the French-speaking website [http://visionneuse.free.fr/ La Bible multilingue]. On the main page, as examples, I have added four downloads available. I have made the assumption that these are all public domain, but anyone taking this further would need to check more rigorously. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:38, 7 August 2008 (MDT)

=== See also ===
* [http://hausaonline.wordpress.com/2006/06/29/bible-in-hausa-swahili-and-other-languages-online/ Hausa online] blog. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:40, 7 August 2008 (MDT)

== Wolof NT ==

I am trying to establish contact with the copyright holders of the Wolof NT. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 15:16, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

== Grammar Uses Version ==

The text of the '''Grammar Uses Version''' ''preface'' is posted in a forum found at [http://forum.mybible.de/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=391&sid=8ce8ac0057af9ac4412306b7ec619ad7]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 15:28, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
: The GUV is also listed as a beta download at CCEL.[http://www.ccel.org/olb/tolbss/components/translations/english.html#Grammer%20Uses%20Version%20(Beta)] [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 15:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

== Catalan Bible ==

A '''Catalan''' translation was completed in the year 2000 by Pau Sais & Samuel Sais and belongs to [http://www.ibecat.org/ INSTITUCIÓ BÍBLICA EVANGÈLICA DE CATALUNYA]. There is an online version at [http://www.ibecat.org/BIBLIA/] and at [http://www.biblija.net/biblija.cgi?lang=ca]. I have not placed this in the main article, as I have yet to make contact with the copyright holders. It's still in my tasks list. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 16:45, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
:''I have added this to the main page, even though making contact with the copyright holders is still in my tasks list''. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 20:48, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

== Luganda Bible ==

I am in the process of establishing contact with the Luganda Bible web-master for the version hosted by [http://www.lutheransonline.com/servlet/lo_ProcServ/dbpage=page&GID=01211001361002498027487858&PG=00027000001073059075147237 Lutherans Online]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:47, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
:There are two broken links (Filemooni & 1 Yokaana) in their ToC, which I have reported. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:50, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
::No response yet. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 16:15, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
:You can also find Luganda Bible online at [http://lugandaministry.org/Bible.html]. It is laid out Book by Book and Chapter by Chapter, except for some corrections to be made in the text due to some scanning errors. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 16:14, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
::Email request sent 2008-11-11. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 12:59, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
:::The Luganda Bible online at the Luganda Ministries website was published there without the permission of UBS who are the copyright owners. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 15:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

== La Bible King James Française 2007 (traduction de Nadine Stratford) ==

The '''French KJV''' page states, " [http://www.456-bible.com/ 456-bible.com] et [http://www.123-bible.com/ 123-bible.com] in addition to [http://www.kingjamesfrancaise.com/ kingjamesfrancaise.com] sont les seuls sites de la traduction originale de Nadine Stratford. Tous droits réservés pour cette adaptation. Vous ne devez pas copier cette traduction sans en demander autorisation à la traductrice. Copie autorisée pour utilisation personnelle gratuite, mais non pour republier sur un autre site Web..".
:In English: " [http://www.456-bible.com/ 456-bible.com] and [http://www.123-bible.com/ 123-bible.com] in addition to [http://www.kingjamesfrancaise.com/ kingjamesfrancaise.com] are the only sites for the original translation by Nadine Stratford. All Rights Reserved for this adaptation. You must not copy this translation without asking permission from the translator. Copying is authorised for personal use but not for republishing on another website ..". [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 11:25, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

== Richard Wynne (1764) NT ==

The full title is "The New Testament: carefully collated with the Greek and corrected; divided, and pointed according to the various subjects treated of by the inspired writers, with the common division into chapters and verses in the margin; and illustrated with notes.." Published: London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1764. Richard Wynne was Rector of St Alphage London. A COPAC search indicates several holdings, including the British Library. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 14:38, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

== Oleksandr Gyzha's new Ukrainian Bible translation ==

I have made contact with the web-master (Oleksandr Volyk) with request for permissions. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
:Permissions received in email referring to phone call between O. Volyk and O. Gyzha (17 November 2008). Message forwarded to scribe. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 07:40, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

== Translators' contacts made by David Haslam in the context of his Go Bible activities ==

I am in the process of adding to the main page some mention of the various contacts that I have made with a number of Bible translators or copyright owners that I have established in the context of my Go Bible activities. I will generally refrain from mentioning people by name. Contact is at a different stage for various Bible translations, as is the question of permissions being asked on behalf of CrossWire, since much of this activity pre-dated my closer collaboration with CrossWire. ''From time to time, I will also share other information privately with scribe and refdoc''. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 21:42, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
:[http://noloshacusub.net/Bible/ Nolosha Cusub] is the page for the Somali Bible known as '''Kitaabka Quduuska Ah'''. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:10, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

== Svenska Reformationsbibeln permissions ==

The following is a [http://translate.google.com/ Google translation] from Swedish of an email message sent by the publishers to Thomas Dilt, following his enquiry about distributing electronic copies in other formats.

:Thanks for your e-mail and interest in the Reformation Bible. We have previously received inquiries by a number of people who want to make our translation available in other Bible study programs. We are in favor of Reformation Bible is available for free in this way. But right now we are having some corrections in the NT and the GT will be more soon Bible books ready. When we're done with corrections in the NT, then this second edition to be a more "fixed" and clear text. First Edition tends to be something of a test translation, which then becomes adjusted to a some places. We would therefore these practical reasons to say to you that we will say yes to this, but not right now. But wait a little longer so that NT is clear and complete corrected. This saved a lot of time to add in a version that is fully completed.

:In the case of GT, it will sometimes enter corrections here. Some of our Rapporteurs will not submit its comments within the prescribed period but only after the Bible book has been out there on the website for some time. We go Time and make the necessary adjustments. Then we put out a new version on our website and the Bible book may be a new audit letter. Because it is advisable to wait here until the text is finalized.

:We put you among the others who have expressed interest in making Reformation Bible available in another format, and we will return to you when the text is more complete and "fixed."

[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:29, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

== Complete Tyndale Bible ==

'''David Daniell''' is Professor Emeritus of English at University College London. He is the editor of Tyndale's translations of the Bible, '''''Tyndale's Old Testament''''' (0 300 05211 1, £30.00) and '''''Tyndale's New Testament''''' (0 300 06580 9, £10.95 pb.), and the author of '''''William Tyndale: A Biography''''' (0 300 06880 8, £8.99 pb.), and the author of '''''The Bible in English''''' (0 300 09930 4). He is also Chairman Emeritus of [http://www.tyndale.org/ The Tyndale Society].

If we wished to be able to distribute the complete Tyndale Bible, he would be the ideal person to approach. The text must have been digitized as part of a modern publication process. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:21, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

:David Daniell's modern-spelling editions of Tyndale's OT & NT were published by [http://www.yalebooks.co.uk/ Yale University Press], who own the copyright. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 08:35, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

== S. Townsend Weaver's NT - further details ==

'''The greatest book ever written; the New Testament in its inspired literary form''', by Rev. S. Townsend Weaver; Hard copy held at Washington, D.C., University literature extension [©1915]. Description: xxxiii, 692 p. 25 cm. OCLC: 1855807. ''Information retrieved using [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat].'' [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 16:37, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
:He also wrote, ''The Biblical life of Jesus Christ; a standard biography of Our Lord in the words of the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, harmonized, arranged, displayed, analyzed, located, dated and described, with the relevant historical events, in accordance with the well known ancient authorities and such eminent modern Biblical scholars as Andrews, Edersheim ... etc.'' [©1911]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 16:38, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

== The Haile Selassie Amharic Bible ==

"Interlitt", the publishing arm of Lapsley/Brooks Foundation has published a complete Bible in the Amharic language of Ethiopia. It is called "'''The Haile Selassie Amharic Bible'''". The complete Bible is now available online and for download at http://www.bible.org/foreign/amharic/

"Christianity entered Ethiopia in the 4th century, and the Bible was translated into Geez (Ethiopic) thereafter. This Bible was revised in the 14th Century. The first complete Amharic Bible was produced in 1840, and went thru several revisions thereafter. The version of the Bible presented here was the fulfillment of the expressed desire of Haile Selassie, and was first published in 1962. In 1992-93, with the blessing and support of the Ethiopian Bible Society and Ato Kebede Mamo, the Director, the Bible was computerized by Hiruye Stige and his wife Genet. It is our pleasure to make God's Word, in this electronic form, available to this part of His family. Many thanks to Dirk Röckmann for his work in making this translation available. GF Zemen Unicode is the font that is used. If you are unable to see the text in Amharic font, please download the GF Zemen font."

The Amharic NT is now available in Go Bible format from [http://www.box.net/shared/d8tgh233tf]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:42, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

:I have a Ethiopian contact in London who is willing to assist in the process of copyright lobbying with the Ethiopian Bible Society. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 18:11, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

::I've had the Haile Selassie Bible in OSIS format for a while. If we get permission to distribute, it's ready to go. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 19:02, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

:::My contact at BFBS has a copy of the '''Orthodox Amharic Bible''' in USFM format. This includes pseudepigraphic works such as the '''Book of Jubilees''' and the '''Book of Enoch''', both of which are quoted in the New Testament, even though they are absent from the Western canon. This topic is generating interest among NT scholars. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 10:34, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
::::For further background information see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilees] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 10:39, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
::::We have, of course, editions of Jubilees & 1Enoch also available for Sword. I think I just put the Enochs back into beta, though they're actually many years old. Jubilees we have only in English translation. 1Enoch we have in English translation, as well as the Ge'ez original. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 22:57, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

== Wolof New Testament (Senegal) ==

I have exchanged emails with a missionary in Senegal, who is in contact with the translators of the Wolof Bible. Preliminary response is looking positive, in that I expect to hear directly in the near future regarding permissions to distribute the Wolof NT. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 18:53, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

== Bug database tasks ==

For those modules from the requests page that are definitely ready to be encoded, I would suggest folks go ahead and create 'tasks' in the [http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/MOD bug database]. By "ready to be encoded" I mean that a good source exists (good text, with or without markup, not images, PDFs with embedded images, or unedited OCR) and there are no licensing issues (PD or liberal licensing) or there is a good chance that licensing can be secured soon (i.e., don't add an NIV task). --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 22:31, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

== Mongolian NT (in Mongolian vertical script) ==

Firefox won't display it on either Windows or Linux. Neither will webkit (Google Chrome). It appears from some Google searches that the only browser to support this at all is Internet Explorer, which it does indeed do. Theoretically Pango (which is used by Firefox on linux and gtkhtml on all platforms) should be able to render this, but I see little evidence that it actually does. Even if it did, it would require a completely manual control (eg, not an html control) for Xiphos to support this. The lack of support for WebKit also means BibleTime won't support it. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 06:17, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

: The particulars of this website's encoding aren't important, since we would convert to Unicode. Mongolian has a less-favored horizontal layout, but it's not clear to me how disfavored it is, so I don't know the ramifications of releasing Mongolian script content that none of the front ends could render vertically. To test Mongolian script in front ends, you can look at the MONGOLIAN, HALH (MONGOLIAN) [MN-MONG] entry of the UDHR module. Windows 7, FWIW, appears to ship with a font that has Mongolian coverage. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 07:05, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

:: Just to clarify my remarks, I don't think it necessarily has anything to do with the encoding used on the site. Naturally, I did try to view the site using Firefox and others, but didn't really expect it to work. I found people specifically saying that vertical Mongolian text is not supported in Firefox, nor in any browser except for Internet Explorer. Searches for pango mongolian return absolutely nothing. Any examples of using, say, Mongolian Ubuntu show horizontal rather than vertical text. I would be curious to know if Uniscribe supports it (seemingly it does, since IE can render it). If it does, then it's possible that BibleCS's RTF control could render this. My point was more that vertical layouts aren't supported natively by either FF or webkit, therefore Xiphos and BibleTime couldn't support this without doing additional work. One reference is this page [http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-no-mac-browser-support-for-vertical.html] --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 08:21, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

== PDF files and embedded fonts ==

Some Bible translations available on the world wide web are as PDF files that use '''embedded fonts''', which cannot easily be converted to obtain the original source text. Rather than spending effort trying to do the almost impossible, it is better to make a direct approach to the copyright owner, with a request not only for the permissions, but also for access to the original digitized source text. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 21:20, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

== Ukrainian new translation by Oleksandr Gyzha ==

I'm sorry to realize that I have been sat on this project for 12 months since I received the source text in a RAR file from Oleksandr Volyk. Now that I am retired, I intend to pick up the thread. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 17:05, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

:Still waiting for a reply from my Ukrainian contact in Washington, DC. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:37, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

== Nordic Bibles in PDF and Accordance format ==

I had an email from the web-master of [http://web.mac.com/onlinebible/Downloads/], that lists several Danish, Finnish and Swedish Bibles. Some are in PDF format, some as modules for [http://www.accordancebible.com/ Accordance] software, some as both. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 14:48, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

== Breton NT (Koad 21) ==

During 2008, I had contact with Luc Bernicot and created a Go Bible application for the Koad 21 translation. I am currently try to re-establish contact with him regarding permissions for a SWORD module. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 15:04, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
:Immediate response was permissions granted. And [[User:Osk|Osk]] has since volunteered to make the module. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 20:39, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

== Korean translations ==

The abbreviated B_names for six Korean translations found at [http://www.holybible.or.kr] are:
* GAE
* RHV
* COGNEW
* SAE
* AGAPE
* DURANNO
The copyright status of translations on this website is in doubt. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:36, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

== Addressing the backlog? ==

We seem to have a significant backlog of Bibles for which we have both text and permissions. How can we improve progress on tackling the backlog in terms of actually making the modules? It has happened that someone volunteers to take on such a task for a particular translation, then all goes quiet. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:39, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

-- I have module requests emailed to me, probably 1-3 a month, via the built-in PocketSword feedback button. I would love to point them to a place where they could request a module and get a better response than what I am able to give ("email the publisher; find an online copy (of a public domain text)") and then it would be good if there was somewhere they could actually go once those things are done... I'm afraid that some users will feel like nothing is happening, because they try to do things on their end but then see no action on our end. :( Unfortunately I don't have enough time to work on both PocketSword and modules... :( --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 03:33, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

== William Edwy Vine (1873 to 1949) ==

'''William Edwin Vine''' (1873 to 1949), more commonly known as W. E. Vine, was a English Biblical scholar, theologian and writer, most famous for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine%27s_Expository_Dictionary Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words].

Under the '''Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988''' for the United Kingdom, for literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, the copyright lasts for seventy years from the death of the author. If the author is unknown, copyright expires seventy years after the work is first made available to the public. If the work is computer-generated, copyright expires fifty years after the work is made.

Thinking ahead longer term than usual, this would mean that the copyright on Vine's Expository Dictionaries should expire in '''2019'''. As that year approaches, we should consider adding the module requests. Meanwhile, perhaps, the task of digitizing it could go ahead in private. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 09:34, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

== Papiamento Bible ==

This addition was prompted by a recent enquiry [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1166] to the [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/ Go Bible Forum]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 10:38, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

== Henry Alford's Commentary - great news for Greekers. ==

See http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2008/05/great-news-for-greekers-alford-gets.html [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 11:31, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

==German Zürcher 1931==
This Bible is already requested. A while ago I made a raw module from file at the reference link and sent to Crosswire, but I never received an answer. The file is [http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mnytmmogte4 here]. I don't know how good the versification is, but I had tested different systems and used the one that worked best. However, footnotes and parallel passages somehow aren't formatted, but attached to the end of the verse. [[User:Alvanx|Alvanx]] 16:29, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

: As discussed in the [http://www.crosswire.org/forums/mvnforum/viewthread_thread,842 forum], we generally won't use content that comes from Zefania. They don't respect copyright, so we don't know that this Bible didn't come from a copyrighted source that does not reflect the 1931 original, and they tend to produce content of poor quality, especially relative to the source documents. If you can find a non-Zefania source, we can certainly consider distributing this Bible. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 20:59, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

:: Thank you, I remember that. But then I was just surprised to see a zefania source linked here... [[User:Alvanx|Alvanx]] 21:06, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

== Ten Commandments Ministry (caveat) ==

My update regarding the Ferrar Fenton translation and the adding of the Charles Thomson English LXX in no way implies any endorsement of the doctrinal position of the [http://thetencommandmentsministry.us/ host website], one that expresses the views of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Israelism Christian Israel] movement. ''As regards their theology, here I would place that in the dubious category. Outside CrossWire, I personally would disavow it completely''. Nonetheless, the fact is that this website has rescued two relatively rare works of Bible translation from complete obscurity and made them available again for the digital age. For that at least, we can be thankful. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 14:37, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
:It is clear that the website is aware of CrossWire. The page for the Charles Thomson LXX has links for seven books in OSIS XML format, along with a link for a .conf file and a script to validate and compile a module. Two of these seven books are from the NT. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 14:43, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

== Possible source of several different language texts ==

A PocketSword user notified me of a website [http://www.wordproject.org/] a couple of days ago and I was wondering if this would be a possible source for several different texts in languages that we currently don't have a Bible text in! For example, [http://www.wordplanet.org/kr/index.htm] contains a Korean text and [http://www.wordproject.org/id/index.htm] an Indonesian text... --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 19:13, 27 October 2011 (MDT)
: The Korean translation here is the KRV. The Indonesian is the BIS. This is nothing useful to us. We don't have permission to use these copyrighted translations. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 22:44, 27 October 2011 (MDT)

== Open English Bible ==

*The [http://openenglishbible.org/ Open English Bible] by Russell Allen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. The OEB is available in two editions, one for US readers, the other for UK & Commonwealth readers. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in now contact with Russell Allen. The source text can be provided in USFM format. See also, with very similar aims, [http://en.door43.org/wiki/Bible The Open Bible Translation] at [http://en.door43.org/ Door 43]. This may even be the same translation.

Above was removed from main page. Retained here for reason of second part of the paragraph. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 01:23, 11 March 2012 (MST)

== Khmer NT project ==

Here is the text I just removed from the main page now that the module has been released.
:* Khmer New Testament (Cambodia). Khmer Christian Bible: Copyright '''Asia Bible Society''' and '''Words of Life Ministries''', 2010. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader. An issue with ligatures surfaced when doing a Go Bible feasibility demo of Matthew's Gospel in 2008, but apart from that everything was fine. This issue needed to be resolved by the translators. At that time, Khmer codepage coverage was not yet completely finalised in the official Unicode standard. Khmer text source was being edited by translators using MS Excel, rather than something more common (USFM) among Bible translators. Red letters used for WoC. Would need considerable effort to format shift into OSIS. Update (2011-02-03): the whole Khmer NT is now available. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received a copy of the complete text for the NT, exported into Excel from the database kept on the Society's server. The server application was developed by Japanese programmers working for Asia Bible Society, and is probably one not known to most other translation agencies. Further update (2012-01-24). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has just been sent the finalised text for the Khmer NT as an Excel .xlsx file. It's essentially in tab separated verse per line format, similar in most respects to the file format used at Unbound Bible. It no longer has red letter markup. Character frequency analysis found a few quirks. These have been reported. The tsunami that hit Sendai, Japan in March 2011 devastated the Asia Bible Society. As a result, they are in a phase of re-grouping and may take many years to re-build. They gave Words of Life Ministries the full copyright to continue as they are not in a place to support them in technical aspects for some time. So they did not want that to hamper the translation work. Latest update: (2012-01-26) Minor errors all corrected. Module submitted to CrossWire.

[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 05:29, 29 July 2012 (MDT)

== The Psalter from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer ==

The versification of the BCP 1662 Psalter matches none of our V11Ns.

Like other Protestant versions, the 150 Psalms follow the numbering of the Hebrew (MT). 
The problem is that several Psalms have more verses than we have in existing V11Ns.

73 verses are not in the KJV V11N 
47 verses are not in the Catholic V11N

No other AV11Ns gave fewer mismatches.

[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 08:00, 6 October 2012 (MDT)

== Myanmar Bibles ==

The '''Myanmar Bibles''' website is currently unavailable due to either a hosting problem or a domain registration expiry. Just to record the fact that well before this hitch, I had already downloaded all the listed Bible translations. ''Further details available upon request''. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 04:11, 19 February 2013 (MST)
:I've also made a separate sub-section for Myanmar in the main article. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 05:28, 19 February 2013 (MST)

== Malayalam Bible ==

This doesn't appear to still be available from the Word of God team in India? Should the main page be updated to reflect this, or can a link be provided to where it currently resides? --[[User:Niccarter|Nic Carter]] 20:17, 3 March 2013 (MST)

:I think several things have gone ''AWOL'' since they redesigned their website. I'll ask brother Yesudas. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 06:59, 9 March 2013 (MST)

::I think the old links for christiansmobile.com site might still be having problem..
::Please check - we have latest 4th version of Malayalam Mobile Bible at [http://christiansmobile.com/mobileApplications/mobileBibleSoftwares/malayalamMobileBibleOVunicode.asp]
::But the Computer Software Modules does exist without any change in the urls, [http://wordofgod.in/Downloads/FreeBibleSoftwares/TheWordBibleSoftware/MalayalamBible.aspx Malayalam Bibles]

::Also some time back, www.wordofgod.in site was down for an issue in the server.

::Finally, please check the online [http://www.indianbibles.net/ Indian Bibles] site launched recently on Jan 26th this year. This has latest Malayalam 4th version.

::''That was the reply from Yesudas (lightly edited)''. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 10:45, 10 March 2013 (MDT)

::: Looking at [http://wordofgod.in/Downloads/FreeBibleSoftwares/TheSwordProject.aspx] we can see that there are only some Bibles available in SWORD format. That link above is for The Word software... --[[User:Niccarter|Nic Carter]] 23:10, 11 March 2013 (MDT)

Talk:Module Requests

2013-03-04T03:17:30Z

Niccarter: Malayalam Bible unavailable?

Frontends:PocketSword

2013-03-04T03:09:37Z

Niccarter: redone to update to the current state of the app.

'''PocketSword''' is a SWORD-based front-end application for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29 iOS]. It can be installed for the '''iPhone''', '''iPod touch''' and '''iPad'''.

== iOS Fonts ==
* [http://iosfonts.com/ iOS Fonts] has a list of available fonts that come pre-installed in the latest version of iOS. Any additional fonts may be installed on a per-application basis and currently PocketSword includes code2000 to greatly increase the character set that we can display Bibles with.

== iOS Localization ==
Apple provides information for localization. The list of languages is near the bottom of http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

That list is valid for the current latest release of iOS. Many other languages display properly in PocketSword, but they're the only ones for which we can provide a 'l10n' of the PocketSword UI.

== PocketSword Localization ==

If PocketSword doesn't currently display in your language, contact the developer if you can provide a translation of the PocketSword UI strings in your language. Note that this will only work for languages listed at http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

== External links ==
* [http://twitter.com/PocketSword @PocketSword] – Find PocketSword on Twitter

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|PocketSword]]
[[Category:Localization|PocketSword]]

Module Requests

2013-01-04T07:21:47Z

Niccarter: /* Devotionals */ updated where the James Smith devotional is found

Here is a place to request modules you would like to be made. If the copyright holder has been contacted, the permissions granted or not can be put here.

New modules are made largely on the basis of content availability and distributability. If you have a link to new material in the public domain, adding it here is a good way of notifying us of its availability. However there is no guarantee that anyone will be interested in creating a module from that material. If you want to see a new module, your quickest results will come from encoding it in OSIS yourself and submitting that to us.

If you would like to see the addition of text currently under copyright and have not made any attempt to get permission for distribution, there is no point to adding it here and the addition will likely be removed. If you only have a link to non-text material (images, PDFs, etc.), there is no point to adding it here and it will likely be removed.

====Bible Versions====
''Background: CrossWire volunteers may like to visit [http://bibles.wikidot.com/ The Internet Bible Catalog], an experiment in creating a web-based catalogue of existing Bible Translations.''

Another useful resource is the [http://www.biblecollectors.org/ International Society of Bible Collectors (ISBC)].

=====English Bibles=====
''Background: For an historical survey of English Bibles, visit [http://www.bible-researcher.com/versions.html The English Versions of Scripture]. See also [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Bible Wikisource:WikiProject Bible].''

Rev. Bradford B. Taliaferro runs a blog entitled, [http://biblereadersmuseum.blogspot.com/ New and Interesting Bibles and Versions] – ''The purpose of this web-log is to list new, interesting and unusual Bibles, versions and translations''.

See also [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Catalogue-English-Bible-Translations-Bibliography/dp/031328041X/ Catalogue of English Bible Translations: A Classified Bibliography of Versions and Editions Including Books, Parts and Old and New Testament Apocrypha...] by William J. Chamberlin, Greenwood Press (1991). This is a 898 page reference book which has set a new standard in its field.

====== Before 1923 ======

*Entire [[Wycliffe Bible]] (''c''. 1380), available from [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe) Wikisource], which in turn was provided by the [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/wycliffe/ Wesley Center Online]. The entire Wycliffe Bible can be downloaded as a single ZIP file containing 76 text files in VPL format. ''cf. The existing SWORD module is limited to the Pentateuch and the Gospels.''

*Complete Tyndale Bible, Not even the whole NT is available with SWORD, and also he translated the Pentateuch, and Jonah, and other books later published in Matthew's Bible.
::[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24890 Jonah] (1531)
::[http://www.pgdp.net/ Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders] is digitizing the Pentateuch (1530) (Genesis is almost done, but still being PP'ed) [http://wesley.nnu.edu/sermons-essays-books/william-tyndales-translation/ Wesley Center Online] also has all of Tyndale's translation, except those published posthumously (by Matthew Thomas). Both Tyndale and Wycliffe from the Wesley Center are the work of Sergej A. Fedosov.

::Some problems with Sergey's work is that he doesn't transcribe the line over vowels that represented a n, or m--so the text has a lot of hi meaning him, the meaning them, wet meaning went etc...where these are not spellings that the printer used. He also transcribes the þt, þe and such thorn symbols as ye, yt instead of the, that, etc...but transcribes the "and" symbol (&) as "and".

::Please remember that William Tyndale translated only the first 14 books of the Old Testament into English.

*Miles Coverdale Bible, (1535).

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tomson Laurence Tomson] (1587) Geneva Bible 1587 Revision. Check Slavic Bible version for (significant?) differences from 1599 Geneva.

*KJV (original 1611 version/orthography). There exist some reprints in paper - has anyone scanned it? Also a few electronic editions exist--check into adapting one for SWORD.

*The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Psalm_Book Bay Psalm Book] (1640) – the first book, that is still in existence, printed in British North America. BiblioLife have published a digitized edition. See [http://www.amazon.com/Psalm-Book-Dodd-Mead-Company/dp/1113910690/].

*Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650). This is available in Online Bible (Topic) format at [http://www.ccel.org/olb/tolbss/zipfiles/books/psalter.exe] The complete text is online in HMTL format at [http://www.cgmusic.org/workshop/smp_frame.htm].

*[http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/book-of-common-prayer/the-psalter.aspx The Psalter] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer Book of Common Prayer] of 1662, the rights of which are vested in the Crown. The text in RTF format is available to download as a single file at [http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/download/]. Each Psalm has a title in Latin.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiston William Whiston] (1745) [http://www.archive.org/details/primitivenewtest00whisuoft The Primitive New Testament] on Archive.org

*Richard Wynne (1764) [http://www.archive.org/details/newtestamentcare00wynn New Testament : carefully collated with the Greek and corrected] on Archive.org. This copy is missing the title page thru the Acts of the Apostles. (Maybe it's Volume 2 of a 2 volume set.)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Doddridge Philip Doddridge] (1765) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Doddridge%29 The family expositor; or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section] 4 volumes on Archive.org (multiple copies of some volumes)

*A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek (1795) by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Haweis Thomas Haweis]. Text available online at [http://lookhigher.net/englishbibles/haweisatranslationofthenewtestament/]. ''Broken link''.

*John Guyse (1797) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Guyse%29 The Practical Expositor: The New Testament in the form of a Paraphrase, with Occasional Notes and recollections] on Archive.org

*Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Charles_Lee_Brenton Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton] (1845) Brenton's English Septaguint. See also this description of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/brenton/ Brenton's Translation of the Septuagint] on the website of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/ The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies]. An online HTML version of Brenton's 1851 edition is available at [http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint-hyperlinked.html] as a single webpage, but without the appendix.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Version Revised Version] (1885) – ''see the external links in the Wikipedia page for two online editions in HTML format, and one to a facsimile PDF copy''

*The New Testament Revised and Translated (1904) by Adolphus S. Worrell (1831-1908) – The text is available at [http://lookhigher.net/]. More detailed description given in [http://www.bible-researcher.com/versbib10.html].

*Richard C. Moulton (1907) [http://books.google.com/books?id=R5IaAAAAMAAJ Modern Reader's Bible] on Google

*S. Townsend Weaver (1909) [http://www.archive.org/details/universitynewtes00weav Weaver's New Testament] at the Internet Archive.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albert_Broadus John Albert Broadus] (1913) [http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain00philuoft The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments:A new version based in part on the bible union version] a.k.a The Baptist Bible (recommend OSIS id ABS.) on Archive.org

*[http://www.companionbiblecondensed.com/ The Companion Bible] edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._W._Bullinger E. W. Bullinger] – published in 6 parts (1909-1922), completed after his death by his associates.

====== After 1923 ======

*[http://bibles.wikidot.com/ballantine William Gay Ballantine] (1923) (revised ed. 1934) [http://thechan.com/ The Riverside New Testament: a Translation From The Original Greek Into The English of Today], ''needs copyright review'' According to the Google/Gutenberg copyright renewal records, this was [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/show.php?id=1346 renewed in 1950], which makes it still in-copyright today. NOTE: [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/ urbanpug], google, Gutenberg all have disclaimers that the database contains omissions and errors, and not finding a renewal record does NOT mean a work is PD, but finding a record does mean you have to get permission from someone.

*The [http://www.sprawls.org/williams/ Williams New Testament] by [http://www.sprawls.org/williams/about_the_translator.htm Charles Bray Williams] (1869–1952) – First published in 1937 by Bruce Humphries, Inc. New York. The links are to the modern reprint known as the Montreat Edition. The translator was the father of Charlotte Williams Sprawls. For contact information for Perry & Charlotte Sprawls, see [http://www.sprawls.org/retirement/].

*NASB – Currently being prepared. This will be sold. See [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]].

*Amplified Bible – Jointly produced by the Lockman Foundation and Zondervan. Zondervan Publishing House is contracted with the Lockman Foundation to control and manage the publishing rights of the Amplified Bible.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_Bible]

*NKJV, Thomas Nelson Inc. Contact attempted by Karl to rights@thomasnelson.com and onlinenotification@thomasnelson.com, December 2007; no response.

*NIV, the perennial request. Contact attempted via feedback web page at ibs.org, November 2006 and March 2007; no response. Dead-tree letter sent to IBS licensing directory, February 2008; no response.

*World Bible Translation Center (1987,1999,2006) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] English translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1988) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible] English translation. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*Michael Paul Johnson (1996) [http://www.ebible.org/glw God's Living Word] is a solo translation by the editor of the World English Bible. It only covers the Gospel of John and the epistles of John, but I'd like to see it in SWORD. It's already in OSIS format at the link with creative commons (commercial use) copyright allowing redistribution.

*Contemporary English Version, contact made. The [mailto:info@americanbible.org American Bible Society] have asked for a formal request to be made to them, with information about use and protection (May 2009).

*Third Millennium Bible, contact attempted at TMBible.com, November 2007, no response.

*James Madsen (2003) New Simplified Bible. [http://www.geocities.com/simplifiedbible/EnjoyNSB15.html (author's page)]

*Gary Gallant (2007) Grammar Uses Version. "Version showing the the way verbs in a participle or infinitive tense are used when translated. Also shows noun uses when translated. This is a very literal translation from the BYZ lectures." (Available in its native OLB [http://www.fundamentalbaptists.com/host/olb/files/guv.exe] format at Gary's site.)

*Word of Yahweh Bible--KJV3, 2010 (Expected completion). Rights unknown. [http://yahavahbiblekjv3.com/site_map.html]

*[http://rockhay.tripod.com/cottonpatch/index.htm Cotton Patch Version.] Copyrighted.

*[http://logoschristian.org/mark/ The Phat News of Mark]. Copyrighted. A bit like the Cotton Patch Version.

*[http://www.2001translation.com/ 2001 Translation]. Public Domain.

*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28Wikisource%29 Free Bible]. Public Domain.

*[http://bookworm.oreilly.com/view/first/The+New+Testament+Letters/16015/ New Testament Letters] by Paula Fether. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.standardversion.org/aramaic_english_standard_version/aesv/aesv-index.php Aramaic English Standard Version]. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.essenescrolls.com/peshitta/index.php The Holy Peshitta of the Assembly of Jerusalem]. Copyrighted.

*[http://wordhord.org/nasb/ Anglo-Saxon Bible]. Public Domain? This is really a collection of various versified AS texts, by various translators/authors.

*[http://www.thewaytoyahuweh.com/translations The Way to Yahuweh].

*Ferrar Fenton Bible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrar_Fenton_Bible]. The complete Bible was published in 1903. The text is now available online in HTML format (as well as a PDF download) from [http://thetencommandmentsministry.us/ministry/ferrar_fenton/]. Fenton used a different book order in both testaments, so any future SWORD module for his translation would require [[Alternate Versification]].

*[http://thetencommandmentsministry.us/ministry/charles_thomson/ Charles Thomson] English translation of the Greek Septuagint (LXX) Bible. Horne says (1846): "Very few copies of Mr. Thomson's work have reached England, and even in America it has become very scarce and dear." Looks like the full text of what must be a PD work has been posted online.

*RSV/NRSV. "We appreciate your interest in making the RSV/NRSV available as modules for the Sword Project. However, at this time, we do not authorize any open source uses of the RSV/NRSV. God's blessings on your ministry." (Response received 22 Aug 2009 in response to detailed inquiry per their instructions and form.)

*NEB. The [http://www.katapi.org.uk/NEB/IntroContents.php New English Bible] 1962 – available online with the legend "exclusive to this website". © The Delegates of the Oxford University Press & the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1961. ''Maybe worth making contact with Paul Ingram''.

* Plain English Version (PEV) - a special update of the AV/KJV containing a glossary of 1,163 words from the old English of the AV/KJV which have been substituted for their equivalent words in plain English, as used in the Parallel Edition of the [http://www.nftbible.org/ New Fijian Translation (NFT) Bible] project.

* Norlie's Simplified New Testament – translated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_M._Norlie Olaf M. Norlie] (1876 - 1962). First published by Zondervan in 1961. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] recently acquired a copy of the 1991 edition published by Spear Publications. This edition is still being distributed by the [http://www.scottishbiblesociety.org/ Scottish Bible Society]. A more detailed description is given in [http://www.biblecollectors.org/biographies/norlie.htm].

=====Original languages=====

======Hebrew and Aramaic OT======

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Codex WLC] with Westminster Morphology

*Samaritan Torah – for background, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Torah]. Has this ever been digitized?

======Greek NT======
:''See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_uncials List of New Testament uncials] on Wikipedia, for possible further leads''.

* [http://sites.google.com/site/nestle1904 Nestle 1904/1913 Greek new Testament] - a [https://sites.google.com/site/nestle1904/downloads/nestle1904.zip?attredirects=0&d=1 vpl file] is available. The text for each verse is tab separated from the verse reference.

======Latin Bibles======

:''The existing Vulgate module and Vulgate_Clem beta module contain only the 66 protocanonical books, even though the complete Vulgate contains 76 books''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate]

* [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_%28Stuttgartensia%29 Complete Vulgate Stuttgart] (including the Apocrypha), for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards. (This is copyrighted. Stuttgart almost always indicates DBG(GBS). WikiSource is hosting a copy, in progress, but someone does note that it is copyrighted.)

* Nova Vulgata - the text is copyright (1979 onwards), so obtaining permission may be impossible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate#Nova_Vulgata] for more details.

=====French Bibles=====
:''See also [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traductions_de_la_Bible_en_fran%C3%A7ais Traductions de la Bible en français] and [http://www.la-bible.net/page.php?ref=bible16_20_intro La Bible en français du XVe au milieu du XXe siècle].''

* La Bible Pierre Robert Olivétan, 1535. Selected books are already digitized at [http://www.ecritures-saintes.com/olivetan/]. One edition is original spelling, and one is with modern spelling.

* La Bible de David Martin 1707. The original 1707 David Martin translation is being published on-line in modern orthography. The complete NT is available now, plus several OT books already on-line. See http://www.martin1707.com/

* La Bible de David Martin 1855. The complete NT is available from [http://desmond.oshea.free.fr/BibleMartin/Bible%20Martin%201855/Bible%20david%20Martin%201855%20index.html], along with 26 books of the OT. "Tous les textes bibliques contenus ici sont libres de droit vous pouvez les réutiliser et les diffuser sans mon autorisation." English: "All biblical texts contained herein are free you can reuse and distribute without my permission." The same website also has the complete Bible David Martin 1744, which may well prove to be a better text source than we used for our SWORD module. It's a very detailed site, with a page showing the changes between the 1744 and 1855 editions of the text.

* La Bible de Jean-Frédéric Ostervald - 1744.

* La Bible de Saci - 1759 (Bible complete traduit sur la Vulgate par le Maistre de Saci, dite aussi Bible de Mons (Port Royal)) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/saci/saci.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* L’Ancien Testament Traduit D’Après L’Hébreu par H.-Auguste Perret-Gentil (professeur à la Faculté de Neuchâtel) 1861, 1866. The 1861 text is available in PDF format from [http://epelorient.free.fr/].

* La Sainte Bible commentée d'après la Vulgate (8 volumes, 1888-1895) par Louis-Claude Fillion (1843-1927). Electronic edition available at [http://www.magnificat.ca/].

* La Bible de Pirot et Clamer (Louis Pirot et Albert Clamer, La Sainte Bible, texte latin et traduction française d'après les textes originaux avec un commentaire exégétique et théologique, Paris 1950). Text was obtained in 2008 from [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/pirot/pirot.htm], but subsequently withdrawn, with note "N'est plus disponible.". ''Permission had been given to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].'' NB. Check the French copyright status.

* La Bible King James Française 2007 (D'après la version AV 1611, Traduction Nadine L. Stratford) [http://www.kingjamesfrancaise.com/],[http://456-bible.123-bible.com/kjf/kjf.htm]. ''2009-07-16 Email received by [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] from N. Stratford granting permissions for both Go Bible and CrossWire SWORD module''.

* La Bible - French OT translation by Édouard Dhorme (1956). Edward Paul Dhorme (1881 - 1966) was a French Assyriologist, Semiticist and translator of the Bible. He was a professor at the College de France and the Sorbonne. One of his works deals with the religions of Babylon and of Assyria. The French translation of the Old Testament was published under his direction by Gallimard in the prestigious Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Dhorme was a Dominican. ''Not yet found en electronic version''.

* La Sainte Bible d'Ostervald - the revision of 1996.

* [http://ba.21.free.fr/septuaginta/cover.html La Septante] – French translation of the LXX.

* [http://testamant.nevez.pagesperso-orange.fr/fr.presentation.htm Le Nouveau Testament version Anjou 2011]

From [http://lire.la-bible.net/ lire.la-bible.net] (read.the-bible.net)

* Traduction oecuménique de la Bible (TOB) (Copyright 1988, Société biblique française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France et Editions du Cerf)

* La Bible dite la Colombe (Colombe) - nouvelle version Segond revisée (Copyright 1978, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible Parole de Vie (PDV) (2000) (Copyright 2000, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Nouvelle Bible Segond (NBS) (Copyright 2002, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible en français courant (BFC) Version révisée 1997 (Copyright 1997, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

====== Roman Catholic translations ======

There are several French Catholic Bible translations hosted at http://jesusmarie.free.fr/ including:
* La Bible Fillion
* La Bible Vigouroux
* La Bible d'Allioli
* La Bible Calmet
* La Bible Crampon
* La Bible Lethielleux
* La Bible Polyglotte Vigouroux
* La Bible Septante

=====German Bibles=====
* [http://www.volxbibel.com/ Volxbibel] – A new German Bible translation in the language of the young generation. The translation is under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/deed.en_GB Creative Commons] license, so non-commercial use and distribution is allowed. A SWORD module called VLX3 has been already created by [http://www.heidoc.net/ Jan Krohn], who has also built Go Bible applications for Java mobile phones.

* [http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zefania-sharp/sf_zuercher_1931.zip Zürcher Bibel 1931] – Die Ursprünge der Zürcher Bibel gehen auf die Reformation in Zürich unter Ulrich Zwingli zurück (1531). Die Zürcher Bibel von 1931 gehört zu den strukturtreuen Übersetzungen und legt dabei grossen Wert auf philologische Genauigkeit. Bezüglich Texttreue wird sie bei Vergleichen von Bibelübersetzungen meist nahe bei der Elberfelder Bibel gesehen und oft etwas lesbarer als diese beschrieben. – The ZIP file was uploaded to sourceforge on 12-Apr-2009.

There is a [http://www.bijbelstudie.org/downloads/ger/details_ger.php?ID=783 module] for Online Bible. This might work as a source if it is not also taken from the Zefania-XML-file.

* Die Bibel nach der Übersetzung von Hermann Menge as discussed [http://www.crosswire.org/forums/mvnforum/viewthread_thread,842 in this thread]. The translation is of a high quality and went into the public domain last year. The German Bible Society had updated orthography and punctuation, which is a non-copyrightable act, and reissued the bible in the 1990's, so it would be desirable to use their updated version. It was double-checked with them that this is legal and that the digital text of the Menge-Bibel as found on the [http://www.bibelwissenschaft.de/nc/online-bibeln/menge-bibel/lesen-im-bibeltext/bibelstelle/Gen%201/anzeige/context/#iv GBS websites] may be used freely, including for the purposes of making a module. An unofficial module from a Zefania source is linked to in the above forum thread.

=====Polish Bibles=====

* Biblia Tysiąclecia. Several Polish translations are available as Go Bible applications from [http://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~ja235896/biblia/download.php]. This is one for which there is not an existing SWORD module.

* [http://sword.chrzescijanie.pl/moduly.htm Polish SWORD website]. Copyright status uncertain for some of the available modules.

=====Spanish Bibles=====
''For a more comprehensive list, see'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_%28Spanish%29]
*[http://www.reinavaleragomez.com/ Reina Valera Gómez 2010] – updated edition. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is assisting webmaster Shane Rice to make this new module, which will obsolete the module SpaRVG2004 in the CrossWire repository.

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1971) [http://www.bible.claret.org Biblia Latinoaméricana] a.k.a Christian Community Bible - Spanish version. Sent email 11/4/08 requesting rights. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Spanish translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Nueva Versión Internacional

*Dios Habla Hoy (United Bible Societies). This is available online at the ABS [http://www.bibles.org/ BibleSearch] site.

===== Portuguese =====
''For all these, please ask for further information at sword-devel. And please read the section in the [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]] first''.

====== Brazilian ======
*[http://www.sbb.org.br/ SBB] denied permissions, someone from Brasília intends to try again.

*IBB has left the door open to a future favourable answer. Need to follow up with request for permissions on Versão Revisada and its Almeida Século XXI successor.

*[[Corrigida]] low-quality copies are available, we need to evaluate if it is worthwhile to move forward: old translation, not too good, OCR will be troublesome.

*[[Tradução Brazileira]] (1917) copy obtained, working library contacts to find a book scanner. Public domain in the USA, still copyrighted in Brazil.

*[http://www.centrodabiblia.org/pageID_2611978.html Tradução Literal da Bíblia (dead link)] by Bernd Bremicker. This is an independent Portuguese Bible translation work in progress. The files are in PDF format, and so far cover a substantial part of the NT. Bernd Bremicker was found on Skype, so we might be able to establish contact with him.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Portuguese translation. (If the WBTC is amenable to allow other languages be published, I will specifically request and post here Portuguese allowance if given) The WBTC lists the version as 'Brazilian Portuguese'.

* The [http://www.tbsbibles.org Trinitarian Bible Society] has completed a 2011 revision of the Portuguese (Almeida Corrigida Fiel) Bible. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] will lobby TBS for permissions. He visited the TBS offices in London on 2012-01-23.

*[http://www.biblias.com.br/ Sociedade Biblica Trinitariana do Brasil (SBT)] had been contacted, anticipating answer. [http://siriarah.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/biblia-almeida-corrigida-fiel-2007-acf-2007/ Siriarah Blog] allegedly has authorization to distribute ACF 2007.

====== Iberian ======
* Permissions were obtained on a number of texts from [http://www.sociedade-biblica.pt/ SBP], as per post at sword-devel.

===== Welsh Bibles =====

* 1620 Translation (William Morgan's 1588, revised by Parry and Davies in 1620). [http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_testunau/sion_prys_003_beibl_mynegai_1284e.htm]. See also [[Non-CrossWire_Text-Development_Projects#Individual_Works|Text Development]]. ''Public Domain. Texts for Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Luke, and 2 Corinthians are not yet available.'' In 2010, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has learned that the [http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/ Bible Society] has the William Morgan translation available in USFM format, and has been given the relevant contact information, with permissions likely to be given to CrossWire. They have received several user requests for the William Morgan translation to be made available on mobile phones, i.e. by means of our Go Bible application.

*Revised New Welsh Bible (Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Argraffiad Diwygiedig). Available for free as a e-Sword Module. So Bible Society may well be happy for it to be available for SWORD as well. [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/resources.htm], [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/news.htm]

===== Cornish Bibles =====

* The Cornish Bible Project http://www.bibelkernewek.com/ This project is run under the auspices of the Cornish Language Board, and the Bishop of Truro's Ecumenical Advisory Group for Services in Cornish. The translations are checked against the best editions of the Hebrew and Greek texts, and will be made available in both the Unified and Common Cornish spelling systems. The New Testament (Common Cornish version), with a Commendation by the Archbishop of Canterbury, is now complete, and was published on 13 August 2004. Translation of the Old Testament is underway, with parts already published as separate booklets. Of all the Celtic languages, it was only Cornish that did not have its own translation of the Bible. This was a severe handicap: if the Bible had been translated perhaps the language would not have died.

* '''Testament Noweth''', edited by Michael Everson. First edition, 2002. http://www.evertype.com/gram/tn.html

* '''An Beybel Sans''', the first complete translation of the Bible into Cornish was published in August 2011. It was translated by Nicholas Williams, taking a total of 13 years to complete. Having completed the New Testament, Williams translated the Old Testament into Standard Cornish from various of sources, including Hebrew and Greek texts, starting with Leviticus, which he regarded as one of "the boring bits". Published by [http://www.evertype.com/ Evertype]. See also [http://www.evertype.com/books/beybel.html An Beybel Sans: The Holy Bible in Cornish].

===== Maltese Bibles =====

* Maltese Bible. I just found this [http://www.tarxienparish.org/Il-bibbja.htm] which appears to be a Catholic website. Complete Bible (with deuterocanonical books) in MS Word format. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Maltese Bible. The Trinitarian Bible Society published theirs in 1980. with a reprint in 2007.[http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org/site/news.asp]

* Malta Bible Society (UBS and CBF) http://www.maltabible.com/ (''No Bible downloads advertised'').

===== Arabic Bibles =====

* 1865 SVD Arabic Bible complete with '''deuterocanonical books''' & other Arabic material. See [http://www.saintmina-holmdel.org/ArabicBible/], for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards. ''Direct page link broken. This Bible edition is no longer found on the [http://www.saintmina-holmdel.org hosting site]''.
* [http://www.sharifbible.com/ Sharif Bible] – ''We have accepted a request to begin work on converting this to a module''.

=====Other European languages=====

======Latin script languages======

* Romanian Corrected Cornilescu Version (RCCV). Note that this is not a new translation or revision, it's just a corrected version of the most used PD Bible in Romania: Cornilescu Version, first published in 1924. This version of the Bible was obtained after correction of spellings and uses the modern Romanian morphology.[http://biblia.pentruviata.ro/bib_text.php] ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in email contact with the website owner''.

* [http://mazsola.iit.uni-miskolc.hu/~drdani/biblia/bd/ Hungarian NT]. Roman Catholic translation by P. Békés Gellért & P. Dalos Patrik.

* [http://www.biblian.fo/ Faroese Bible]. ''We now have a personal contact''.

* [http://www.biblian.is/ Icelandic Bible]. 1981 Þordarsson translation. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://www.hi.is/Uppl/Biblia/ Icelandic Bible]. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://old.bibelselskabet.dk/grobib/web/bibelen.htm Greenlandic Bible]. Danish Bible Society. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain''.

* Serbian Emilijan Čarnić (1973, 1992) NT. [http://wwwyu.com/web/]

* [http://www.bibel.se/ Svenska Reformationsbibeln]. This modern Swedish Bible translation is based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textus_Receptus Textus Receptus] for the New Testament. Work has begun on translating the Old Testament, based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoretic_Text Masoretic Text]. The stance of the website is one in defence of these traditional texts, and therefore critical of modern translations made using dynamic equivalence methods and eclectic texts. The translators have currently completed the Pentateuch and all the New Testament. It may be several years before the rest of the OT is translated. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in indirect contact with the project leaders. They have responded positively to the request for CrossWire to distribute this new translation. A Go Bible version has been built by Thomas Dilts.

* Swedish - Gezelius Biblia (1711-1728). Carl XII Biblia in Late New Swedish (1750-1880) language revision by Johannes Gezelius (1686–1733). Digitized text (derived from the 1860's printed editions) is available from [http://www.logosmappen.net/bibel/gezelius/ Projekt Gezelius].

* [http://www.ibecat.org/BIBLIA/ Catalan Bible] Bíblia Evangèlica Catalana. Copyright © 2000, Institució Bíblica Evangèlica de Catalunya (IBEC). An iPhone application [http://bec.ibible.mobi/] for this is now available, as is an e-Sword module [http://www.pedrangular.com/software/e-Sword/BEC.php]. In view of the BEC edition being freely available for the iPhone and e-Sword, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] made a request with a view to developing a SWORD module and Go Bible application. Permissions received 2009-12-02.

* Slovak translations. A member of the Go Bible Forum has recently posted that he has permissions for the Slovak Catholic translation from Spolok svätého Vojtecha ([http://www.ssv.sk/ SSV]), Trnava, Slovakia. See [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=798]. ''[http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/ Login] first for the direct link to work''. This translation includes deuterocanonical books. Await first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]].

* ''An Bíobla Naofa'' (1981), or the Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) Bible, is a translation of the Bible into ''Modern Irish Gaelic'' by a team of translators, edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_%C3%93_Fiannachta Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta]. It includes deuterocanonical books. It is available in printed form (ISBN 1870684907) as well as in Word and PDF format on CD-ROM[http://www.fiosfeasa.com]. ''John Duffy has received permissions to make a SWORD module, etc''.[http://cgcf.net] Awaiting first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]]. A Go Bible edition has been made with assistance from [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. This is now available from [http://www.anbioblanaofa.org/ An Bíobla Naofa].

* Lule Sami New Testament. A new translation of NT in ''Lule Sami'', based on an edition from 1913 but using modern orthography, was begun in 1996. The [http://www.bibelsallskapet.se/ Swedish Bible Society] was responsible for this translation which was completed in 2000. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* Northern Sami Bible. Work is in progress on a new Bible translation in ''Northern Sami'' using the new orthography from 1980. The Gospels and Acts were completed in 1995, followed by the New Testament in the beginning of 1998. Presently, translation of the Old Testament is in progress, with a planned completion in 2008. The translation is based on the Norwegian Bible with the Norwegian and Finnish Bible Societies being responsible for the project. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* The complete Estonian Bible (OT, NT & Apocrypha) is available online at [http://www.piibel.net/sisukord.html Piibel.NET]. (NB. The table of contents requires Javascript.) There is also another online edition (OT, NT only) at [http://www.piibel.com/loe.php Piibel.com]. cf. The existing SWORD module '''Est''' is Genesis plus NT only. ''Worthwhile making enquiries to the [http://www.eps.ee/ EPS] about copyright permissions''. For a history of Estonian Bible translations, see [http://elm.einst.ee/issue/28/history-estonian-bible-translation/]. The two online translations are not the same edition. One example of the difference is in the rendering of the divine name in the OT. In 1. Mos 2:4 piibel.net has 'Issand', whereas piibel.com has 'Jehoova'. (cf. SWORD module '''Est''' uses the former).

* The [http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/lithuanian/ Lithuanian Bible] including the Apocrypha is available online in HTML format on the website of Jesus Christ Saves Ministries. Pages are encoded Windows-1250 (Central European). This is not the same translation as the existing SWORD module.

* The Bible Society of Lithuania – Ecumenical Translation. [[User talk:David Haslam|David Haslam]] now in contact. Source files exists in USFM format for complete Bible including the deuterocanonical books. Request for permissions to be put to the Board, with a meeting expected in March 2010.

* New Lithuanian translation: Old Testament and New Testament from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages by Algirdas Jurėnas. – Duncanville, Tex. : World Wide Printing, c2000 (Sterling Heights, Mich. : Distributed by Lutheran Heritage Foundation). ISBN 1-58712-019-4. ''Has been described as a slavishly literal translation''.

* The complete Latvian Bible (1997). Currently, the Latvian version which is on the CrossWire repository is NT only, and is not commonly used. ''Jānis Veinbergs has sent an email to the Latvian Bible Society''.

* [http://testamantnevezkoad21.monsite.orange.fr/ Breton New Testament] (complete) '''Koad 21''' translation[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/testamant.nevez/] published by the [http://sites.google.com/site/bibleenanjou/ Association Bible en Anjou]. ''Permission received (2009-12-15) from Luc Bernicot, chairman of Société Biblique d'Anjou''. Updated text was received 2012-02-29. A Go Bible edition is available at [http://www.box.com/shared/1g1att3k88]. Module submitted (2012-03-03) by [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].

* [http://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Indeks:Nye_testamente_%281889%29.djvu "Det nye testamente"] translated to nynorsk (Norwegian) 1883-1889 by Samlaget. Belongs to the public domain. The bible is already scanned and available, and needs OCR processing.

* [http://www.bibel.no/Hovedmeny/Nettbibelen.aspx Indrebøbibelen 1938] revised version of the "Studentmållagsbibelen frå 1921" written in nynorsk (Norwegian), published by [http://www.bibel.no/ Det Norske Bibelselskap]. Should belong to the public domain since 2009. Requested permission.

* A complete [http://www.mannin.info/MHF/ Manx bible] – completed in 2005 with its publication in electronic form by the Manx Heritage Foundation.

* [http://archive.org/details/antiomnanuadhar00odogoog An Tiomna Nuadh ar Dtighearna agus ar Slanuightheora Iosa Griosd]: (1847) – the complete Irish Gaelic NT translation of William O'Donnell is available on the Internet Archive, having been digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University.

======Cyrillic script languages======
* Russian Synodal translation (1876), complete with deuterocanonical books, and using the [[Alternate Versification]] proper to the RSB.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Synodal_Bible] cf. The existing RST module (based on Sergej A. Fedosov's Slavic Bible for Windows) must be the protocanonical subset, as adapted to use standard KJV versification. A complete RSB is available in HTML format at [http://www.days.ru/~bible/], but would require checking for accuracy against the best known modern printed version. Tigran Aivazian has reported, "if you need the source code for our edition of the Russian Synodal Bible please email me and I'll send it. We (mostly Vladimir Volovich) have fixed quite a few typos by comparison with many other printed (and electronic) editions and believe ours to be the cleanest/accurate source of the synodal text. Btw, we have done the 5th edition recently, I hope you downloaded the PDF of the 5th and not the 4th edition (check the title page, it says at the back)." Copied from [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=626]. See [http://www.bibles.org.uk/].

* "Радостная Весть" - Good News in translation from ancient greek (Russian Bible Society http://www.biblia.ru/). Currenty they prepare modern translation of full Bible, and asked to repeat request after 15 april of 2011. --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

* Geneva Bible In Russian with commentaries.

* Ukrainian new translation by Oleksandr Gyzha [http://ukrbible.com/]. Email contact established with web-master. Permissions received (17 November 2008).

* [http://www.mkbible.net/ Macedonian Bible]. Old and New Testaments / translated DH Konstantinov - Bitola Euroliber, 1999. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of the Macedonian Online Bible website.

* Macedonian Bible. First Edition fully translated into modern Macedonian literary language, issued by the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Copyright 1990 United Bible Societies.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain'' [http://biblija.info/biblija.htm].

* Serbian Lujo Bakotić (1933) complete Bible.

* Serbian Dimitrije Stefanović (1934) NT.

* Belarusian translation by Vasil Syomuha. "Vasilij S.Semukha translation. © 2000, 2001 by Alesya Semukha". More details about the translation and translator are reported in [http://www.privet-minsk.com/Belarusian-Bible.html]. A much fuller article about the Belarusian Bible, with the title, "Uncle Vasil's Passion" may be found at [http://tinyurl.com/39v6f5]. In 1998, Vasil Siomukha won the of Ales Adamovich Literary Prize (awarded by the Belarusian PEN Centre ) for a highly artistic translation of the New Testament and Psalter into the Belarusian language. See [http://www.pen-centre.com/eng/laureate.html]. A copy of the text of this Bible translation was found in a module for Sergej A. Fedosov's '''Slavic Bible for Windows''' [http://www.sbible.boom.ru/ (Russian) website]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] was researching how to make contact with the copyright owner, and received a kind offer from someone to act as an intermediary''. ''We have since received informal permission, which now needs to be formalised. An email has been sent to Troy''. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received an authoritative copy of the translation in MS Word format''. A SWORD module has been created using Synodal versification. Currently this is in the [[Module Repositories|CrossWire experimental repository]].

* Bulgarian 1940 Bible transcribed to modern Bulgarian orthography by [http://cupandcross.com/ Cup & Cross Ministries International]. "While the text is free to use, we do require that proper description is included along with the text for reasons of protecting its holistic quality."
:'''Copyright Information'''
::This digital version is based on the 1940 edition of the Bulgarian Bible. The original text has been revised according to the current Bulgarian alphabet. The applied transliteration method is patented and may not be used without an express written permission from the patentee. The current version contains exactly: 66 books, 1,189 chapters, 31,101 verses, 679,466 words and 3,027,900 characters. It may be reproduced electronically only in its entirety, except in cases of direct quotation accompanied with complete bibliographical note. The text may be digitally formatted only if this does not modify the order and meaning of words, phrases and sentences. While the order of the books may be rearranged according to the Western canon, the original chapter and verse numbering must be preserved. Titles may be translated.
:'''Version Information'''
::This digital version is based on the 1940 edition of the Bulgarian Bible.The original text has been revised according to the current Bulgarian alphabet. The text contains the following technical markings:
:::<> Translators note representing text not contained in MSS
:::[] Text not found in all known MSS
:::{} Meaning of the preceding word or phrase
:::() Grammatical function (in parentheses)

======Hebrew script languages======

* Yiddish New Testament – copyright belongs to The Society For Distributing Hebrew Scriptures (SDHS), Joseph House, 1 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1RT, ENGLAND, UK. Tel: 01462 457486 Fax: 01462 451568 (Registered Charity No. 232692). SDHS literature is officially distributed in the USA by "Light for Israel". http://www.lightforisrael.org/

=====American languages=====

======North America======
*Navajo, O'odham, Hopi, Apache, Inupiaq (North and North West), Siberian Yupik. – All these languages have at least a New Testament. Navajo has the whole Bible, and the Siberian Yupik NT isn't printed fully yet. ''Contact should be established with the Wycliffe Bible Translators''.

*Zuñi http://benawekokshi.googlepages.com (Mark is ready, Acts and John are still being digitized).

*Arapaho (Only Luke and parts of Matthew were ever translated, these texts are available on Gutenberg.org: [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30102] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24002])

======Hawaii======
*Baibala Hawaiian Bible http://baibala.org/ – full text online from the 1839 and 1868 editions, and now with the text for the 1994 and 2012 editions. Copyright © 2003-2008 by [http://www.pidfoundation.org/ Partners In Development Foundation], which is solely responsible for this product. This website may be utilized for personal use, but may not be used for commercial purposes or copied to any other website. See [http://ulukau.org/disclaimer.php?site=bible] for full terms & conditions. Ulukau uses open-source [http://www.greenstone.org/ Greenstone] software. ''The two earlier editions must be public domain by reason of their age, the two recent editions are copyright.'' All four editions can be accessed from mobiles by visiting http://m.baibala.org/

*[http://www.pidginbible.org/ Da Hawai`i Pidgin Bible] – "Da Pidgin Bible Translation Group work togedda wit da Wycliffe Bible Translators."

======Caribbean======
* Papiamento Bible – Netherlands Antilles. The Bible is known to have been completed in this language in 1996 [http://www.forum-intl.net/find_a_bible/?Language=pap]. This [http://www.world-bibles.org/language_detail/eng/pap/Papiamentu site] has a link to download Luke's Gospel in PDF format, published by Christus Rex. Text is selectable. The font seems to be customized, even though it is CourierStd. The circumflex accent (U+005E) is displayed like a combining double breve below (U+035C). ''Need to establish who owns the copyright''.

=====African Languages=====
:There are an estimated 2000 languages spoken in Africa! [http://www.bibleafrica.org/]

======Nigerian languages======

*Hausa Bible. [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/hausa.zip]

*[http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/HausaBible/HausaBible.htm The Deutero-Canonical Books of the Bible in Hausa.] – Translated by Musa Danjuma and Joseph Kenny, O.P., published by the United Bible Societies, 1979. Also available here [http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/IndexChristian.htm] are The Psalms and Canticles in Hausa, by the same translators (2001).

*Yoruba Bible (1884). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther Samuel Ajayi Crowther] translated the whole Bible into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880s—it is known as '''Bibeli Mimo'''. In 1875 the Church Missionary Society (CMS) organized a conference on Yoruba Orthography; the standard devised there was the basis for the orthography of the steady flow of religious and educational literature over the next seventy years. The current orthography of Yoruba derives from a 1966 report of the Yoruba Orthography Committee, along with Ayo Bamgbose's 1965 Yoruba Orthography, a study of the earlier orthographies and an attempt to bring Yoruba orthography in line with actual speech as much as possible. In 1957, BFBS reprinted Bibeli Mimo, using the 1909 edition of the OT and the 1930 revised edition of the NT.[http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:gial.edu:986] ''The 1884 text of Bibeli Mimo must be public domain. Need to find digital version.'' [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with someone who is developing a SWORD module for the Yoruba Bible.

* The [http://www.africanportal.net/ABO/BibeliAtoka/ Bibeli Yoruba Atọ́Ka] – Yoruba Reference Bible Online is another Yoruba translation. This version is copyright of KAYBAL Bible Mission, Ibadan, Nigeria, and hosted by African Bibles Online with permission. File format is scanned to PDF, so not readily convertible to a digitized text.

*Igbo Bible (1906). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Efik Bible (1868). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

======Other languages======

*Amharic Bible (Ethiopia) [http://www.bible.org/foreign/amharic/]

*Zarma Bible (Niger) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/zarma.zip]

*Fulfuldé Adamawa Bible (Cameroun) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/FUB.zip]

*Moore New Testament (Burkina Faso) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntmoore.zip]

*Kabyle New Testament (Algeria) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntkabyle.zip]. Like many other online copies of the Kabyle NT, this one has several omissions, probably due to having been copied from the text found at the Unbound Bible Project [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=298&page=1#Item_12]. '''News update''' - March 2010: [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the '''Kabyle Révisé''' Psalms and NT in USFM format. His contact in AWM is seeking permissions from the Algerian Bible Society on behalf of CrossWire.

*Kisongye New Testament (Congo) (1925) [http://www.biblafrique.org/Kisongye.htm]

*Complete Swahili Bible (East Africa) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/SWA.zip] – Union Version June 2003. ''Need to obtain permissions from copyright owner for non-Paratext use''.

*Tshiluba Gospel of Mark (Congo) [http://www.biblenlangue.org/Tshiluba.htm]

*Wolof New Testament (Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania) (1987,2004,2008) [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm][http://www.biblewolof.us/] – Copyright is held by Les Assemblées Evangéliques du Sénégal and La Mission Baptiste du Sénégal.

*Wolofal NT portions (Luke, John, Acts). Wolof language in Arabic script. [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm]

*Hanga NT (Ghana). Found electronic text in the Oxford Text Archive. [http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/headers/1183.xml]

*[http://noloshacusub.net/Bible/ Kitaabka Quduuska Ah] is the name of the Somali Bible – ''A Go Bible version already exists.'' The copyright owners (SIM) would be glad for CrossWire to make the KQA text as widely available as possible. Source text is available in USFM format.

====== Bible Society of South Africa ======
The following translations are available as free cellphone Bibles from [http://www.biblesociety.co.za/ BSSA]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with their CAP Officer for Publications and Scripture Programmes''.

* Afrikaans – 1933/53 translation, 1983 translation, 'Die Bybel vir Almal';
* English – King James Version;
* Northern Sotho – 1951 translation;
* Southern Sotho – 1909 translation in standard orthography;
* Tsonga – 1929 translation;
* Tswana – 1908 translation; 1970 revised translation;
* Xhosa – 1975 version; 1996 translation;
* Zulu – 1893 translation, 1959 translation, New Testament and Psalms 1986 translation.

Translations listed, but not yet as cellphone editions:

* Southern Ndebele – 1986 First New Testament and selected Psalms;
* Swati – 1996 translation;
* Venda – 1936 first Bible; 1998 translation.

====== Berber (Tamazight) Languages ======

* [http://www.tarifit.info/ Tarifit], the Tamazight language from the Rif in Northern Morocco (Latin script).

* [http://www.tamazight.info/ Tamazight], the Tamazight language from Middle Atlas in Morocco (Arabic script).

* [http://www.tachelhit.info/ Tachelhit], the Tamazight language from the South of Morocco (Latin script).

:''Need to establish contact with a view to copyright lobbying''.

=====Asian Languages=====

It would be helpful to the churches in Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia if Bible modules can be developed for the languages of these regions. CrossWire volunteers who have a particular interest in Asia should be seeking opportunities to obtain permissions and offering our services to the Bible agencies working in the regions.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Nepali, Vietnamese, Bengali, Indonesian translations. Rights requested 11/05/2008

======Languages of China======
:Use this section for Bibles translated in other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China languages of China]. Remember that this topic may be politically sensitive.

* The [http://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E8%81%96%E7%B6%93_%28%E6%96%87%E7%90%86%E5%92%8C%E5%90%88%29 Classical Chinese Bible] on wikisource. Public Domain. This is also known as the Wenli version, based on the work of Robert Morrison. The NT was published in 1906. The OT was published in 1919. Amendments were published in 1923, and a final revision in 1934. For further details about the language, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Chinese].

======Indian subcontinent======

*Nepali Sangati NT - copyright belongs to the [http://www.gfa.org/bibles Gospel For Asia Bible Society]. Permission for Go Bible granted to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] in November 2007. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Mizo Bible - [http://apps.m.khampat.com/mgb]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Mizo Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Paite Bible - [http://www.zogamonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=156]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. The Paite e-Holy Bible is a Windows application that uses the SWORD API. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Paite Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Hmar Bible - permissions for SWORD Module and Go Bible have been received in an email sent to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. The Hmar NT was originally sent to him in PageMaker .PMD format. Yesudas Solomon has assisted in making the Go Bible application. ''Need to obtain the digitized text in a convertible format''.

The following four Indian languages Bibles are available as Java ME mobile phone applications made using Go Bible Creator [http://www.christiansmobile.com/]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer, Yesudas Solomon, who is based in Tamilnadu. Most of these have also been made into SWORD modules and are available from the [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team].

*Hindi Bible
*Tamil (OV) Bible (also Catholic Tamil version)
*Malayalam Bible
*Kannada KJV Bible
*Telugu Bible
*Hmar Bible

The text sources for the above translations were used by direct permissions of the translators, even though the Bible Society of India has been unresponsive. The SWORD modules are provided as self-extracting EXE files for Windows platform. Two kinds are available, one for BPBible, the other for The Sword Project (BibleCS). Users of CrossWire front-ends designed for other platforms would therefore have to copy them from a Windows PC, or use a suitable software utility to extract them from the EXE file.

The [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team] also offers the same translations in e-Sword format, with the addition of the following translations, not yet made into SWORD modules:

*Kannada ERV Bible
*Kannada BSI Bible
*Koya Bible

''The following translations are from other sources''.

*Marathi New Testament – translated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratnakar_Hari_Kelkar Ratnakar Hari Kelkar]. The full text is available in PDF format at [http://navakarar.wordpress.com/]. ''Need to establish contact with the copyright owner, Prof. R. R. Kelkar, Pune, India''.

*Konkani Bible – online HTML version available at [http://www.konkanibible.org/]. This Catholic translation includes the Apocrypha. The site is a project of [http://www.KonkaniCatholics.com/ KonkaniCatholics.com].

*Bengali Bible – the Bengali Old Version Bible was first published in 1909. This date may mean that copyright on the text has expired. A digitized edition is available online at [http://www.biblesocietybd.org/ Bangladesh Bible Society] in PDF format. This requires the [http://www.sentbd.com/Bangla/ SutonnyMJ] font, which is not a Unicode font. ''Worth further research''.

*Gujarati OV Bible – available at [http://gujaratibible.com/]. Currently only Genesis, John and Acts is shown in the search engine.

======Central Asia & Caucasus ======
''Please visit http://www.ibt.org.ru/english/bible/info_bible_en.htm for details of xulsword modules for several languages of this region''.

* [http://www.korpu.net/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Korpu (Persian script).

* [http://www.yeniheyat.com/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Yeniheyat. Azeri Latin (HTML) & Azeri Cyrillic (PDF). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has been sent the USFM files for the Azeri Latin 2008 translation (with permissions!), and is in contact with the [http://www.azerbaijanipartnership.org/ Azerbaijan Partnership] and other interested parties. The Northern Azeri (Latin script) module is available in the main CrossWire repository.

* Kyrgyz Bible. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has made a Go Bible version (Cyrillic) by permission from one of the translators who worked on the Ray of Hope translation. This is only one of the three modern Kyrgyz translations. Not yet published the Go Bible version - still waiting for completion of the UI translation. There are now two pairs of Kyrgyz Bible versions available as xulsword modules from [http://www.ibt.org.ru/english/bible/info_bible_en.htm IBT].

* [http://www.slovocars.org/english/ Eastern Russian Scriptures Translation] - ''aka'' the CARS Project. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader.

* Mongolian 'KJV' Bible (Cyrillic script) – [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] was contacted on 2011-04-14 by the leader of the translation team, with advance permissions to proceed. 2011-11-15 Received source text files for the four Gospels, Acts, Romans, 1,2,3 John and Jude. (2012-06-16) Some further books have been checked and copies sent to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]], which are now in his to do list for updating the module.

* [http://www.holybible.mn/ Mongolian Bible] (Ariun Bibli) Cyrillic script. The complete Bible is available for The SWORD Project for Windows and for Eloquent. ''Trying to find out download details.''

* [http://gospelgo.com/a/2000r/mbible.htm Ariun Bibli] – the complete Mongolian Bible in Romanized script. Available online in HTML format. ''Gospel Go is not the copyright owner.''

* [http://www.mongolbible.com/html/IMNT/index.html Mongolian NT] Mongolian script. We may want to do some testing to see whether it is even ''possible'' to display this text in a reasonable fashion before even approaching the copyright holders. [[Talk:Module_Requests#Mongolian_NT_(in_Mongolian_vertical_script)]]

* [http://kkitap.net/ Киелі Кітап] – the whole '''Kazakh Bible''' is online. A SWORD module is now available in the CrossWire Av11n repository.

======South East Asia======
* New Malay Bible - Kitab Suci Zabur & Injil (KSZI) translation, copyright © 2008 Pengamat Kitab Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Translation of the OT (Taurat) is an ongoing work. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with someone who has negotiated permissions. 2010-02-22 CrossWire has been granted distribution permissions for the KSZI as long as it is kept free of charge. This [http://mykitabsuci.org/en website] has the Psalms & NT available online, albeit with some minor errors and a couple of omissions. We have since received a copy of the translator's source text in RTF format.

* [http://www.gerijaiban.com/bup_kudus.php Iban Bible] translation © The Bible Society of Malaysia 2011. – [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with someone who is negotiating with the copyright owner for distribution permissions. ''Please pray.''

* Hmong Bible (Laos, Vietnam, China, USA). See [http://www.hmongbible.org/ Hmong Bible Online], in which it is hoped that the Hmong Bible eventually be published online. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with the web-master. The translation was published using QuarkXPress 4.0, after having been converted from WordPerfect 12 but with subsequent edits. Permissions are OK, subject to written conformation. Update (2012-01-24) In November 2011, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] received the complete text for the Hmong NT as a .qxd file and has since begun work on preprocessing to USFM.

* Myanmar languages. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the [http://www.myanmarbible.com/bible/ Myanmar Bibles] website. The following languages are listed as available translations. Some are complete Bibles, the rest are NT only. OSIS files are already available for all these versions. I have started to work on some of them. (Some of these were converted [[File Formats#LaTeX|TeX]] into OSIS by bibleTec2osis.pl). There is a separate XML file for each book of the Bible. Some of these files required further editing to correct & improve the OSIS markup. Back in June 2008, there was definite interest for Go Bible, and I imagine they would be also interested for the SWORD project. Falam and Tedim would be the easiest to start with, as these use Latin script with no additional characters. ''Follow up is intended''.
** Myanmar Judson 1835 – ''this has been used as a better text source for our BurJudson module''.
** MCL 2005 – Myanmar Common Language Bible
** Chin Study 2007
** Cho NT 1999
** Falam 2005
** Hakha 2005
** Kachin 2005
** Lahu 2002
** Lhao Vo (Maru) NT 2003
** Matu NT 2005
** Ngawn NT 2005
** Tedim 2004
** Pwo Karen 2005 – United Bible Societies
** S'gaw Karen 1853 – Rev. Francis Mason (1799 - 1844)
** Sizang 2002
** Zaniat NT & Psalms 2007
** Zotung Chin NT 1999
** WEB – ''also used for online parallel translation pages''. The text source is not as recent as the latest release from [http://ebible.org/web/ WEB].

* [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2054.html Myanmar Bibles - Software Project]. "The Myanmar Bible Software Project involved the cooperative effort of volunteers from various nations with a variety of specialized skills e.g. Myanmar languages consultants, Bible translations, software programming, led by [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2067.html Levi Sap Nei Thang]. The project is built upon the invaluable foundations of the work of many generations of Bible translators and Bible Societies. We seek to develop software that will eventually serve as a Biblical Resource tool for Myanmar, Bible readers, Christians, church leaders, pastors and church planters. Currently, basic Bible software is available in most major languages of the world. Bible software provides the advantage for people not only to study the word in multiple languages. It also provide to opportunity to incorporate biblical references material such as concordance, dictionary and others to help us deepen our knowledge in the word of God."
:''This request seems well matched to the skills found among CrossWire volunteers.''

* See also [http://thanlwinsoft.co.uk/ ThanLwinSoft] (Open Source Software for Myanmar). ''This link is now broken (following the death of Keith Stribley in February 2011). Some pages can still be retrieved from the Wayback Machine''[http://web.archive.org/web/20110722073552/http://www.thanlwinsoft.org/].

* [http://www.laobible.net/ Lao Bible] Online. See also [http://www.biblelaos.org/ UBS-Laos Partnership] and [http://www.bible.is/versions?language=Lao Bible versions for Lao].

====== Asia Pacific ======
* Cebuano Bugna (Ang Biblia, 1917) and Cebuano Pindayag (OT 1917, NT more recent revision based on critical text) translations exist in several places on-line. The designations Bugna & Pindayag are derived from the Cebuano names given to the book of Revelation. Ang Biblia must be PD. Pindayag is copyright by the [http://www.bible.org.ph/ Philippine Bible Society]. For language details see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano_language].

* Bagong Ang Magandang Balita Biblia (Revised Tagalog Popular Version). Copyrighted. Ang nilalaman ay mula sa 2005 Edisyon ng Magandang Balita Biblia ng Philippine Bible Society. Available online at [http://www.angbiblia.net/ Ang Biblia].

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (after 1998?) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible - Tagalog, Chinese, Cebuano, and Ilonggo] translations. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in Spanish is pending.

* Bisaya-Inunhan New Testament, translated by Eldon Leano Talamisan (copyright owner), first published in the Philippines in 1999. The Bisaya-Inunhan language is spoken in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romblon Romblon Province], especially in Tablas Island. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has direct contact with the translator, who has given full permission to the proposal to build a SWORD module and Go Bible application. ''David now has a copy of the most up to date digitized text in MS Word format''. A Go Bible has been made already, albeit with default English user interface.

* [http://pngscriptures.org/ Papua New Guinea] – a country in which over 800 languages are spoken. The following languages already have the scriptures available online:
:*Adzera (adz)
:*Bimin (bhl)
:*Dedua (ded)
:*Gapapaiwa (pwg)
:*Misima-Paneati (mpx)
:*Numanggang (nop)
:*Ubir (ubr)
:The [http://pngscriptures.org/terms.htm terms of use] are [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons – Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works]. We are in contact with Kahanapule Michael Johnson.

* [http://www.nftbible.org/ New Fijian Translation (NFT) Bible] – [[User:Refdoc|Refdoc]] is in contact with the project leader, and has been sent the source text in MS Word format.

====== Tibetan Bibles ======

* A new Tibetan translation of the Bible is available online.[http://www.gsungrab.org/] The translation is an ongoing project. The Bible portions are in PDF format, and use embedded subsets of a Tibetan font called Ededris. ''Message left using the contact form''.

====== Korean Bibles ======

* The full text of the Catholic Bible in Korean is online at [http://info.catholic.or.kr/bible/]. The website is all in Korean, but Google translate copes quite well for navigating the page and menu bars.

* Korean Bible translations[http://monoon.com/eng.html] include:
:*The Korean Revised Version
:*The Korean Common Translation Version
:*The New Korean Standard Version
:*The Korean King James Version

=====Cult / Unorthodox / Questionable Bibles=====
* [http://www.lolcatbible.com/ The LOLCat Bible] (GFDL 1.2)

* Conservapedia's [http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible Conservative Bible] (Unique, but fairly permissive [http://conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Copyright license].)

* The [http://ravenscall.net/ethanl/shavbible/ Shavian Bible] – The King James (Authorized) Version Bible in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavian_alphabet Shavian alphabet]. Only the first six chapters of Genesis have been converted to date. Minority interest version, recorded here for curiosity's sake. Requires the use of a non-Unicode font, even though there is now a Unicode block for the Shavian letters.

====Books====

===== English =====
* [[Creeds of Christendom by Philip Schaff]] ([http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1.html 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds2.html 2])

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxe%27s_Book_of_Martyrs Foxe's Book of Martyrs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxe John Foxe] ([http://books.google.com/books?id=gCUeSAoqOSEC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=EwFbQI-cOy&sig=Ciue6KwFnRP_7jDxSRSw1nDEpcw&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Faq%3Do%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu%253Aen-US%253Aofficial%26q%3DFoxes%2BBook%2Bof%2BMartyrs%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPR9,M1 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html 2])

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cur_Deus_Homo Cur Deus Homo] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury Anselm of Canterbury]. See also [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/anselm-curdeus.html].

===== French =====
* Tertullian on http://www.tertullian.org/french/french.htm
* Augustine on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/augustin/index.htm
* John Chrysostome on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/chrysostome/index.htm

====Commentaries====

* Skeptic's Annotated Bible (file under unorthodox), the similar The Scripture Project, and any of the various refutations/responses, e.g. [http://thedaystar.webs.com/books/index.html].
* Russian Explanatory Bible by A.P. Lopukhin. Here is source which I can use in non-commercial purposes http://www.bible.in.ua/underl/Lop. Currently converting to osis and obtaining rights
* J. P. Lange's Commentary. Digital form is currently (28th September, 2010) just a scan of the original, with scanning "typos". [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924092344351]
* [http://www.preceptaustin.org/nt_commentary-henry_alford.htm Henry Alford's Commentary on the Greek NT]
* Matthew Poole's Commentary, aka: Annotations upon the Holy Bible: wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annexed, together with the parallel Scriptures... 3 vols. [http://libguides.calvin.edu/content.php?pid=47579&sid=442938]
* The Believer's Bible Commentary. 1995, so still under copyright, but perhaps someone would be interested in contacting the publisher?
* Exposition of the Old and New Testament by John Gill

====Devotionals====
There are several good on-line devotionals listed by the [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/devotions.htm Asia-Pacific Institute Of Biblical Studies]. Among them are the following.

* ''The Believer's Daily Remembrancer'' aka ''The Pastor's Morning Visit'' (1846), by James Smith (1802-1862). Digitization has already begun. [http://archive.org/details/believersdailyr01smitgoog].

* ''Faith's Check Book'', by C. H. Spurgeon. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.htm]. Fully digitized. Single download available. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.zip]

====Lexicons====
*Unabridged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%E2%80%93Driver%E2%80%93Briggs Brown-Driver-Briggs] Hebrew Lexicon – worth researching; The text exists in electronic format, at least licensed. It's important that this not be the "Abridged BDBG" which is Larry Pierce's altered module.

*Logos [http://wbsa.logos.com/ What Does the Bible Say About] and [http://www.nelsonministryservices.com/nms/product_detail.asp?sku=1418502308 Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary], lightweight but potentially interesting and useful resources and (based on testing from text portions obtained from ebible.com) easy to convert to SWORD format. Contact attempted, see NKJV above. There are other resources possible here as well, on a more restricted basis at ebible.com, in the "New Illustrated" series (commentary, "topics"), any of which should be convertible.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Thayer Thayer's] Greek Lexicon (no source known)

* Any of these [http://www.lexilogos.com/english/burmese_dictionary.htm Burmese dictionaries] would be useful to accompany the BurJudson Bible module. One of those listed is also by Adoniram Judson.

* '''HALOT''' – ''The Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'', Ludwig Koehler, Walter Baumgartner and Johann Jakob Stamm, translated and edited under the supervision of M.E.J. Richardson. Copyright © 1994-2000 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. This is the standard Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, essential for serious Old Testament exegetical work.

== Pictures ==

:''For further leads, please visit [http://www.biblical-art.com/ Biblical Art on the WWW]''.

=== Bible illustrations ===

* ''The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons'', edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer. 1908. I have found many of these images available online at [http://www.wcg.org/images/b1/].

=== Maps ===

== External links ==
:''Please add links here that may be fruitful in suggesting further leads''.

* [http://betterbibles.com/ Better Bibles Blog] – focuses on how to improve translations of the Bible. Concentrates on English translations of the Bible, but also welcomes discussion of issues concerning translation of the Bible to any language.

=== Wikipedia ===
:''CrossWire volunteers who are also Wikipedians are encouraged to update such articles based on their specialist knowledge''.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bible_translators

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_by_language

[[Category:Modules]]
[[Category:English Bibles]]

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== Legends used in this page ==

=== Application Legends ===
For similar legends, see also [[Choosing a SWORD program]].

* BibleCS / SPW - The SWORD Project for Windows
* MS - MacSword 1.x
* MS2 - MacSword 2.0
* GS - GnomeSword
* Xi - Xiphos (formerly known as GnomeSword)
* BD - Bible Desktop
* BT - BibleTime<ref>The BT developers have advised that BT testing is not necessary at this time.</ref>
* SW - SwordWeb / BibleTool<ref>Only shows About of all modules and content of Bibles, Commentaries and Generic Books, can not show images at present.</ref>
* BP - BPBible
* FB - FireBible
* ABS - Alkitab Bible Study
* SB - SwordBible
* PS - PocketSword

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=== Abbreviations Legends ===
* WoC - Words-of-Christ, ''aka'' Red Letter Text
* FN - Foot note
* dt - due to
* occ - occasionally
* aka - also known as

== Beta Modules ==

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Repository Directory: /pub/sword/betaraw

=== Bible Modules ===

Note: Unless stated otherwise, missing verses are based upon the KJV versification. A list of common [[:Category:Versification|versification]] systems and how they vary from the NRSVA versification can be found [http://www.ccel.org/refsys/refsys.html here].

==== Original Language Bibles ====
This section should primarily contain Greek and Hebrew Bibles, but others that serve as ''source'' texts for various denominations may also be placed here (i.e. Latin, OCS, Syriac, & Coptic texts).

{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[Tisch]]
| 2008-11-28
|
|John 8:53 has 375 <w> elements, the last of which stops in the middle of an attribute value (meaning it is is not valid xml).
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| Hold until John 8:53 is fixed.
|-valign="top" 
|[[Byz]]
| 2009-11-01
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|hold for 1.6.1 (OSISVariants)

|-valign="top" 
|[[Vulgate_Clem]]
|2008-07-24
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==== English Bibles ====
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ABU&beta=true ABU]
|2008-11-11
|NT only, conf reflects this, appears complete
|features: WoC

There was a WoC display problem (which needs to be tested).

See [[Talk:Modules_in_the_beta_repository#ABU]] for a discussion.

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|-valign="top" 
|[[Anderson]]
|2009-01-19
|NT only, conf reflects this
|Multiple OCR errors in the text source<ref>A better quality source text is online at [http://lookhigher.net/englishbibles/thenewtestamenttranslatedfromthesinaitic/].</ref> Needs checking against a hardcopy<ref>[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] owns a facsimile edition.</ref>
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|-valign="top" 
|[[KJC]]
| 2008-06-28
|NT only, conf reflects this
|Red letter is a complete mess!
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|-valign="top" 
|[[KJV]]
| 2009-05-30
|v2.4 uses milestoned chapter elements, unlike released v2.3
|Canonical Psalm titles do not display. Psalm 119 acrostic headings misplaced.<ref>Observed using Xiphos 3.1.4</ref>
|Change references from KJV2003 to KJV2006.
|Requires 1.6.x. Please evaluate Psalms 3.
|'''Hold'''<ref>Hold until root cause determined for module creation/encoding/display issues.</ref><ref>Module was made using osis2mod Rev: 2421. Suggest first try rebuilding with osis2mod Rev: 2562.</ref>

|-valign="top" 
|[[Twenty]]
|2009-01-23
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|}
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==== French Bibles ====
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[FreJND]]
|2008-06-13
|Whole Bible, appears complete

skc (maintainer)> Please report bugs on [[FreJND]]

etienne>If I activate the headings, it adds the headings in the Psalms but it adds also the mention "Chapitre #" under each chapter. That's ok, but in the Epistle to the Hebrews, it displays "Psaume #" instead of "Chapitre #" ...

skc (maintainer)> Thanks etienne, I will correct this. (update: Corrected in 1.17)

etienne> A little error at the end of Numbers 33. 51 (I report it here since I don't know were to report it else) : "Quand vous aurez passé le Jourdain [et que vous serez entrés] dans le '''paya''' de Canaan" this should be : "Quand vous aurez passé le Jourdain [et que vous serez entrés] dans le '''pays''' de Canaan".

skc (maintainer)> Corrected upstream, and in 1.17.

|features: FN and Xref work fine
skc (maintainer)> See [[FreJND]] about markup, it must probably be added in .conf, but where?

DMS: I'd suggest a textual comment in the About.

|Headings in Psalms are all "canonical" and not subject to "heading" filter. If these are the only headings, should the conf still have Feature=OSISHeading?

skc> I don't know, will ask on the mailing list.
|Displays fine in BD, in GS occ UTF8 problem - Mal 1:9 and Matt1:20 create odd characters (star in front of SEIGNEUR or DIEU), SW displays junk before DIEU in Mal 1:9 (looks like an engine problem handling <divineName>), MS doesn't display these verses at all, BibleCS ok.

skc> Stars are intentional, read [[FreJND]]. Other malfunctions are frontend utf-8 capitalization bugs.

etienne><s>Xi (previously GS) doesn't display the correct characters in front of Dieu or Seigneur. But it is ok for the stars in the Psalms.</s> 2009-11 : I checked again an it displays correctly now with Xi 3.1.1 and BT 2.3.3 (on Ubuntu). For example see Hebrew 1.10, 10.30.
|skc> I need to update from upstream and correct few bugs for too long. Will try hard to do this during north-summer-2011.
|}
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==== German Bibles ====
'''Note:''' Versification of German Bibles in the Old Testament is in stretches extremely different from the KJV. Both chapters and verses are of different length. As a result a lot of KJV verses, particularly at chapter ends are empty and other chapter ends are overloaded. Particular problems exist in the minor prophets: Joel has 4 chapters and Malachi only 3 in original versification. As a result, subsequent verses appear empty when KJV versification is imposed. The end of Malachi 3 can cause "Error reading ulBuffNum" in the outputs from Sword conversion and diagnostic utilities.

{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerElb1871r]]
| 2008-07-08
|Various disconnected chapters of various books 
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|None
|Displays well in GS, BD, SW,
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLut1545lh]]
| 2008-07-15
|
|Needs verse linkage in a few cases. Hold for updated osis2mod.
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|'''Hold''' pending update to osis2mod.
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLut1912]]
| 2008-07-17
|Whole Bible
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|Displays fine in BibleCS,GS,BD, SW
----
Has an inability to display pre-verse titles, which are very common, resulting in display problems in most frontends. Might need to wait on osis2mod update before release.
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|-valign="top" 
|}
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==== Japanese Bibles ====
Note: these Bibles have a new feature OSIS Ruby. See [http://www.w3.org/TR/ruby/]. Requires SWORD '''1.5.12''' (or later)!!!

:See also http://bible.salterrae.net/en/
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapBungo]]
|2008-06-08
|NT only (some missing verses)
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|None
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|'''hold''' for 1.6.2 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapDenmo]]
|2008-11-11
|NT portions
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|None
|Large amount of whitespace (new lines) around certain words like "Kingdom", "God" or "Father".<ref>See [http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/PS-36 PocketSword bug report], which has been verified in MacSword as well, and includes a screen shot.</ref>
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|-valign="top" 
|[[JapKougo]]
|2008-06-08
|Whole Bible (some missing verses)
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|None
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|'''hold''' for 1.6.2 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapMeiji]]
|2008-06-08
|Partial OT
|
|Note in-progress status of source.
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|'''hold''' for 1.6.2 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapRaguet]]
|2008-06-08
|NT only
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|None
|
|'''hold''' for 1.6.2 testing
|}
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==== Iran Region Languages Bibles ====
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[Dari]]
|2009-01-14
|emptyvss finds <ref>John 7:53, II Corinthians 13:14 </ref>
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| MS, Xi, PS fine
| Move to Main
|-valign="top" 
|[[FarHezarenoh]]
|2009-02-20
|New Testament: emptyvss finds <ref>Matthew 18:11, Matthew 21:44, Matthew 23:14, Matthew 27:48-66, Mark 7:16, Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 11:26, Mark 15:24-25,28, Mark 16:9, Acts 8:37, Acts 28:28-29, Romans 16:27, Philemon 1:1-25, Hebrews 13:7-25, II John 1:1-13, III John 1:1-14, Jude 1:1-25</ref>
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|MS, Xi fine
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|-valign="top" 
|[[FarTPV]]
|2009-01-14
|emptyvss finds <ref>Leviticus 4:30, I Chronicles 27:17-21, Isaiah 2:21-22, Jeremiah 19:2-15, Jeremiah 20:2-18, II Corinthians 13:14.</ref>
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| MS, Xi fine
|
|}
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==== Other Bibles ====
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|[[GreVamvas]]
|2008-07-23
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|-valign="top" 
|[[PolUGdanska]]
|2009-08-24
|NT only, conf reflects this
|Matt 1:1 missing Footnotes & cross-refs missing Colophons? Not valid xml, as it uses MS Word 'smart quotes' for attribute values.
|None
|Displays OK in BD, BP, BibleCS
|Rebuild from MS Word source

|}
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==== WBTI & BL Bibles ====
* WBTI denotes Wycliffe Bible Translators International
* BL denotes Bible League
'''Global Problems''': 
These Bibles are likely to have the same set of problems. If you find an error that pertains to more than one, please briefly note it below and provide details with references here: [[WBTI Bible discussion|Wycliffe Bible Discussion]]

'''Note:'''
:Most of these modules are for languages in the Americas, for which there is now much more up to date information indexed at http://www.scriptureearth.org/
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=amu_BL_1999&beta=true amu_BL_1999]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Dislays fine in SW. Not in BD.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cco_BL_2002&beta=true cco_BL_2002]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=chd_BL_1991&beta=true chd_BL_1991]
|2008-07-02
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=chq_BL_1983&beta=true chq_BL_1983]
|2008-07-02
|
|Unicode 5.1 font needed?
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=chz_BL_2003&beta=true chz_BL_2003]
|2008-07-02
|
|Unicode 5.1 font needed?
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ckw_WBTI_1996&beta=true ckw_WBTI_1996]
|2008-07-02
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cnl_BL_1994&beta=true cnl_BL_1994]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cnt_BL_1994&beta=true cnt_BL_1994]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above). Needs Unicode 5.1 font?
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cti_BL_1976&beta=true cti_BL_1976]
|2008-07-02
|
|Variation of global header note problem. The reference precedes Matt 5:20 verse number and the heading is indented after as if it were not a heading.
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ctp_BL_1992&beta=true ctp_BL_1992]
|2008-07-02
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=dug_WBTI_1999&beta=true dug_WBTI_1999]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=huv_BL_1996&beta=true huv_BL_1996]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ixl_WBTI_2001&beta=true ixl_WBTI_2001]
|2008-07-02
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=jac_WBTI_1997&beta=true jac_WBTI_1997]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=jvn_BL_1999&beta=true jvn_BL_1999]
|2008-07-02
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=kek_WBTI_2000&beta=true kek_WBTI_2000]
|2008-07-02
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=lac_BL_1978&beta=true lac_BL_1978]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mir_BL_1988&beta=true mir_BL_1988]
|2008-07-02
|Incomplete? Using SW, a spot check of three arbitrary chapters shows empty verses. See Matt 5, v15,16,30,35,36 are missing. Jas 1, v8,11 missing. Rom 8, v4,8 missing.
----
Those are all linked verses. (Matt.5.14, Matt.5.15, Matt.5.16 are a single block, where the latter two link to the entry of the first.) Nonetheless, emptyvss is reporting numerous genuinely empty (and unlinked) verses that should have some linking, according to the OSIS source. There might be some sort of importer problem here. (But there is no missing text that I can see.)
----
There are 2 bugs in osis2mod: linking is not working and appended, interverse material is replacing a link.
|
| hold for osis2mod fix
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=miz_BL_2003&beta=true miz_BL_2003]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mks_BL_1999&beta=true mks_BL_1999]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mvc_WBTI_2002&beta=true mvc_WBTI_2002]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mvj_WBTI_2000&beta=true mvj_WBTI_2000]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mxq_BL_2004&beta=true mxq_BL_2004]
|2008-07-02
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ncl_BL_1998&beta=true ncl_BL_1998]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ngu_BL_1987&beta=true ngu_BL_1987]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=nhy_BL_2006&beta=true nhy_BL_2006]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=otq_BL_2003&beta=true otq_BL_2003]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=qut_WBTI_1997&beta=true qut_WBTI_1997]
|2008-07-02
|
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cso_BL_1986&beta=true cso_BL_1986]<ref>Renamed; was sco_BL_1986</ref>
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above). Needs Unicode 5.1 font?
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ttc_WBTI_2003&beta=true ttc_WBTI_2003]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=tzz_BL_1987&beta=true tzz_BL_1987]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=usp_WBTI_1999&beta=true usp_WBTI_1999]
|2008-07-02
|
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mxt_BL_1983&beta=true mxt_BL_1983]<ref>Renamed; was xmt_BL_1983</ref>
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=xtd_BL_2001&beta=true xtd_BL_2001]
|2008-07-02
|
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zab_BL_1995&beta=true zab_BL_1995]
|2008-07-02
|
|Empty note markers stand before verse numbers. (See Matt 5)
|
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zaw_BL_2006&beta=true zaw_BL_2006]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpo_BL_2002&beta=true zpo_BL_2002]
|2008-07-02
|Text contains 240 bracketed cross references without OSIS markup tags There are 13 empty verses (in addition to the 8 missing verses).
|Global header note problem (see above).
|Amatlán is incorrectly encoded
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpq_BL_1987&beta=true zpq_BL_1987]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|In SW, Matt 5:32, the note is split oddly, as if part of it is attached to the prior verse.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpu_BL_2000&beta=true zpu_BL_2000]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpv_BL_1990&beta=true zpv_BL_1990]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zsr_BL_1992&beta=true zsr_BL_1992]
|2008-07-02
|
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ztq_BL_2000&beta=true ztq_BL_2000]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zty_BL_2002&beta=true zty_BL_2002]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|}
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=== Dictionary Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|[[Strong]]
|2008-11-26
|
|
H8342 transliteration is: ώâώôn ώâώôn Is that really right?
(in module: samekh->s, sin->ώ, shin->sh, tsade->ts; in printed text: same except samekh->c-cedilla, sin->s; conclusion: change s (except in ts/sh) to c-cedilla, and change ώ to s)
----
H5019 has the transliteration, pronunciation and original language mixed up.
<entryFree n="H5019|נבוּכדנאצּר">
<title>
H5019
</title>
<orth>נבוּכדנאצּר</orth>
<orth rend="bold" type="trans">
נבוּכדרא צּור נבוּכדראצּר
</orth>
<pron rend="italic">
n<hi rend="super">e</hi>bûkadne'tstsar
nebûkadre'tstsar nebûkadre'tsôr
</pron>
<lb/>
<def>
<hi rend="italic">
neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar'
neb-oo-kad-rets-tsar'
neb-oo-kad-tsore
</hi>
<lb/>
Of foreign derivation;
<lb/>
<hi rend="italic">
Nebukadnetstsar
</hi>
(or
<hi rend="italic">
retstsar
</hi>
or
<hi rend="italic">
retstsor
</hi>
) king of Babylon: -
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadrezzar.
</def>
</entryFree>

What should be the second part of the <orth> tag is put in the <orth type="trans">, the transliteration is put in the pron, and the pronunciation is left all alone outside.
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|2007-09-22
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|-valign="top" 
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|2010-07-08
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|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=CleasbyVigfusson CleasbyVigfusson]
|2007-09-05
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|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=FVDPVietAnh FVDPVietAnh]
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|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=LewisElem LewisElem]
|2007-09-22
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|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=LewisShort LewisShort]
|2007-09-21
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=LiddellScott LiddellScott]
|2008-12-06
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Zoega Zoega]
|2007-09-22
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|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Webster1806 Webster1806]
|2008-06-20
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|displays well in GS, BD. Displays markup in MS
|'''Hold''' for 1.5.12 w/ improved TEI rendering? (may not be necessary for 1806)

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Webster1913 Webster1913]
|2008-06-05
|In E, for example, it says:
See
<hi rend="italic">
Guide to Pronunciation
</hi>,
§§ 74-97.
<lb/>
Where or what is this? front/end matter?
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It probably doesn't exist in the text we have, which is derived from the MICRA database.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
|In article A: 
...which was borrowed from the Greek
<name rend="italic" type="biologicalSpecies">
<ref target="alpha">Alpha</ref></name>,
of the same form;...

Why is this a biologicalSpecies???
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text, which uses <spn> in this case to indicate species name.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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and this was made from the first letter (�)
of the Phœnician alphabet
The character in brackets is wrong. This occurs in C as well, and in D, F,.
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text, which marks these as unknown character, hence the use of the same in Unicode.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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In article E, lots of the text is in a footnote, which shouldn't.
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text, which contains a couple of very large footnotes.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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There seems to be an excessive amount of <hi rend="italic"> throughout.
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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Senses collide with the number of the sense:
<sense n="1">
<num type="sense">
1.
</num>
Will output '''1'''1.
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text. If you want the rendering to be different, modify the filter and submit a patch. The markup is correct, and this is not a module error or issue.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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I want to clarify my position on all of these types of errors: The Webster's 1913 text is fairly well error-riddled. We can do minor text corrections, but in some sense it's pointless unless we go to the effort of searching for errors in a more systematic fashion. But I have to think that's not the best use of time considering there are other projects, such as the GCIDE, to improve (but also modernize) this text. Some of these issues, like the Phoenician letters could be corrected, but wouldn't be apparent since no one is likely to have fonts that display Phoenician. And incorrectly tagged words (as in the case of the species name "Alpha") could be corrected, but wouldn't likely have any display difference in any Sword front end. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 05:11, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
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With the <num type="sense"> question, I think (though I don't know about TEI, so I may be wrong) that the <num type="sense"> should be removed. I can do a patch, but I'm not sure what the correct behaviour is. [[User:Benpmorgan|Benpmorgan]] 06:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
|none
|displays well in GS, BD. Displays markup in MS
|'''Hold''' for 1.5.12 w/ improved TEI rendering
|}
<references />

=== Daily Devotional Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|[[Daily]]
|2008-04-19
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|Appears structurally sound (scrolling between dates works)
Numerous scripture reference parsing errors in the source. (Fix by running through vs2osisref.)

Dates after Christmas mysteriously empty.... (They're present in the doc supplied to imp2ld though.)
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|Displays well in GS, BD, SW, Links do not work in MS, some links appear with markup in BibleCS
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Could you provide some examples.
|needs '''fixing'''
|}
<references />

=== Commentary Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|[[Barnes]]
|2008-01-01
|
|Gen 1.1 entry is not UTF-8 (quotes, nbsp), perhaps elsewhere 
Isaiah 52:13,14,15 have a bad title. 
Daniel 7:28, 9:25, Rev 9:21 is using as a paragraph break. I.e. there is no matching .
Here and there, <hi type="b">, which is not valid OSIS. 
Obviously, this was not validated against the OSIS schema. 
BUMP! Is this module mis-encoded? Quotation marks display as funny ?? marks, which makes me think it's not UTF-8 and instead something else? The conf file says it should be UTF-8, tho, but I don't believe even the conf file is UTF8 encoded? :(
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|In BD and GS the bad encoding makes the module look very bad. in SW some characters do not display (? quotation marks) e.g James 2:1 2nd paragraph
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[CalvinCommentaries]]
|2008-01-01
|Many, not all books from OT and NT, Conf reflects this, features - no FN found
|Gen 1:1 contains an XML document preamble <xml encoding="UTF-8" version="1.0"> <osis xmlns="..... Maybe it was built with imp2mod and not osis2mod?
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|Displays fine in GS, BD, MS, SW, cross reference links in BibleCS often displayed as HTML text. e.g. Mark 1:1 second last paragraph
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[Clarke]]
|2007-10-06
|Whole Bible, appears complete
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|Displays well in GS, SW. In BD the bad encoding makes the module look very bad.
|needs '''fixing''' hold testing, update planned

|-valign="top" 
|[[TSK]]
|2008-06-23
|Seems to be missing Deut 34:12 which shows up in released TSK. This is end of book content.
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Deut 34.12 has no content in TSK. Some versions repeat the text of the verse (probably from the KJV). We do not. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 23:02, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
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In the currently released TSK, there is this content in Deut 34:12:
<pre>
12 CONCLUDING REMARKS ON DEUTERONOMY AND THE PENTATEUCH.
Thus ends the book of Deuteronomy, and with it the Pentateuch,
commonly called the Law of Moses;
a work every way worthy of God its author, and only less than
the New Testament, the Law and Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Its antiquity places it at the head of all the writings in the world...
</pre>
This content is not in the beta.
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Philemon 1:1 has some Greek Strong's Numbers but they are linked incorrectly (directly to the STRONG module, aka: sword://STRONG/G5371 instead of a ref with action=showStrongs in it). v1.4 in the non-beta repo links these correctly. --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 03:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
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|displays well in GS. In SW only vers 1 is shown and links do not work.
Hebrew letters are not done properly (comparing with e-sword)
e.g. Judg 12:6, where ת appears as ϊ and ו as ε.
Another example is Nehemiah 7:61, where again it seems to have greek letters, not hebrew.

Also, it is missing the diagram (and introductory text to it) for Numbers 35:4. Is this type of schematic possible in OSIS (or just include an image)?
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[OTPassages]]
|2008-06-23
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<references />

=== GenBook Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLutherpredigten]]
|2008-06-07
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|Appears structurally sound
|Conf offers headings, none found
|Displays fine in GS, BD, BibleCS, MS, SW
|'''ready'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[SummaTheologica]]
|2003-02-13
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|'''Remove?'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[AquinasSummaTheologica]]
|2008-06-16
|
|links like Bible:VUL:Gen.1.1 do not work in BD. This is a BD bug. At the same time though I think that it is inappropriate to prescribe which Bible (Vulgata) is linked to, given that this genBook is in English [[User:Refdoc|Refdoc]]
:If an author cites a particular work, as Aquinas is likely to have done, this is appropriate. More significantly, since Aquinas is working from Bibles with a different reference system from Bible.NRSVA, it's important to identify that somehow so that we have the potential to do reference system translation.[[User:Osk|Osk]] 21:47, 28 June 2008 (MDT)
Aquinas will have quoted the Vulgata as it was the authorative translation (i.e. not as a preference, but dt lack of alternative). It is a new situation to have an abundance of translations. I do agree though with the versification being a problem. Only - it will not work right now either as even the Vulgate will be KJV versified. My long term suggestion would be to introduce (once GenBokk bibles are reality) a conf property regarding versification GenBooks could then refer to VersScheme:Book:Chapter:Verse instead of ModName:Book:Chapter:Verse - which would allow users to use a variety of applicable Bible translations with any given gen book.[[User:Refdoc|Refdoc]] 02:01, 1 July 2008 (MDT)
|Add Obsoletes: SummaTheologica ?
|Displays fine in MS, GS SW, BibleCS. Links in BD do not work
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[EnochCharles]]
|2009-01-23
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|2009-01-23
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|2009-01-23
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|2009-03-24
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Jub]]
|2005-05-21
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|Jub 35:3 is in /Jub/35, not /Jub/35/3

Jub 38:6 is in /Jub/38

Jub 47, 48 links to exodus aren't osisref'ed
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Didache]]
|2008-11-10
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|Even when a proper font is selected, some text seems problematic. See /Didache/1/6, which contains:"??? σου". If this is unknown text or if there are textual variants, then a footnote should be added to let the reader know that this is not an encoding problem. Basic contents display properly in BT, GS, BibleCS, and BD after an appropriate font is selected. 
Content is not valid OSIS. It has some <w> elements that are not closed. And it uses as a marker, I.e. no matching tag nor is the tag a .
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|Navigation can be a bit awkward. Didache/1 should present the reader with a title heading such as "Chapter 1" (but in Greek which I can't read). Still better, front ends should have a way to present all verses of the chapter without individual verse-navigation, which is very awkward. BT does this well, BD and BibleCS make this module painful to navigate. Navigation in GS is so-so.
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<references />

=== Map Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
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==Application Bugs Found During Testing==
During testing pre-existing bugs may be found in an application. In general, you should use the appropriate bugtracker and report them there.

:''This section does not yet list all front-end applications. Add more sub-sections as and when required''.

=== SWORD front-ends ===

==== MS ====
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/MACSW
* In GenBooks: click on a leaf, then click on (About). (About) does not show. Sometimes nothing happens, other times another entry's content shows.
* In About w/ UTF-8 characters, e.g. GerLutherpredigten, garbage is shown because it tries to interpret it as "Latin-1".
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words of Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/>

==== GS/Xi ====
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5528
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words of Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/>
* Parallel references in section headings in the Gospels display as *x but do not point to the parallel text. They appear as a cross-reference to the first verse in that chapter. For an example, see Mark 1 or Luke 4 in VietNVB.
* <lg> elements can cause an extra space to be added between the verse number and text.
==== BT ====
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=954&atid=100954
* <nowiki><div type="section"></nowiki> and <lg> elements can cause an extra space to be added between the verse number and text.
==== SW ====
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/SWEB
* Does not handle UTF-8 in Description when listing names of modules.
* In About w/ UTF-8 characters, e.g. GerLutherpredigten, garbage is shown because it tries to interpret it as "Latin-1".
* In About w/ \uxxxxx? RTF codes, e.g. TurNTB, ? is shown.
** Well, that's the expected behavior if the font lacks the encoded character (and so, not a software or a module bug but a font deficiency if anything).-Osk
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used and transChange is in the WoC: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/> The words following <transChange> are not highlighted.
* Links to Bible references in Daily devotions do not work
* Shows in commentaries only Vers 1 rather than whole chapter when asked to show a chapter - e.g. Genesis 1 - only Gen 1:1 will show up
==== BibleCS / SPW ====
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/BCS

==== BP ====
:''Please add bug tracker details''.

=== JSword front-ends ===
==== BD ====
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/BD
* Does not handle foot-notes in anything but Bibles.
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words of Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/>
* links leading to a specific Bible module do not work
* Inconsistently displays <l> elements.
* Inconsistently displays pre-verse titles.
* in ThML Genbooks, BD fails to display any div which includes <verse> tags
* BD cannot generate a search index for some Bible modules. Examples: JPS, Rotherham

== See also ==
* [[Modules in the av11n repository]]
* [[Modules in the experimental repository]]

[[Category:Modules]]
[[Category:Repositories]]
[[Category:Testing]]

Module Requests

2011-10-31T02:18:09Z

Niccarter: /* Commentaries */ added the believer's bible commentary

Here is a place to request modules you would like to be made. If the copyright holder has been contacted, the permissions granted or not can be put here.

New modules are made largely on the basis of content availability and distributability. If you have a link to new material in the public domain, adding it here is a good way of notifying us of its availability. However there is no guarantee that anyone will be interested in creating a module from that material. If you want to see a new module, your quickest results will come from encoding it in OSIS yourself and submitting that to us.

If you would like to see the addition of text currently under copyright and have not made any attempt to get permission for distribution, there is no point to adding it here and the addition will likely be removed. If you only have a link to non-text material (images, PDFs, etc.), there is no point to adding it here and it will likely be removed.

====Bible Versions====
''Background: CrossWire volunteers may like to visit [http://bibles.wikidot.com/ The Internet Bible Catalog], an experiment in creating a web-based catalogue of existing Bible Translations.''

=====English Bibles=====
''Background: For an historical survey of English Bibles, visit [http://www.bible-researcher.com/versions.html The English Versions of Scripture]. See also [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Bible Wikisource:WikiProject Bible].''

Rev. Bradford B. Taliaferro runs a blog entitled, [http://biblereadersmuseum.blogspot.com/ New and Interesting Bibles and Versions] – ''The purpose of this web-log is to list new, interesting and unusual Bibles, versions and translations''.

*Entire [[Wycliffe Bible]] (''c''. 1380), available from [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe) Wikisource], which in turn was provided by the [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/wycliffe/ Wesley Center Online]. The entire Wycliffe Bible can be downloaded as a single ZIP file containing 76 text files in VPL format. ''cf. The existing SWORD module is limited to the Pentateuch and the Gospels.''

*Complete Tyndale Bible, Not even the whole NT is available with SWORD, and also he translated the Pentateuch, and Jonah, and other books later published in Matthew's Bible.
::[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24890 Jonah] (1531)
::[http://www.pgdp.net/ Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders] is digitizing the Pentateuch (1530) (Genesis is almost done, but still being PP'ed) [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/tyndale/ Wesley Center Online] also has all of Tyndale's translation, except those published posthumously (by Matthew Thomas). Both Tyndale and Wycliffe from the Wesley Center are the work of Sergej A. Fedosov.

::Some problems with Sergey's work is that he doesn't transcribe the line over vowels that represented a n, or m--so the text has a lot of hi meaning him, the meaning them, wet meaning went etc...where these are not spellings that the printer used. He also transcribes the þt, þe and such thorn symbols as ye, yt instead of the, that, etc...but transcribes the "and" symbol (&) as "and".

*Miles Coverdale Bible, (1535).

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tomson Laurence Tomson] (1587) Geneva Bible 1587 Revision. Check Slavic Bible version for (significant?) differences from 1599 Geneva.

*KJV (original 1611 version/orthography). There exist some reprints in paper - has anyone scanned it? Also a few electronic editions exist--check into adapting one for SWORD.

*The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Psalm_Book Bay Psalm Book] (1640) – the first book, that is still in existence, printed in British North America. BiblioLife have published a digitized edition. See [http://www.amazon.com/Psalm-Book-Dodd-Mead-Company/dp/1113910690/].

*Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650). This is available in Online Bible (Topic) format at [http://www.ccel.org/olb/tolbss/zipfiles/books/psalter.exe]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiston William Whiston] (1745) [http://www.archive.org/details/primitivenewtest00whisuoft The Primitive New Testament] on Archive.org

*Richard Wynne (1764) [http://www.archive.org/details/newtestamentcare00wynn New Testament : carefully collated with the Greek and corrected] on Archive.org. This copy is missing the title page thru the Acts of the Apostles. (Maybe it's Volume 2 of a 2 volume set.)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Doddridge Philip Doddridge] (1765) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Doddridge%29 The family expositor; or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section] 4 volumes on Archive.org (multiple copies of some volumes)

*John Guyse (1797) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Guyse%29 The Practical Expositor: The New Testament in the form of a Paraphrase, with Occasional Notes and recollections] on Archive.org

*Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Charles_Lee_Brenton Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton] (1845) Brenton's English Septaguint. See also this description of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/brenton/ Brenton's Translation of the Septuagint] on the website of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/ The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies]. An online HTML version of Brenton's 1851 edition is available at [http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint-hyperlinked.html] as a single webpage, but without the appendix.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Version Revised Version] (1885) – ''see the external links in the Wikipedia page for two online editions in HTML format, and one to a facsimile PDF copy''

*Richard C. Moulton (1907) [http://books.google.com/books?id=R5IaAAAAMAAJ Modern Reader's Bible] on Google

*S. Townsend Weaver (1909) [http://www.archive.org/details/universitynewtes00weav Weaver's New Testament] at the Internet Archive.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albert_Broadus John Albert Broadus] (1913) [http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain00philuoft The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments:A new version based in part on the bible union version] a.k.a The Baptist Bible (recommend OSIS id ABS.) on Archive.org

*[http://bibles.wikidot.com/ballantine William Gay Ballantine] (1923) (revised ed. 1934) [http://thechan.com/ The Riverside New Testament: a Translation From The Original Greek Into The English of Today], ''needs copyright review'' According to the Google/Gutenberg copyright renewal records, this was [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/show.php?id=1346 renewed in 1950], which makes it still in-copyright today. NOTE: [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/ urbanpug], google, Gutenberg all have disclaimers that the database contains omissions and errors, and not finding a renewal record does NOT mean a work is PD, but finding a record does mean you have to get permission from someone.

*NASB – Currently being prepared. This will be sold. See [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]].

*Amplified Bible – Jointly produced by the Lockman Foundation and Zondervan. Zondervan Publishing House is contracted with the Lockman Foundation to control and manage the publishing rights of the Amplified Bible.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_Bible]

*NKJV, Thomas Nelson Inc. Contact attempted by Karl to rights@thomasnelson.com and onlinenotification@thomasnelson.com, December 2007; no response.

*NIV, the perennial request. Contact attempted via feedback web page at ibs.org, November 2006 and March 2007; no response. Dead-tree letter sent to IBS licensing directory, February 2008; no response.

*World Bible Translation Center (1987,1999,2006) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] English translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1988) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible] English translation. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*Michael Paul Johnson (1996) [http://www.ebible.org/glw God's Living Word] is a solo translation by the editor of the World English Bible. It only covers the Gospel of John and the epistles of John, but I'd like to see it in SWORD. It's already in OSIS format at the link with creative commons (commercial use) copyright allowing redistribution.

*Contemporary English Version, contact made. The [mailto:info@americanbible.org American Bible Society] have asked for a formal request to be made to them, with information about use and protection (May 2009).

*Third Millennium Bible, contact attempted at TMBible.com, November 2007, no response.

*James Madsen (2003) New Simplified Bible. [http://www.geocities.com/simplifiedbible/EnjoyNSB15.html (author's page)]

*Gary Gallant (2007) Grammar Uses Version. "Version showing the the way verbs in a participle or infinitive tense are used when translated. Also shows noun uses when translated. This is a very literal translation from the BYZ lectures." (Available in its native OLB [http://www.fundamentalbaptists.com/host/olb/files/guv.exe] format at Gary's site.)

*Word of Yahweh Bible--KJV3, 2010 (Expected completion). Rights unknown. [http://yahavahbiblekjv3.com/site_map.html]

*[http://rockhay.tripod.com/cottonpatch/index.htm Cotton Patch Version.] Copyrighted.

*[http://logoschristian.org/mark/ The Phat News of Mark]. Copyrighted. A bit like the Cotton Patch Version.

*[http://www.2001translation.com/ 2001 Translation]. Public Domain.

*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28Wikisource%29 Free Bible]. Public Domain.

*[http://bookworm.oreilly.com/view/first/The+New+Testament+Letters/16015/ New Testament Letters] by Paula Fether. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.standardversion.org/aramaic_english_standard_version/aesv/aesv-index.php Aramaic English Standard Version]. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.essenescrolls.com/peshitta/index.php The Holy Peshitta of the Assembly of Jerusalem]. Copyrighted.

*[http://wordhord.org/nasb/ Anglo-Saxon Bible]. Public Domain? This is really a collection of various versified AS texts, by various translators/authors.

*[http://www.thewaytoyahuweh.com/translations The Way to Yahuweh].

*Ferrar Fenton Bible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrar_Fenton_Bible]. The complete Bible was published in 1903. The text is now available online in HTML format (as well as a PDF download) from [http://thetencommandmentsministry.us/ministry/ferrar_fenton/]. Fenton used a different book order in both testaments, so any future SWORD module for his translation would require [[Alternate Versification]].

*[http://thetencommandmentsministry.us/ministry/charles_thomson/ Charles Thomson] English translation of the Greek Septuagint (LXX) Bible. Horne says (1846): "Very few copies of Mr. Thomson's work have reached England, and even in America it has become very scarce and dear." Looks like the full text of what must be a PD work has been posted online.

*RSV/NRSV. "We appreciate your interest in making the RSV/NRSV available as modules for the Sword Project. However, at this time, we do not authorize any open source uses of the RSV/NRSV. God's blessings on your ministry." (Response received 22 Aug 2009 in response to detailed inquiry per their instructions and form.)

*The [http://openenglishbible.org/ Open English Bible] by Russell Allen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. The OEB is available in two editions, one for US readers, the other for UK & Commonwealth readers. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in now contact with Russell Allen. The source text can be provided in USFM format. See also, with very similar aims, [http://en.door43.org/wiki/Bible The Open Bible Translation] at [http://en.door43.org/ Door 43]. This may even be the same translation.

*NEB. The [http://www.katapi.org.uk/NEB/IntroContents.php New English Bible] 1962 – available online with the legend "exclusive to this website". © The Delegates of the Oxford University Press & the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1961. ''Maybe worth making contact with Paul Ingram''.

=====Original languages=====

======Hebrew and Aramaic OT======

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Codex WLC] with Westminster Morphology

*Samaritan Torah – for background, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Torah]. Has this ever been digitized?

======Greek NT======
:''See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_uncials List of New Testament uncials] on Wikipedia, for possible further leads''.

======Latin Bibles======

:''The existing Vulgate module and Vulgate_Clem beta module contain only the 66 protocanonical books, even though the complete Vulgate contains 76 books''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate]

* [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_%28Stuttgartensia%29 Complete Vulgate Stuttgart] (including the Apocrypha), for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards. (This is copyrighted. Stuttgart almost always indicates DBG(GBS). WikiSource is hosting a copy, in progress, but someone does note that it is copyrighted.)

* Nova Vulgata - the text is copyright (1979 onwards), so obtaining permission may be impossible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate#Nova_Vulgata] for more details.

=====French Bibles=====
:''See also [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traductions_de_la_Bible_en_fran%C3%A7ais Traductions de la Bible en français] and [http://www.la-bible.net/page.php?ref=bible16_20_intro La Bible en français du XVe au milieu du XXe siècle].''

* La Bible Pierre Robert Olivétan, 1535. Selected books are already digitized at [http://www.ecritures-saintes.com/olivetan/]. One edition is original spelling, and one is with modern spelling.

* La Bible de David Martin 1707. The original 1707 David Martin translation is being published on-line in modern orthography. The complete NT is available now, plus several OT books already on-line. See http://www.martin1707.com/

* La Bible de David Martin 1855. The complete NT is available from [http://desmond.oshea.free.fr/BibleMartin/Bible%20Martin%201855/Bible%20david%20Martin%201855%20index.html], along with 26 books of the OT. "Tous les textes bibliques contenus ici sont libres de droit vous pouvez les réutiliser et les diffuser sans mon autorisation." English: "All biblical texts contained herein are free you can reuse and distribute without my permission." The same website also has the complete Bible David Martin 1744, which may well prove to be a better text source than we used for our SWORD module. It's a very detailed site, with a page showing the changes between the 1744 and 1855 editions of the text.

* La Bible de Jean-Frédéric Ostervald - 1744.

* La Bible de Saci - 1759 (Bible complete traduit sur la Vulgate par le Maistre de Saci, dite aussi Bible de Mons (Port Royal)) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/saci/saci.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* L’Ancien Testament Traduit D’Après L’Hébreu par H.-Auguste Perret-Gentil (professeur à la Faculté de Neuchâtel) 1861, 1866. The 1861 text is available in PDF format from [http://epelorient.free.fr/].

* La Sainte Bible commentée d'après la Vulgate (8 volumes, 1888-1895) par Louis-Claude Fillion (1843-1927). Electronic edition available at [http://www.magnificat.ca/].

* La Bible de Pirot et Clamer (Louis Pirot et Albert Clamer, La Sainte Bible, texte latin et traduction française d'après les textes originaux avec un commentaire exégétique et théologique, Paris 1950). Text was obtained in 2008 from [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/pirot/pirot.htm], but subsequently withdrawn, with note "N'est plus disponible.". ''Permission had been given to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].'' NB. Check the French copyright status.

* La Bible King James Française 2007 (D'après la version AV 1611, Traduction Nadine L. Stratford) [http://www.kingjamesfrancaise.com/],[http://456-bible.123-bible.com/kjf/kjf.htm]. ''2009-07-16 Email received by [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] from N. Stratford granting permissions for both Go Bible and CrossWire SWORD module''.

* La Bible - French OT translation by Édouard Dhorme (1956). Edward Paul Dhorme (1881 - 1966) was a French Assyriologist, Semiticist and translator of the Bible. He was a professor at the College de France and the Sorbonne. One of his works deals with the religions of Babylon and of Assyria. The French translation of the Old Testament was published under his direction by Gallimard in the prestigious Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Dhorme was a Dominican. ''Not yet found en electronic version''.

* La Sainte Bible d'Ostervald - the revision of 1996.

* [http://ba.21.free.fr/septuaginta/cover.html La Septante] – French translation of the LXX.

From [http://lire.la-bible.net/ lire.la-bible.net] (read.the-bible.net)

* Traduction oecuménique de la Bible (TOB) (Copyright 1988, Société biblique française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France et Editions du Cerf)

* La Bible dite la Colombe (Colombe) - nouvelle version Segond revisée (Copyright 1978, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible Parole de Vie (PDV) (2000) (Copyright 2000, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Nouvelle Bible Segond (NBS) (Copyright 2002, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible en français courant (BFC) Version révisée 1997 (Copyright 1997, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

=====German Bibles=====
* [http://www.volxbibel.com/ Volxbibel] – A new German Bible translation in the language of the young generation. The translation is under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/deed.en_GB Creative Commons] license, so non-commercial use and distribution is allowed. A SWORD module called VLX3 has been already created by [http://www.heidoc.net/ Jan Krohn], who has also built Go Bible applications for Java mobile phones.

* [http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zefania-sharp/sf_zuercher_1931.zip Zürcher Bibel 1931] – Die Ursprünge der Zürcher Bibel gehen auf die Reformation in Zürich unter Ulrich Zwingli zurück (1531). Die Zürcher Bibel von 1931 gehört zu den strukturtreuen Übersetzungen und legt dabei grossen Wert auf philologische Genauigkeit. Bezüglich Texttreue wird sie bei Vergleichen von Bibelübersetzungen meist nahe bei der Elberfelder Bibel gesehen und oft etwas lesbarer als diese beschrieben. – The ZIP file was uploaded to sourceforge on 12-Apr-2009.

There is a [http://www.bijbelstudie.org/downloads/ger/details_ger.php?ID=783 module] for Online Bible. This might work as a source if it is not also taken from the Zefania-XML-file.

* Die Bibel nach der Übersetzung von Hermann Menge as discussed [http://www.crosswire.org/forums/mvnforum/viewthread_thread,842 in this thread]. The translation is of a high quality and went into the public domain last year. The German Bible Society had updated orthography and punctuation, which is a non-copyrightable act, and reissued the bible in the 1990's, so it would be desirable to use their updated version. It was double-checked with them that this is legal and that the digital text of the Menge-Bibel as found on the [http://www.bibelwissenschaft.de/nc/online-bibeln/menge-bibel/lesen-im-bibeltext/bibelstelle/Gen%201/anzeige/context/#iv GBS websites] may be used freely, including for the purposes of making a module. An unofficial module from a Zefania source is linked to in the above forum thread.

=====Polish Bibles=====

* Biblia Tysiąclecia. Several Polish translations are available as Go Bible applications from [http://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~ja235896/biblia/download.php]. This is one for which there is not an existing SWORD module.

* [http://sword.chrzescijanie.pl/moduly.htm Polish SWORD website]. Copyright status uncertain for some of the available modules.

=====Spanish Bibles=====
''For a more comprehensive list, see'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_%28Spanish%29]
*[http://www.reinavaleragomez.com/ Reina Valera Gómez 2010] – updated edition. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is assisting webmaster Shane Rice to make this new module, which will obsolete the module SpaRVG2004 in the CrossWire repository.

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1971) [http://www.bible.claret.org Biblia Latinoaméricana] a.k.a Christian Community Bible - Spanish version. Sent email 11/4/08 requesting rights. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Spanish translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Nueva Versión Internacional

*Dios Habla Hoy (United Bible Societies). This is available online at the ABS [http://www.bibles.org/ BibleSearch] site.

===== Portuguese =====
''For all these, please ask for further information at sword-devel. And please read the section in the [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]] first''.

====== Brazilian ======
*[http://www.sbb.org.br/ SBB] denied permissions, someone from Brasília intends to try again.

*SBT has been contacted, anticipating answer.

*IBB has left the door open to a future favourable answer. Need to follow up with request for permissions on Versão Revisada and its Almeida Século XXI successor.

*[[Corrigida]] low-quality copies are available, we need to evaluate if it is worthwhile to move forward: old translation, not too good, OCR will be troublesome.

*[[Tradução Brazileira]] (1917) copy obtained, working library contacts to find a book scanner. The text will enter into the public domain on January 1, 2012 - the beginning of the year following the seventieth anniversary of death of the last contributor, Virgílio Varzea in accordance with the provisions of the copyright law in force. SBB has published an electronic version in Online Bible (version 3) format with updated spelling and orthography. This edition is not public domain! The [http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Tradu%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Brasileira_da_B%C3%ADblia wikisource edition] is in the modern orthography, so despite the usual statement about its Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, it cannot yet be shown to be ''independent'' of the copyrighted work of SBB.

*[http://www.centrodabiblia.org/pageID_2611978.html Tradução Literal da Bíblia] by Bernd Bremicker. This is an independent Portuguese Bible translation work in progress. The files are in PDF format, and so far cover a substantial part of the NT. ''Worth making enquiries''.

====== Iberian ======
*Permissions were obtained on a number of texts from [[SBP]], as per post at sword-devel.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Portuguese translation. (If the WBTC is amenable to allow other languages be published, I will specifically request and post here Portuguese allowance if given) The WBTC lists the version as 'Brazilian Portuguese'.

===== Welsh Bibles =====

* 1620 Translation (William Morgan's 1588, revised by Parry and Davies in 1620). [http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_testunau/sion_prys_003_beibl_mynegai_1284e.htm]. See also [[Non-CrossWire_Text-Development_Projects#Individual_Works|Text Development]]. ''Public Domain. Texts for Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Luke, and 2 Corinthians are not yet available.'' In 2010, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has learned that the [http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/ Bible Society] has the William Morgan translation available in USFM format, and has been given the relevant contact information, with permissions likely to be given to CrossWire. They have received several user requests for the William Morgan translation to be made available on mobile phones, i.e. by means of our Go Bible application.

*Revised New Welsh Bible (Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Argraffiad Diwygiedig). Available for free as a e-Sword Module. So Bible Society may well be happy for it to be available for SWORD as well. [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/resources.htm], [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/news.htm]

===== Cornish Bibles =====

* The Cornish Bible Project http://www.bibelkernewek.com/ This project is run under the auspices of the Cornish Language Board, and the Bishop of Truro's Ecumenical Advisory Group for Services in Cornish. The translations are checked against the best editions of the Hebrew and Greek texts, and will be made available in both the Unified and Common Cornish spelling systems. The New Testament (Common Cornish version), with a Commendation by the Archbishop of Canterbury, is now complete, and was published on 13 August 2004. Translation of the Old Testament is underway, with parts already published as separate booklets. Of all the Celtic languages, it was only Cornish that did not have its own translation of the Bible. This was a severe handicap: if the Bible had been translated perhaps the language would not have died.

* '''Testament Noweth''', edited by Michael Everson. First edition, 2002. http://www.evertype.com/gram/tn.html

* '''An Beybel Sans''', the first complete translation of the Bible into Cornish was published in August 2011. It was translated by Nicholas Williams, taking a total of 13 years to complete. Having completed the New Testament, Williams translated the Old Testament into Standard Cornish from various of sources, including Hebrew and Greek texts, starting with Leviticus, which he regarded as one of "the boring bits". Published by [http://www.evertype.com/ Evertype]. See also [http://www.evertype.com/books/beybel.html An Beybel Sans: The Holy Bible in Cornish].

===== Maltese Bibles =====

* Maltese Bible. I just found this [http://www.tarxienparish.org/Il-bibbja.htm] which appears to be a Catholic website. Complete Bible (with deuterocanonical books) in MS Word format. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Maltese Bible. The Trinitarian Bible Society published theirs in 1980. with a reprint in 2007.[http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org/site/news.asp]

* Malta Bible Society (UBS and CBF) http://www.maltabible.com/ (''No Bible downloads advertised'').

===== Arabic Bibles =====

* 1865 SVD Arabic Bible complete with deuterocanonical books & other Arabic material. See [http://www.saintmina-holmdel.org/ArabicBible/], for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards.

* 1988 Al-Kitab Al-Muqaddas - Kitab al Hayat – modern translation from IBS.

=====Other European languages=====

======Latin script languages======

* Romanian Corrected Cornilescu Version (RCCV). Note that this is not a new translation or revision, it's just a corrected version of the most used PD Bible in Romania: Cornilescu Version, first published in 1924. This version of the Bible was obtained after correction of spellings and uses the modern Romanian morphology.[http://biblia.pentruviata.ro/bib_text.php] ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in email contact with the website owner''.

* [http://mazsola.iit.uni-miskolc.hu/~drdani/biblia/bd/ Hungarian NT]. Roman Catholic translation by P. Békés Gellért & P. Dalos Patrik.

* [http://www.biblian.fo/ Faroese Bible]. ''We now have a personal contact''.

* [http://www.biblian.is/ Icelandic Bible]. 1981 Þordarsson translation. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://www.hi.is/Uppl/Biblia/ Icelandic Bible]. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://old.bibelselskabet.dk/grobib/web/bibelen.htm Greenlandic Bible]. Danish Bible Society. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain''.

* Serbian Emilijan Čarnić (1973, 1992) NT. [http://wwwyu.com/web/]

* [http://www.bibel.se/ Svenska Reformationsbibeln]. This modern Swedish Bible translation is based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textus_Receptus Textus Receptus] for the New Testament. Work has begun on translating the Old Testament, based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoretic_Text Masoretic Text]. The stance of the website is one in defence of these traditional texts, and therefore critical of modern translations made using dynamic equivalence methods and eclectic texts. The translators have currently completed the Pentateuch and all the New Testament. It may be several years before the rest of the OT is translated. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in indirect contact with the project leaders. They have responded positively to the request for CrossWire to distribute this new translation. A Go Bible version has been built by Thomas Dilts.

* Swedish - Gezelius Biblia (1711-1728). Carl XII Biblia in Late New Swedish (1750-1880) language revision by Johannes Gezelius (1686–1733). Digitized text (derived from the 1860's printed editions) is available from [http://www.logosmappen.net/bibel/gezelius/ Projekt Gezelius].

* [http://www.ibecat.org/BIBLIA/ Catalan Bible] Bíblia Evangèlica Catalana. Copyright © 2000, Institució Bíblica Evangèlica de Catalunya (IBEC). An iPhone application [http://bec.ibible.mobi/] for this is now available, as is an e-Sword module [http://www.pedrangular.com/software/e-Sword/BEC.php]. In view of the BEC edition being freely available for the iPhone and e-Sword, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] made a request with a view to developing a SWORD module and Go Bible application. Permissions received 2009-12-02.

* Slovak translations. A member of the Go Bible Forum has recently posted that he has permissions for the Slovak Catholic translation from Spolok svätého Vojtecha ([http://www.ssv.sk/ SSV]), Trnava, Slovakia. See [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=798]. ''[http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/ Login] first for the direct link to work''. This translation includes deuterocanonical books. Await first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]].

* ''An Bíobla Naofa'' (1981), or the Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) Bible, is a translation of the Bible into ''Modern Irish Gaelic'' by a team of translators, edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_%C3%93_Fiannachta Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta]. It includes deuterocanonical books. It is available in printed form (ISBN 1870684907) as well as in Word and PDF format on CD-ROM[http://www.fiosfeasa.com]. ''John Duffy has received permissions to make a SWORD module, etc''.[http://cgcf.net] Awaiting first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]]. A Go Bible version has been made with assistance from [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. This is now available from [http://www.anbioblanaofa.org/ An Bíobla Naofa].

* Lule Sami New Testament. A new translation of NT in ''Lule Sami'', based on an edition from 1913 but using modern orthography, was begun in 1996. The [http://www.bibelsallskapet.se/ Swedish Bible Society] was responsible for this translation which was completed in 2000. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* Northern Sami Bible. Work is in progress on a new Bible translation in ''Northern Sami'' using the new orthography from 1980. The Gospels and Acts were completed in 1995, followed by the New Testament in the beginning of 1998. Presently, translation of the Old Testament is in progress, with a planned completion in 2008. The translation is based on the Norwegian Bible with the Norwegian and Finnish Bible Societies being responsible for the project. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* The complete Estonian Bible (OT, NT & Apocrypha) is available online at [http://www.piibel.net/sisukord.html Piibel.NET]. (NB. The table of contents requires Javascript.) There is also another online edition (OT, NT only) at [http://www.piibel.com/loe.php Piibel.com]. cf. The existing SWORD module '''Est''' is Genesis plus NT only. ''Worthwhile making enquiries to the [http://www.eps.ee/ EPS] about copyright permissions''. For a history of Estonian Bible translations, see [http://elm.einst.ee/issue/28/history-estonian-bible-translation/]. The two online translations are not the same edition. One example of the difference is in the rendering of the divine name in the OT. In 1. Mos 2:4 piibel.net has 'Issand', whereas piibel.com has 'Jehoova'. (cf. SWORD module '''Est''' uses the former).

* The [http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/lithuanian/ Lithuanian Bible] including the Apocrypha is available online in HTML format on the website of Jesus Christ Saves Ministries. Pages are encoded Windows-1250 (Central European). This is not the same translation as the existing SWORD module.

* The Bible Society of Lithuania – Ecumenical Translation. [[User talk:David Haslam|David Haslam]] now in contact. Source files exists in USFM format for complete Bible including the deuterocanonical books. Request for permissions to be put to the Board, with a meeting expected in March 2010.

* New Lithuanian translation: Old Testament and New Testament from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages by Algirdas Jurėnas. – Duncanville, Tex. : World Wide Printing, c2000 (Sterling Heights, Mich. : Distributed by Lutheran Heritage Foundation). ISBN 1-58712-019-4. ''Has been described as a slavishly literal translation''.

* The complete Latvian Bible (1997). Currently, the Latvian version which is on the CrossWire repository is NT only, and is not commonly used. ''Jānis Veinbergs has sent an email to the Latvian Bible Society''.

* [http://testamantnevezkoad21.monsite.orange.fr/ Breton New Testament] (complete) '''Koad 21''' translation[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/testamant.nevez/] published by the [http://sites.google.com/site/bibleenanjou/ Association Bible en Anjou]. ''Permission received (2009-12-15) from Luc Bernicot, chairman of Société Biblique d'Anjou''. Updated text edition received 2010-05-14. ZIP file contains 27 MS Word documents.

* A new Norwegian translation of the NT by Enoch Enough. During July 2010, the translator contacted [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] with the request to make a Go Bible version. He has also given permission for CrossWire to make and distribute it as a SWORD module. The translator is the sole copyright owner. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the electronic text as an MS Word document. ''This translation of the NT has a very unusual book order. The 27 books are in "chronological order" in the supplied document. It is unclear why this is so''.

* [http://gamal.nynorsk.no/mu/smio/bibelen/ Studentmållagsbibelen 1921] (complete) published 1921 by "Studentmållaget i Oslo". This is a complete translation in nynorsk (Norwegian). Permission to publish the translation for Crosswire granted. Work in progress.

* [http://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Indeks:Nye_testamente_%281889%29.djvu "Det nye testamente"] translated to nynorsk (Norwegian) 1883-1889 by Samlaget. Belongs to the public domain. The bible is already scanned and available, and needs OCR processing.

======Cyrillic script languages======
* Russian Synodal translation (1876), complete with deuterocanonical books, and using the [[Alternate Versification]] proper to the RSB.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Synodal_Bible] cf. The existing RST module (based on Sergej A. Fedosov's Slavic Bible for Windows) must be the protocanonical subset, as adapted to use standard KJV versification. A complete RSB is available in HTML format at [http://www.days.ru/~bible/], but would require checking for accuracy against the best known modern printed version. Tigran Aivazian has reported, "if you need the source code for our edition of the Russian Synodal Bible please email me and I'll send it. We (mostly Vladimir Volovich) have fixed quite a few typos by comparison with many other printed (and electronic) editions and believe ours to be the cleanest/accurate source of the synodal text. Btw, we have done the 5th edition recently, I hope you downloaded the PDF of the 5th and not the 4th edition (check the title page, it says at the back)." Copied from [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=626]. See [http://www.bibles.org.uk/].

* "Радостная Весть" - Good News in translation from ancient greek (Russian Bible Society http://www.biblia.ru/). Currenty they prepare modern translation of full Bible, and asked to repeat request after 15 april of 2011. --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

* Geneva Bible In Russian with commentaries.

* Ukrainian new translation by Oleksandr Gyzha [http://ukrbible.com/]. Email contact established with web-master. Permissions received (17 November 2008).

* [http://www.mkbible.net/ Macedonian Bible]. Old and New Testaments / translated DH Konstantinov - Bitola Euroliber, 1999. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of the Macedonian Online Bible website.

* Macedonian Bible. First Edition fully translated into modern Macedonian literary language, issued by the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Copyright 1990 United Bible Societies.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain'' [http://biblija.info/biblija.htm].

* Serbian Lujo Bakotić (1933) complete Bible.

* Serbian Dimitrije Stefanović (1934) NT.

* Belarusian translation by Vasil Syomuha. "Vasilij S.Semukha translation. © 2000, 2001 by Alesya Semukha". More details about the translation and translator are reported in [http://www.privet-minsk.com/Belarusian-Bible.html]. A much fuller article about the Belarusian Bible, with the title, "Uncle Vasil's Passion" may be found at [http://tinyurl.com/39v6f5]. In 1998, Vasil Siomukha won the of Ales Adamovich Literary Prize (awarded by the Belarusian PEN Centre ) for a highly artistic translation of the New Testament and Psalter into the Belarusian language. See [http://www.pen-centre.com/eng/laureate.html]. A copy of the text of this Bible translation was found in a module for Sergej A. Fedosov's '''Slavic Bible for Windows''' [http://www.sbible.boom.ru/ (Russian) website]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] was researching how to make contact with the copyright owner, and received a kind offer from someone to act as an intermediary''. ''We have since received informal permission, which now needs to be formalised. An email has been sent to Troy''. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received an authoritative copy of the translation in MS Word format''. A SWORD module has been created using Synodal versification. Currently this is in the [[Module Repositories|CrossWire experimental repository]].

* Bulgarian 1940 Bible transcribed to modern Bulgarian orthography by [http://cupandcross.com/ Cup & Cross Ministries International]. "While the text is free to use, we do require that proper description is included along with the text for reasons of protecting its holistic quality."
:'''Copyright Information'''
::This digital version is based on the 1940 edition of the Bulgarian Bible. The original text has been revised according to the current Bulgarian alphabet. The applied transliteration method is patented and may not be used without an express written permission from the patentee. The current version contains exactly: 66 books, 1,189 chapters, 31,101 verses, 679,466 words and 3,027,900 characters. It may be reproduced electronically only in its entirety, except in cases of direct quotation accompanied with complete bibliographical note. The text may be digitally formatted only if this does not modify the order and meaning of words, phrases and sentences. While the order of the books may be rearranged according to the Western canon, the original chapter and verse numbering must be preserved. Titles may be translated.
:'''Version Information'''
::This digital version is based on the 1940 edition of the Bulgarian Bible.The original text has been revised according to the current Bulgarian alphabet. The text contains the following technical markings:
:::<> Translators note representing text not contained in MSS
:::[] Text not found in all known MSS
:::{} Meaning of the preceding word or phrase
:::() Grammatical function (in parentheses)

======Hebrew script languages======

* Yiddish New Testament – copyright belongs to The Society For Distributing Hebrew Scriptures (SDHS), Joseph House, 1 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1RT, ENGLAND, UK. Tel: 01462 457486 Fax: 01462 451568 (Registered Charity No. 232692). SDHS literature is officially distributed in the USA by "Light for Israel". http://www.lightforisrael.org/

=====American languages=====

======North America======
*Navajo, O'odham, Hopi, Apache, Inupiaq (North and North West), Siberian Yupik. – All these languages have at least a New Testament. Navajo has the whole Bible, and the Siberian Yupik NT isn't printed fully yet. ''Contact should be established with the Wycliffe Bible Translators''.

*Zuñi http://benawekokshi.googlepages.com (Mark is ready, Acts and John are still being digitized).

*Arapaho (Only Luke and parts of Matthew were ever translated, these texts are available on Gutenberg.org: [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30102] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24002])

======Hawaii======
*Baibala Hawaiian Bible http://baibala.org/ – full text online from the 1839 and 1868 editions, plus some of the text for the 1994 edition. Copyright © 2003-2008 by [http://www.pidfoundation.org/ Partners In Development Foundation], which is solely responsible for this product. This website may be utilized for personal use, but may not be used for commercial purposes or copied to any other website. See [http://ulukau.org/disclaimer.php?site=bible] for full terms & conditions. Ulukau uses open-source [http://www.greenstone.org/ Greenstone] software.

*[http://www.pidginbible.org/ Da Hawai`i Pidgin Bible] – "Da Pidgin Bible Translation Group work togedda wit da Wycliffe Bible Translators."

======Caribbean======
* Papiamento Bible – Netherlands Antilles. The Bible is known to have been completed in this language in 1996 [http://www.forum-intl.net/find_a_bible/?Language=pap]. This [http://www.world-bibles.org/language_detail/eng/pap/Papiamentu site] has a link to download Luke's Gospel in PDF format, published by Christus Rex. Text is selectable. The font seems to be customized, even though it is CourierStd. The circumflex accent (U+005E) is displayed like a combining double breve below (U+035C). ''Need to establish who owns the copyright''.

=====African Languages=====
:There are an estimated 2000 languages spoken in Africa! [http://www.bibleafrica.org/]

======Nigerian languages======

*Hausa Bible. [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/hausa.zip]

*[http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/HausaBible/HausaBible.htm The Deutero-Canonical Books of the Bible in Hausa.] – Translated by Musa Danjuma and Joseph Kenny, O.P., published by the United Bible Societies, 1979. Also available here [http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/IndexChristian.htm] are The Psalms and Canticles in Hausa, by the same translators (2001).

*Yoruba Bible (1884). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther Samuel Ajayi Crowther] translated the whole Bible into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880s—it is known as '''Bibeli Mimo'''. In 1875 the Church Missionary Society (CMS) organized a conference on Yoruba Orthography; the standard devised there was the basis for the orthography of the steady flow of religious and educational literature over the next seventy years. The current orthography of Yoruba derives from a 1966 report of the Yoruba Orthography Committee, along with Ayo Bamgbose's 1965 Yoruba Orthography, a study of the earlier orthographies and an attempt to bring Yoruba orthography in line with actual speech as much as possible. In 1957, BFBS reprinted Bibeli Mimo, using the 1909 edition of the OT and the 1930 revised edition of the NT.[http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:gial.edu:986] ''The 1884 text of Bibeli Mimo must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Igbo Bible (1906). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Efik Bible (1868). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

======Other languages======

*Amharic Bible (Ethiopia) [http://www.bible.org/foreign/amharic/]

*Zarma Bible (Niger) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/zarma.zip]

*Fulfuldé Adamawa Bible (Cameroun) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/FUB.zip]

*Moore New Testament (Burkina Faso) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntmoore.zip]

*Kabyle New Testament (Algeria) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntkabyle.zip]. Like many other online copies of the Kabyle NT, this one has several omissions, probably due to having been copied from the text found at the Unbound Bible Project [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=298&page=1#Item_12]. '''News update''' - March 2010: [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the '''Kabyle Révisé''' Psalms and NT in USFM format. His contact is seeking permissions from the Algerian Bible Society on behalf of CrossWire.

*Kisongye New Testament (Congo) (1925) [http://www.biblafrique.org/Kisongye.htm]

*Complete Swahili Bible (East Africa) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/SWA.zip] – Union Version June 2003. ''Need to obtain permissions from copyright owner for non-Paratext use''.

*Tshiluba Gospel of Mark (Congo) [http://www.biblenlangue.org/Tshiluba.htm]

*Wolof New Testament (Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania) (1987,2004,2008) [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm][http://www.biblewolof.us/] – Copyright is held by Les Assemblées Evangéliques du Sénégal and La Mission Baptiste du Sénégal.

*Wolofal NT portions (Luke, John, Acts). Wolof language in Arabic script. [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm]

*Hanga NT (Ghana). Found electronic text in the Oxford Text Archive. [http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/headers/1183.xml]

*[http://noloshacusub.net/Bible/ Kitaabka Quduuska Ah] is the name of the Somali Bible – ''A Go Bible version already exists.'' The copyright owners (SIM) would be glad for CrossWire to make the KQA text as widely available as possible. Source text is available in USFM format.

====== Bible Society of South Africa ======
The following translations are available as free cellphone Bibles from [http://www.biblesociety.co.za/ BSSA]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with their CAP Officer for Publications and Scripture Programmes''.

* Afrikaans 1933/53 translation, 1983 translation or Die Bybel vir Almal;
* Northern Sotho 1951 translation;
* Southern Sotho 1909 translation;
* Tswana 1908 translation;
* Xhosa 1975 version and
* Zulu 1959 translation or the New Testament 1986 translation.

====== Berber (Tamazight) Languages ======

* [http://www.tarifit.info/ Tarifit], the Tamazight language from the Rif in Northern Morocco (Latin script).

* [http://www.tamazight.info/ Tamazight], the Tamazight language from Middle Atlas in Morocco (Arabic script).

* [http://www.tachelhit.info/ Tachelhit], the Tamazight language from the South of Morocco (Latin script).

:''Need to establish contact with a view to copyright lobbying''.

=====Asian Languages=====

It would be helpful to the churches in Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia if Bible modules can be developed for the languages of these regions. CrossWire volunteers who have a particular interest in Asia should be seeking opportunities to obtain permissions and offering our services to the Bible agencies working in the regions.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Nepali, Vietnamese, Bengali, Indonesian translations. Rights requested 11/05/2008

======Languages of China======
:Use this section for Bibles translated in other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China languages of China]. Remember that this topic may be politically sensitive.

======Indian subcontinent======

*Nepali Sangati NT - copyright belongs to the [http://www.gfa.org/bibles Gospel For Asia Bible Society]. Permission for Go Bible granted to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] in November 2007. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Mizo Bible - [http://apps.m.khampat.com/mgb]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Mizo Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Paite Bible - [http://www.zogamonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=156]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. The Paite e-Holy Bible is a Windows application that uses the SWORD API. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Paite Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Hmar Bible - permissions for SWORD Module and Go Bible have been received in an email sent to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. The Hmar NT was originally sent to him in PageMaker .PMD format. Yesudas Solomon has assisted in making the Go Bible application. ''Need to obtain the digitized text in a convertible format''.

The following four Indian languages Bibles are available as Java ME mobile phone applications made using Go Bible Creator [http://www.christiansmobile.com/]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer, Yesudas Solomon, who is based in Tamilnadu. Most of these have also been made into SWORD modules and are available from the [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team].

*Hindi Bible
*Tamil (OV) Bible (also Catholic Tamil version)
*Malayalam Bible
*Kannada KJV Bible
*Telugu Bible
*Hmar Bible

The text sources for the above translations were used by direct permissions of the translators, even though the Bible Society of India has been unresponsive. The SWORD modules are provided as self-extracting EXE files for Windows platform. Two kinds are available, one for BPBible, the other for The Sword Project (BibleCS). Users of CrossWire front-ends designed for other platforms would therefore have to copy them from a Windows PC, or use a suitable software utility to extract them from the EXE file.

The [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team] also offers the same translations in e-Sword format, with the addition of the following translations, not yet made into SWORD modules:

*Kannada ERV Bible
*Kannada BSI Bible
*Koya Bible

''The following translations are from other sources''.

*Marathi New Testament – translated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratnakar_Hari_Kelkar Ratnakar Hari Kelkar]. The full text is available in PDF format at [http://navakarar.wordpress.com/]. ''Need to establish contact with the copyright owner, Prof. R. R. Kelkar, Pune, India''.

*Konkani Bible – online HTML version available at [http://www.konkanibible.org/]. This Catholic translation includes the Apocrypha. The site is a project of [http://www.KonkaniCatholics.com/ KonkaniCatholics.com].

*Bengali Bible – the Bengali Old Version Bible was first published in 1909. This date may mean that copyright on the text has expired. A digitized edition is available online at [http://www.biblesocietybd.org/ Bangladesh Bible Society] in PDF format. This requires the [http://www.sentbd.com/Bangla/ SutonnyMJ] font, which is not a Unicode font. ''Worth further research''.

*Gujarati OV Bible – available at [http://gujaratibible.com/]. Currently only Genesis, John and Acts is shown in the search engine.

======Central Asia & Caucasus ======
* [http://www.korpu.net/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Korpu (Persian script).

* [http://www.yeniheyat.com/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Yeniheyat. Azeri Latin (HTML) & Azeri Cyrillic (PDF). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has been sent the USFM files for the Azeri Latin 2008 translation (with permissions!), and is in contact with the [http://www.azerbaijanipartnership.org/ Azerbaijan Partnership] and other interested parties.

* Kyrgyz Bible. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has made a Go Bible version (Cyrillic) by permission from one of the translators who worked on the Ray of Hope translation. This is only one of the three modern Kyrgyz translations. Not yet published the Go Bible version - still waiting for completion of the UI translation. ''Should follow up with permission request for CrossWire''.

* [http://www.slovocars.org/english/ Eastern Russian Scriptures Translation] - ''aka'' the CARS Project. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader.

* Mongolian Bible (Cyrillic script) – [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] contacted on 2011-04-14 by the leader of the translation team, with advance permissions to proceed. Expecting to receive source text presently.

* [http://www.holybible.mn/ Mongolian Bible] Cyrillic script. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] had brief contact with the web-master of a [http://www.ltime.fr/ Mongolian Christian] site in France which linked to this.

* [http://www.mongolbible.com/html/IMNT/index.html Mongolian NT] Mongolian script. We may want to do some testing to see whether it is even ''possible'' to display this text in a reasonable fashion before even approaching the copyright holders. [[Talk:Module_Requests#Mongolian_NT_(in_Mongolian_vertical_script)]]

* [http://kkitap.net/ Киелі Кітап] – the whole '''Kazakh Bible''' is online. ''A SWORD module is being developed''.

======South East Asia======
* New Malay Bible - Kitab Suci Zabur & Injil (KSZI) translation, copyright © 2008 Pengamat Kitab Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Translation of the OT (Taurat) is an ongoing work. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with someone who has negotiated permissions. 2010-02-22 CrossWire has been granted distribution permissions for the KSZI as long as it is kept free of charge. This [http://mykitabsuci.org/en website] has the Psalms & NT available online, albeit with some minor errors and a couple of omissions. We have since received a copy of the translator's source text in RTF format.

* Khmer New Testament (Cambodia). Khmer Christian Bible: Copyright '''Asia Bible Society''' and '''Words of Life Ministries''', 2010. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader. An issue with ligatures surfaced when doing a Go Bible feasibility demo of Matthew's Gospel in 2008, but apart from that everything was fine. This issue needed to be resolved by the translators. At that time, Khmer codepage coverage was not yet completely finalised in the official Unicode standard. Khmer text source was being edited by translators using MS Excel, rather than something more common (USFM) among Bible translators. Red letters used for WoC. Would need considerable effort to format shift into OSIS. Update (2011-02-03): the whole Khmer NT is now available. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received a copy of the complete text for the NT, exported into Excel from the database kept on the Society's server. The server application was developed by Japanese programmers working for Asia Bible Society, and is probably one not known to most other translation agencies.

* Hmong Bible (Laos, Vietnam, China, USA). See [http://www.hmongbible.org/ Hmong Bible Online], in which it is hoped that the Hmong Bible eventually be published online. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with the web-master. The translation was published using QuarkXPress 4.0, after having been converted from WordPerfect 12 but with subsequent edits. Permissions are OK, subject to written conformation.

* Myanmar languages. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the [http://www.myanmarbible.com/bible/ Myanmar Bibles] website. The following languages are listed as available translations. Some are complete Bibles, the rest are NT only. OSIS files are already available for all these versions. I have started to work on some of them. (Some of these were converted [[File Formats#LaTeX|TeX]] into OSIS by bibleTec2osis.pl). There is a separate XML file for each book of the Bible. Some of these files required further editing to correct & improve the OSIS markup. Back in June 2008, there was definite interest for Go Bible, and I imagine they would be also interested for the SWORD project. Falam and Tedim would be the easiest to start with, as these use Latin script with no additional characters. ''Follow up is intended''.
** Myanmar Judson 1835 – ''this could be used as a better text source for our BurJudson module''.
** MCL 2005 – Myanmar Common Language Bible
** Chin Study 2007
** Cho NT 1999
** Falam 2005
** Hakha 2005
** Kachin 2005
** Lahu 2002
** Lhao Vo (Maru) NT 2003
** Matu NT 2005
** Ngawn NT 2005
** Tedim 2004
** Pwo Karen 2005 – United Bible Societies
** S'gaw Karen 1853 – Rev. Francis Mason (1799 - 1844)
** Sizang 2002
** Zaniat NT & Psalms 2007
** Zotung Chin NT 1999
** WEB – ''also used for online parallel translation pages''. The text source is not as recent as the latest release from [http://ebible.org/web/ WEB].

* [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2054.html Myanmar Bibles - Software Project]. "The Myanmar Bible Software Project involved the cooperative effort of volunteers from various nations with a variety of specialized skills e.g. Myanmar languages consultants, Bible translations, software programming, led by [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2067.html Levi Sap Nei Thang]. The project is built upon the invaluable foundations of the work of many generations of Bible translators and Bible Societies. We seek to develop software that will eventually serve as a Biblical Resource tool for Myanmar, Bible readers, Christians, church leaders, pastors and church planters. Currently, basic Bible software is available in most major languages of the world. Bible software provides the advantage for people not only to study the word in multiple languages. It also provide to opportunity to incorporate biblical references material such as concordance, dictionary and others to help us deepen our knowledge in the word of God."
:''This request seems well matched to the skills found among CrossWire volunteers.''

* See also [http://thanlwinsoft.co.uk/ ThanLwinSoft] (Open Source Software for Myanmar). ''This link is now broken (following the death of Keith Stribley in February 2011). Some pages can still be retrieved from the Wayback Machine''[http://web.archive.org/web/20110722073552/http://www.thanlwinsoft.org/].

====== Asia Pacific ======
* Cebuano Bugna (Ang Biblia, 1917) and Cebuano Pindayag (OT 1917, NT more recent revision based on critical text) translations exist in several places on-line. The designations Bugna & Pindayag are derived from the Cebuano names given to the book of Revelation. Ang Biblia must be PD. Pindayag is copyright by the [http://www.bible.org.ph/ Philippine Bible Society]. For language details see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano_language].

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (after 1998?) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible - Tagalog, Chinese, Cebuano, and Ilonggo] translations. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in Spanish is pending.

* Bisaya-Inunhan New Testament, translated by Eldon Leano Talamisan (copyright owner), first published in the Philippines in 1999. The Bisaya-Inunhan language is spoken in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romblon Romblon Province], especially in Tablas Island. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has direct contact with the translator, who has given full permission to the proposal to build a SWORD module and Go Bible application. ''David now has a copy of the most up to date digitized text in MS Word format''. A Go Bible has been made already, albeit with default English user interface.

* [http://pngscriptures.org/ Papua New Guinea] – a country in which over 800 languages are spoken. The following languages already have the scriptures available online:
:*Adzera (adz)
:*Bimin (bhl)
:*Dedua (ded)
:*Gapapaiwa (pwg)
:*Misima-Paneati (mpx)
:*Numanggang (nop)
:*Ubir (ubr)
:The [http://pngscriptures.org/terms.htm terms of use] are [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons – Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works]. We are in contact with Kahanapule Michael Johnson.

====== Tibetan Bibles ======

* A new Tibetan translation of the Bible is available online.[http://www.gsungrab.org/] The translation is an ongoing project. The Bible portions are in PDF format, and use embedded subsets of a Tibetan font called Ededris. ''Message left using the contact form''.

====== Korean Bibles ======

* The full text of the Catholic Bible in Korean is online at [http://info.catholic.or.kr/bible/]. The website is all in Korean, but Google translate copes quite well for navigating the page and menu bars.

* Korean Bible translations[http://monoon.com/eng.html] include:
:*The Korean Revised Version
:*The Korean Common Translation Version
:*The New Korean Standard Version
:*The Korean King James Version

=====Cult / Unorthodox / Questionable Bibles=====
* [http://www.lolcatbible.com/ The LOLCat Bible] (GFDL 1.2)

* Conservapedia's [http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible Conservative Bible] (Unique, but fairly permissive [http://conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Copyright license].)

====Books====

===== English =====
* [[Creeds of Christendom by Philip Schaff]] ([http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1.html 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds2.html 2])

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxe%27s_Book_of_Martyrs Foxe's Book of Martyrs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxe John Foxe] ([http://books.google.com/books?id=gCUeSAoqOSEC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=EwFbQI-cOy&sig=Ciue6KwFnRP_7jDxSRSw1nDEpcw&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Faq%3Do%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu%253Aen-US%253Aofficial%26q%3DFoxes%2BBook%2Bof%2BMartyrs%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPR9,M1 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html 2])

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cur_Deus_Homo Cur Deus Homo] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury Anselm of Canterbury]. See also [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/anselm-curdeus.html].

===== French =====
* Tertullian on http://www.tertullian.org/french/french.htm
* Augustine on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/augustin/index.htm
* John Chrysostome on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/chrysostome/index.htm

====Commentaries====

* Skeptic's Annotated Bible (file under unorthodox), the similar The Scripture Project, and any of the various refutations/responses, e.g. [http://thedaystar.webs.com/books/index.html].
* Russian Explanatory Bible by A.P. Lopukhin. Here is source which i can use in non-commercial purposes http://www.bible.in.ua/underl/Lop. Currently converting to osis and obtaining rights --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
* J. P. Lange's Commentary (requested by a PocketSword user). Digital form is currently (28th September, 2010) just a scan of the original, with scanning "typos". [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924092344351] --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 23:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
* [http://www.preceptaustin.org/nt_commentary-henry_alford.htm Henry Alford's Commentary on the Greek NT] – [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 11:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
* Matthew Poole's Commentary, aka: Annotations upon the Holy Bible: wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annexed, together with the parallel Scriptures... 3 vols. [http://libguides.calvin.edu/content.php?pid=47579&sid=442938] --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 06:54, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
* the believer's bible commentary (via a PocketSword user). 1995, so still under copyright, but perhaps someone would be interested in contacting the publisher? --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 20:18, 30 October 2011 (MDT)

====Devotionals====
There are several good on-line devotionals listed by the [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/devotions.htm Asia-Pacific Institute Of Biblical Studies]. Among them are the following.

* ''The Believer's Daily Remembrancer'' aka ''The Pastor's Morning Visit'' (1846), by James Smith (1802-1862). Digitization has already begun. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/remembrancer/smith.htm].

* ''Faith's Check Book'', by C. H. Spurgeon. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.htm]. Fully digitized. Single download available. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.zip]

====Lexicons====
*Unabridged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%E2%80%93Driver%E2%80%93Briggs Brown-Driver-Briggs] Hebrew Lexicon -- worth researching; The text exists in electronic format, at least licensed. It's important that this not be the "Abridged BDBG" which is Larry Pierce's altered module.

*Logos [http://wbsa.logos.com/ What Does the Bible Say About] and [http://www.nelsonministryservices.com/nms/product_detail.asp?sku=1418502308 Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary], lightweight but potentially interesting and useful resources and (based on testing from text portions obtained from ebible.com) easy to convert to SWORD format. Contact attempted, see NKJV above. There are other resources possible here as well, on a more restricted basis at ebible.com, in the "New Illustrated" series (commentary, "topics"), any of which should be convertible.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Thayer Thayer's] Greek Lexicon (no source known)

* Any of these [http://www.lexilogos.com/english/burmese_dictionary.htm Burmese dictionaries] would be useful to accompany the BurJudson Bible module. One of those listed is also by Adoniram Judson.

== Pictures ==

:''For further leads, please visit [http://www.biblical-art.com/ Biblical Art on the WWW]''.

=== Bible illustrations ===

* ''The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons'', edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer. 1908. I have found many of these images available online at [http://www.wcg.org/images/b1/].

=== Maps ===

== External links ==
:''Please add links here that may be fruitful in suggesting further leads''.

=== Wikipedia ===
:''CrossWire volunteers who are also Wikipedians are encouraged to update such articles based on their specialist knowledge''.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bible_translators

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_by_language

[[Category:Modules]]
[[Category:English Bibles]]

Talk:Module Requests

2011-10-28T01:13:51Z

Niccarter: new source of texts?

Talk:Fonts

2011-10-28T00:57:33Z

Niccarter: discussion about code2000

It should be noted that http://www.code2000.net/ doesn't exist anymore and it may have been GPL'd? Last time I looked around (August 2011?) that seemed to be the case, meaning it may become a first choice for many people? It is listed at http://sourceforge.net/projects/code2000/
--[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 18:57, 27 October 2011 (MDT)

Choosing a SWORD program

2011-09-18T01:27:29Z

Niccarter: /* Module Management */ PS now supports module download in the background while a user continues to use the app

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''AB''' — [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ and-bible] based on JSword, for Android OS
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Only when compiled with libsword ICU.</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can display Ruby markup'''<ref>Applicable only for modules that have been made from OSIS with Ruby. See [[Modules in the beta repository#Japanese_Bibles|Japanese Bibles]]. Requires SWORD engine 1.5.12 or later. See also [http://www.w3.org/TR/ruby/].</ref>
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]<ref>Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511">Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11, which does not support av11n. The next release, based on 1.6.x, does.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can show deuterocanonical books'''<ref>This implicitly requires support for [[Alternate Versification|av11n]]</ref>
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref name="bcs1511"/>
! 
!  {{no}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the '''ShortPromo''' link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! {{no}} <ref>Creating an index on a mobile device is a lesson in patience - instead, we're saving users from that hard lesson!</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Українська (Ukrainian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''ภาษาไทย (Thai)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}}<ref>Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Frontends:PocketSword

2011-09-13T06:27:20Z

Niccarter: added Twitter link

'''PocketSword''' is a SWORD-based front-end application for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29 iOS]. It can be installed for the '''iPhone''', '''iPod touch''' and '''iPad'''.

== iOS Fonts ==
* [http://iosfonts.com/ iOS Fonts] has a list of available fonts that come pre-installed in the latest version of iOS. Any additional fonts may be installed on a per-application basis.

== iOS Localization ==
Apple provides information for localization. The list of languages is near the bottom of http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

That list is valid for the current latest release of iOS. Many other languages display properly in PocketSword, but they're the only ones for which we can provide a 'l10n' of the PocketSword UI.

== PocketSword Localization ==

Please contact the main developer if you can provide a translation of the PocketSword UI strings.

Available localizations are listed in [[Choosing a SWORD_program#Localization]].

== External links ==
* [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] – this is the blog maintained by the [[User:Niccarter|main developer]] of PocketSword.
* [http://twitter.com/PocketSword @PocketSword] – Find PocketSword on Twitter

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|PocketSword]]
[[Category:Localization|PocketSword]]

Modules in the beta repository

2011-02-10T03:51:28Z

Niccarter: /* Commentary Modules */ TSK in beta links to Strong's Numbers incorrectly. :(

'''Report module errors for modules not in testing via the bug tracker: http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/MOD'''

Please use the guide on [[Testing of new modules]] to test below listed modules and note your findings down.

== Legends used in this page ==

=== Application Legends ===
For similar legends, see also [[Choosing a SWORD program]].

* BibleCS / SPW - The SWORD Project for Windows
* MS - MacSword 1.x
* MS2 - MacSword 2.0
* GS - GnomeSword
* Xi - Xiphos (formerly known as GnomeSword)
* BD - Bible Desktop
* BT - BibleTime<ref>The BT developers have advised that BT testing is not necessary at this time.</ref>
* SW - SwordWeb / BibleTool<ref>Only shows About of all modules and content of Bibles, Commentaries and Generic Books, can not show images at present.</ref>
* BP - BPBible
* FB - FireBible
* ABS - Alkitab Bible Study
* SB - SwordBible
* PS - PocketSword

<references/>

=== Abbreviations Legends ===
* WoC - Words-of-Christ, ''aka'' Red Letter Text
* FN - Foot note
* dt - due to
* occ - occasionally
* aka - also known as

== Beta Modules ==

As of 2010-12-09, there are 109 modules in this repository.

When a new beta module is created, please add a row to the relevant table on this page.

When a beta module is either removed or released (moved to CrossWire main repo), please remember to edit the relevant table on this page.

=== Repository parameters ===
If the beta [[Module Repositories|repository]] need to be declared, here are the parameters:
Site Name: CrossWire beta
Site Machine Name: www.crosswire.org
Repository Directory: /pub/sword/betaraw

=== Bible Modules ===

Note: Unless stated otherwise, missing verses are based upon the KJV versification. A list of common [[:Category:Versification|versification]] systems and how they vary from the NRSVA versification can be found [http://www.ccel.org/refsys/refsys.html here].

==== Original Language Bibles ====
This section should primarily contain Greek and Hebrew Bibles, but others that serve as ''source'' texts for various denominations may also be placed here (i.e. Latin, OCS, Syriac, & Coptic texts).

{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[Tisch]]
| 2008-11-28
|
|John 8:53 has 375 <w> elements, the last of which stops in the middle of an attribute value (meaning it is is not valid xml).
|
|
| Hold until John 8:53 is fixed.
|-valign="top" 
|[[Byz]]
| 2009-11-01
|
|
|
|
|hold for 1.6.1 (OSISVariants)

|-valign="top" 
|[[Vulgate_Clem]]
|2008-07-24
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|}
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==== English Bibles ====
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ABU&beta=true ABU]
|2008-11-11
|NT only, conf reflects this, appears complete
|features: WoC

There was a WoC display problem (which needs to be tested).

See [[Talk:Modules_in_the_beta_repository#ABU]] for a discussion.

|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[Anderson]]
|2009-01-19
|NT only, conf reflects this
|Multiple OCR errors in the text source Needs checking against a hardcopy [http://lookhigher.net/englishbibles/thenewtestamenttranslatedfromthesinaitic/matthew/1.html] is a better digitized source!
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[JST]]
|2009-11-01
|
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|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[KJC]]
| 2008-06-28
|NT only, conf reflects this
|Red letter is a complete mess!
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[KJV]]
| 2009-05-30
|v2.4 uses milestoned chapter elements, unlike released v2.3
|Canonical Psalm titles do not display. Psalm 119 acrostic headings misplaced.<ref>Observed using Xiphos 3.1.4</ref>
|Change references from KJV2003 to KJV2006.
|Requires 1.6.x. Please evaluate Psalms 3.
|'''Hold'''<ref>Hold until root cause determined for module creation/encoding/display issues.</ref><ref>Module was made using osis2mod Rev: 2421. Suggest first try rebuilding with osis2mod Rev: 2562.</ref>

|-valign="top" 
|[[Twenty]]
|2009-01-23
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|}
<references />

==== French Bibles ====
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[FreJND]]
|2008-06-13
|Whole Bible, appears complete
etienne>If I activate the headings, it adds the headings in the Psalms but it adds also the mention "Chapitre #" under each chapter. That's ok, but in the Epistle to the Hebrews, it displays "Psaume #" instead of "Chapitre #" ...

skc (maintainer)> Thanks etienne, I will correct this.

etienne> A little error at the end of Numbers 33. 51 (I report it here since I don't know were to report it else) : "Quand vous aurez passé le Jourdain [et que vous serez entrés] dans le '''paya''' de Canaan" this should be : "Quand vous aurez passé le Jourdain [et que vous serez entrés] dans le '''pays''' de Canaan".
|features: FN and Xref work fine
skc (maintainer)> See [[FreJND]] about markup, it must probably be added in .conf, but where?

DMS: I'd suggest a textual comment in the About.

etienne>In [[FreJND]] there are three types of paragraph delimiter mentioned but I see only two used

skc> I added examples in the [[FreJND]] page

etienne> Ok, then I see the difference. It's ok for me, thanks (my comments can be removed then).

|Headings in Psalms are all "canonical" and not subject to "heading" filter. If these are the only headings, should the conf still have Feature=OSISHeading?

skc> I don't know, will ask on the mailing list.
|Displays fine in BD, in GS occ UTF8 problem - Mal 1:9 and Matt1:20 create odd characters (star in front of SEIGNEUR or DIEU), SW displays junk before DIEU in Mal 1:9 (looks like an engine problem handling <divineName>), MS doesn't display these verses at all, BibleCS ok.

skc> Stars are intentional, read [[FreJND]]. Other malfunctions are frontend utf-8 capitalization bugs.

etienne><s>Xi (previously GS) doesn't display the correct characters in front of Dieu or Seigneur. But it is ok for the stars in the Psalms.</s> 2009-11 : I checked again an it displays correctly now with Xi 3.1.1 and BT 2.3.3 (on Ubuntu). For example see Hebrew 1.10, 10.30.
|
|}
<references />

==== German Bibles ====
'''Note:''' Versification of German Bibles in the Old Testament is in stretches extremely different from the KJV. Both chapters and verses are of different length. As a result a lot of KJV verses, particularly at chapter ends are empty and other chapter ends are overloaded. Particular problems exist in the minor prophets: Joel has 4 chapters and Malachi only 3 in original versification. As a result, subsequent verses appear empty when KJV versification is imposed. The end of Malachi 3 can cause "Error reading ulBuffNum" in the outputs from Sword conversion and diagnostic utilities.

{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerElb1871r]]
| 2008-07-08
|Various disconnected chapters of various books 
|
|None
|Displays well in GS, BD, SW,
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLut1545lh]]
| 2008-07-15
|
|Needs verse linkage in a few cases. Hold for updated osis2mod.
|
|
|'''Hold''' pending update to osis2mod.
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLut1912]]
| 2008-07-17
|Whole Bible
|
|
|Displays fine in BibleCS,GS,BD, SW
----
Has an inability to display pre-verse titles, which are very common, resulting in display problems in most frontends. Might need to wait on osis2mod update before release.
|
|-valign="top" 
|}
<references />

==== Japanese Bibles ====
Note: these Bibles have a new feature OSIS Ruby. See [http://www.w3.org/TR/ruby/]. Requires SWORD '''1.5.12''' (or later)!!!

:See also http://bible.salterrae.net/en/
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapBungo]]
|2008-06-08
|NT only (some missing verses)
|
|None
|
|'''hold''' for 1.6.2 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapDenmo]]
|2008-11-11
|NT portions
|
|None
|Large amount of whitespace (new lines) around certain words like "Kingdom", "God" or "Father".<ref>See [http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/PS-36 PocketSword bug report], which has been verified in MacSword as well, and includes a screen shot.</ref>
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapKougo]]
|2008-06-08
|Whole Bible (some missing verses)
|
|None
|
|'''hold''' for 1.6.2 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapMeiji]]
|2008-06-08
|Partial OT
|
|Note in-progress status of source.
|
|'''hold''' for 1.6.2 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapRaguet]]
|2008-06-08
|NT only
|
|None
|
|'''hold''' for 1.6.2 testing
|}
<references />

==== Iran Region Languages Bibles ====
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[Azeri]]
|2009-02-20
|New Testament: emptyvss finds only <ref>II Corinthians 13:14 </ref>
|
|
| MS, Xi fine
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Dari]]
|2009-01-14
|emptyvss finds <ref>John 7:53, II Corinthians 13:14 </ref>
|
|
| MS, Xi fine
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[FarHezarenoh]]
|2009-02-20
|New Testament: emptyvss finds <ref>Matthew 18:11, Matthew 21:44, Matthew 23:14, Matthew 27:48-66, Mark 7:16, Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 11:26, Mark 15:24-25,28, Mark 16:9, Acts 8:37, Acts 28:28-29, Romans 16:27, Philemon 1:1-25, Hebrews 13:7-25, II John 1:1-13, III John 1:1-14, Jude 1:1-25</ref>
|
|
|MS, Xi fine
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[FarOPV]]<ref>Supersedes FarsiOPV in the CrossWire repo., which omitted I Chronicles.</ref>
|2009-01-14
|emptyvss finds 19 missing verses<ref>Genesis 15:21, Genesis 21:34, I Samuel 8:22, II Samuel 24:25, Job 35:1, Job 40:1, Psalms 72:20, Psalms 94:23, Isaiah 45:25, Ezekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 25:5, Daniel 5:31, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 9:38, John 5:47, John 7:53, Romans 16:27, Philippians 1:30, I John 3:24</ref>
|
| Incorrect statement about headings
| MS, Xi fine
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[FarTPV]]
|2009-01-14
|emptyvss finds <ref>Leviticus 4:30, I Chronicles 27:17-21, Isaiah 2:21-22, Jeremiah 19:2-15, Jeremiah 20:2-18, II Corinthians 13:14.</ref>
|
|
| MS, Xi fine
|
|}
<references />

==== Other Bibles ====
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
| [[AraSVD]]
| 2008-07-21
| Whole Bible
|
| none
| Displays nice in GS, BD, SW, MS, BibleCS
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[GreVamvas]]
|2008-07-23
|
|
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[Latvian]]
| 2008-07-23
|NT only, conf reflects this 
|
|None
|Cross refs cannot display in BibleCS.
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[PolUGdanska]]
|2009-08-24
|NT only, conf reflects this
|Matt 1:1 missing Footnotes & cross-refs missing Colophons? Not valid xml, as it uses MS Word 'smart quotes' for attribute values.
|None
|Displays OK in BD, BP, BibleCS
|Rebuild from MS Word source

|-valign="top" 
|[[TurNTB]]
|2007-08-21
|Whole Bible, many empty verses dt linkage Obadja missing
|plenty crossreferences in plain text e.g. Lev 1:1, verse ranges poorly encoded - empty verses, e.g Zeph 1:4-6
|None
|Displays fine in GS, BD, MS, BibleCS, SW
|'''Hold''' reimport after location of missing text and osismod update

|-valign="top" 
|[[WelBeiblNet]]
|2009-02-14
|Colloquial Welsh New Testament Arfon Jones' translation [http://www.beibl.net/ beibl.net]
|
|
|
|

|}
<references />

==== WBTI & BL Bibles ====
* WBTI denotes Wycliffe Bible Translators International
* BL denotes Bible League
'''Global Problems''': 
These Bibles are likely to have the same set of problems. If you find an error that pertains to more than one, please briefly note it below and provide details with references here: [[WBTI Bible discussion|Wycliffe Bible Discussion]]
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=amu_BL_1999&beta=true amu_BL_1999]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Dislays fine in SW. Not in BD.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cco_BL_2002&beta=true cco_BL_2002]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=chd_BL_1991&beta=true chd_BL_1991]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=chq_BL_1983&beta=true chq_BL_1983]
|2008-07-02
|
|Unicode 5.1 font needed?
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=chz_BL_2003&beta=true chz_BL_2003]
|2008-07-02
|
|Unicode 5.1 font needed?
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ckw_WBTI_1996&beta=true ckw_WBTI_1996]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cnl_BL_1994&beta=true cnl_BL_1994]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cnt_BL_1994&beta=true cnt_BL_1994]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above). Needs Unicode 5.1 font?
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cti_BL_1976&beta=true cti_BL_1976]
|2008-07-02
|
|Variation of global header note problem. The reference precedes Matt 5:20 verse number and the heading is indented after as if it were not a heading.
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ctp_BL_1992&beta=true ctp_BL_1992]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=dug_WBTI_1999&beta=true dug_WBTI_1999]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=huv_BL_1996&beta=true huv_BL_1996]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ixl_WBTI_2001&beta=true ixl_WBTI_2001]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=jac_WBTI_1997&beta=true jac_WBTI_1997]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=jvn_BL_1999&beta=true jvn_BL_1999]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=kek_WBTI_2000&beta=true kek_WBTI_2000]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=lac_BL_1978&beta=true lac_BL_1978]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mir_BL_1988&beta=true mir_BL_1988]
|2008-07-02
|Incomplete? Using SW, a spot check of three arbitrary chapters shows empty verses. See Matt 5, v15,16,30,35,36 are missing. Jas 1, v8,11 missing. Rom 8, v4,8 missing.
----
Those are all linked verses. (Matt.5.14, Matt.5.15, Matt.5.16 are a single block, where the latter two link to the entry of the first.) Nonetheless, emptyvss is reporting numerous genuinely empty (and unlinked) verses that should have some linking, according to the OSIS source. There might be some sort of importer problem here. (But there is no missing text that I can see.)
----
There are 2 bugs in osis2mod: linking is not working and appended, interverse material is replacing a link.
|
| hold for osis2mod fix
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=miz_BL_2003&beta=true miz_BL_2003]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mks_BL_1999&beta=true mks_BL_1999]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mvc_WBTI_2002&beta=true mvc_WBTI_2002]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mvj_WBTI_2000&beta=true mvj_WBTI_2000]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mxq_BL_2004&beta=true mxq_BL_2004]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ncl_BL_1998&beta=true ncl_BL_1998]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ngu_BL_1987&beta=true ngu_BL_1987]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=nhy_BL_2006&beta=true nhy_BL_2006]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=otq_BL_2003&beta=true otq_BL_2003]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=qut_WBTI_1997&beta=true qut_WBTI_1997]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cso_BL_1986&beta=true cso_BL_1986]<ref>Renamed; was sco_BL_1986</ref>
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above). Needs Unicode 5.1 font?
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ttc_WBTI_2003&beta=true ttc_WBTI_2003]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=tzz_BL_1987&beta=true tzz_BL_1987]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=usp_WBTI_1999&beta=true usp_WBTI_1999]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mxt_BL_1983&beta=true mxt_BL_1983]<ref>Renamed; was xmt_BL_1983</ref>
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=xtd_BL_2001&beta=true xtd_BL_2001]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zab_BL_1995&beta=true zab_BL_1995]
|2008-07-02
|
|Empty note markers stand before verse numbers. (See Matt 5)
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zaw_BL_2006&beta=true zaw_BL_2006]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpo_BL_2002&beta=true zpo_BL_2002]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpq_BL_1987&beta=true zpq_BL_1987]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|In SW, Matt 5:32, the note is split oddly, as if part of it is attached to the prior verse.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpu_BL_2000&beta=true zpu_BL_2000]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpv_BL_1990&beta=true zpv_BL_1990]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zsr_BL_1992&beta=true zsr_BL_1992]
|2008-07-02
|
|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ztq_BL_2000&beta=true ztq_BL_2000]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zty_BL_2002&beta=true zty_BL_2002]
|2008-07-02
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|}
<references />

=== Dictionary Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|[[Strong]]
|2008-11-26
|
|
H8342 transliteration is: ώâώôn ώâώôn Is that really right?
(in module: samekh->s, sin->ώ, shin->sh, tsade->ts; in printed text: same except samekh->c-cedilla, sin->s; conclusion: change s (except in ts/sh) to c-cedilla, and change ώ to s)
----
H5019 has the transliteration, pronunciation and original language mixed up.
<entryFree n="H5019|נבוּכדנאצּר">
<title>
H5019
</title>
<orth>נבוּכדנאצּר</orth>
<orth rend="bold" type="trans">
נבוּכדרא צּור נבוּכדראצּר
</orth>
<pron rend="italic">
n<hi rend="super">e</hi>bûkadne'tstsar
nebûkadre'tstsar nebûkadre'tsôr
</pron>
<lb/>
<def>
<hi rend="italic">
neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar'
neb-oo-kad-rets-tsar'
neb-oo-kad-tsore
</hi>
<lb/>
Of foreign derivation;
<lb/>
<hi rend="italic">
Nebukadnetstsar
</hi>
(or
<hi rend="italic">
retstsar
</hi>
or
<hi rend="italic">
retstsor
</hi>
) king of Babylon: -
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadrezzar.
</def>
</entryFree>

What should be the second part of the <orth> tag is put in the <orth type="trans">, the transliteration is put in the pron, and the pronunciation is left all alone outside.
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[StrongsGreek]]
|2009-04-06
|
|
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[StrongsHebrew]]
|2008-11-25
|
|
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[Easton]]
|2008-11-29
|
|
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[ISBE]]
|2009-09-07
|
|
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[Nave]]
|2008-11-29
|
|
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Autenrieth Autenrieth]
|2007-09-22
|
|
|None
|
|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=BosworthToller BosworthToller]
|2010-07-08
|
|
|None
|
|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=CleasbyVigfusson CleasbyVigfusson]
|2007-09-05
|
|
|None
|
|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=FVDPVietAnh FVDPVietAnh]
| 2008-06-13
|
|
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=LewisElem LewisElem]
|2007-09-22
|
|
|None
|
|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=LewisShort LewisShort]
|2007-09-21
|
|
|None
|
|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=LiddellScott LiddellScott]
|2008-12-06
|
|
|
|
|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Zoega Zoega]
|2007-09-22
|
|
|conf has 2 About= (should delete the first)
|
|Known bad, do not test

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Webster1806 Webster1806]
|2008-06-20
|
|none
|none
|displays well in GS, BD. Displays markup in MS
|'''Hold''' for 1.5.12 w/ improved TEI rendering? (may not be necessary for 1806)

|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Webster1913 Webster1913]
|2008-06-05
|In E, for example, it says:
See
<hi rend="italic">
Guide to Pronunciation
</hi>,
§§ 74-97.
<lb/>
Where or what is this? front/end matter?
----
It probably doesn't exist in the text we have, which is derived from the MICRA database.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
|In article A: 
...which was borrowed from the Greek
<name rend="italic" type="biologicalSpecies">
<ref target="alpha">Alpha</ref></name>,
of the same form;...

Why is this a biologicalSpecies???
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text, which uses <spn> in this case to indicate species name.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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and this was made from the first letter (�)
of the Phœnician alphabet
The character in brackets is wrong. This occurs in C as well, and in D, F,.
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text, which marks these as unknown character, hence the use of the same in Unicode.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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In article E, lots of the text is in a footnote, which shouldn't.
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text, which contains a couple of very large footnotes.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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There seems to be an excessive amount of <hi rend="italic"> throughout.
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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Senses collide with the number of the sense:
<sense n="1">
<num type="sense">
1.
</num>
Will output '''1'''1.
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The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text. If you want the rendering to be different, modify the filter and submit a patch. The markup is correct, and this is not a module error or issue.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
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I want to clarify my position on all of these types of errors: The Webster's 1913 text is fairly well error-riddled. We can do minor text corrections, but in some sense it's pointless unless we go to the effort of searching for errors in a more systematic fashion. But I have to think that's not the best use of time considering there are other projects, such as the GCIDE, to improve (but also modernize) this text. Some of these issues, like the Phoenician letters could be corrected, but wouldn't be apparent since no one is likely to have fonts that display Phoenician. And incorrectly tagged words (as in the case of the species name "Alpha") could be corrected, but wouldn't likely have any display difference in any Sword front end. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 05:11, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
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With the <num type="sense"> question, I think (though I don't know about TEI, so I may be wrong) that the <num type="sense"> should be removed. I can do a patch, but I'm not sure what the correct behaviour is. [[User:Benpmorgan|Benpmorgan]] 06:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
|none
|displays well in GS, BD. Displays markup in MS
|'''Hold''' for 1.5.12 w/ improved TEI rendering
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=== Daily Devotional Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
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!width="7%"|Updated
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!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
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!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Daily]]
|2008-04-19
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|Appears structurally sound (scrolling between dates works)
Numerous scripture reference parsing errors in the source. (Fix by running through vs2osisref.)

Dates after Christmas mysteriously empty.... (They're present in the doc supplied to imp2ld though.)
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|Displays well in GS, BD, SW, Links do not work in MS, some links appear with markup in BibleCS
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Could you provide some examples.
|needs '''fixing'''
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<references />

=== Commentary Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|[[Barnes]]
|2008-01-01
|
|Gen 1.1 entry is not UTF-8 (quotes, nbsp), perhaps elsewhere 
Isaiah 52:13,14,15 have a bad title. 
Daniel 7:28, 9:25, Rev 9:21 is using as a paragraph break. I.e. there is no matching .
Here and there, <hi type="b">, which is not valid OSIS. 
Obviously, this was not validated against the OSIS schema.
|
|In BD and GS the bad encoding makes the module look very bad. in SW some characters do not display (? quotation marks) e.g James 2:1 2nd paragraph
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[CalvinCommentaries]]
|2008-01-01
|Many, not all books from OT and NT, Conf reflects this, features - no FN found
|Gen 1:1 contains an XML document preamble <xml encoding="UTF-8" version="1.0"> <osis xmlns="..... Maybe it was built with imp2mod and not osis2mod?
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|Displays fine in GS, BD, MS, SW, cross reference links in BibleCS often displayed as HTML text. e.g. Mark 1:1 second last paragraph
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[Clarke]]
|2007-10-06
|Whole Bible, appears complete
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|Displays well in GS, SW. In BD the bad encoding makes the module look very bad.
|needs '''fixing''' hold testing, update planned

|-valign="top" 
|[[TSK]]
|2008-06-23
|Seems to be missing Deut 34:12 which shows up in released TSK. This is end of book content.
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Deut 34.12 has no content in TSK. Some versions repeat the text of the verse (probably from the KJV). We do not. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 23:02, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
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In the currently released TSK, there is this content in Deut 34:12:
<pre>
12 CONCLUDING REMARKS ON DEUTERONOMY AND THE PENTATEUCH.
Thus ends the book of Deuteronomy, and with it the Pentateuch,
commonly called the Law of Moses;
a work every way worthy of God its author, and only less than
the New Testament, the Law and Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Its antiquity places it at the head of all the writings in the world...
</pre>
This content is not in the beta.
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Philemon 1:1 has some Greek Strong's Numbers but they are linked incorrectly (directly to the STRONG module, aka: sword://STRONG/G5371 instead of a ref with action=showStrongs in it). v1.4 in the non-beta repo links these correctly. --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 03:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
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|displays well in GS. In SW only vers 1 is shown and links do not work.
Hebrew letters are not done properly (comparing with e-sword)
e.g. Judg 12:6, where ת appears as ϊ and ו as ε.
Another example is Nehemiah 7:61, where again it seems to have greek letters, not hebrew.

Also, it is missing the diagram (and introductory text to it) for Numbers 35:4. Is this type of schematic possible in OSIS (or just include an image)?
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[OTPassages]]
|2008-06-23
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|displays well in BD, GS. In SW only vers 1 is shown.
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<references />

=== GenBook Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
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!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
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|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLutherpredigten]]
|2008-06-07
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|Appears structurally sound
|Conf offers headings, none found
|Displays fine in GS, BD, BibleCS, MS, SW
|'''ready'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[SummaTheologica]]
|2003-02-13
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|'''Remove?'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[AquinasSummaTheologica]]
|2008-06-16
|
|links like Bible:VUL:Gen.1.1 do not work in BD. This is a BD bug. At the same time though I think that it is inappropriate to prescribe which Bible (Vulgata) is linked to, given that this genBook is in English [[User:Refdoc|Refdoc]]
:If an author cites a particular work, as Aquinas is likely to have done, this is appropriate. More significantly, since Aquinas is working from Bibles with a different reference system from Bible.NRSVA, it's important to identify that somehow so that we have the potential to do reference system translation.[[User:Osk|Osk]] 21:47, 28 June 2008 (MDT)
Aquinas will have quoted the Vulgata as it was the authorative translation (i.e. not as a preference, but dt lack of alternative). It is a new situation to have an abundance of translations. I do agree though with the versification being a problem. Only - it will not work right now either as even the Vulgate will be KJV versified. My long term suggestion would be to introduce (once GenBokk bibles are reality) a conf property regarding versification GenBooks could then refer to VersScheme:Book:Chapter:Verse instead of ModName:Book:Chapter:Verse - which would allow users to use a variety of applicable Bible translations with any given gen book.[[User:Refdoc|Refdoc]] 02:01, 1 July 2008 (MDT)
|Add Obsoletes: SummaTheologica ?
|Displays fine in MS, GS SW, BibleCS. Links in BD do not work
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[EnochCharles]]
|2009-01-23
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|-valign="top" 
|[[EnochGeez]]
|2009-01-23
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|-valign="top" 
|[[EnumaElish]]
|2009-01-23
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Jasher]]
|2009-03-24
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Jub]]
|2005-05-21
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|Jub 35:3 is in /Jub/35, not /Jub/35/3

Jub 38:6 is in /Jub/38

Jub 47, 48 links to exodus aren't osisref'ed
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Didache]]
|2008-11-10
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|Even when a proper font is selected, some text seems problematic. See /Didache/1/6, which contains:"??? σου". If this is unknown text or if there are textual variants, then a footnote should be added to let the reader know that this is not an encoding problem. Basic contents display properly in BT, GS, BibleCS, and BD after an appropriate font is selected. 
Content is not valid OSIS. It has some <w> elements that are not closed. And it uses as a marker, I.e. no matching tag nor is the tag a .
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|Navigation can be a bit awkward. Didache/1 should present the reader with a title heading such as "Chapter 1" (but in Greek which I can't read). Still better, front ends should have a way to present all verses of the chapter without individual verse-navigation, which is very awkward. BT does this well, BD and BibleCS make this module painful to navigate. Navigation in GS is so-so.
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=== Map Modules ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
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!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
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==Application Bugs Found During Testing==
During testing pre-existing bugs may be found in an application. In general, you should use the appropriate bugtracker and report them there.

:''This section does not yet list all front-end applications. Add more sub-sections as and when required''.

=== SWORD front-ends ===

==== MS ====
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/MACSW
* In GenBooks: click on a leaf, then click on (About). (About) does not show. Sometimes nothing happens, other times another entry's content shows.
* In About w/ UTF-8 characters, e.g. GerLutherpredigten, garbage is shown because it tries to interpret it as "Latin-1".
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words of Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/>

==== GS/Xi ====
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5528
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words of Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/>
* Parallel references in section headings in the Gospels display as *x but do not point to the parallel text. They appear as a cross-reference to the first verse in that chapter. For an example, see Mark 1 or Luke 4 in VietNVB.
* <lg> elements can cause an extra space to be added between the verse number and text.
==== BT ====
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=954&atid=100954
* <nowiki><div type="section"></nowiki> and <lg> elements can cause an extra space to be added between the verse number and text.
==== SW ====
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/SWEB
* Does not handle UTF-8 in Description when listing names of modules.
* In About w/ UTF-8 characters, e.g. GerLutherpredigten, garbage is shown because it tries to interpret it as "Latin-1".
* In About w/ \uxxxxx? RTF codes, e.g. TurNTB, ? is shown.
** Well, that's the expected behavior if the font lacks the encoded character (and so, not a software or a module bug but a font deficiency if anything).-Osk
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used and transChange is in the WoC: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/> The words following <transChange> are not highlighted.
* Links to Bible references in Daily devotions do not work
* Shows in commentaries only Vers 1 rather than whole chapter when asked to show a chapter - e.g. Genesis 1 - only Gen 1:1 will show up
==== BibleCS / SPW ====
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/BCS

==== BP ====
:''Please add bug tracker details''.

=== JSword front-ends ===
==== BD ====
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/BD
* Does not handle foot-notes in anything but Bibles.
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words of Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/>
* links leading to a specific Bible module do not work
* Inconsistently displays <l> elements.
* Inconsistently displays pre-verse titles.
* in ThML Genbooks, BD fails to display any div which includes <verse> tags
* BD cannot generate a search index for some Bible modules. Examples: JPS, Rotherham

== See also ==
* [[Modules in the experimental repository]]

[[Category:Modules]]
[[Category:Testing]]

Module Requests

2011-02-08T06:54:05Z

Niccarter: /* Commentaries - request for Matthew Poole's Commentary */

Here is a place to request modules you would like to be made. If the copyright holder has been contacted, the permissions granted or not can be put here.

New modules are made largely on the basis of content availability and distributability. If you have a link to new material in the public domain, adding it here is a good way of notifying us of its availability. However there is no guarantee that anyone will be interested in creating a module from that material. If you want to see a new module, your quickest results will come from encoding it in OSIS yourself and submitting that to us.

If you would like to see the addition of text currently under copyright and have not made any attempt to get permission for distribution, there is no point to adding it here and the addition will likely be removed. If you only have a link to non-text material (images, PDFs, etc.), there is no point to adding it here and it will likely be removed.

====Bible Versions====
''Background: CrossWire volunteers may like to visit [http://bibles.wikidot.com/ The Internet Bible Catalog], an experiment in creating a web-based catalogue of existing Bible Translations.''

=====English Bibles=====
''Background: For an historical survey of English Bibles, visit [http://www.bible-researcher.com/versions.html The English Versions of Scripture]. See also [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Bible Wikisource:WikiProject Bible].''

Rev. Bradford B. Taliaferro runs a blog entitled, [http://biblereadersmuseum.blogspot.com/ New and Interesting Bibles and Versions] – ''The purpose of this web-log is to list new, interesting and unusual Bibles, versions and translations''.

*Entire Wycliffe Bible (''c''. 1380), available from [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe) Wikisource], which in turn was provided by the [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/wycliffe/ Wesley Center Online]. The entire Wycliffe Bible can be downloaded as a single ZIP file containing 77 text files in VPL format. ''cf. The existing SWORD module is limited to the Pentateuch and the Gospels.''

*Complete Tyndale Bible, Not even the whole NT is available with SWORD, and also he translated the Pentateuch, and Jonah, and other books later published in Matthew's Bible.
::[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24890 Jonah] (1531)
::[http://www.pgdp.net/ Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders] is digitizing the Pentateuch (1530) (Genesis is almost done, but still being PP'ed) [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/tyndale/ Wesley Center Online] also has all of Tyndale's translation, except those published posthumously (by Matthew Thomas). Both Tyndale and Wycliffe from the Wesley Centre are the work of Sergej A. Fedosov.

::Some problems with Sergey's work is that he doesn't transcribe the line over vowels that represented a n, or m--so the text has a lot of hi meaning him, the meaning them, wet meaning went etc...where these are not spellings that the printer used. He also transcribes the þt, þe and such thorn symbols as ye, yt instead of the, that, etc...but transcribes the "and" symbol (&) as "and".

*Miles Coverdale Bible, (1535).

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tomson Laurence Tomson] (1587) Geneva Bible 1587 Revision. Check Slavic Bible version for (significant?) differences from 1599 Geneva.

*KJV (original 1611 version/orthography). There exist some reprints in paper - has anyone scanned it? Also a few electronic editions exist--check into adapting one for SWORD.

*Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650). This is available in Online Bible (Topic) format at [http://www.ccel.org/olb/tolbss/zipfiles/books/psalter.exe]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiston William Whiston] (1745) [http://www.archive.org/details/primitivenewtest00whisuoft The Primitive New Testament] on Archive.org

*Richard Wynne (1764) [http://www.archive.org/details/newtestamentcare00wynn New Testament : carefully collated with the Greek and corrected] on Archive.org. This copy is missing the title page thru the Acts of the Apostles. (Maybe it's Volume 2 of a 2 volume set.)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Doddridge Philip Doddridge] (1765) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Doddridge%29 The family expositor; or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section] 4 volumes on Archive.org (multiple copies of some volumes)

*John Guyse (1797) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Guyse%29 The Practical Expositor: The New Testament in the form of a Paraphrase, with Occasional Notes and recollections] on Archive.org

*Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Charles_Lee_Brenton Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton] (1845) Brenton's English Septaguint. See also this description of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/brenton/ Brenton's Translation of the Septuagint] on the website of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/ The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies]. An online HTML version of Brenton's 1851 edition is available at [http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint-hyperlinked.html] as a single webpage, but without the appendix.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Version Revised Version] (1885) – ''see the external links in the Wikipedia page for two online editions in HTML format, and one to a facsimile PDF copy''

*Richard C. Moulton (1907) [http://books.google.com/books?id=R5IaAAAAMAAJ Modern Reader's Bible] on Google

*S. Townsend Weaver (1909) [http://www.archive.org/details/universitynewtes00weav Weaver's New Testament] at the Internet Archive.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albert_Broadus John Albert Broadus] (1913) [http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain00philuoft The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments:A new version based in part on the bible union version] a.k.a The Baptist Bible (recommend OSIS id ABS.) on Archive.org

*[http://bibles.wikidot.com/ballantine William Gay Ballantine] (1923) (revised ed. 1934) [http://thechan.com/ The Riverside New Testament: a Translation From The Original Greek Into The English of Today], ''needs copyright review'' According to the Google/Gutenberg copyright renewal records, this was [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/show.php?id=1346 renewed in 1950], which makes it still in-copyright today. NOTE: [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/ urbanpug], google, Gutenberg all have disclaimers that the database contains omissions and errors, and not finding a renewal record does NOT mean a work is PD, but finding a record does mean you have to get permission from someone.

*NASB – Currently being prepared. This will be sold. See [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]].

*Amplified Bible – Jointly produced by the Lockman Foundation and Zondervan. Zondervan Publishing House is contracted with the Lockman Foundation to control and manage the publishing rights of the Amplified Bible.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_Bible]

*NKJV, Thomas Nelson Inc. Contact attempted by Karl to rights@thomasnelson.com and onlinenotification@thomasnelson.com, December 2007; no response.

*NIV, the perennial request. Contact attempted via feedback web page at ibs.org, November 2006 and March 2007; no response. Dead-tree letter sent to IBS licensing directory, February 2008; no response.

*World Bible Translation Center (1987,1999,2006) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] English translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1988) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible] English translation. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*Michael Paul Johnson (1996) [http://www.ebible.org/glw God's Living Word] is a solo translation by the editor of the World English Bible. It only covers the Gospel of John and the epistles of John, but I'd like to see it in SWORD. It's already in OSIS format at the link with creative commons (commercial use) copyright allowing redistribution.

*Contemporary English Version, contact made. The [mailto:info@americanbible.org American Bible Society] have asked for a formal request to be made to them, with information about use and protection (May 2009).

*Third Millennium Bible, contact attempted at TMBible.com, November 2007, no response.

*James Madsen (2003) New Simplified Bible. [http://www.geocities.com/simplifiedbible/EnjoyNSB15.html (author's page)]

*Gary Gallant (2007) Grammar Uses Version. "Version showing the the way verbs in a participle or infinitive tense are used when translated. Also shows noun uses when translated. This is a very literal translation from the BYZ lectures." (Available in its native OLB [http://www.fundamentalbaptists.com/host/olb/files/guv.exe] format at Gary's site.)

*Word of Yahweh Bible--KJV3, 2010 (Expected completion). Rights unknown. [http://yahavahbiblekjv3.com/site_map.html]

*[http://rockhay.tripod.com/cottonpatch/index.htm Cotton Patch Version.] Copyrighted.

*[http://logoschristian.org/mark/ The Phat News of Mark]. Copyrighted. A bit like the Cotton Patch Version.

*[http://www.2001translation.com/ 2001 Translation]. Public Domain.

*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28Wikisource%29 Free Bible]. Public Domain.

*[http://bookworm.oreilly.com/view/first/The+New+Testament+Letters/16015/ New Testament Letters] by Paula Fether. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.standardversion.org/aramaic_english_standard_version/aesv/aesv-index.php Aramaic English Standard Version]. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.essenescrolls.com/peshitta/index.php The Holy Peshitta of the Assembly of Jerusalem]. Copyrighted.

*[http://wordhord.org/nasb/ Anglo-Saxon Bible]. Public Domain? This is really a collection of various versified AS texts, by various translators/authors.

*[http://www.thewaytoyahuweh.com/translations The Way to Yahuweh].

*Ferrar Fenton Bible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrar_Fenton_Bible]. The complete Bible was published in 1903. ''Currently the only known electronic files are PDF facsimile. Would require OCR and thorough checking''.

*RSV/NRSV. "We appreciate your interest in making the RSV/NRSV available as modules for the Sword Project. However, at this time, we do not authorize any open source uses of the RSV/NRSV. God's blessings on your ministry." (Response received 22 Aug 2009 in response to detailed inquiry per their instructions and form.)

*The [http://openenglishbible.org/ Open English Bible] by Russell Allen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. See also, with very similar aims, [http://en.door43.org/wiki/Bible The Open Bible Translation] at [http://en.door43.org/ Door 43].

=====Original languages=====

======Hebrew and Aramaic OT======

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Codex WLC] with Westminster Morphology

*Samaritan Torah – for background, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Torah]. Has this ever been digitized?

======Greek NT======
:''See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_uncials List of New Testament uncials] on Wikipedia, for possible further leads''.

======Latin Bibles======

:''The existing Vulgate module and Vulgate_Clem beta module contain only the 66 protocanonical books, even though the complete Vulgate contains 76 books''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate]

* [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_%28Stuttgartensia%29 Complete Vulgate Stuttgart] (including the Apocrypha), for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards. (This is copyrighted. Stuttgart almost always indicates DBG(GBS). WikiSource is hosting a copy, in progress, but someone does note that it is copyrighted.)

* Nova Vulgata - the text is copyright (1979 onwards), so obtaining permission may be impossible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate#Nova_Vulgata] for more details.

=====French Bibles=====
:''See also [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traductions_de_la_Bible_en_fran%C3%A7ais Traductions de la Bible en français] and [http://www.la-bible.net/page.php?ref=bible16_20_intro La Bible en français du XVe au milieu du XXe siècle].''

* La Bible Pierre Robert Olivétan, 1535. Selected books are already digitized at [http://www.ecritures-saintes.com/olivetan/]. One edition is original spelling, and one is with modern spelling.

* La Bible de Jean-Frédéric Ostervald - 1744.

* La Bible de Saci - 1759 (Bible complete traduit sur la Vulgate par le Maistre de Saci, dite aussi Bible de Mons (Port Royal)) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/saci/saci.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* L’Ancien Testament Traduit D’Après L’Hébreu par H.-Auguste Perret-Gentil (professeur à la Faculté de Neuchâtel) 1861, 1866. The 1861 text is available in PDF format from [http://epelorient.free.fr/].

* La Bible de Zadoc Kahn (Bible Juive: Texte complet A.T. 1899 Ed. 1930.) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/zadoc/zadoc.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* La Sainte Bible commentée d'après la Vulgate (8 volumes, 1888-1895) par Louis-Claude Fillion (1843-1927). Electronic edition available at [http://www.magnificat.ca/].

* La Bible de Pirot et Clamer (Louis Pirot et Albert Clamer, La Sainte Bible, texte latin et traduction française d'après les textes originaux avec un commentaire exégétique et théologique, Paris 1950) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/pirot/pirot.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].'' NB. Check extent of French copyright period.

* La Bible King James Française 2007 (D'après la version AV 1611, Traduction Nadine L. Stratford) [http://www.kingjamesfrancaise.com/],[http://456-bible.123-bible.com/kjf/kjf.htm]. ''2009-07-16 Email received by [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] from N. Stratford granting permissions for both Go Bible and CrossWire SWORD module''.

* La Bible - French OT translation by Édouard Dhorme (1956). Edward Paul Dhorme (1881 - 1966) was a French Assyriologist, Semiticist and translator of the Bible. He was a professor at the College de France and the Sorbonne. One of his works deals with the religions of Babylon and of Assyria. The French translation of the Old Testament was published under his direction by Gallimard in the prestigious Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Dhorme was a Dominican. ''Not yet found en electronic version''.

* La Sainte Bible d'Ostervald - the revision of 1996.

* [http://ba.21.free.fr/septuaginta/cover.html La Septante] – French translation of the LXX.

From [http://lire.la-bible.net/ lire.la-bible.net] (read.the-bible.net)

* Traduction oecuménique de la Bible (TOB) (Copyright 1988, Société biblique française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France et Editions du Cerf)

* La Bible dite la Colombe (Colombe) - nouvelle version Segond revisée (Copyright 1978, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible Parole de Vie (PDV) (2000) (Copyright 2000, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Nouvelle Bible Segond (NBS) (Copyright 2002, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible en français courant (BFC) Version révisée 1997 (Copyright 1997, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

=====German Bibles=====
* [http://www.volxbibel.com/ Volxbibel] – A new German Bible translation in the language of the young generation. The translation is under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/deed.en_GB Creative Commons] license, so non-commercial use and distribution is allowed. A SWORD module called VLX3 has been already created by [http://www.heidoc.net/ Jan Krohn], who has also built Go Bible applications for Java mobile phones.

* [http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zefania-sharp/sf_zuercher_1931.zip Zürcher Bibel 1931] – Die Ursprünge der Zürcher Bibel gehen auf die Reformation in Zürich unter Ulrich Zwingli zurück (1531). Die Zürcher Bibel von 1931 gehört zu den strukturtreuen Übersetzungen und legt dabei grossen Wert auf philologische Genauigkeit. Bezüglich Texttreue wird sie bei Vergleichen von Bibelübersetzungen meist nahe bei der Elberfelder Bibel gesehen und oft etwas lesbarer als diese beschrieben. – The ZIP file was uploaded to sourceforge on 12-Apr-2009.

There is a [http://www.bijbelstudie.org/downloads/ger/details_ger.php?ID=783 module] for Online Bible. This might work as a source if it is not also taken from the Zefania-XML-file.

* Die Bibel nach der Übersetzung von Hermann Menge as discussed [http://www.crosswire.org/forums/mvnforum/viewthread_thread,842 in this thread]. The translation is of a high quality and went into the public domain last year. The German Bible Society had updated orthography and punctuation, which is a non-copyrightable act, and reissued the bible in the 1990's, so it would be desirable to use their updated version. It was double-checked with them that this is legal and that the digital text of the Menge-Bibel as found on the [http://www.bibelwissenschaft.de/nc/online-bibeln/menge-bibel/lesen-im-bibeltext/bibelstelle/Gen%201/anzeige/context/#iv GBS websites] may be used freely, including for the purposes of making a module. An unofficial module from a Zefania source is linked to in the above forum thread.

=====Polish Bibles=====

* Biblia Tysiąclecia. Several Polish translations are available as Go Bible applications from [http://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~ja235896/biblia/download.php]. This is one for which there is not an existing SWORD module.

* [http://sword.chrzescijanie.pl/moduly.htm Polish SWORD website]. Copyright status uncertain for some of the available modules.

=====Spanish Bibles=====
''For a more comprehensive list, see'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_%28Spanish%29]
*[http://www.reinavaleragomez.com/ Reina Valera Gómez 2010] – updated edition. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is assisting webmaster Shane Rice to make this new module, which will obsolete the module SpaRVG2004 in the CrossWire repository.

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1971) [http://www.bible.claret.org Biblia Latinoaméricana] a.k.a Christian Community Bible - Spanish version. Sent email 11/4/08 requesting rights. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Spanish translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Nueva Versión Internacional

*Dios Habla Hoy (United Bible Societies)

===== Portuguese =====
''For all these, please ask for further information at sword-devel. And please read the section in the [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]] first''.

====== Brazilian ======
*[http://www.sbb.org.br/ SBB] denied permissions, someone from Brasília intends to try again.

*SBT has been contacted, anticipating answer.

*IBB has left the door open to a future favourable answer. Need to follow up with request for permissions on Versão Revisada and its Almeida Século XXI successor.

*[[Corrigida]] low-quality copies are available, we need to evaluate if it is worthwhile to move forward: old translation, not too good, OCR will be troublesome.

*[[Tradução Brazileira]] (1917) copy obtained, working library contacts to find a book scanner. The text will enter into the public domain on January 1, 2012 - the beginning of the year following the seventieth anniversary of death of the last contributor, Virgílio Varzea in accordance with the provisions of the copyright law in force. SBB has published an electronic version in Online Bible (version 3) format with updated spelling and orthography. This edition is not public domain! The [http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Tradu%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Brasileira_da_B%C3%ADblia wikisource edition] is in the modern orthography, so despite the usual statement about its Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, it cannot yet be shown to be ''independent'' of the copyrighted work of SBB.

*[http://www.centrodabiblia.org/pageID_2611978.html Tradução Literal da Bíblia] by Bernd Bremicker. This is an independent Portuguese Bible translation work in progress. The files are in PDF format, and so far cover a substantial part of the NT. ''Worth making enquiries''.

====== Iberian ======
*Permissions were obtained on a number of texts from [[SBP]], as per post at sword-devel.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Portuguese translation. (If the WBTC is amenable to allow other languages be published, I will specifically request and post here Portuguese allowance if given) The WBTC lists the version as 'Brazilian Portuguese'.

===== Welsh Bibles =====

* 1620 Translation (William Morgan's 1588, revised by Parry and Davies in 1620). [http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_testunau/sion_prys_003_beibl_mynegai_1284e.htm]. See also [[Non-CrossWire_Text-Development_Projects#Individual_Works|Text Development]]. ''Public Domain. Texts for Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Luke, and 2 Corinthians are not yet available.'' In 2010, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has learned that the [http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/ Bible Society] has the William Morgan translation available in USFM format, and has been given the relevant contact information, with permissions likely to be given to CrossWire. They have received several user requests for the William Morgan translation to be made available on mobile phones, i.e. by means of our Go Bible application.

*Revised New Welsh Bible (Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Argraffiad Diwygiedig). Available for free as a e-Sword Module. So Bible Society may well be happy for it to be available for SWORD as well. [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/resources.htm], [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/news.htm]

===== Cornish Bibles =====

* The Cornish Bible Project http://www.bibelkernewek.com/ This project is run under the auspices of the Cornish Language Board, and the Bishop of Truro's Ecumenical Advisory Group for Services in Cornish. The translations are checked against the best editions of the Hebrew and Greek texts, and will be made available in both the Unified and Common Cornish spelling systems. The New Testament (Common Cornish version), with a Commendation by the Archbishop of Canterbury, is now complete, and was published on 13 August 2004. Translation of the Old Testament is underway, with parts already published as separate booklets. Of all the Celtic languages, it was only Cornish that did not have its own translation of the Bible. This was a severe handicap: if the Bible had been translated perhaps the language would not have died.

* Testament Noweth, edited by Michael Everson. First edition, 2002. http://www.evertype.com/gram/tn.html

===== Maltese Bibles =====

* Maltese Bible. I just found this [http://www.tarxienparish.org/Il-bibbja.htm] which appears to be a Catholic website. Complete Bible (with deuterocanonical books) in MS Word format. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Maltese Bible. The Trinitarian Bible Society published theirs in 1980. with a reprint in 2007.[http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org/site/news.asp]

* Malta Bible Society (UBS and CBF) http://www.maltabible.com/ (''No Bible downloads advertised'').

===== Arabic Bibles =====

* 1865 SVD Arabic Bible complete with deuterocanonical books & other Arabic material. See [http://www.saintmina-holmdel.org/ArabicBible/], for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards.

* 1988 Al-Kitab Al-Muqaddas - Kitab al Hayat – modern translation from IBS.

=====Other European languages=====

======Latin script languages======

* Romanian Corrected Cornilescu Version (RCCV). Note that this is not a new translation or revision, it's just a corrected version of the most used PD Bible in Romania: Cornilescu Version, first published in 1924. This version of the Bible was obtained after correction of spellings and uses the modern Romanian morphology.[http://biblia.pentruviata.ro/bib_text.php] ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in email contact with the website owner''.

* [http://mazsola.iit.uni-miskolc.hu/~drdani/biblia/bd/ Hungarian NT]. Roman Catholic translation by P. Békés Gellért & P. Dalos Patrik.

* [http://www.biblian.fo/ Faroese Bible]. ''We now have a personal contact''.

* [http://www.biblian.is/ Icelandic Bible]. 1981 Þordarsson translation. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://www.hi.is/Uppl/Biblia/ Icelandic Bible]. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://old.bibelselskabet.dk/grobib/web/bibelen.htm Greenlandic Bible]. Danish Bible Society. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain''.

* Serbian Emilijan Čarnić (1973, 1992) NT. [http://wwwyu.com/web/]

* [http://www.bibel.se/ Svenska Reformationsbibeln]. This modern Swedish Bible translation is based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textus_Receptus Textus Receptus] for the New Testament. Work has begun on translating the Old Testament, based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoretic_Text Masoretic Text]. The stance of the website is one in defence of these traditional texts, and therefore critical of modern translations made using dynamic equivalence methods and eclectic texts. The translators have currently completed the Pentateuch and all the New Testament. It may be several years before the rest of the OT is translated. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in indirect contact with the project leaders. They have responded positively to the request for CrossWire to distribute this new translation. A Go Bible version has been built by Thomas Dilts.

* Swedish - Gezelius Biblia (1711-1728). Carl XII Biblia in Late New Swedish (1750-1880) language revision by Johannes Gezelius (1686–1733). Digitized text (derived from the 1860's printed editions) is available from [http://www.logosmappen.net/bibel/gezelius/ Projekt Gezelius].

* [http://www.ibecat.org/BIBLIA/ Catalan Bible] Bíblia Evangèlica Catalana. Copyright © 2000, Institució Bíblica Evangèlica de Catalunya (IBEC). An iPhone application [http://bec.ibible.mobi/] for this is now available, as is an e-Sword module [http://www.pedrangular.com/software/e-Sword/BEC.php]. In view of the BEC edition being freely available for the iPhone and e-Sword, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] made a request with a view to developing a SWORD module and Go Bible application. Permissions received 2009-12-02.

* Slovak translations. A member of the Go Bible Forum has recently posted that he has permissions for the Slovak Catholic translation from Spolok svätého Vojtecha ([http://www.ssv.sk/ SSV]), Trnava, Slovakia. See [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=798]. ''[http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/ Login] first for the direct link to work''. This translation includes deuterocanonical books. Await first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]].

* ''An Bíobla Naofa'' (1981), or the Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) Bible, is a translation of the Bible into ''Modern Irish Gaelic'' by a team of translators, edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_%C3%93_Fiannachta Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta]. It includes deuterocanonical books. It is available in printed form (ISBN 1870684907) as well as in Word and PDF format on CD-ROM[http://www.fiosfeasa.com]. ''John Duffy has received permissions to make a SWORD module, etc''.[http://cgcf.net] Awaiting first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]]. A Go Bible version has been made with assistance from [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. This is now available from [http://www.anbioblanaofa.org/ An Bíobla Naofa].

* Lule Sami New Testament. A new translation of NT in ''Lule Sami'', based on an edition from 1913 but using modern orthography, was begun in 1996. The [http://www.bibelsallskapet.se/ Swedish Bible Society] was responsible for this translation which was completed in 2000. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* Northern Sami Bible. Work is in progress on a new Bible translation in ''Northern Sami'' using the new orthography from 1980. The Gospels and Acts were completed in 1995, followed by the New Testament in the beginning of 1998. Presently, translation of the Old Testament is in progress, with a planned completion in 2008. The translation is based on the Norwegian Bible with the Norwegian and Finnish Bible Societies being responsible for the project. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* The complete Estonian Bible (OT, NT & Apocrypha) is available online at [http://www.piibel.net/sisukord.html Piibel.NET]. (NB. The table of contents requires Javascript.) There is also another online edition (OT, NT only) at [http://www.piibel.com/loe.php Piibel.com]. cf. The existing SWORD module '''Est''' is Genesis plus NT only. ''Worthwhile making enquiries to the [http://www.eps.ee/ EPS] about copyright permissions''. For a history of Estonian Bible translations, see [http://elm.einst.ee/issue/28/history-estonian-bible-translation/]. The two online translations are not the same edition. One example of the difference is in the rendering of the divine name in the OT. In 1. Mos 2:4 piibel.net has 'Issand', whereas piibel.com has 'Jehoova'. (cf. SWORD module '''Est''' uses the former).

* The [http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/lithuanian/ Lithuanian Bible] including the Apocrypha is available online in HTML format on the website of Jesus Christ Saves Ministries. Pages are encoded Windows-1250 (Central European). This is not the same translation as the existing SWORD module.

* The Bible Society of Lithuania – Ecumenical Translation. [[User talk:David Haslam|David Haslam]] now in contact. Source files exists in USFM format for complete Bible including the deuterocanonical books. Request for permissions to be put to the Board, with a meeting expected in March 2010.

* New Lithuanian translation: Old Testament and New Testament from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages by Algirdas Jurėnas. – Duncanville, Tex. : World Wide Printing, c2000 (Sterling Heights, Mich. : Distributed by Lutheran Heritage Foundation). ISBN 1-58712-019-4. ''Has been described as a slavishly literal translation''.

* The complete Latvian Bible (1997). Currently, the Latvian version which is on the CrossWire repository is NT only, and is not commonly used. ''Jānis Veinbergs has sent an email to the Latvian Bible Society''.

* [http://testamantnevezkoad21.monsite.orange.fr/ Breton New Testament] (complete) '''Koad 21''' translation[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/testamant.nevez/] published by the [http://sites.google.com/site/bibleenanjou/ Association Bible en Anjou]. ''Permission received (2009-12-15) from Luc Bernicot, chairman of Société Biblique d'Anjou''. Updated text edition received 2010-05-14. ZIP file contains 27 MS Word documents.

* A new Norwegian translation of the NT by Enoch Enough. During July 2010, the translator contacted [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] with the request to make a Go Bible version. He has also given permission for CrossWire to make and distribute it as a SWORD module. The translator is the sole copyright owner. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the electronic text as an MS Word document. ''This translation of the NT has a very unusual book order. The 27 books are in "chronological order" in the supplied document. It is unclear why this is so''.

======Cyrillic script languages======
* Russian Synodal translation (1876), complete with deuterocanonical books, and using the [[Alternate Versification]] proper to the RSB.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Synodal_Bible] cf. The existing RST module (based on Sergej A. Fedosov's Slavic Bible for Windows) must be the protocanonical subset, as adapted to use standard KJV versification. A complete RSB is available in HTML format at [http://www.days.ru/~bible/], but would require checking for accuracy against the best known modern printed version. Tigran Aivazian has reported, "if you need the source code for our edition of the Russian Synodal Bible please email me and I'll send it. We (mostly Vladimir Volovich) have fixed quite a few typos by comparison with many other printed (and electronic) editions and believe ours to be the cleanest/accurate source of the synodal text. Btw, we have done the 5th edition recently, I hope you downloaded the PDF of the 5th and not the 4th edition (check the title page, it says at the back)." Copied from [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=626]. See [http://www.bibles.org.uk/].

* "Радостная Весть" - Good News in translation from ancient greek (Russian Bible Society http://www.biblia.ru/). Currenty they prepare modern translation of full Bible, and asked to repeat request after 15 april of 2011. --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

* Geneva Bible In Russian with commentaries.

* Ukrainian new translation by Oleksandr Gyzha [http://ukrbible.com/]. Email contact established with web-master. Permissions received (17 November 2008).

* [http://www.mkbible.net/ Macedonian Bible]. Old and New Testaments / translated DH Konstantinov - Bitola Euroliber, 1999. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of the Macedonian Online Bible website.

* Macedonian Bible. First Edition fully translated into modern Macedonian literary language, issued by the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Copyright 1990 United Bible Societies.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain'' [http://biblija.info/biblija.htm].

* Serbian Lujo Bakotić (1933) complete Bible.

* Serbian Dimitrije Stefanović (1934) NT.

* Belarusian translation by Vasil Syomuha. "Vasilij S.Semukha translation. © 2000, 2001 by Alesya Semukha". More details about the translation and translator are reported in [http://www.privet-minsk.com/Belarusian-Bible.html]. A much fuller article about the Belarusian Bible, with the title, "Uncle Vasil's Passion" may be found at [http://tinyurl.com/39v6f5]. In 1998, Vasil Siomukha won the of Ales Adamovich Literary Prize (awarded by the Belarusian PEN Centre ) for a highly artistic translation of the New Testament and Psalter into the Belarusian language. See [http://www.pen-centre.com/eng/laureate.html]. A copy of the text of this Bible translation was found in a module for Sergej A. Fedosov's '''Slavic Bible for Windows''' [http://www.sbible.boom.ru/ (Russian) website]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] was researching how to make contact with the copyright owner, and received a kind offer from someone to act as an intermediary''. ''We have since received informal permission, which now needs to be formalised. An email has been sent to Troy''. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received an authoritative copy of the translation in MS Word format''. A SWORD module has been created using Synodal versification. Currently this is in the [[Module Repositories|CrossWire experimental repository]].

======Hebrew script languages======

* Yiddish New Testament – copyright belongs to The Society For Distributing Hebrew Scriptures (SDHS), Joseph House, 1 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1RT, ENGLAND, UK. Tel: 01462 457486 Fax: 01462 451568 (Registered Charity No. 232692). SDHS literature is officially distributed in the USA by "Light for Israel". http://www.lightforisrael.org/

=====American languages=====

======North America======
*Navajo, O'odham, Hopi, Apache, Inupiaq (North and North West), Siberian Yupik. – All these languages have at least a New Testament. Navajo has the whole Bible, and the Siberian Yupik NT isn't printed fully yet. ''Contact should be established with the Wycliffe Bible Translators''.

*Zuñi http://benawekokshi.googlepages.com (Mark is ready, Acts and John are still being digitized).

*Arapaho (Only Luke and parts of Matthew were ever translated, these texts are available on Gutenberg.org: [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30102] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24002])

======Hawaii======
*Baibala Hawaiian Bible http://baibala.org/ – full text online from the 1839 and 1868 editions, plus some of the text for the 1994 edition. Copyright © 2003-2008 by [http://www.pidfoundation.org/ Partners In Development Foundation], which is solely responsible for this product. This website may be utilized for personal use, but may not be used for commercial purposes or copied to any other website. See [http://ulukau.org/disclaimer.php?site=bible] for full terms & conditions. Ulukau uses open-source [http://www.greenstone.org/ Greenstone] software.

======Caribbean======
* Papiamento Bible – Netherlands Antilles. The Bible is known to have been completed in this language in 1996 [http://www.forum-intl.net/find_a_bible/?Language=pap]. This [http://www.world-bibles.org/language_detail/eng/pap/Papiamentu site] has a link to download Luke's Gospel in PDF format, published by Christus Rex. Text is selectable. The font seems to be customized, even though it is CourierStd. The circumflex accent (U+005E) is displayed like a combining double breve below (U+035C). ''Need to establish who owns the copyright''.

=====African Languages=====
:There are an estimated 2000 languages spoken in Africa! [http://www.bibleafrica.org/]

======Nigerian languages======

*Hausa Bible. [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/hausa.zip]

*[http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/HausaBible/HausaBible.htm The Deutero-Canonical Books of the Bible in Hausa.] – Translated by Musa Danjuma and Joseph Kenny, O.P., published by the United Bible Societies, 1979. Also available here [http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/IndexChristian.htm] are The Psalms and Canticles in Hausa, by the same translators (2001).

*Yoruba Bible (1884). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther Samuel Ajayi Crowther] translated the whole Bible into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880s—it is known as '''Bibeli Mimo'''. In 1875 the Church Missionary Society (CMS) organized a conference on Yoruba Orthography; the standard devised there was the basis for the orthography of the steady flow of religious and educational literature over the next seventy years. The current orthography of Yoruba derives from a 1966 report of the Yoruba Orthography Committee, along with Ayo Bamgbose's 1965 Yoruba Orthography, a study of the earlier orthographies and an attempt to bring Yoruba orthography in line with actual speech as much as possible. In 1957, BFBS reprinted Bibeli Mimo, using the 1909 edition of the OT and the 1930 revised edition of the NT.[http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:gial.edu:986] ''The 1884 text of Bibeli Mimo must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Igbo Bible (1906). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Efik Bible (1868). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

======Other languages======

*Amharic Bible (Ethiopia) [http://www.bible.org/foreign/amharic/]

*Zarma Bible (Niger) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/zarma.zip]

*Fulfuldé Adamawa Bible (Cameroun) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/FUB.zip]

*Moore New Testament (Burkina Faso) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntmoore.zip]

*Kabyle New Testament (Algeria) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntkabyle.zip]. Like many other online copies of the Kabyle NT, this one has several omissions, probably due to having been copied from the text found at the Unbound Bible Project [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=298&page=1#Item_12]. '''News update''' - March 2010: [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the '''Kabyle Révisé''' Psalms and NT in USFM format. His contact is seeking permissions from the Algerian Bible Society on behalf of CrossWire.

*Kisongye New Testament (Congo) (1925) [http://www.biblafrique.org/Kisongye.htm]

*Complete Swahili Bible (East Africa) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/SWA.zip] – Union Version June 2003. ''Need to obtain permissions from copyright owner for non-Paratext use''.

*Tshiluba Gospel of Mark (Congo) [http://www.biblenlangue.org/Tshiluba.htm]

*Wolof New Testament (Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania) (1987,2004,2008) [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm][http://www.biblewolof.us/] – Copyright is held by Les Assemblées Evangéliques du Sénégal and La Mission Baptiste du Sénégal.

*Wolofal NT portions (Luke, John, Acts). Wolof language in Arabic script. [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm]

*Hanga NT (Ghana). Found electronic text in the Oxford Text Archive. [http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/headers/1183.xml]

*[http://noloshacusub.net/Bible/ Kitaabka Quduuska Ah] is the name of the Somali Bible – ''A Go Bible version already exists.'' The copyright owners (SIM) would be glad for CrossWire to make the KQA text as widely available as possible. Source text is available in USFM format.

====== Bible Society of South Africa ======
The following translations are available as free cellphone Bibles from [http://www.biblesociety.co.za/ BSSA]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with their CAP Officer for Publications and Scripture Programmes''.

* Afrikaans 1933/53 translation, 1983 translation or Die Bybel vir Almal;
* Northern Sotho 1951 translation;
* Southern Sotho 1909 translation;
* Tswana 1908 translation;
* Xhosa 1975 version and
* Zulu 1959 translation or the New Testament 1986 translation.

====== Berber (Tamazight) Languages ======

* [http://www.tarifit.info/ Tarifit], the Tamazight language from the Rif in Northern Morocco (Latin script).

* [http://www.tamazight.info/ Tamazight], the Tamazight language from Middle Atlas in Morocco (Arabic script).

* [http://www.tachelhit.info/ Tachelhit], the Tamazight language from the South of Morocco (Latin script).

:''Need to establish contact with a view to copyright lobbying''.

=====Asian Languages=====

It would be helpful to the churches in Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia if Bible modules can be developed for the languages of these regions. CrossWire volunteers who have a particular interest in Asia should be seeking opportunities to obtain permissions and offering our services to the Bible agencies working in the regions.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Nepali, Vietnamese, Bengali, Indonesian translations. Rights requested 11/05/2008

======Languages of China======
:Use this section for Bibles translated in other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China languages of China]. Remember that this topic may be politically sensitive.

======Indian subcontinent======

*Nepali Sangati NT - copyright belongs to the [http://www.gfa.org/bibles Gospel For Asia Bible Society]. Permission for Go Bible granted to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] in November 2007. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Mizo Bible - [http://apps.m.khampat.com/mgb]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Mizo Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Paite Bible - [http://www.zogamonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=156]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. The Paite e-Holy Bible is a Windows application that uses the SWORD API. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Paite Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Hmar Bible - permissions for SWORD Module and Go Bible have been received in an email sent to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. The Hmar NT was originally sent to him in PageMaker .PMD format. Yesudas Solomon has assisted in making the Go Bible application. ''Need to obtain the digitized text in a convertible format''.

The following four Indian languages Bibles are available as Java ME mobile phone applications made using Go Bible Creator [http://www.christiansmobile.com/]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer, Yesudas Solomon, who is based in Tamilnadu. Most of these have also been made into SWORD modules and are available from the [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team].

*Hindi Bible
*Tamil (OV) Bible (also Catholic Tamil version)
*Malayalam Bible
*Kannada KJV Bible
*Telugu Bible
*Hmar Bible

The text sources for the above translations were used by direct permissions of the translators, even though the Bible Society of India has been unresponsive. The SWORD modules are provided as self-extracting EXE files for Windows platform. Two kinds are available, one for BPBible, the other for The Sword Project (BibleCS). Users of CrossWire front-ends designed for other platforms would therefore have to copy them from a Windows PC, or use a suitable software utility to extract them from the EXE file.

The [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team] also offers the same translations in e-Sword format, with the addition of the following translations, not yet made into SWORD modules:

*Kannada ERV Bible
*Kannada BSI Bible
*Koya Bible

''The following translations are from other sources''.

*Marathi New Testament – translated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratnakar_Hari_Kelkar Ratnakar Hari Kelkar]. The full text is available in PDF format at [http://navakarar.wordpress.com/]. ''Need to establish contact with the copyright owner, Prof. R. R. Kelkar, Pune, India''.

*Konkani Bible – online HTML version available at [http://www.konkanibible.org/]. This Catholic translation includes the Apocrypha. The site is a project of [http://www.KonkaniCatholics.com/ KonkaniCatholics.com].

*Bengali Bible – the Bengali Old Version Bible was first published in 1909. This date may mean that copyright on the text has expired. A digitized edition is available online at [http://www.biblesocietybd.org/ Bangladesh Bible Society] in PDF format. This requires the [http://www.sentbd.com/Bangla/ SutonnyMJ] font, which is not a Unicode font. ''Worth further research''.

*Gujarati OV Bible – available at [http://gujaratibible.com/]. Currently only Genesis, John and Acts is shown in the search engine.

======Central Asia & Caucasus ======
* [http://www.korpu.net/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Korpu (Persian script).

* [http://www.yeniheyat.com/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Yeniheyat. Azeri Latin (HTML) & Azeri Cyrillic (PDF). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has been sent the USFM files for the Azeri Latin 2008 translation (with permissions!), and is in contact with the [http://www.azerbaijanipartnership.org/ Azerbaijan Partnership] and other interested parties.

* Kyrgyz Bible. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has made a Go Bible version (Cyrillic) by permission from one of the translators who worked on the Ray of Hope translation. This is only one of the three modern Kyrgyz translations. Not yet published the Go Bible version - still waiting for completion of the UI translation. ''Should follow up with permission request for CrossWire''.

* [http://www.slovocars.org/english/ Eastern Russian Scriptures Translation] - ''aka'' the CARS Project. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader.

* [http://www.holybible.mn/ Mongolian Bible] Cyrillic script. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of a [http://www.ltime.fr/ Mongolian Christian] site in France which links to this.

* [http://www.mongolbible.com/html/IMNT/index.html Mongolian NT] Mongolian script. We may want to do some testing to see whether it is even ''possible'' to display this text in a reasonable fashion before even approaching the copyright holders. [[Talk:Module_Requests#Mongolian_NT_(in_Mongolian_vertical_script)]]

======South East Asia======
* New Malay Bible - Kitab Suci Zabur & Injil (KSZI) translation, copyright © 2008 Pengamat Kitab Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Translation of the OT (Taurat) is an ongoing work. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with someone who has negotiated permissions. 2010-02-22 CrossWire has been granted distribution permissions for the KSZI as long as it is kept free of charge. This [http://mykitabsuci.org/en website] has the Psalms & NT available online, albeit with some minor errors and a couple of omissions. We have since received a copy of the translator's source text in RTF format.

* Khmer New Testament (Cambodia). Khmer Christian Bible: Copyright '''Asia Bible Society''' and '''Words of Life Ministries''', 2010. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader. An issue with ligatures surfaced when doing a Go Bible feasibility demo of Matthew's Gospel in 2008, but apart from that everything was fine. This issue needed to be resolved by the translators. At that time, Khmer codepage coverage was not yet completely finalised in the official Unicode standard. Khmer text source was being edited by translators using MS Excel, rather than something more common (USFM) among Bible translators. Red letters used for WoC. Would need considerable effort to format shift into OSIS. Update (2011-02-03): the whole Khmer NT is now available. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received a copy of the complete text for the NT, exported into Excel from the database kept on the Society's server. The server application was developed by Japanese programmers working for Asia Bible Society, and is probably one not known to most other translation agencies.

* Hmong Bible (Laos, Vietnam, China, USA). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has found a [http://www.hmongbible.org/ Hmong Bible Online] website, in which it is hoped that the Hmong Bible eventually be published online. ''Contact being sought''.

* Myanmar languages. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the [http://www.myanmarbible.com/bible/ Myanmar Bibles] website. The following languages are listed as available translations. OSIS files are already available for all these versions, though I have not yet had time to work on any of them. (Some of these were converted from TeX into OSIS by bibleTec2osis.pl). There is a separate XML file for each book of the Bible. Back in June 2008, there was definite interest for Go Bible, and I imagine they would be also interested for the SWORD project. Tedim would be the easiest to start with, as that uses Latin script with no additional characters. ''Follow up is intended''.
** Myanmar Judson
** MCL
** Chin Study
** Cho
** Falam
** Hakha
** Kachin
** Lahu
** Lhaovo
** Ngawn
** Tedim
** S'gaw Karen
** Sizang
** Zaniat
** Zotung
** WEB

* [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2054.html Myanmar Bibles - Software Project]. "The Myanmar Bible Software Project involved the cooperative effort of volunteers from various nations with a variety of specialized skills e.g. Myanmar languages consultants, Bible translations, software programming, led by Levi Sap Nei Thang. The project is built upon the invaluable foundations of the work of many generations of Bible translators and Bible Societies. We seek to develop software that will eventually serve as a Biblical Resource tool for Myanmar, Bible readers, Christians, church leaders, pastors and church planters. Currently, basic Bible software is available in most major languages of the world. Bible software provides the advantage for people not only to study the word in multiple languages. It also provide to opportunity to incorporate biblical references material such as concordance, dictionary and others to help us deepen our knowledge in the word of God."
:''This request seems well matched to the skills found among CrossWire volunteers.''

* See also [http://thanlwinsoft.co.uk/ ThanLwinSoft (Open Source Software for Myanmar)].

====== Asia Pacific ======
* Cebuano Bugna (Ang Biblia, 1917) and Cebuano Pindayag (OT 1917, NT more recent revision based on critical text) translations exist in several places on-line. The designations Bugna & Pindayag are derived from the Cebuano names given to the book of Revelation. Ang Biblia must be PD. Pindayag is copyright by the [http://www.bible.org.ph/ Philippine Bible Society]. For language details see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano_language].

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (after 1998?) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible - Tagalog, Chinese, Cebuano, and Ilonggo] translations. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in Spanish is pending.

* Bisaya-Inunhan New Testament, translated by Eldon Leano Talamisan (copyright owner), first published in the Philippines in 1999. The Bisaya-Inunhan language is spoken in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romblon Romblon Province], especially in Tablas Island. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has direct contact with the translator, who has given full permission to the proposal to build a SWORD module and Go Bible application. ''David now has a copy of the most up to date digitized text in MS Word format''. A Go Bible has been made already, albeit with default English user interface.

* [http://pngscriptures.org/ Papua New Guinea] – a country in which over 800 languages are spoken. The following languages already have the scriptures available online:
:*Adzera (adz)
:*Bimin (bhl)
:*Dedua (ded)
:*Gapapaiwa (pwg)
:*Misima-Paneati (mpx)
:*Numanggang (nop)
:*Ubir (ubr)
:The [http://pngscriptures.org/terms.htm terms of use] are [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons – Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works]. We are in contact with Kahanapule Michael Johnson.

====== Tibetan Bibles ======

* A new Tibetan translation of the Bible is available online.[http://www.gsungrab.org/] The translation is an ongoing project. The Bible portions are in PDF format, and use embedded subsets of a Tibetan font called Ededris. ''Message left using the contact form''.

====== Korean Bibles ======

* The full text of the Catholic Bible in Korean is online at [http://info.catholic.or.kr/bible/]. The website is all in Korean, but Google translate copes quite well for navigating the page and menu bars.

* Korean Bible translations[http://monoon.com/eng.html] include:
:*The Korean Revised Version
:*The Korean Common Translation Version
:*The New Korean Standard Version
:*The Korean King James Version

=====Cult / Unorthodox / Questionable Bibles=====
* [http://www.lolcatbible.com/ The LOLCat Bible] (GFDL 1.2)

* Conservapedia's [http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible Conservative Bible] (Unique, but fairly permissive [http://conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Copyright license].)

====Books====

===== English =====
* [[Creeds of Christendom by Philip Schaff]] ([http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1.html 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds2.html 2])

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxe%27s_Book_of_Martyrs Foxe's Book of Martyrs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxe John Foxe] ([http://books.google.com/books?id=gCUeSAoqOSEC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=EwFbQI-cOy&sig=Ciue6KwFnRP_7jDxSRSw1nDEpcw&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Faq%3Do%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu%253Aen-US%253Aofficial%26q%3DFoxes%2BBook%2Bof%2BMartyrs%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPR9,M1 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html 2])

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cur_Deus_Homo Cur Deus Homo] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury Anselm of Canterbury]. See also [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/anselm-curdeus.html].

===== French =====
* Tertullian on http://www.tertullian.org/french/french.htm
* Augustine on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/augustin/index.htm
* John Chrysostome on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/chrysostome/index.htm

====Commentaries====

* Skeptic's Annotated Bible (file under unorthodox), the similar The Scripture Project, and any of the various refutations/responses, e.g. [http://thedaystar.webs.com/books/index.html].
* Russian Explanatory Bible by A.P. Lopukhin. Here is source which i can use in non-commercial purposes http://www.bible.in.ua/underl/Lop. Currently converting to osis and obtaining rights --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
* J. P. Lange's Commentary (requested by a PocketSword user). Digital form is currently (28th September, 2010) just a scan of the original, with scanning "typos". [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924092344351] --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 23:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
* [http://www.preceptaustin.org/nt_commentary-henry_alford.htm Henry Alford's Commentary on the Greek NT] – [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 11:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
* Matthew Poole's Commentary, aka: Annotations upon the Holy Bible: wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annexed, together with the parallel Scriptures... 3 vols. [http://libguides.calvin.edu/content.php?pid=47579&sid=442938] --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 06:54, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

====Devotionals====
There are several good on-line devotionals listed by the [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/devotions.htm Asia-Pacific Institute Of Biblical Studies]. Among them are the following.

* ''The Believer's Daily Remembrancer'' aka ''The Pastor's Morning Visit'' (1846), by James Smith (1802-1862). Digitization has already begun. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/remembrancer/smith.htm].

* ''Faith's Check Book'', by C. H. Spurgeon. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.htm]. Fully digitized. Single download available. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.zip]

====Lexicons====
*Unabridged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%E2%80%93Driver%E2%80%93Briggs Brown-Driver-Briggs] Hebrew Lexicon -- worth researching; The text exists in electronic format, at least licensed. It's important that this not be the "Abridged BDBG" which is Larry Pierce's altered module.

*Logos [http://wbsa.logos.com/ What Does the Bible Say About] and [http://www.nelsonministryservices.com/nms/product_detail.asp?sku=1418502308 Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary], lightweight but potentially interesting and useful resources and (based on testing from text portions obtained from ebible.com) easy to convert to SWORD format. Contact attempted, see NKJV above. There are other resources possible here as well, on a more restricted basis at ebible.com, in the "New Illustrated" series (commentary, "topics"), any of which should be convertible.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Thayer Thayer's] Greek Lexicon (no source known)

== Pictures ==

:''For further leads, please visit [http://www.biblical-art.com/ Biblical Art on the WWW]''.

=== Bible illustrations ===

* ''The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons'', edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer. 1908. I have found many of these images available online at [http://www.wcg.org/images/b1/].

=== Maps ===

== External links ==
:''Please add links here that may be fruitful in suggesting further leads''.

=== Wikipedia ===
:''CrossWire volunteers who are also Wikipedians are encouraged to update such articles based on their specialist knowledge''.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bible_translators

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_by_language

[[Category:Modules]]
[[Category:English Bibles]]

User:Niccarter

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==Nic Carter==

=====CrossWire-related=====

[[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]] developer since September, 2009. Lurker on sword-devel since 2001.

To keep up with what I'm doing with PocketSword, it's probably best to follow [http://twitter.com/PocketSword PocketSword on twitter]. The [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword blog] is sadly neglected, except when I have extra time to update it!

You can ask questions on the [http://www.crosswire.org/forums/mvnforum/listthreads?forum=16 User Forums] which I follow closely.

You can submit feature requests or bug reports on the [http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/PS PocketSword JIRA tracker].

[[Category:Users with a user page|N]]

Module Requests

2010-12-21T02:20:43Z

Niccarter: /* Korean Bibles */

Here is a place to request modules you would like to be made. If the copyright holder has been contacted, the permissions granted or not can be put here.

New modules are made largely on the basis of content availability and distributability. If you have a link to new material in the public domain, adding it here is a good way of notifying us of its availability. However there is no guarantee that anyone will be interested in creating a module from that material. If you want to see a new module, your quickest results will come from encoding it in OSIS yourself and submitting that to us.

If you would like to see the addition of text currently under copyright and have not made any attempt to get permission for distribution, there is no point to adding it here and the addition will likely be removed. If you only have a link to non-text material (images, PDFs, etc.), there is no point to adding it here and it will likely be removed.

====Bible Versions====
''Background: CrossWire volunteers may like to visit [http://bibles.wikidot.com/ The Internet Bible Catalog], an experiment in creating a web-based catalogue of existing Bible Translations.''

=====English Bibles=====
''Background: For an historical survey of English Bibles, visit [http://www.bible-researcher.com/versions.html The English Versions of Scripture]. See also [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Bible Wikisource:WikiProject Bible].''

Rev. Bradford B. Taliaferro runs a blog entitled, [http://biblereadersmuseum.blogspot.com/ New and Interesting Bibles and Versions] – ''The purpose of this web-log is to list new, interesting and unusual Bibles, versions and translations''.

*Entire Wycliffe Bible (''c''. 1380), available from [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe) Wikisource], which in turn was provided by the [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/wycliffe/ Wesley Center Online]. The entire Wycliffe Bible can be downloaded as a single ZIP file containing 77 text files in VPL format. ''cf. The existing SWORD module is limited to the Pentateuch and the Gospels.''

*Complete Tyndale Bible, Not even the whole NT is available with SWORD, and also he translated the Pentateuch, and Jonah, and other books later published in Matthew's Bible.
::[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24890 Jonah] (1531)
::[http://www.pgdp.net/ Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders] is digitizing the Pentateuch (1530) (Genesis is almost done, but still being PP'ed) [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/tyndale/ Wesley Center Online] also has all of Tyndale's translation, except those published posthumously (by Matthew Thomas). Both Tyndale and Wycliffe from the Wesley Centre are the work of Sergej A. Fedosov.

::Some problems with Sergey's work is that he doesn't transcribe the line over vowels that represented a n, or m--so the text has a lot of hi meaning him, the meaning them, wet meaning went etc...where these are not spellings that the printer used. He also transcribes the þt, þe and such thorn symbols as ye, yt instead of the, that, etc...but transcribes the "and" symbol (&) as "and".

*Miles Coverdale Bible, (1535).

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tomson Laurence Tomson] (1587) Geneva Bible 1587 Revision. Check Slavic Bible version for (significant?) differences from 1599 Geneva.

*KJV (original 1611 version/orthography). There exist some reprints in paper - has anyone scanned it? Also a few electronic editions exist--check into adapting one for SWORD.

*Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650). This is available in Online Bible (Topic) format at [http://www.ccel.org/olb/tolbss/zipfiles/books/psalter.exe]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiston William Whiston] (1745) [http://www.archive.org/details/primitivenewtest00whisuoft The Primitive New Testament] on Archive.org

*Richard Wynne (1764) [http://www.archive.org/details/newtestamentcare00wynn New Testament : carefully collated with the Greek and corrected] on Archive.org. This copy is missing the title page thru the Acts of the Apostles. (Maybe it's Volume 2 of a 2 volume set.)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Doddridge Philip Doddridge] (1765) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Doddridge%29 The family expositor; or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section] 4 volumes on Archive.org (multiple copies of some volumes)

*John Guyse (1797) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Guyse%29 The Practical Expositor: The New Testament in the form of a Paraphrase, with Occasional Notes and recollections] on Archive.org

*Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Charles_Lee_Brenton Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton] (1845) Brenton's English Septaguint. See also this description of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/brenton/ Brenton's Translation of the Septuagint] on the website of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/ The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies]. An online HTML version of Brenton's 1851 edition is available at [http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint-hyperlinked.html] as a single webpage, but without the appendix.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Version Revised Version] (1885) – ''see the external links in the Wikipedia page for two online editions in HTML format, and one to a facsimile PDF copy''

*Richard C. Moulton (1907) [http://books.google.com/books?id=R5IaAAAAMAAJ Modern Reader's Bible] on Google

*S. Townsend Weaver (1909) [http://www.archive.org/details/universitynewtes00weav Weaver's New Testament] at the Internet Archive.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albert_Broadus John Albert Broadus] (1913) [http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain00philuoft The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments:A new version based in part on the bible union version] a.k.a The Baptist Bible (recommend OSIS id ABS.) on Archive.org

*[http://bibles.wikidot.com/ballantine William Gay Ballantine] (1923) (revised ed. 1934) [http://thechan.com/ The Riverside New Testament: a Translation From The Original Greek Into The English of Today], ''needs copyright review'' According to the Google/Gutenberg copyright renewal records, this was [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/show.php?id=1346 renewed in 1950], which makes it still in-copyright today. NOTE: [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/ urbanpug], google, Gutenberg all have disclaimers that the database contains omissions and errors, and not finding a renewal record does NOT mean a work is PD, but finding a record does mean you have to get permission from someone.

*NASB – Currently being prepared. This will be sold. See [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]].

*Amplified Bible – Jointly produced by the Lockman Foundation and Zondervan. Zondervan Publishing House is contracted with the Lockman Foundation to control and manage the publishing rights of the Amplified Bible.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_Bible]

*NKJV, Thomas Nelson Inc. Contact attempted by Karl to rights@thomasnelson.com and onlinenotification@thomasnelson.com, December 2007; no response.

*NIV, the perennial request. Contact attempted via feedback web page at ibs.org, November 2006 and March 2007; no response. Dead-tree letter sent to IBS licensing directory, February 2008; no response.

*World Bible Translation Center (1987,1999,2006) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] English translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1988) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible] English translation. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*Michael Paul Johnson (1996) [http://www.ebible.org/glw God's Living Word] is a solo translation by the editor of the World English Bible. It only covers the Gospel of John and the epistles of John, but I'd like to see it in SWORD. It's already in OSIS format at the link with creative commons (commercial use) copyright allowing redistribution.

*Contemporary English Version, contact made. The [mailto:info@americanbible.org American Bible Society] have asked for a formal request to be made to them, with information about use and protection (May 2009).

*Third Millennium Bible, contact attempted at TMBible.com, November 2007, no response.

*James Madsen (2003) New Simplified Bible. [http://www.geocities.com/simplifiedbible/EnjoyNSB15.html (author's page)]

*Gary Gallant (2007) Grammar Uses Version. "Version showing the the way verbs in a participle or infinitive tense are used when translated. Also shows noun uses when translated. This is a very literal translation from the BYZ lectures." (Available in its native OLB [http://www.fundamentalbaptists.com/host/olb/files/guv.exe] format at Gary's site.)

*Word of Yahweh Bible--KJV3, 2010 (Expected completion). Rights unknown. [http://yahavahbiblekjv3.com/site_map.html]

*[http://rockhay.tripod.com/cottonpatch/index.htm Cotton Patch Version.] Copyrighted.

*[http://logoschristian.org/mark/ The Phat News of Mark]. Copyrighted. A bit like the Cotton Patch Version.

*[http://www.2001translation.com/ 2001 Translation]. Public Domain.

*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28Wikisource%29 Free Bible]. Public Domain.

*[http://bookworm.oreilly.com/view/first/The+New+Testament+Letters/16015/ New Testament Letters] by Paula Fether. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.standardversion.org/aramaic_english_standard_version/aesv/aesv-index.php Aramaic English Standard Version]. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.essenescrolls.com/peshitta/index.php The Holy Peshitta of the Assembly of Jerusalem]. Copyrighted.

*[http://wordhord.org/nasb/ Anglo-Saxon Bible]. Public Domain? This is really a collection of various versified AS texts, by various translators/authors.

*[http://www.thewaytoyahuweh.com/translations The Way to Yahuweh].

*Ferrar Fenton Bible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrar_Fenton_Bible]. The complete Bible was published in 1903. ''Currently the only known electronic files are PDF facsimile. Would require OCR and thorough checking''.

*RSV/NRSV. "We appreciate your interest in making the RSV/NRSV available as modules for the Sword Project. However, at this time, we do not authorize any open source uses of the RSV/NRSV. God's blessings on your ministry." (Response received 22 Aug 2009 in response to detailed inquiry per their instructions and form.)

*The [http://openenglishbible.org/ Open English Bible] by Russell Allen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. See also, with very similar aims, [http://en.door43.org/wiki/Bible The Open Bible Translation] at [http://en.door43.org/ Door 43].

=====Original languages=====

======Hebrew and Aramaic OT======

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Codex WLC] with Westminster Morphology

*Samaritan Torah – for background, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Torah]. Has this ever been digitized?

======Greek NT======
:''See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_uncials List of New Testament uncials] on Wikipedia, for possible further leads''.

======Latin Bibles======

:''The existing Vulgate module and Vulgate_Clem beta module contain only the 66 protocanonical books, even though the complete Vulgate contains 76 books''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate]

* [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_%28Stuttgartensia%29 Complete Vulgate Stuttgart] (including the Apocrypha), for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards. (This is copyrighted. Stuttgart almost always indicates DBG(GBS). WikiSource is hosting a copy, in progress, but someone does note that it is copyrighted.)

* Nova Vulgata - the text is copyright (1979 onwards), so obtaining permission may be impossible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate#Nova_Vulgata] for more details.

=====French Bibles=====
:''See also [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traductions_de_la_Bible_en_fran%C3%A7ais Traductions de la Bible en français] and [http://www.la-bible.net/page.php?ref=bible16_20_intro La Bible en français du XVe au milieu du XXe siècle].''

* La Bible Pierre Robert Olivétan, 1535. Selected books are already digitized at [http://www.ecritures-saintes.com/olivetan/]. One edition is original spelling, and one is with modern spelling.

* La Bible de Jean-Frédéric Ostervald - 1744.

* La Bible de Saci - 1759 (Bible complete traduit sur la Vulgate par le Maistre de Saci, dite aussi Bible de Mons (Port Royal)) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/saci/saci.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* L’Ancien Testament Traduit D’Après L’Hébreu par H.-Auguste Perret-Gentil (professeur à la Faculté de Neuchâtel) 1861, 1866. The 1861 text is available in PDF format from [http://epelorient.free.fr/].

* La Bible de Zadoc Kahn (Bible Juive: Texte complet A.T. 1899 Ed. 1930.) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/zadoc/zadoc.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* La Sainte Bible commentée d'après la Vulgate (8 volumes, 1888-1895) par Louis-Claude Fillion (1843-1927). Electronic edition available at [http://www.magnificat.ca/].

* La Bible de Pirot et Clamer (Louis Pirot et Albert Clamer, La Sainte Bible, texte latin et traduction française d'après les textes originaux avec un commentaire exégétique et théologique, Paris 1950) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/pirot/pirot.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].'' NB. Check extent of French copyright period.

* La Bible King James Française 2007 (D'après la version AV 1611, Traduction Nadine L. Stratford) [http://www.kingjamesfrancaise.com/],[http://456-bible.123-bible.com/kjf/kjf.htm]. ''2009-07-16 Email received by [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] from N. Stratford granting permissions for both Go Bible and CrossWire SWORD module''.

* La Bible - French OT translation by Édouard Dhorme (1956). Edward Paul Dhorme (1881 - 1966) was a French Assyriologist, Semiticist and translator of the Bible. He was a professor at the College de France and the Sorbonne. One of his works deals with the religions of Babylon and of Assyria. The French translation of the Old Testament was published under his direction by Gallimard in the prestigious Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Dhorme was a Dominican. ''Not yet found en electronic version''.

* La Sainte Bible d'Ostervald - the revision of 1996.

* [http://ba.21.free.fr/septuaginta/cover.html La Septante] – French translation of the LXX.

From [http://lire.la-bible.net/ lire.la-bible.net] (read.the-bible.net)

* Traduction oecuménique de la Bible (TOB) (Copyright 1988, Société biblique française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France et Editions du Cerf)

* La Bible dite la Colombe (Colombe) - nouvelle version Segond revisée (Copyright 1978, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible Parole de Vie (PDV) (2000) (Copyright 2000, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Nouvelle Bible Segond (NBS) (Copyright 2002, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible en français courant (BFC) Version révisée 1997 (Copyright 1997, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

=====German Bibles=====
* [http://www.volxbibel.com/ Volxbibel] – A new German Bible translation in the language of the young generation. The translation is under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/deed.en_GB Creative Commons] license, so non-commercial use and distribution is allowed. A SWORD module called VLX3 has been already created by [http://www.heidoc.net/ Jan Krohn], who has also built Go Bible applications for Java mobile phones.

* [http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zefania-sharp/sf_zuercher_1931.zip Zürcher Bibel 1931] – Die Ursprünge der Zürcher Bibel gehen auf die Reformation in Zürich unter Ulrich Zwingli zurück (1531). Die Zürcher Bibel von 1931 gehört zu den strukturtreuen Übersetzungen und legt dabei grossen Wert auf philologische Genauigkeit. Bezüglich Texttreue wird sie bei Vergleichen von Bibelübersetzungen meist nahe bei der Elberfelder Bibel gesehen und oft etwas lesbarer als diese beschrieben. – The ZIP file was uploaded to sourceforge on 12-Apr-2009.

=====Polish Bibles=====

* Biblia Tysiąclecia. Several Polish translations are available as Go Bible applications from [http://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~ja235896/biblia/download.php]. This is one for which there is not an existing SWORD module.

* [http://sword.chrzescijanie.pl/moduly.htm Polish SWORD website]. Copyright status uncertain for some of the available modules.

=====Spanish Bibles=====
''For a more comprehensive list, see'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_%28Spanish%29]
*[http://www.reinavaleragomez.com/ Reina Valera Gómez 2010] – updated edition. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is assisting webmaster Shane Rice to make this new module, which will obsolete the module SpaRVG2004 in the CrossWire repository.

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1971) [http://www.bible.claret.org Biblia Latinoaméricana] a.k.a Christian Community Bible - Spanish version. Sent email 11/4/08 requesting rights. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Spanish translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Nueva Versión Internacional

*Dios Habla Hoy (United Bible Societies)

===== Portuguese =====
''For all these, please ask for further information at sword-devel. And please read the section in the [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]] first''.

====== Brazilian ======
*[http://www.sbb.org.br/ SBB] denied permissions, someone from Brasília intends to try again.

*SBT has been contacted, anticipating answer.

*IBB has left the door open to a future favourable answer. Need to follow up with request for permissions on Versão Revisada and its Almeida Século XXI successor.

*[[Corrigida]] low-quality copies are available, we need to evaluate if it is worthwhile to move forward: old translation, not too good, OCR will be troublesome.

*[[Tradução Brazileira]] (1917) copy obtained, working library contacts to find a book scanner. The text will enter into the public domain on January 1, 2012 - the beginning of the year following the seventieth anniversary of death of the last contributor, Virgílio Varzea in accordance with the provisions of the copyright law in force. SBB has published an electronic version in Online Bible (version 3) format with updated spelling and orthography. This edition is not public domain! The [http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Tradu%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Brasileira_da_B%C3%ADblia wikisource edition] is in the modern orthography, so despite the usual statement about its Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, it cannot yet be shown to be ''independent'' of the copyrighted work of SBB.

*[http://www.centrodabiblia.org/pageID_2611978.html Tradução Literal da Bíblia] by Bernd Bremicker. This is an independent Portuguese Bible translation work in progress. The files are in PDF format, and so far cover a substantial part of the NT. ''Worth making enquiries''.

====== Iberian ======
*Permissions were obtained on a number of texts from [[SBP]], as per post at sword-devel.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Portuguese translation. (If the WBTC is amenable to allow other languages be published, I will specifically request and post here Portuguese allowance if given) The WBTC lists the version as 'Brazilian Portuguese'.

===== Welsh Bibles =====

* 1620 Translation (William Morgan's 1588, revised by Parry and Davies in 1620). [http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_testunau/sion_prys_003_beibl_mynegai_1284e.htm]. See also [[Non-CrossWire_Text-Development_Projects#Individual_Works|Text Development]]. ''Public Domain. Texts for Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Luke, and 2 Corinthians are not yet available.'' In 2010, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has learned that the [http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/ Bible Society] has the William Morgan translation available in USFM format, and has been given the relevant contact information, with permissions likely to be given to CrossWire. They have received several user requests for the William Morgan translation to be made available on mobile phones, i.e. by means of our Go Bible application.

*Revised New Welsh Bible (Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Argraffiad Diwygiedig). Available for free as a e-Sword Module. So Bible Society may well be happy for it to be available for SWORD as well. [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/resources.htm], [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/news.htm]

===== Cornish Bibles =====

* The Cornish Bible Project http://www.bibelkernewek.com/ This project is run under the auspices of the Cornish Language Board, and the Bishop of Truro's Ecumenical Advisory Group for Services in Cornish. The translations are checked against the best editions of the Hebrew and Greek texts, and will be made available in both the Unified and Common Cornish spelling systems. The New Testament (Common Cornish version), with a Commendation by the Archbishop of Canterbury, is now complete, and was published on 13 August 2004. Translation of the Old Testament is underway, with parts already published as separate booklets. Of all the Celtic languages, it was only Cornish that did not have its own translation of the Bible. This was a severe handicap: if the Bible had been translated perhaps the language would not have died.

* Testament Noweth, edited by Michael Everson. First edition, 2002. http://www.evertype.com/gram/tn.html

===== Maltese Bibles =====

* Maltese Bible. I just found this [http://www.tarxienparish.org/Il-bibbja.htm] which appears to be a Catholic website. Complete Bible (with deuterocanonical books) in MS Word format. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Maltese Bible. The Trinitarian Bible Society published theirs in 1980. with a reprint in 2007.[http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org/site/news.asp]

* Malta Bible Society (UBS and CBF) http://www.maltabible.com/ (''No Bible downloads advertised'').

===== Arabic Bibles =====

* 1865 SVD Arabic Bible complete with deuterocanonical books & other Arabic material. See [http://www.saintmina-holmdel.org/ArabicBible/], for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards.

* 1988 Al-Kitab Al-Muqaddas - Kitab al Hayat – modern translation from IBS.

=====Other European languages=====

======Latin script languages======

* Romanian Corrected Cornilescu Version (RCCV). Note that this is not a new translation or revision, it's just a corrected version of the most used PD Bible in Romania: Cornilescu Version, first published in 1924. This version of the Bible was obtained after correction of spellings and uses the modern Romanian morphology.[http://biblia.pentruviata.ro/bib_text.php] ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in email contact with the website owner''.

* [http://mazsola.iit.uni-miskolc.hu/~drdani/biblia/bd/ Hungarian NT]. Roman Catholic translation by P. Békés Gellért & P. Dalos Patrik.

* [http://www.biblian.fo/ Faroese Bible]. ''We now have a personal contact''.

* [http://www.biblian.is/ Icelandic Bible]. 1981 Þordarsson translation. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://www.hi.is/Uppl/Biblia/ Icelandic Bible]. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://old.bibelselskabet.dk/grobib/web/bibelen.htm Greenlandic Bible]. Danish Bible Society. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain''.

* Serbian Emilijan Čarnić (1973, 1992) NT. [http://wwwyu.com/web/]

* [http://www.bibel.se/ Svenska Reformationsbibeln]. This modern Swedish Bible translation is based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textus_Receptus Textus Receptus] for the New Testament. Work has begun on translating the Old Testament, based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoretic_Text Masoretic Text]. The stance of the website is one in defence of these traditional texts, and therefore critical of modern translations made using dynamic equivalence methods and eclectic texts. The translators have currently completed the Pentateuch and all the New Testament. It may be several years before the rest of the OT is translated. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in indirect contact with the project leaders. They have responded positively to the request for CrossWire to distribute this new translation. A Go Bible version has been built by Thomas Dilts.

* Swedish - Gezelius Biblia (1711-1728). Carl XII Biblia in Late New Swedish (1750-1880) language revision by Johannes Gezelius (1686–1733). Digitized text (derived from the 1860's printed editions) is available from [http://www.logosmappen.net/bibel/gezelius/ Projekt Gezelius].

* [http://www.ibecat.org/BIBLIA/ Catalan Bible] Bíblia Evangèlica Catalana. Copyright © 2000, Institució Bíblica Evangèlica de Catalunya (IBEC). An iPhone application [http://bec.ibible.mobi/] for this is now available, as is an e-Sword module [http://www.pedrangular.com/software/e-Sword/BEC.php]. In view of the BEC edition being freely available for the iPhone and e-Sword, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] made a request with a view to developing a SWORD module and Go Bible application. Permissions received 2009-12-02.

* Slovak translations. A member of the Go Bible Forum has recently posted that he has permissions for the Slovak Catholic translation from Spolok svätého Vojtecha ([http://www.ssv.sk/ SSV]), Trnava, Slovakia. See [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=798]. ''[http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/ Login] first for the direct link to work''. This translation includes deuterocanonical books. Await first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]].

* ''An Bíobla Naofa'' (1981), or the Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) Bible, is a translation of the Bible into ''Modern Irish Gaelic'' by a team of translators, edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_%C3%93_Fiannachta Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta]. It includes deuterocanonical books. It is available in printed form (ISBN 1870684907) as well as in Word and PDF format on CD-ROM[http://www.fiosfeasa.com]. ''John Duffy has received permissions to make a SWORD module, etc''.[http://cgcf.net] Awaiting first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]]. A Go Bible version has been made with assistance from [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. This is now available from [http://www.anbioblanaofa.org/ An Bíobla Naofa].

* Lule Sami New Testament. A new translation of NT in ''Lule Sami'', based on an edition from 1913 but using modern orthography, was begun in 1996. The [http://www.bibelsallskapet.se/ Swedish Bible Society] was responsible for this translation which was completed in 2000. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* Northern Sami Bible. Work is in progress on a new Bible translation in ''Northern Sami'' using the new orthography from 1980. The Gospels and Acts were completed in 1995, followed by the New Testament in the beginning of 1998. Presently, translation of the Old Testament is in progress, with a planned completion in 2008. The translation is based on the Norwegian Bible with the Norwegian and Finnish Bible Societies being responsible for the project. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* The complete Estonian Bible (OT, NT & Apocrypha) is available online at [http://www.piibel.net/sisukord.html Piibel.NET]. (NB. The table of contents requires Javascript.) There is also another online edition (OT, NT only) at [http://www.piibel.com/loe.php Piibel.com]. cf. The existing SWORD module '''Est''' is Genesis plus NT only. ''Worthwhile making enquiries to the [http://www.eps.ee/ EPS] about copyright permissions''. For a history of Estonian Bible translations, see [http://elm.einst.ee/issue/28/history-estonian-bible-translation/]. The two online translations are not the same edition. One example of the difference is in the rendering of the divine name in the OT. In 1. Mos 2:4 piibel.net has 'Issand', whereas piibel.com has 'Jehoova'. (cf. SWORD module '''Est''' uses the former).

* The [http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/lithuanian/ Lithuanian Bible] including the Apocrypha is available online in HTML format on the website of Jesus Christ Saves Ministries. Pages are encoded Windows-1250 (Central European). This is not the same translation as the existing SWORD module.

* The Bible Society of Lithuania – Ecumenical Translation. [[User talk:David Haslam|David Haslam]] now in contact. Source files exists in USFM format for complete Bible including the deuterocanonical books. Request for permissions to be put to the Board, with a meeting expected in March 2010.

* New Lithuanian translation: Old Testament and New Testament from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages by Algirdas Jurėnas. – Duncanville, Tex. : World Wide Printing, c2000 (Sterling Heights, Mich. : Distributed by Lutheran Heritage Foundation). ISBN 1-58712-019-4. ''Has been described as a slavishly literal translation''.

* The complete Latvian Bible (1997). Currently, the Latvian version which is on the CrossWire repository is NT only, and is not commonly used. ''Jānis Veinbergs has sent an email to the Latvian Bible Society''.

* [http://testamantnevezkoad21.monsite.orange.fr/ Breton New Testament] (complete) '''Koad 21''' translation[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/testamant.nevez/] published by the [http://sites.google.com/site/bibleenanjou/ Association Bible en Anjou]. ''Permission received (2009-12-15) from Luc Bernicot, chairman of Société Biblique d'Anjou''. Updated text edition received 2010-05-14. ZIP file contains 27 MS Word documents.

* A new Norwegian translation of the NT by Enoch Enough. During July 2010, the translator contacted [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] with the request to make a Go Bible version. He has also given permission for CrossWire to make and distribute it as a SWORD module. The translator is the sole copyright owner. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the electronic text as an MS Word document. ''This translation of the NT has a very unusual book order. The 27 books are in "chronological order" in the supplied document. It is unclear why this is so''.

======Cyrillic script languages======
* Russian Synodal translation (1876), complete with deuterocanonical books, and using the [[Alternate Versification]] proper to the RSB.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Synodal_Bible] cf. The existing RST module (based on Sergej A. Fedosov's Slavic Bible for Windows) must be the protocanonical subset, as adapted to use standard KJV versification. A complete RSB is available in HTML format at [http://www.days.ru/~bible/], but would require checking for accuracy against the best known modern printed version. Tigran Aivazian has reported, "if you need the source code for our edition of the Russian Synodal Bible please email me and I'll send it. We (mostly Vladimir Volovich) have fixed quite a few typos by comparison with many other printed (and electronic) editions and believe ours to be the cleanest/accurate source of the synodal text. Btw, we have done the 5th edition recently, I hope you downloaded the PDF of the 5th and not the 4th edition (check the title page, it says at the back)." Copied from [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=626]. See [http://www.bibles.org.uk/].

* "Радостная Весть" - Good News in translation from ancient greek (Russian Bible Society http://www.biblia.ru/). Currenty they prepare modern translation of full Bible, and asked to repeat request after 15 april of 2011. --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

* Geneva Bible In Russian with commentaries.

* Ukrainian new translation by Oleksandr Gyzha [http://ukrbible.com/]. Email contact established with web-master. Permissions received (17 November 2008).

* [http://www.mkbible.net/ Macedonian Bible]. Old and New Testaments / translated DH Konstantinov - Bitola Euroliber, 1999. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of the Macedonian Online Bible website.

* Macedonian Bible. First Edition fully translated into modern Macedonian literary language, issued by the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Copyright 1990 United Bible Societies.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain'' [http://biblija.info/biblija.htm].

* Serbian Lujo Bakotić (1933) complete Bible.

* Serbian Dimitrije Stefanović (1934) NT.

* Belarusian translation by Vasil Syomuha. "Vasilij S.Semukha translation. © 2000, 2001 by Alesya Semukha". More details about the translation and translator are reported in [http://www.privet-minsk.com/Belarusian-Bible.html]. A much fuller article about the Belarusian Bible, with the title, "Uncle Vasil's Passion" may be found at [http://tinyurl.com/39v6f5]. In 1998, Vasil Siomukha won the of Ales Adamovich Literary Prize (awarded by the Belarusian PEN Centre ) for a highly artistic translation of the New Testament and Psalter into the Belarusian language. See [http://www.pen-centre.com/eng/laureate.html]. A copy of the text of this Bible translation was found in a module for Sergej A. Fedosov's '''Slavic Bible for Windows''' [http://www.sbible.boom.ru/ (Russian) website]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] was researching how to make contact with the copyright owner, and received a kind offer from someone to act as an intermediary''. ''We have since received informal permission, which now needs to be formalised. An email has been sent to Troy''. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received an authoritative copy of the translation in MS Word format''. A SWORD module has been created using Synodal versification. Currently this is in the [[Module Repositories|CrossWire experimental repository]].

======Hebrew script languages======

* Yiddish New Testament – copyright belongs to The Society For Distributing Hebrew Scriptures (SDHS), Joseph House, 1 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1RT, ENGLAND, UK. Tel: 01462 457486 Fax: 01462 451568 (Registered Charity No. 232692). SDHS literature is officially distributed in the USA by "Light for Israel". http://www.lightforisrael.org/

=====American languages=====

======North America======
*Navajo, O'odham, Hopi, Apache, Inupiaq (North and North West), Siberian Yupik. – All these languages have at least a New Testament. Navajo has the whole Bible, and the Siberian Yupik NT isn't printed fully yet. ''Contact should be established with the Wycliffe Bible Translators''.

*Zuñi http://benawekokshi.googlepages.com (Mark is ready, Acts and John are still being digitized).

*Arapaho (Only Luke and parts of Matthew were ever translated, these texts are available on Gutenberg.org: [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30102] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24002])

======Hawaii======
*Baibala Hawaiian Bible http://baibala.org/ – full text online from the 1839 and 1868 editions. Copyright © 2003-2008 by [http://www.pidfoundation.org/ Partners In Development Foundation], which is solely responsible for this product. This website may be utilized for personal use, but may not be used for commercial purposes or copied to any other website. See [http://ulukau.org/disclaimer.php?site=bible] for full terms & conditions. Ulukau uses open-source [http://www.greenstone.org/ Greenstone] software.

======Caribbean======
* Papiamento Bible – Netherlands Antilles. The Bible is known to have been completed in this language in 1996 [http://www.forum-intl.net/find_a_bible/?Language=pap]. This [http://www.world-bibles.org/language_detail/eng/pap/Papiamentu site] has a link to download Luke's Gospel in PDF format, published by Christus Rex. Text is selectable. The font seems to be customized, even though it is CourierStd. The circumflex accent (U+005E) is displayed like a combining double breve below (U+035C). ''Need to establish who owns the copyright''.

=====African Languages=====
:There are an estimated 2000 languages spoken in Africa! [http://www.bibleafrica.org/]

======Nigerian languages======

*Hausa Bible. [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/hausa.zip]

*[http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/HausaBible/HausaBible.htm The Deutero-Canonical Books of the Bible in Hausa.] – Translated by Musa Danjuma and Joseph Kenny, O.P., published by the United Bible Societies, 1979. Also available here [http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/IndexChristian.htm] are The Psalms and Canticles in Hausa, by the same translators (2001).

*Yoruba Bible (1884). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther Samuel Ajayi Crowther] translated the whole Bible into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880s—it is known as '''Bibeli Mimo'''. In 1875 the Church Missionary Society (CMS) organized a conference on Yoruba Orthography; the standard devised there was the basis for the orthography of the steady flow of religious and educational literature over the next seventy years. The current orthography of Yoruba derives from a 1966 report of the Yoruba Orthography Committee, along with Ayo Bamgbose's 1965 Yoruba Orthography, a study of the earlier orthographies and an attempt to bring Yoruba orthography in line with actual speech as much as possible. In 1957, BFBS reprinted Bibeli Mimo, using the 1909 edition of the OT and the 1930 revised edition of the NT.[http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:gial.edu:986] ''The 1884 text of Bibeli Mimo must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Igbo Bible (1906). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Efik Bible (1868). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

======Other languages======

*Amharic Bible (Ethiopia) [http://www.bible.org/foreign/amharic/]

*Zarma Bible (Niger) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/zarma.zip]

*Fulfuldé Adamawa Bible (Cameroun) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/FUB.zip]

*Moore New Testament (Burkina Faso) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntmoore.zip]

*Kabyle New Testament (Algeria) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntkabyle.zip]. Like many other online copies of the Kabyle NT, this one has several omissions, probably due to having been copied from the text found at the Unbound Bible Project [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=298&page=1#Item_12]. '''News update''' - March 2010: [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the '''Kabyle Révisé''' Psalms and NT in USFM format. His contact is seeking permissions from the Algerian Bible Society on behalf of CrossWire.

*Kisongye New Testament (Congo) (1925) [http://www.biblafrique.org/Kisongye.htm]

*Complete Swahili Bible (East Africa) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/SWA.zip] – Union Version June 2003. ''Need to obtain permissions from copyright owner for non-Paratext use''.

*Tshiluba Gospel of Mark (Congo) [http://www.biblenlangue.org/Tshiluba.htm]

*Wolof New Testament (Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania) (1987,2004,2008) [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm][http://www.biblewolof.us/] – Copyright is held by Les Assemblées Evangéliques du Sénégal and La Mission Baptiste du Sénégal.

*Wolofal NT portions (Luke, John, Acts). Wolof language in Arabic script. [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm]

*Hanga NT (Ghana). Found electronic text in the Oxford Text Archive. [http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/headers/1183.xml]

*[http://noloshacusub.net/Bible/ Kitaabka Quduuska Ah] is the name of the Somali Bible – ''A Go Bible version already exists.'' The copyright owners (SIM) would be glad for CrossWire to make the KQA text as widely available as possible. Source text is available in USFM format.

====== Bible Society of South Africa ======
The following translations are available as free cellphone Bibles from [http://www.biblesociety.co.za/ BSSA]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with their CAP Officer for Publications and Scripture Programmes''.

* Afrikaans 1933/53 translation, 1983 translation or Die Bybel vir Almal;
* Northern Sotho 1951 translation;
* Southern Sotho 1909 translation;
* Tswana 1908 translation;
* Xhosa 1975 version and
* Zulu 1959 translation or the New Testament 1986 translation.

====== Berber (Tamazight) Languages ======

* [http://www.tarifit.info/ Tarifit], the Tamazight language from the Rif in Northern Morocco (Latin script).

* [http://www.tamazight.info/ Tamazight], the Tamazight language from Middle Atlas in Morocco (Arabic script).

* [http://www.tachelhit.info/ Tachelhit], the Tamazight language from the South of Morocco (Latin script).

:''Need to establish contact with a view to copyright lobbying''.

=====Asian Languages=====

It would be helpful to the churches in Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia if Bible modules can be developed for the languages of these regions. CrossWire volunteers who have a particular interest in Asia should be seeking opportunities to obtain permissions and offering our services to the Bible agencies working in the regions.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Nepali, Vietnamese, Bengali, Indonesian translations. Rights requested 11/05/2008

======Languages of China======
:Use this section for Bibles translated in other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China languages of China]. Remember that this topic may be politically sensitive.

======Indian subcontinent======

*Nepali Sangati NT - copyright belongs to the [http://www.gfa.org/bibles Gospel For Asia Bible Society]. Permission for Go Bible granted to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] in November 2007. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Mizo Bible - [http://apps.m.khampat.com/mgb]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Mizo Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Paite Bible - [http://www.zogamonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=156]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. The Paite e-Holy Bible is a Windows application that uses the SWORD API. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Paite Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Hmar Bible - permissions for SWORD Module and Go Bible have been received in an email sent to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. The Hmar NT was originally sent to him in PageMaker .PMD format. Yesudas Solomon has assisted in making the Go Bible application. ''Need to obtain the digitized text in a convertible format''.

The following four Indian languages Bibles are available as Java ME mobile phone applications made using Go Bible Creator [http://www.christiansmobile.com/]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer, Yesudas Solomon, who is based in Tamilnadu. Most of these have also been made into SWORD modules and are available from the [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team].

*Hindi Bible
*Tamil (OV) Bible (also Catholic Tamil version)
*Malayalam Bible
*Kannada KJV Bible
*Telugu Bible
*Hmar Bible

The text sources for the above translations were used by direct permissions of the translators, even though the Bible Society of India has been unresponsive. The SWORD modules are provided as self-extracting EXE files for Windows platform. Two kinds are available, one for BPBible, the other for The Sword Project (BibleCS). Users of CrossWire front-ends designed for other platforms would therefore have to copy them from a Windows PC, or use a suitable software utility to extract them from the EXE file.

The [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team] also offers the same translations in e-Sword format, with the addition of the following translations, not yet made into SWORD modules:

*Kannada ERV Bible
*Kannada BSI Bible
*Koya Bible

''The following translations are from other sources''.

*Marathi New Testament – translated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratnakar_Hari_Kelkar Ratnakar Hari Kelkar]. The full text is available in PDF format at [http://navakarar.wordpress.com/]. ''Need to establish contact with the copyright owner, Prof. R. R. Kelkar, Pune, India''.

*Konkani Bible – online HTML version available at [http://www.konkanibible.org/]. This Catholic translation includes the Apocrypha. The site is a project of [http://www.KonkaniCatholics.com/ KonkaniCatholics.com].

*Bengali Bible – the Bengali Old Version Bible was first published in 1909. This date may mean that copyright on the text has expired. A digitized edition is available online at [http://www.biblesocietybd.org/ Bangladesh Bible Society] in PDF format. This requires the [http://www.sentbd.com/Bangla/ SutonnyMJ] font, which is not a Unicode font. ''Worth further research''.

*Gujarati OV Bible – available at [http://gujaratibible.com/]. Currently only Genesis, John and Acts is shown in the search engine.

======Central Asia & Caucasus ======
* [http://www.korpu.net/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Korpu (Persian script).

* [http://www.yeniheyat.com/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Yeniheyat. Azeri Latin (HTML) & Azeri Cyrillic (PDF). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has been sent the USFM files for the Azeri Latin 2008 translation (with permissions!), and is in contact with the [http://www.azerbaijanipartnership.org/ Azerbaijan Partnership] and other interested parties.

* Kyrgyz Bible. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has made a Go Bible version (Cyrillic) by permission from one of the translators who worked on the Ray of Hope translation. This is only one of the three modern Kyrgyz translations. Not yet published the Go Bible version - still waiting for completion of the UI translation. ''Should follow up with permission request for CrossWire''.

* [http://www.slovocars.org/english/ Eastern Russian Scriptures Translation] - ''aka'' the CARS Project. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader.

* [http://www.holybible.mn/ Mongolian Bible] Cyrillic script. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of a [http://www.ltime.fr/ Mongolian Christian] site in France which links to this.

* [http://www.mongolbible.com/html/IMNT/index.html Mongolian NT] Mongolian script. We may want to do some testing to see whether it is even ''possible'' to display this text in a reasonable fashion before even approaching the copyright holders. [[Talk:Module_Requests#Mongolian_NT_(in_Mongolian_vertical_script)]]

======South East Asia======
* New Malay Bible - Kitab Suci Zabur & Injil (KSZI) translation, copyright © 2008 Pengamat Kitab Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Translation of the OT (Taurat) is an ongoing work. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with someone who has negotiated permissions. 2010-02-22 CrossWire has been granted distribution permissions for the KSZI as long as it is kept free of charge. This [http://mykitabsuci.org/en website] has the Psalms & NT available online, albeit with some minor errors and a couple of omissions.

* Khmer New Testament (Cambodia). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader. An issue with ligatures surfaced when doing a Go Bible feasibility demo of Matthew's Gospel, but apart from that everything was fine. This issue needs to be resolved by the translators. Khmer codepage coverage is not yet completely finalised in the official Unicode standard. Khmer text source is being edited by translators using MS Excel, rather than something more common (USFM) among Bible translators. Red letters used for WoC. Would need considerable effort to format shift into OSIS.

* Hmong Bible (Laos, Vietnam, China, USA). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has found a [http://www.hmongbible.org/ Hmong Bible Online] website, in which it is hoped that the Hmong Bible eventually be published online. ''Contact being sought''.

* Myanmar languages. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the [http://www.myanmarbible.com/bible/ Myanmar Bibles] website. The following languages are listed as available translations. OSIS files are already available for all these versions, though I have not yet had time to work on any of them. (Some of these were converted from TeX into OSIS by bibleTec2osis.pl). There is a separate XML file for each book of the Bible. Back in June 2008, there was definite interest for Go Bible, and I imagine they would be also interested for the SWORD project. Tedim would be the easiest to start with, as that uses Latin script with no additional characters. ''Follow up is intended''.
** Myanmar Judson
** MCL
** Chin Study
** Cho
** Falam
** Hakha
** Kachin
** Lahu
** Lhaovo
** Ngawn
** Tedim
** S'gaw Karen
** Sizang
** Zaniat
** Zotung
** WEB

* [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2054.html Myanmar Bibles - Software Project]. "The Myanmar Bible Software Project involved the cooperative effort of volunteers from various nations with a variety of specialized skills e.g. Myanmar languages consultants, Bible translations, software programming, led by Levi Sap Nei Thang. The project is built upon the invaluable foundations of the work of many generations of Bible translators and Bible Societies. We seek to develop software that will eventually serve as a Biblical Resource tool for Myanmar, Bible readers, Christians, church leaders, pastors and church planters. Currently, basic Bible software is available in most major languages of the world. Bible software provides the advantage for people not only to study the word in multiple languages. It also provide to opportunity to incorporate biblical references material such as concordance, dictionary and others to help us deepen our knowledge in the word of God."
:''This request seems well matched to the skills found among CrossWire volunteers.''

* See also [http://thanlwinsoft.co.uk/ ThanLwinSoft (Open Source Software for Myanmar)].

====== Asia Pacific ======
* Cebuano Bugna (Ang Biblia, 1917) and Cebuano Pindayag (OT 1917, NT more recent revision based on critical text) translations exist in several places on-line. The designations Bugna & Pindayag are derived from the Cebuano names given to the book of Revelation. Ang Biblia must be PD. Pindayag is copyright by the [http://www.bible.org.ph/ Philippine Bible Society]. For language details see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano_language].

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (after 1998?) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible - Tagalog, Chinese, Cebuano, and Ilonggo] translations. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in Spanish is pending.

* Bisaya-Inunhan New Testament, translated by Eldon Leano Talamisan (copyright owner), first published in the Philippines in 1999. The Bisaya-Inunhan language is spoken in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romblon Romblon Province], especially in Tablas Island. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has direct contact with the translator, who has given full permission to the proposal to build a SWORD module and Go Bible application. ''David now has a copy of the most up to date digitized text in MS Word format''. A Go Bible has been made already, albeit with default English user interface.

* [http://pngscriptures.org/ Papua New Guinea] – a country in which over 800 languages are spoken. The following languages already have the scriptures available online:
:*Adzera (adz)
:*Bimin (bhl)
:*Dedua (ded)
:*Gapapaiwa (pwg)
:*Misima-Paneati (mpx)
:*Numanggang (nop)
:*Ubir (ubr)
:The [http://pngscriptures.org/terms.htm terms of use] are [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons – Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works]. We are in contact with Kahanapule Michael Johnson.

====== Tibetan Bibles ======

* A new Tibetan translation of the Bible is available online.[http://www.gsungrab.org/] The translation is an ongoing project. The Bible portions are in PDF format, and use embedded subsets of a Tibetan font called Ededris. ''Message left using the contact form''.

====== Korean Bibles ======

* The full text of the Catholic Bible in Korean is online at [http://info.catholic.or.kr/bible/]. The website is all in Korean, but Google translate copes quite well for navigating the page and menu bars.

* Korean Bible translations[http://monoon.com/eng.html] include:
:*The Korean Revised Version
:*The Korean Common Translation Version
:*The New Korean Standard Version
:*The Korean King James Version

* There is also a "Korean Bible" in the Public Domain available at [http://www.johnhurt.com/#Korean]. What version of the Bible this is remains unclear.

=====Cult / Unorthodox / Questionable Bibles=====
* [http://www.lolcatbible.com/ The LOLCat Bible] (GFDL 1.2)

* Conservapedia's [http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible Conservative Bible] (Unique, but fairly permissive [http://conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Copyright license].)

====Books====

===== English =====
* [[Creeds of Christendom by Philip Schaff]] ([http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1.html 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds2.html 2])

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxe%27s_Book_of_Martyrs Foxe's Book of Martyrs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxe John Foxe] ([http://books.google.com/books?id=gCUeSAoqOSEC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=EwFbQI-cOy&sig=Ciue6KwFnRP_7jDxSRSw1nDEpcw&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Faq%3Do%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu%253Aen-US%253Aofficial%26q%3DFoxes%2BBook%2Bof%2BMartyrs%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPR9,M1 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html 2])

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cur_Deus_Homo Cur Deus Homo] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury Anselm of Canterbury]. See also [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/anselm-curdeus.html].

===== French =====
* Tertullian on http://www.tertullian.org/french/french.htm
* Augustine on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/augustin/index.htm
* John Chrysostome on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/chrysostome/index.htm

====Commentaries====

* Skeptic's Annotated Bible (file under unorthodox), the similar The Scripture Project, and any of the various refutations/responses, e.g. [http://thedaystar.webs.com/books/index.html].
* Russian Explanatory Bible by A.P. Lopukhin. Here is source which i can use in non-commercial purposes http://www.bible.in.ua/underl/Lop. Currently converting to osis and obtaining rights --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
* J. P. Lange's Commentary (requested by a PocketSword user). Digital form is currently (28th September, 2010) just a scan of the original, with scanning "typos". [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924092344351] --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 23:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
* [http://www.preceptaustin.org/nt_commentary-henry_alford.htm Henry Alford's Commentary on the Greek NT] – [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 11:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

====Devotionals====
There are several good on-line devotionals listed by the [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/devotions.htm Asia-Pacific Institute Of Biblical Studies]. Among them are the following.

* ''The Believer's Daily Remembrancer'' aka ''The Pastor's Morning Visit'' (1846), by James Smith (1802-1862). Digitization has already begun. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/remembrancer/smith.htm].

* ''Faith's Check Book'', by C. H. Spurgeon. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.htm]. Fully digitized. Single download available. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.zip]

====Lexicons====
*Unabridged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%E2%80%93Driver%E2%80%93Briggs Brown-Driver-Briggs] Hebrew Lexicon -- worth researching; The text exists in electronic format, at least licensed. It's important that this not be the "Abridged BDBG" which is Larry Pierce's altered module.

*Logos [http://wbsa.logos.com/ What Does the Bible Say About] and [http://www.nelsonministryservices.com/nms/product_detail.asp?sku=1418502308 Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary], lightweight but potentially interesting and useful resources and (based on testing from text portions obtained from ebible.com) easy to convert to SWORD format. Contact attempted, see NKJV above. There are other resources possible here as well, on a more restricted basis at ebible.com, in the "New Illustrated" series (commentary, "topics"), any of which should be convertible.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Thayer Thayer's] Greek Lexicon (no source known)

== Pictures ==

:''For further leads, please visit [http://www.biblical-art.com/ Biblical Art on the WWW]''.

=== Bible illustrations ===

* ''The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons'', edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer. 1908. I have found many of these images available online at [http://www.wcg.org/images/b1/].

=== Maps ===

== External links ==
:''Please add links here that may be fruitful in suggesting further leads''.

=== Wikipedia ===
:''CrossWire volunteers who are also Wikipedians are encouraged to update such articles based on their specialist knowledge''.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bible_translators

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_by_language

[[Category:Modules]]
[[Category:English Bibles]]

Module Requests

2010-12-21T02:18:54Z

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Here is a place to request modules you would like to be made. If the copyright holder has been contacted, the permissions granted or not can be put here.

New modules are made largely on the basis of content availability and distributability. If you have a link to new material in the public domain, adding it here is a good way of notifying us of its availability. However there is no guarantee that anyone will be interested in creating a module from that material. If you want to see a new module, your quickest results will come from encoding it in OSIS yourself and submitting that to us.

If you would like to see the addition of text currently under copyright and have not made any attempt to get permission for distribution, there is no point to adding it here and the addition will likely be removed. If you only have a link to non-text material (images, PDFs, etc.), there is no point to adding it here and it will likely be removed.

====Bible Versions====
''Background: CrossWire volunteers may like to visit [http://bibles.wikidot.com/ The Internet Bible Catalog], an experiment in creating a web-based catalogue of existing Bible Translations.''

=====English Bibles=====
''Background: For an historical survey of English Bibles, visit [http://www.bible-researcher.com/versions.html The English Versions of Scripture]. See also [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Bible Wikisource:WikiProject Bible].''

Rev. Bradford B. Taliaferro runs a blog entitled, [http://biblereadersmuseum.blogspot.com/ New and Interesting Bibles and Versions] – ''The purpose of this web-log is to list new, interesting and unusual Bibles, versions and translations''.

*Entire Wycliffe Bible (''c''. 1380), available from [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe) Wikisource], which in turn was provided by the [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/wycliffe/ Wesley Center Online]. The entire Wycliffe Bible can be downloaded as a single ZIP file containing 77 text files in VPL format. ''cf. The existing SWORD module is limited to the Pentateuch and the Gospels.''

*Complete Tyndale Bible, Not even the whole NT is available with SWORD, and also he translated the Pentateuch, and Jonah, and other books later published in Matthew's Bible.
::[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24890 Jonah] (1531)
::[http://www.pgdp.net/ Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders] is digitizing the Pentateuch (1530) (Genesis is almost done, but still being PP'ed) [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/tyndale/ Wesley Center Online] also has all of Tyndale's translation, except those published posthumously (by Matthew Thomas). Both Tyndale and Wycliffe from the Wesley Centre are the work of Sergej A. Fedosov.

::Some problems with Sergey's work is that he doesn't transcribe the line over vowels that represented a n, or m--so the text has a lot of hi meaning him, the meaning them, wet meaning went etc...where these are not spellings that the printer used. He also transcribes the þt, þe and such thorn symbols as ye, yt instead of the, that, etc...but transcribes the "and" symbol (&) as "and".

*Miles Coverdale Bible, (1535).

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tomson Laurence Tomson] (1587) Geneva Bible 1587 Revision. Check Slavic Bible version for (significant?) differences from 1599 Geneva.

*KJV (original 1611 version/orthography). There exist some reprints in paper - has anyone scanned it? Also a few electronic editions exist--check into adapting one for SWORD.

*Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650). This is available in Online Bible (Topic) format at [http://www.ccel.org/olb/tolbss/zipfiles/books/psalter.exe]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiston William Whiston] (1745) [http://www.archive.org/details/primitivenewtest00whisuoft The Primitive New Testament] on Archive.org

*Richard Wynne (1764) [http://www.archive.org/details/newtestamentcare00wynn New Testament : carefully collated with the Greek and corrected] on Archive.org. This copy is missing the title page thru the Acts of the Apostles. (Maybe it's Volume 2 of a 2 volume set.)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Doddridge Philip Doddridge] (1765) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Doddridge%29 The family expositor; or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section] 4 volumes on Archive.org (multiple copies of some volumes)

*John Guyse (1797) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Guyse%29 The Practical Expositor: The New Testament in the form of a Paraphrase, with Occasional Notes and recollections] on Archive.org

*Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Charles_Lee_Brenton Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton] (1845) Brenton's English Septaguint. See also this description of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/brenton/ Brenton's Translation of the Septuagint] on the website of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/ The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies]. An online HTML version of Brenton's 1851 edition is available at [http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint-hyperlinked.html] as a single webpage, but without the appendix.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Version Revised Version] (1885) – ''see the external links in the Wikipedia page for two online editions in HTML format, and one to a facsimile PDF copy''

*Richard C. Moulton (1907) [http://books.google.com/books?id=R5IaAAAAMAAJ Modern Reader's Bible] on Google

*S. Townsend Weaver (1909) [http://www.archive.org/details/universitynewtes00weav Weaver's New Testament] at the Internet Archive.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albert_Broadus John Albert Broadus] (1913) [http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain00philuoft The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments:A new version based in part on the bible union version] a.k.a The Baptist Bible (recommend OSIS id ABS.) on Archive.org

*[http://bibles.wikidot.com/ballantine William Gay Ballantine] (1923) (revised ed. 1934) [http://thechan.com/ The Riverside New Testament: a Translation From The Original Greek Into The English of Today], ''needs copyright review'' According to the Google/Gutenberg copyright renewal records, this was [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/show.php?id=1346 renewed in 1950], which makes it still in-copyright today. NOTE: [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/ urbanpug], google, Gutenberg all have disclaimers that the database contains omissions and errors, and not finding a renewal record does NOT mean a work is PD, but finding a record does mean you have to get permission from someone.

*NASB – Currently being prepared. This will be sold. See [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]].

*Amplified Bible – Jointly produced by the Lockman Foundation and Zondervan. Zondervan Publishing House is contracted with the Lockman Foundation to control and manage the publishing rights of the Amplified Bible.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_Bible]

*NKJV, Thomas Nelson Inc. Contact attempted by Karl to rights@thomasnelson.com and onlinenotification@thomasnelson.com, December 2007; no response.

*NIV, the perennial request. Contact attempted via feedback web page at ibs.org, November 2006 and March 2007; no response. Dead-tree letter sent to IBS licensing directory, February 2008; no response.

*World Bible Translation Center (1987,1999,2006) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] English translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1988) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible] English translation. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*Michael Paul Johnson (1996) [http://www.ebible.org/glw God's Living Word] is a solo translation by the editor of the World English Bible. It only covers the Gospel of John and the epistles of John, but I'd like to see it in SWORD. It's already in OSIS format at the link with creative commons (commercial use) copyright allowing redistribution.

*Contemporary English Version, contact made. The [mailto:info@americanbible.org American Bible Society] have asked for a formal request to be made to them, with information about use and protection (May 2009).

*Third Millennium Bible, contact attempted at TMBible.com, November 2007, no response.

*James Madsen (2003) New Simplified Bible. [http://www.geocities.com/simplifiedbible/EnjoyNSB15.html (author's page)]

*Gary Gallant (2007) Grammar Uses Version. "Version showing the the way verbs in a participle or infinitive tense are used when translated. Also shows noun uses when translated. This is a very literal translation from the BYZ lectures." (Available in its native OLB [http://www.fundamentalbaptists.com/host/olb/files/guv.exe] format at Gary's site.)

*Word of Yahweh Bible--KJV3, 2010 (Expected completion). Rights unknown. [http://yahavahbiblekjv3.com/site_map.html]

*[http://rockhay.tripod.com/cottonpatch/index.htm Cotton Patch Version.] Copyrighted.

*[http://logoschristian.org/mark/ The Phat News of Mark]. Copyrighted. A bit like the Cotton Patch Version.

*[http://www.2001translation.com/ 2001 Translation]. Public Domain.

*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28Wikisource%29 Free Bible]. Public Domain.

*[http://bookworm.oreilly.com/view/first/The+New+Testament+Letters/16015/ New Testament Letters] by Paula Fether. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.standardversion.org/aramaic_english_standard_version/aesv/aesv-index.php Aramaic English Standard Version]. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.essenescrolls.com/peshitta/index.php The Holy Peshitta of the Assembly of Jerusalem]. Copyrighted.

*[http://wordhord.org/nasb/ Anglo-Saxon Bible]. Public Domain? This is really a collection of various versified AS texts, by various translators/authors.

*[http://www.thewaytoyahuweh.com/translations The Way to Yahuweh].

*Ferrar Fenton Bible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrar_Fenton_Bible]. The complete Bible was published in 1903. ''Currently the only known electronic files are PDF facsimile. Would require OCR and thorough checking''.

*RSV/NRSV. "We appreciate your interest in making the RSV/NRSV available as modules for the Sword Project. However, at this time, we do not authorize any open source uses of the RSV/NRSV. God's blessings on your ministry." (Response received 22 Aug 2009 in response to detailed inquiry per their instructions and form.)

*The [http://openenglishbible.org/ Open English Bible] by Russell Allen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. See also, with very similar aims, [http://en.door43.org/wiki/Bible The Open Bible Translation] at [http://en.door43.org/ Door 43].

=====Original languages=====

======Hebrew and Aramaic OT======

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Codex WLC] with Westminster Morphology

*Samaritan Torah – for background, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Torah]. Has this ever been digitized?

======Greek NT======
:''See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_uncials List of New Testament uncials] on Wikipedia, for possible further leads''.

======Latin Bibles======

:''The existing Vulgate module and Vulgate_Clem beta module contain only the 66 protocanonical books, even though the complete Vulgate contains 76 books''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate]

* [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_%28Stuttgartensia%29 Complete Vulgate Stuttgart] (including the Apocrypha), for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards. (This is copyrighted. Stuttgart almost always indicates DBG(GBS). WikiSource is hosting a copy, in progress, but someone does note that it is copyrighted.)

* Nova Vulgata - the text is copyright (1979 onwards), so obtaining permission may be impossible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate#Nova_Vulgata] for more details.

=====French Bibles=====
:''See also [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traductions_de_la_Bible_en_fran%C3%A7ais Traductions de la Bible en français] and [http://www.la-bible.net/page.php?ref=bible16_20_intro La Bible en français du XVe au milieu du XXe siècle].''

* La Bible Pierre Robert Olivétan, 1535. Selected books are already digitized at [http://www.ecritures-saintes.com/olivetan/]. One edition is original spelling, and one is with modern spelling.

* La Bible de Jean-Frédéric Ostervald - 1744.

* La Bible de Saci - 1759 (Bible complete traduit sur la Vulgate par le Maistre de Saci, dite aussi Bible de Mons (Port Royal)) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/saci/saci.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* L’Ancien Testament Traduit D’Après L’Hébreu par H.-Auguste Perret-Gentil (professeur à la Faculté de Neuchâtel) 1861, 1866. The 1861 text is available in PDF format from [http://epelorient.free.fr/].

* La Bible de Zadoc Kahn (Bible Juive: Texte complet A.T. 1899 Ed. 1930.) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/zadoc/zadoc.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* La Sainte Bible commentée d'après la Vulgate (8 volumes, 1888-1895) par Louis-Claude Fillion (1843-1927). Electronic edition available at [http://www.magnificat.ca/].

* La Bible de Pirot et Clamer (Louis Pirot et Albert Clamer, La Sainte Bible, texte latin et traduction française d'après les textes originaux avec un commentaire exégétique et théologique, Paris 1950) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/pirot/pirot.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].'' NB. Check extent of French copyright period.

* La Bible King James Française 2007 (D'après la version AV 1611, Traduction Nadine L. Stratford) [http://www.kingjamesfrancaise.com/],[http://456-bible.123-bible.com/kjf/kjf.htm]. ''2009-07-16 Email received by [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] from N. Stratford granting permissions for both Go Bible and CrossWire SWORD module''.

* La Bible - French OT translation by Édouard Dhorme (1956). Edward Paul Dhorme (1881 - 1966) was a French Assyriologist, Semiticist and translator of the Bible. He was a professor at the College de France and the Sorbonne. One of his works deals with the religions of Babylon and of Assyria. The French translation of the Old Testament was published under his direction by Gallimard in the prestigious Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Dhorme was a Dominican. ''Not yet found en electronic version''.

* La Sainte Bible d'Ostervald - the revision of 1996.

* [http://ba.21.free.fr/septuaginta/cover.html La Septante] – French translation of the LXX.

From [http://lire.la-bible.net/ lire.la-bible.net] (read.the-bible.net)

* Traduction oecuménique de la Bible (TOB) (Copyright 1988, Société biblique française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France et Editions du Cerf)

* La Bible dite la Colombe (Colombe) - nouvelle version Segond revisée (Copyright 1978, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible Parole de Vie (PDV) (2000) (Copyright 2000, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Nouvelle Bible Segond (NBS) (Copyright 2002, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible en français courant (BFC) Version révisée 1997 (Copyright 1997, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

=====German Bibles=====
* [http://www.volxbibel.com/ Volxbibel] – A new German Bible translation in the language of the young generation. The translation is under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/deed.en_GB Creative Commons] license, so non-commercial use and distribution is allowed. A SWORD module called VLX3 has been already created by [http://www.heidoc.net/ Jan Krohn], who has also built Go Bible applications for Java mobile phones.

* [http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zefania-sharp/sf_zuercher_1931.zip Zürcher Bibel 1931] – Die Ursprünge der Zürcher Bibel gehen auf die Reformation in Zürich unter Ulrich Zwingli zurück (1531). Die Zürcher Bibel von 1931 gehört zu den strukturtreuen Übersetzungen und legt dabei grossen Wert auf philologische Genauigkeit. Bezüglich Texttreue wird sie bei Vergleichen von Bibelübersetzungen meist nahe bei der Elberfelder Bibel gesehen und oft etwas lesbarer als diese beschrieben. – The ZIP file was uploaded to sourceforge on 12-Apr-2009.

=====Polish Bibles=====

* Biblia Tysiąclecia. Several Polish translations are available as Go Bible applications from [http://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~ja235896/biblia/download.php]. This is one for which there is not an existing SWORD module.

* [http://sword.chrzescijanie.pl/moduly.htm Polish SWORD website]. Copyright status uncertain for some of the available modules.

=====Spanish Bibles=====
''For a more comprehensive list, see'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_%28Spanish%29]
*[http://www.reinavaleragomez.com/ Reina Valera Gómez 2010] – updated edition. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is assisting webmaster Shane Rice to make this new module, which will obsolete the module SpaRVG2004 in the CrossWire repository.

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1971) [http://www.bible.claret.org Biblia Latinoaméricana] a.k.a Christian Community Bible - Spanish version. Sent email 11/4/08 requesting rights. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Spanish translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Nueva Versión Internacional

*Dios Habla Hoy (United Bible Societies)

===== Portuguese =====
''For all these, please ask for further information at sword-devel. And please read the section in the [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]] first''.

====== Brazilian ======
*[http://www.sbb.org.br/ SBB] denied permissions, someone from Brasília intends to try again.

*SBT has been contacted, anticipating answer.

*IBB has left the door open to a future favourable answer. Need to follow up with request for permissions on Versão Revisada and its Almeida Século XXI successor.

*[[Corrigida]] low-quality copies are available, we need to evaluate if it is worthwhile to move forward: old translation, not too good, OCR will be troublesome.

*[[Tradução Brazileira]] (1917) copy obtained, working library contacts to find a book scanner. The text will enter into the public domain on January 1, 2012 - the beginning of the year following the seventieth anniversary of death of the last contributor, Virgílio Varzea in accordance with the provisions of the copyright law in force. SBB has published an electronic version in Online Bible (version 3) format with updated spelling and orthography. This edition is not public domain! The [http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Tradu%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Brasileira_da_B%C3%ADblia wikisource edition] is in the modern orthography, so despite the usual statement about its Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, it cannot yet be shown to be ''independent'' of the copyrighted work of SBB.

*[http://www.centrodabiblia.org/pageID_2611978.html Tradução Literal da Bíblia] by Bernd Bremicker. This is an independent Portuguese Bible translation work in progress. The files are in PDF format, and so far cover a substantial part of the NT. ''Worth making enquiries''.

====== Iberian ======
*Permissions were obtained on a number of texts from [[SBP]], as per post at sword-devel.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Portuguese translation. (If the WBTC is amenable to allow other languages be published, I will specifically request and post here Portuguese allowance if given) The WBTC lists the version as 'Brazilian Portuguese'.

===== Welsh Bibles =====

* 1620 Translation (William Morgan's 1588, revised by Parry and Davies in 1620). [http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_testunau/sion_prys_003_beibl_mynegai_1284e.htm]. See also [[Non-CrossWire_Text-Development_Projects#Individual_Works|Text Development]]. ''Public Domain. Texts for Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Luke, and 2 Corinthians are not yet available.'' In 2010, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has learned that the [http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/ Bible Society] has the William Morgan translation available in USFM format, and has been given the relevant contact information, with permissions likely to be given to CrossWire. They have received several user requests for the William Morgan translation to be made available on mobile phones, i.e. by means of our Go Bible application.

*Revised New Welsh Bible (Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Argraffiad Diwygiedig). Available for free as a e-Sword Module. So Bible Society may well be happy for it to be available for SWORD as well. [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/resources.htm], [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/news.htm]

===== Cornish Bibles =====

* The Cornish Bible Project http://www.bibelkernewek.com/ This project is run under the auspices of the Cornish Language Board, and the Bishop of Truro's Ecumenical Advisory Group for Services in Cornish. The translations are checked against the best editions of the Hebrew and Greek texts, and will be made available in both the Unified and Common Cornish spelling systems. The New Testament (Common Cornish version), with a Commendation by the Archbishop of Canterbury, is now complete, and was published on 13 August 2004. Translation of the Old Testament is underway, with parts already published as separate booklets. Of all the Celtic languages, it was only Cornish that did not have its own translation of the Bible. This was a severe handicap: if the Bible had been translated perhaps the language would not have died.

* Testament Noweth, edited by Michael Everson. First edition, 2002. http://www.evertype.com/gram/tn.html

===== Maltese Bibles =====

* Maltese Bible. I just found this [http://www.tarxienparish.org/Il-bibbja.htm] which appears to be a Catholic website. Complete Bible (with deuterocanonical books) in MS Word format. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Maltese Bible. The Trinitarian Bible Society published theirs in 1980. with a reprint in 2007.[http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org/site/news.asp]

* Malta Bible Society (UBS and CBF) http://www.maltabible.com/ (''No Bible downloads advertised'').

===== Arabic Bibles =====

* 1865 SVD Arabic Bible complete with deuterocanonical books & other Arabic material. See [http://www.saintmina-holmdel.org/ArabicBible/], for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards.

* 1988 Al-Kitab Al-Muqaddas - Kitab al Hayat – modern translation from IBS.

=====Other European languages=====

======Latin script languages======

* Romanian Corrected Cornilescu Version (RCCV). Note that this is not a new translation or revision, it's just a corrected version of the most used PD Bible in Romania: Cornilescu Version, first published in 1924. This version of the Bible was obtained after correction of spellings and uses the modern Romanian morphology.[http://biblia.pentruviata.ro/bib_text.php] ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in email contact with the website owner''.

* [http://mazsola.iit.uni-miskolc.hu/~drdani/biblia/bd/ Hungarian NT]. Roman Catholic translation by P. Békés Gellért & P. Dalos Patrik.

* [http://www.biblian.fo/ Faroese Bible]. ''We now have a personal contact''.

* [http://www.biblian.is/ Icelandic Bible]. 1981 Þordarsson translation. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://www.hi.is/Uppl/Biblia/ Icelandic Bible]. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://old.bibelselskabet.dk/grobib/web/bibelen.htm Greenlandic Bible]. Danish Bible Society. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain''.

* Serbian Emilijan Čarnić (1973, 1992) NT. [http://wwwyu.com/web/]

* [http://www.bibel.se/ Svenska Reformationsbibeln]. This modern Swedish Bible translation is based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textus_Receptus Textus Receptus] for the New Testament. Work has begun on translating the Old Testament, based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoretic_Text Masoretic Text]. The stance of the website is one in defence of these traditional texts, and therefore critical of modern translations made using dynamic equivalence methods and eclectic texts. The translators have currently completed the Pentateuch and all the New Testament. It may be several years before the rest of the OT is translated. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in indirect contact with the project leaders. They have responded positively to the request for CrossWire to distribute this new translation. A Go Bible version has been built by Thomas Dilts.

* Swedish - Gezelius Biblia (1711-1728). Carl XII Biblia in Late New Swedish (1750-1880) language revision by Johannes Gezelius (1686–1733). Digitized text (derived from the 1860's printed editions) is available from [http://www.logosmappen.net/bibel/gezelius/ Projekt Gezelius].

* [http://www.ibecat.org/BIBLIA/ Catalan Bible] Bíblia Evangèlica Catalana. Copyright © 2000, Institució Bíblica Evangèlica de Catalunya (IBEC). An iPhone application [http://bec.ibible.mobi/] for this is now available, as is an e-Sword module [http://www.pedrangular.com/software/e-Sword/BEC.php]. In view of the BEC edition being freely available for the iPhone and e-Sword, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] made a request with a view to developing a SWORD module and Go Bible application. Permissions received 2009-12-02.

* Slovak translations. A member of the Go Bible Forum has recently posted that he has permissions for the Slovak Catholic translation from Spolok svätého Vojtecha ([http://www.ssv.sk/ SSV]), Trnava, Slovakia. See [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=798]. ''[http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/ Login] first for the direct link to work''. This translation includes deuterocanonical books. Await first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]].

* ''An Bíobla Naofa'' (1981), or the Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) Bible, is a translation of the Bible into ''Modern Irish Gaelic'' by a team of translators, edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_%C3%93_Fiannachta Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta]. It includes deuterocanonical books. It is available in printed form (ISBN 1870684907) as well as in Word and PDF format on CD-ROM[http://www.fiosfeasa.com]. ''John Duffy has received permissions to make a SWORD module, etc''.[http://cgcf.net] Awaiting first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]]. A Go Bible version has been made with assistance from [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. This is now available from [http://www.anbioblanaofa.org/ An Bíobla Naofa].

* Lule Sami New Testament. A new translation of NT in ''Lule Sami'', based on an edition from 1913 but using modern orthography, was begun in 1996. The [http://www.bibelsallskapet.se/ Swedish Bible Society] was responsible for this translation which was completed in 2000. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* Northern Sami Bible. Work is in progress on a new Bible translation in ''Northern Sami'' using the new orthography from 1980. The Gospels and Acts were completed in 1995, followed by the New Testament in the beginning of 1998. Presently, translation of the Old Testament is in progress, with a planned completion in 2008. The translation is based on the Norwegian Bible with the Norwegian and Finnish Bible Societies being responsible for the project. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* The complete Estonian Bible (OT, NT & Apocrypha) is available online at [http://www.piibel.net/sisukord.html Piibel.NET]. (NB. The table of contents requires Javascript.) There is also another online edition (OT, NT only) at [http://www.piibel.com/loe.php Piibel.com]. cf. The existing SWORD module '''Est''' is Genesis plus NT only. ''Worthwhile making enquiries to the [http://www.eps.ee/ EPS] about copyright permissions''. For a history of Estonian Bible translations, see [http://elm.einst.ee/issue/28/history-estonian-bible-translation/]. The two online translations are not the same edition. One example of the difference is in the rendering of the divine name in the OT. In 1. Mos 2:4 piibel.net has 'Issand', whereas piibel.com has 'Jehoova'. (cf. SWORD module '''Est''' uses the former).

* The [http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/lithuanian/ Lithuanian Bible] including the Apocrypha is available online in HTML format on the website of Jesus Christ Saves Ministries. Pages are encoded Windows-1250 (Central European). This is not the same translation as the existing SWORD module.

* The Bible Society of Lithuania – Ecumenical Translation. [[User talk:David Haslam|David Haslam]] now in contact. Source files exists in USFM format for complete Bible including the deuterocanonical books. Request for permissions to be put to the Board, with a meeting expected in March 2010.

* New Lithuanian translation: Old Testament and New Testament from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages by Algirdas Jurėnas. – Duncanville, Tex. : World Wide Printing, c2000 (Sterling Heights, Mich. : Distributed by Lutheran Heritage Foundation). ISBN 1-58712-019-4. ''Has been described as a slavishly literal translation''.

* The complete Latvian Bible (1997). Currently, the Latvian version which is on the CrossWire repository is NT only, and is not commonly used. ''Jānis Veinbergs has sent an email to the Latvian Bible Society''.

* [http://testamantnevezkoad21.monsite.orange.fr/ Breton New Testament] (complete) '''Koad 21''' translation[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/testamant.nevez/] published by the [http://sites.google.com/site/bibleenanjou/ Association Bible en Anjou]. ''Permission received (2009-12-15) from Luc Bernicot, chairman of Société Biblique d'Anjou''. Updated text edition received 2010-05-14. ZIP file contains 27 MS Word documents.

* A new Norwegian translation of the NT by Enoch Enough. During July 2010, the translator contacted [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] with the request to make a Go Bible version. He has also given permission for CrossWire to make and distribute it as a SWORD module. The translator is the sole copyright owner. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the electronic text as an MS Word document. ''This translation of the NT has a very unusual book order. The 27 books are in "chronological order" in the supplied document. It is unclear why this is so''.

======Cyrillic script languages======
* Russian Synodal translation (1876), complete with deuterocanonical books, and using the [[Alternate Versification]] proper to the RSB.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Synodal_Bible] cf. The existing RST module (based on Sergej A. Fedosov's Slavic Bible for Windows) must be the protocanonical subset, as adapted to use standard KJV versification. A complete RSB is available in HTML format at [http://www.days.ru/~bible/], but would require checking for accuracy against the best known modern printed version. Tigran Aivazian has reported, "if you need the source code for our edition of the Russian Synodal Bible please email me and I'll send it. We (mostly Vladimir Volovich) have fixed quite a few typos by comparison with many other printed (and electronic) editions and believe ours to be the cleanest/accurate source of the synodal text. Btw, we have done the 5th edition recently, I hope you downloaded the PDF of the 5th and not the 4th edition (check the title page, it says at the back)." Copied from [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=626]. See [http://www.bibles.org.uk/].

* "Радостная Весть" - Good News in translation from ancient greek (Russian Bible Society http://www.biblia.ru/). Currenty they prepare modern translation of full Bible, and asked to repeat request after 15 april of 2011. --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

* Geneva Bible In Russian with commentaries.

* Ukrainian new translation by Oleksandr Gyzha [http://ukrbible.com/]. Email contact established with web-master. Permissions received (17 November 2008).

* [http://www.mkbible.net/ Macedonian Bible]. Old and New Testaments / translated DH Konstantinov - Bitola Euroliber, 1999. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of the Macedonian Online Bible website.

* Macedonian Bible. First Edition fully translated into modern Macedonian literary language, issued by the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Copyright 1990 United Bible Societies.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain'' [http://biblija.info/biblija.htm].

* Serbian Lujo Bakotić (1933) complete Bible.

* Serbian Dimitrije Stefanović (1934) NT.

* Belarusian translation by Vasil Syomuha. "Vasilij S.Semukha translation. © 2000, 2001 by Alesya Semukha". More details about the translation and translator are reported in [http://www.privet-minsk.com/Belarusian-Bible.html]. A much fuller article about the Belarusian Bible, with the title, "Uncle Vasil's Passion" may be found at [http://tinyurl.com/39v6f5]. In 1998, Vasil Siomukha won the of Ales Adamovich Literary Prize (awarded by the Belarusian PEN Centre ) for a highly artistic translation of the New Testament and Psalter into the Belarusian language. See [http://www.pen-centre.com/eng/laureate.html]. A copy of the text of this Bible translation was found in a module for Sergej A. Fedosov's '''Slavic Bible for Windows''' [http://www.sbible.boom.ru/ (Russian) website]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] was researching how to make contact with the copyright owner, and received a kind offer from someone to act as an intermediary''. ''We have since received informal permission, which now needs to be formalised. An email has been sent to Troy''. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received an authoritative copy of the translation in MS Word format''. A SWORD module has been created using Synodal versification. Currently this is in the [[Module Repositories|CrossWire experimental repository]].

======Hebrew script languages======

* Yiddish New Testament – copyright belongs to The Society For Distributing Hebrew Scriptures (SDHS), Joseph House, 1 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1RT, ENGLAND, UK. Tel: 01462 457486 Fax: 01462 451568 (Registered Charity No. 232692). SDHS literature is officially distributed in the USA by "Light for Israel". http://www.lightforisrael.org/

=====American languages=====

======North America======
*Navajo, O'odham, Hopi, Apache, Inupiaq (North and North West), Siberian Yupik. – All these languages have at least a New Testament. Navajo has the whole Bible, and the Siberian Yupik NT isn't printed fully yet. ''Contact should be established with the Wycliffe Bible Translators''.

*Zuñi http://benawekokshi.googlepages.com (Mark is ready, Acts and John are still being digitized).

*Arapaho (Only Luke and parts of Matthew were ever translated, these texts are available on Gutenberg.org: [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30102] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24002])

======Hawaii======
*Baibala Hawaiian Bible http://baibala.org/ – full text online from the 1839 and 1868 editions. Copyright © 2003-2008 by [http://www.pidfoundation.org/ Partners In Development Foundation], which is solely responsible for this product. This website may be utilized for personal use, but may not be used for commercial purposes or copied to any other website. See [http://ulukau.org/disclaimer.php?site=bible] for full terms & conditions. Ulukau uses open-source [http://www.greenstone.org/ Greenstone] software.

======Caribbean======
* Papiamento Bible – Netherlands Antilles. The Bible is known to have been completed in this language in 1996 [http://www.forum-intl.net/find_a_bible/?Language=pap]. This [http://www.world-bibles.org/language_detail/eng/pap/Papiamentu site] has a link to download Luke's Gospel in PDF format, published by Christus Rex. Text is selectable. The font seems to be customized, even though it is CourierStd. The circumflex accent (U+005E) is displayed like a combining double breve below (U+035C). ''Need to establish who owns the copyright''.

=====African Languages=====
:There are an estimated 2000 languages spoken in Africa! [http://www.bibleafrica.org/]

======Nigerian languages======

*Hausa Bible. [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/hausa.zip]

*[http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/HausaBible/HausaBible.htm The Deutero-Canonical Books of the Bible in Hausa.] – Translated by Musa Danjuma and Joseph Kenny, O.P., published by the United Bible Societies, 1979. Also available here [http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/IndexChristian.htm] are The Psalms and Canticles in Hausa, by the same translators (2001).

*Yoruba Bible (1884). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther Samuel Ajayi Crowther] translated the whole Bible into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880s—it is known as '''Bibeli Mimo'''. In 1875 the Church Missionary Society (CMS) organized a conference on Yoruba Orthography; the standard devised there was the basis for the orthography of the steady flow of religious and educational literature over the next seventy years. The current orthography of Yoruba derives from a 1966 report of the Yoruba Orthography Committee, along with Ayo Bamgbose's 1965 Yoruba Orthography, a study of the earlier orthographies and an attempt to bring Yoruba orthography in line with actual speech as much as possible. In 1957, BFBS reprinted Bibeli Mimo, using the 1909 edition of the OT and the 1930 revised edition of the NT.[http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:gial.edu:986] ''The 1884 text of Bibeli Mimo must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Igbo Bible (1906). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Efik Bible (1868). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

======Other languages======

*Amharic Bible (Ethiopia) [http://www.bible.org/foreign/amharic/]

*Zarma Bible (Niger) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/zarma.zip]

*Fulfuldé Adamawa Bible (Cameroun) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/FUB.zip]

*Moore New Testament (Burkina Faso) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntmoore.zip]

*Kabyle New Testament (Algeria) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntkabyle.zip]. Like many other online copies of the Kabyle NT, this one has several omissions, probably due to having been copied from the text found at the Unbound Bible Project [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=298&page=1#Item_12]. '''News update''' - March 2010: [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the '''Kabyle Révisé''' Psalms and NT in USFM format. His contact is seeking permissions from the Algerian Bible Society on behalf of CrossWire.

*Kisongye New Testament (Congo) (1925) [http://www.biblafrique.org/Kisongye.htm]

*Complete Swahili Bible (East Africa) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/SWA.zip] – Union Version June 2003. ''Need to obtain permissions from copyright owner for non-Paratext use''.

*Tshiluba Gospel of Mark (Congo) [http://www.biblenlangue.org/Tshiluba.htm]

*Wolof New Testament (Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania) (1987,2004,2008) [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm][http://www.biblewolof.us/] – Copyright is held by Les Assemblées Evangéliques du Sénégal and La Mission Baptiste du Sénégal.

*Wolofal NT portions (Luke, John, Acts). Wolof language in Arabic script. [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm]

*Hanga NT (Ghana). Found electronic text in the Oxford Text Archive. [http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/headers/1183.xml]

*[http://noloshacusub.net/Bible/ Kitaabka Quduuska Ah] is the name of the Somali Bible – ''A Go Bible version already exists.'' The copyright owners (SIM) would be glad for CrossWire to make the KQA text as widely available as possible. Source text is available in USFM format.

====== Bible Society of South Africa ======
The following translations are available as free cellphone Bibles from [http://www.biblesociety.co.za/ BSSA]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with their CAP Officer for Publications and Scripture Programmes''.

* Afrikaans 1933/53 translation, 1983 translation or Die Bybel vir Almal;
* Northern Sotho 1951 translation;
* Southern Sotho 1909 translation;
* Tswana 1908 translation;
* Xhosa 1975 version and
* Zulu 1959 translation or the New Testament 1986 translation.

====== Berber (Tamazight) Languages ======

* [http://www.tarifit.info/ Tarifit], the Tamazight language from the Rif in Northern Morocco (Latin script).

* [http://www.tamazight.info/ Tamazight], the Tamazight language from Middle Atlas in Morocco (Arabic script).

* [http://www.tachelhit.info/ Tachelhit], the Tamazight language from the South of Morocco (Latin script).

:''Need to establish contact with a view to copyright lobbying''.

=====Asian Languages=====

It would be helpful to the churches in Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia if Bible modules can be developed for the languages of these regions. CrossWire volunteers who have a particular interest in Asia should be seeking opportunities to obtain permissions and offering our services to the Bible agencies working in the regions.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Nepali, Vietnamese, Bengali, Indonesian translations. Rights requested 11/05/2008

======Languages of China======
:Use this section for Bibles translated in other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China languages of China]. Remember that this topic may be politically sensitive.

======Indian subcontinent======

*Nepali Sangati NT - copyright belongs to the [http://www.gfa.org/bibles Gospel For Asia Bible Society]. Permission for Go Bible granted to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] in November 2007. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Mizo Bible - [http://apps.m.khampat.com/mgb]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Mizo Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Paite Bible - [http://www.zogamonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=156]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. The Paite e-Holy Bible is a Windows application that uses the SWORD API. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Paite Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Hmar Bible - permissions for SWORD Module and Go Bible have been received in an email sent to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. The Hmar NT was originally sent to him in PageMaker .PMD format. Yesudas Solomon has assisted in making the Go Bible application. ''Need to obtain the digitized text in a convertible format''.

The following four Indian languages Bibles are available as Java ME mobile phone applications made using Go Bible Creator [http://www.christiansmobile.com/]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer, Yesudas Solomon, who is based in Tamilnadu. Most of these have also been made into SWORD modules and are available from the [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team].

*Hindi Bible
*Tamil (OV) Bible (also Catholic Tamil version)
*Malayalam Bible
*Kannada KJV Bible
*Telugu Bible
*Hmar Bible

The text sources for the above translations were used by direct permissions of the translators, even though the Bible Society of India has been unresponsive. The SWORD modules are provided as self-extracting EXE files for Windows platform. Two kinds are available, one for BPBible, the other for The Sword Project (BibleCS). Users of CrossWire front-ends designed for other platforms would therefore have to copy them from a Windows PC, or use a suitable software utility to extract them from the EXE file.

The [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team] also offers the same translations in e-Sword format, with the addition of the following translations, not yet made into SWORD modules:

*Kannada ERV Bible
*Kannada BSI Bible
*Koya Bible

''The following translations are from other sources''.

*Marathi New Testament – translated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratnakar_Hari_Kelkar Ratnakar Hari Kelkar]. The full text is available in PDF format at [http://navakarar.wordpress.com/]. ''Need to establish contact with the copyright owner, Prof. R. R. Kelkar, Pune, India''.

*Konkani Bible – online HTML version available at [http://www.konkanibible.org/]. This Catholic translation includes the Apocrypha. The site is a project of [http://www.KonkaniCatholics.com/ KonkaniCatholics.com].

*Bengali Bible – the Bengali Old Version Bible was first published in 1909. This date may mean that copyright on the text has expired. A digitized edition is available online at [http://www.biblesocietybd.org/ Bangladesh Bible Society] in PDF format. This requires the [http://www.sentbd.com/Bangla/ SutonnyMJ] font, which is not a Unicode font. ''Worth further research''.

*Gujarati OV Bible – available at [http://gujaratibible.com/]. Currently only Genesis, John and Acts is shown in the search engine.

======Central Asia & Caucasus ======
* [http://www.korpu.net/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Korpu (Persian script).

* [http://www.yeniheyat.com/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Yeniheyat. Azeri Latin (HTML) & Azeri Cyrillic (PDF). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has been sent the USFM files for the Azeri Latin 2008 translation (with permissions!), and is in contact with the [http://www.azerbaijanipartnership.org/ Azerbaijan Partnership] and other interested parties.

* Kyrgyz Bible. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has made a Go Bible version (Cyrillic) by permission from one of the translators who worked on the Ray of Hope translation. This is only one of the three modern Kyrgyz translations. Not yet published the Go Bible version - still waiting for completion of the UI translation. ''Should follow up with permission request for CrossWire''.

* [http://www.slovocars.org/english/ Eastern Russian Scriptures Translation] - ''aka'' the CARS Project. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader.

* [http://www.holybible.mn/ Mongolian Bible] Cyrillic script. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of a [http://www.ltime.fr/ Mongolian Christian] site in France which links to this.

* [http://www.mongolbible.com/html/IMNT/index.html Mongolian NT] Mongolian script. We may want to do some testing to see whether it is even ''possible'' to display this text in a reasonable fashion before even approaching the copyright holders. [[Talk:Module_Requests#Mongolian_NT_(in_Mongolian_vertical_script)]]

======South East Asia======
* New Malay Bible - Kitab Suci Zabur & Injil (KSZI) translation, copyright © 2008 Pengamat Kitab Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Translation of the OT (Taurat) is an ongoing work. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with someone who has negotiated permissions. 2010-02-22 CrossWire has been granted distribution permissions for the KSZI as long as it is kept free of charge. This [http://mykitabsuci.org/en website] has the Psalms & NT available online, albeit with some minor errors and a couple of omissions.

* Khmer New Testament (Cambodia). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader. An issue with ligatures surfaced when doing a Go Bible feasibility demo of Matthew's Gospel, but apart from that everything was fine. This issue needs to be resolved by the translators. Khmer codepage coverage is not yet completely finalised in the official Unicode standard. Khmer text source is being edited by translators using MS Excel, rather than something more common (USFM) among Bible translators. Red letters used for WoC. Would need considerable effort to format shift into OSIS.

* Hmong Bible (Laos, Vietnam, China, USA). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has found a [http://www.hmongbible.org/ Hmong Bible Online] website, in which it is hoped that the Hmong Bible eventually be published online. ''Contact being sought''.

* Myanmar languages. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the [http://www.myanmarbible.com/bible/ Myanmar Bibles] website. The following languages are listed as available translations. OSIS files are already available for all these versions, though I have not yet had time to work on any of them. (Some of these were converted from TeX into OSIS by bibleTec2osis.pl). There is a separate XML file for each book of the Bible. Back in June 2008, there was definite interest for Go Bible, and I imagine they would be also interested for the SWORD project. Tedim would be the easiest to start with, as that uses Latin script with no additional characters. ''Follow up is intended''.
** Myanmar Judson
** MCL
** Chin Study
** Cho
** Falam
** Hakha
** Kachin
** Lahu
** Lhaovo
** Ngawn
** Tedim
** S'gaw Karen
** Sizang
** Zaniat
** Zotung
** WEB

* [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2054.html Myanmar Bibles - Software Project]. "The Myanmar Bible Software Project involved the cooperative effort of volunteers from various nations with a variety of specialized skills e.g. Myanmar languages consultants, Bible translations, software programming, led by Levi Sap Nei Thang. The project is built upon the invaluable foundations of the work of many generations of Bible translators and Bible Societies. We seek to develop software that will eventually serve as a Biblical Resource tool for Myanmar, Bible readers, Christians, church leaders, pastors and church planters. Currently, basic Bible software is available in most major languages of the world. Bible software provides the advantage for people not only to study the word in multiple languages. It also provide to opportunity to incorporate biblical references material such as concordance, dictionary and others to help us deepen our knowledge in the word of God."
:''This request seems well matched to the skills found among CrossWire volunteers.''

* See also [http://thanlwinsoft.co.uk/ ThanLwinSoft (Open Source Software for Myanmar)].

====== Asia Pacific ======
* Cebuano Bugna (Ang Biblia, 1917) and Cebuano Pindayag (OT 1917, NT more recent revision based on critical text) translations exist in several places on-line. The designations Bugna & Pindayag are derived from the Cebuano names given to the book of Revelation. Ang Biblia must be PD. Pindayag is copyright by the [http://www.bible.org.ph/ Philippine Bible Society]. For language details see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano_language].

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (after 1998?) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible - Tagalog, Chinese, Cebuano, and Ilonggo] translations. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in Spanish is pending.

* Bisaya-Inunhan New Testament, translated by Eldon Leano Talamisan (copyright owner), first published in the Philippines in 1999. The Bisaya-Inunhan language is spoken in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romblon Romblon Province], especially in Tablas Island. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has direct contact with the translator, who has given full permission to the proposal to build a SWORD module and Go Bible application. ''David now has a copy of the most up to date digitized text in MS Word format''. A Go Bible has been made already, albeit with default English user interface.

* [http://pngscriptures.org/ Papua New Guinea] – a country in which over 800 languages are spoken. The following languages already have the scriptures available online:
:*Adzera (adz)
:*Bimin (bhl)
:*Dedua (ded)
:*Gapapaiwa (pwg)
:*Misima-Paneati (mpx)
:*Numanggang (nop)
:*Ubir (ubr)
:The [http://pngscriptures.org/terms.htm terms of use] are [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons – Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works]. We are in contact with Kahanapule Michael Johnson.

====== Tibetan Bibles ======

* A new Tibetan translation of the Bible is available online.[http://www.gsungrab.org/] The translation is an ongoing project. The Bible portions are in PDF format, and use embedded subsets of a Tibetan font called Ededris. ''Message left using the contact form''.

====== Korean Bibles ======

* The full text of the Catholic Bible in Korean is online at [http://info.catholic.or.kr/bible/]. The website is all in Korean, but Google translate copes quite well for navigating the page and menu bars.

* Korean Bible translations[http://monoon.com/eng.html] include:
:*The Korean Revised Version
:*The Korean Common Translation Version
:*The New Korean Standard Version
:*The Korean King James Version

* There is also a "Korean Bible" in the Public Domain available at [http://www.speedbibleverse.com/korean/index.htm]. What version of the Bible this is remains unclear.

=====Cult / Unorthodox / Questionable Bibles=====
* [http://www.lolcatbible.com/ The LOLCat Bible] (GFDL 1.2)

* Conservapedia's [http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible Conservative Bible] (Unique, but fairly permissive [http://conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Copyright license].)

====Books====

===== English =====
* [[Creeds of Christendom by Philip Schaff]] ([http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1.html 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds2.html 2])

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxe%27s_Book_of_Martyrs Foxe's Book of Martyrs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxe John Foxe] ([http://books.google.com/books?id=gCUeSAoqOSEC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=EwFbQI-cOy&sig=Ciue6KwFnRP_7jDxSRSw1nDEpcw&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Faq%3Do%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu%253Aen-US%253Aofficial%26q%3DFoxes%2BBook%2Bof%2BMartyrs%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPR9,M1 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html 2])

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cur_Deus_Homo Cur Deus Homo] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury Anselm of Canterbury]. See also [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/anselm-curdeus.html].

===== French =====
* Tertullian on http://www.tertullian.org/french/french.htm
* Augustine on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/augustin/index.htm
* John Chrysostome on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/chrysostome/index.htm

====Commentaries====

* Skeptic's Annotated Bible (file under unorthodox), the similar The Scripture Project, and any of the various refutations/responses, e.g. [http://thedaystar.webs.com/books/index.html].
* Russian Explanatory Bible by A.P. Lopukhin. Here is source which i can use in non-commercial purposes http://www.bible.in.ua/underl/Lop. Currently converting to osis and obtaining rights --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
* J. P. Lange's Commentary (requested by a PocketSword user). Digital form is currently (28th September, 2010) just a scan of the original, with scanning "typos". [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924092344351] --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 23:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
* [http://www.preceptaustin.org/nt_commentary-henry_alford.htm Henry Alford's Commentary on the Greek NT] – [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 11:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

====Devotionals====
There are several good on-line devotionals listed by the [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/devotions.htm Asia-Pacific Institute Of Biblical Studies]. Among them are the following.

* ''The Believer's Daily Remembrancer'' aka ''The Pastor's Morning Visit'' (1846), by James Smith (1802-1862). Digitization has already begun. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/remembrancer/smith.htm].

* ''Faith's Check Book'', by C. H. Spurgeon. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.htm]. Fully digitized. Single download available. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.zip]

====Lexicons====
*Unabridged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%E2%80%93Driver%E2%80%93Briggs Brown-Driver-Briggs] Hebrew Lexicon -- worth researching; The text exists in electronic format, at least licensed. It's important that this not be the "Abridged BDBG" which is Larry Pierce's altered module.

*Logos [http://wbsa.logos.com/ What Does the Bible Say About] and [http://www.nelsonministryservices.com/nms/product_detail.asp?sku=1418502308 Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary], lightweight but potentially interesting and useful resources and (based on testing from text portions obtained from ebible.com) easy to convert to SWORD format. Contact attempted, see NKJV above. There are other resources possible here as well, on a more restricted basis at ebible.com, in the "New Illustrated" series (commentary, "topics"), any of which should be convertible.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Thayer Thayer's] Greek Lexicon (no source known)

== Pictures ==

:''For further leads, please visit [http://www.biblical-art.com/ Biblical Art on the WWW]''.

=== Bible illustrations ===

* ''The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons'', edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer. 1908. I have found many of these images available online at [http://www.wcg.org/images/b1/].

=== Maps ===

== External links ==
:''Please add links here that may be fruitful in suggesting further leads''.

=== Wikipedia ===
:''CrossWire volunteers who are also Wikipedians are encouraged to update such articles based on their specialist knowledge''.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bible_translators

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_by_language

[[Category:Modules]]
[[Category:English Bibles]]

Fonts

2010-12-20T00:50:15Z

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== Fonts ==

These are some suggested fonts for use with SWORD tools. Any of these work with either Linux or Windows tools, and probably Macs as well, though certain fonts work better with different tools. They're TrueType fonts, which means that usually just copying *.ttf to the right place makes them available, and that's necessary only if you don't have some sort of package manager or font installer to do it for you.

=== All-Purpose ===
[http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/ GNU FreeFont], consisting of serif, sans serif, and monospaced typefaces in regular, bold, italic, and bold italic fonts, is an attractive set of open source fonts covering a broad range of scripts in the first two Unicode planes. Many of the glyphs incorporated into FreeFont were designed by professional type foundries.

:A derivative of the above Free Serif typeface, [http://www.flaez.ch/freeidg.html FreeIdgSerif], was designed for Indo-Eurpoeanists, but has wide character coverage of use to Bible users.

[http://linuxlibertine.sf.net Linux Libertine] is a very pretty typeface that provides quality character sets for all of Latin, Hebrew, and Greek, which makes it especially useful for commentaries that use all three. While it is designed for Linux, it works quite well under Windows, as a display typeface for SWORD tools.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial_Unicode_MS Arial Unicode MS] is a useful font - if not the prettiest, it is one of the few combining decent Arabic and Farsi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_text_layout glyph shaping] with more or less complete Latinate and Greek alphabets.

There is quite a selection of other fonts available from SIL. Visit [http://scripts.sil.org SIL] and look around, but the Charis SIL and Doulos SIL typefaces, in particular were designed with fairly broad coverage in mind.

[http://junicode.sourceforge.net/ Junicode] (short for Junius-Unicode) is a Unicode font for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medievalism medievalists].

[http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Symbola601.zip Symbola] is a free font in George Douros' collection of [http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/ Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts] with support for the new characters in [http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/version/6.0/ Unicode 6.0].

=== Particular languages ===
For particular requirements on languages not listed here, it is generally useful to visit the [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] page for the relevant alphabet or script.

==== Greek ====

"Gentium" is a good font for Greek. Look in repositories for gentium-fonts-1.02-5.fc7.noarch.rpm or go instead to [http://scripts.sil.org/Gentium_linux] to get the *.zip.

==== Hebrew ====

"Ezra SIL" is SIL's best font for Hebrew and works very well in most SWORD front-ends. [http://scripts.sil.org/EzraSIL_Home]

For BibleTime, the best Hebrew fonts are the Culmus fonts, particularly the Frank Ruehl CLM or Drugulin CLM. Many Linux distributions have a Culmus fonts package (Mandriva calls it fonts-type1-hebrew). If your distribution doesn't have this package, you may check out the Culmus Project site [http://culmus.sourceforge.net/] and follow this link [http://www.xslf.com/media/culmus-fonts/culmus-0.101-true-type.zip] to a truetype download.

See also [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/tech.htm Hebrew Support for Your Browser] at the Mechon Mamre website. For front-ends that use a browser (or browser engine) to display Bible text (e.g. FireBible), this may be relevant if you have a problem displaying Hebrew vowels and/or cantillation marks.

==== Vietnamese ====

For Vietnamese, fonts like Arial and Linux Libertine work well. However, the UVN fonts are excellent options that are designed for Vietnamese and can be downloaded for free. They can be used for English or other languages that use a Latin alphabet. UVN Saigon looks particularly good with many SWORD front-ends. You can find these fonts at the TTi website [http://www.tti-us.com/uvn/products.htm].

==== Farsi ====

Apart from MS Arial, which is mentioned above as a good all round font, the prettiest free font is probably Nazli, available from Farsiweb and part of many Linux repositories.

==== Amharic ====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic_language Amharic] is a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. The recommended TrueType font for viewing the [http://www.bible.org/foreign/amharic/ Amharic Bible] is called '''GF Zemen Unicode'''. For further Amharic Unicode resources, see [http://mahder.com/the-ethiopic-unicode-resource-page-amharic-fonts.html].

==== Coptic ====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_language Coptic] is the final stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the seventeenth century. Several Unicode fonts include coverage of Coptic. '''New Athena Unicode''' is one of them. For further Coptic Unicode resources, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_alphabet#External_links] and [http://www.moheb.de/unicode_coptic_fonts.html].

==== Kabyle ====
The TrueType font '''AmazighU_Arial''' is a Unicode font that supports the Kabyle alphabet. However, this is a copyrighted font, made by the Monotype Corporation.

==== Burmese/Myanmar ====
SIL Padauk is an excellent font [http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=Padauk]. See also the fonts and keyboard entry methods mentioned in [http://www.myanmarbible.com/bible/unicodeApplications.html].

==== Indian languages ====

[http://www.baraha.com/ BarahaUnicode] provides:
* '''BarahaPad''' – Text Editor for Indian languages
* '''BarahaIME''' – Input Method Editor for Indian languages
* '''Baraha TrueType Fonts''' for various Indian languages (released under GPL)

==== Tibetan ====
* A Unicode OpenType font called '''Tibetan Machine Uni''' is available under GPL license.[http://www.thlib.org/tools/#wiki=/access/wiki/site/26a34146-33a6-48ce-001e-f16ce7908a6a/tibetan%20machine%20uni.html]

* A Unicode OpenType font called '''Sambhota Ededris''' is well advanced in development, though at present it is not available for public purchase. [https://collab.itc.virginia.edu/access/wiki/site/26a34146-33a6-48ce-001e-f16ce7908a6a/tibetan%20fonts.html]

==== Nunavut ====
With only 0.01 people per square kilometer of land, Nunavut is one of the least populated regions in the world. And yet it has four official languages: English, French, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun. For this reason, the government of Nunavut adopted a clean sans-serif font called '''Pigiarniq''' (designed by Tiro Typeworks) that enables its people to use all four languages in a uniform manner. The result is a professional-looking free font family. [http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/22/the-beauty-of-typography-writing-systems-and-calligraphy-part-2/]
* [http://www.gov.nu.ca/english/font/ Pigiarniq]

=== Broad-Coverage Shareware/Commercial Fonts ===
Other nice fonts with wide character coverage require purchase or registration. These are not endorsed by CrossWire, though some of us certainly use them.

[http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/unicode/tituut.asp TITUS Cyberbit Unicode] (requires registration to download, otherwise free) -- 36161 codepoints, designed for Indo-Europeanists & medievalists.

[http://www.code2000.net/ Code2000] (free to try, $5 to register if you can afford it) -- aims at complete coverage of the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) aka Plane 0. Also available from this page are the freeware fonts Code2001 and Code2002, which are Plane 1 and Plane 2 fonts, respectively.

[http://guindo.pntic.mec.es/~jmag0042/alphaeng.html ALPHABETUM] (limited trial font which is missing glyphs, €15 to purchase full font) -- a good font for a number of ancient languages such as Gothic, Old Church Slavonic (incl. Glagolitic), Ugaritic, & Phoenician

=== iOS Fonts ===
* [http://iosfonts.com/ iOS Fonts] has a list of available fonts that come pre-installed in the latest iPad & iPhone operating system. Any additional fonts may be installed on a per-application basis.

== See also ==
* [[Encoding]]

== Further resources ==
* [http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/ Alan Wood’s Unicode Resources] – Unicode and Multilingual Support in HTML, Fonts, Web Browsers and Other Applications

* [http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/blogs/gotunicode/ Got Unicode?] – Elizabeth Pyatt's Unicode tips, resources and war stories.

[[Category:Unicode]]

Module Requests

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Here is a place to request modules you would like to be made. If the copyright holder has been contacted, the permissions granted or not can be put here.

New modules are made largely on the basis of content availability and distributability. If you have a link to new material in the public domain, adding it here is a good way of notifying us of its availability. However there is no guarantee that anyone will be interested in creating a module from that material. If you want to see a new module, your quickest results will come from encoding it in OSIS yourself and submitting that to us.

If you would like to see the addition of text currently under copyright and have not made any attempt to get permission for distribution, there is no point to adding it here and the addition will likely be removed. If you only have a link to non-text material (images, PDFs, etc.), there is no point to adding it here and it will likely be removed.

====Bible Versions====
''Background: CrossWire volunteers may like to visit [http://bibles.wikidot.com/ The Internet Bible Catalog], an experiment in creating a web-based catalogue of existing Bible Translations.''

=====English Bibles=====
''Background: For an historical survey of English Bibles, visit [http://www.bible-researcher.com/versions.html The English Versions of Scripture]. See also [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Bible Wikisource:WikiProject Bible].''

Rev. Bradford B. Taliaferro runs a blog entitled, [http://biblereadersmuseum.blogspot.com/ New and Interesting Bibles and Versions] – ''The purpose of this web-log is to list new, interesting and unusual Bibles, versions and translations''.

*Entire Wycliffe Bible (''c''. 1380), available from [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe) Wikisource], which in turn was provided by the [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/wycliffe/ Wesley Center Online]. The entire Wycliffe Bible can be downloaded as a single ZIP file containing 77 text files in VPL format. ''cf. The existing SWORD module is limited to the Pentateuch and the Gospels.''

*Complete Tyndale Bible, Not even the whole NT is available with SWORD, and also he translated the Pentateuch, and Jonah, and other books later published in Matthew's Bible.
::[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24890 Jonah] (1531)
::[http://www.pgdp.net/ Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders] is digitizing the Pentateuch (1530) (Genesis is almost done, but still being PP'ed) [http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/tyndale/ Wesley Center Online] also has all of Tyndale's translation, except those published posthumously (by Matthew Thomas). Both Tyndale and Wycliffe from the Wesley Centre are the work of Sergej A. Fedosov.

::Some problems with Sergey's work is that he doesn't transcribe the line over vowels that represented a n, or m--so the text has a lot of hi meaning him, the meaning them, wet meaning went etc...where these are not spellings that the printer used. He also transcribes the þt, þe and such thorn symbols as ye, yt instead of the, that, etc...but transcribes the "and" symbol (&) as "and".

*Miles Coverdale Bible, (1535).

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tomson Laurence Tomson] (1587) Geneva Bible 1587 Revision. Check Slavic Bible version for (significant?) differences from 1599 Geneva.

*KJV (original 1611 version/orthography). There exist some reprints in paper - has anyone scanned it? Also a few electronic editions exist--check into adapting one for SWORD.

*Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650). This is available in Online Bible (Topic) format at [http://www.ccel.org/olb/tolbss/zipfiles/books/psalter.exe]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiston William Whiston] (1745) [http://www.archive.org/details/primitivenewtest00whisuoft The Primitive New Testament] on Archive.org

*Richard Wynne (1764) [http://www.archive.org/details/newtestamentcare00wynn New Testament : carefully collated with the Greek and corrected] on Archive.org. This copy is missing the title page thru the Acts of the Apostles. (Maybe it's Volume 2 of a 2 volume set.)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Doddridge Philip Doddridge] (1765) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Doddridge%29 The family expositor; or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section] 4 volumes on Archive.org (multiple copies of some volumes)

*John Guyse (1797) [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Practical%20Expositor%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Guyse%29 The Practical Expositor: The New Testament in the form of a Paraphrase, with Occasional Notes and recollections] on Archive.org

*Sir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Charles_Lee_Brenton Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton] (1845) Brenton's English Septaguint. See also this description of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/brenton/ Brenton's Translation of the Septuagint] on the website of [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ioscs/ The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies]. An online HTML version of Brenton's 1851 edition is available at [http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint-hyperlinked.html] as a single webpage, but without the appendix.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Version Revised Version] (1885) – ''see the external links in the Wikipedia page for two online editions in HTML format, and one to a facsimile PDF copy''

*Richard C. Moulton (1907) [http://books.google.com/books?id=R5IaAAAAMAAJ Modern Reader's Bible] on Google

*S. Townsend Weaver (1909) [http://www.archive.org/details/universitynewtes00weav Weaver's New Testament] at the Internet Archive.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albert_Broadus John Albert Broadus] (1913) [http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain00philuoft The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments:A new version based in part on the bible union version] a.k.a The Baptist Bible (recommend OSIS id ABS.) on Archive.org

*[http://bibles.wikidot.com/ballantine William Gay Ballantine] (1923) (revised ed. 1934) [http://thechan.com/ The Riverside New Testament: a Translation From The Original Greek Into The English of Today], ''needs copyright review'' According to the Google/Gutenberg copyright renewal records, this was [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/show.php?id=1346 renewed in 1950], which makes it still in-copyright today. NOTE: [http://renewalrecords.urbanpug.com/ urbanpug], google, Gutenberg all have disclaimers that the database contains omissions and errors, and not finding a renewal record does NOT mean a work is PD, but finding a record does mean you have to get permission from someone.

*NASB – Currently being prepared. This will be sold. See [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]].

*Amplified Bible – Jointly produced by the Lockman Foundation and Zondervan. Zondervan Publishing House is contracted with the Lockman Foundation to control and manage the publishing rights of the Amplified Bible.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_Bible]

*NKJV, Thomas Nelson Inc. Contact attempted by Karl to rights@thomasnelson.com and onlinenotification@thomasnelson.com, December 2007; no response.

*NIV, the perennial request. Contact attempted via feedback web page at ibs.org, November 2006 and March 2007; no response. Dead-tree letter sent to IBS licensing directory, February 2008; no response.

*World Bible Translation Center (1987,1999,2006) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] English translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1988) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible] English translation. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*Michael Paul Johnson (1996) [http://www.ebible.org/glw God's Living Word] is a solo translation by the editor of the World English Bible. It only covers the Gospel of John and the epistles of John, but I'd like to see it in SWORD. It's already in OSIS format at the link with creative commons (commercial use) copyright allowing redistribution.

*Contemporary English Version, contact made. The [mailto:info@americanbible.org American Bible Society] have asked for a formal request to be made to them, with information about use and protection (May 2009).

*Third Millennium Bible, contact attempted at TMBible.com, November 2007, no response.

*James Madsen (2003) New Simplified Bible. [http://www.geocities.com/simplifiedbible/EnjoyNSB15.html (author's page)]

*Gary Gallant (2007) Grammar Uses Version. "Version showing the the way verbs in a participle or infinitive tense are used when translated. Also shows noun uses when translated. This is a very literal translation from the BYZ lectures." (Available in its native OLB [http://www.fundamentalbaptists.com/host/olb/files/guv.exe] format at Gary's site.)

*Word of Yahweh Bible--KJV3, 2010 (Expected completion). Rights unknown. [http://yahavahbiblekjv3.com/site_map.html]

*[http://rockhay.tripod.com/cottonpatch/index.htm Cotton Patch Version.] Copyrighted.

*[http://logoschristian.org/mark/ The Phat News of Mark]. Copyrighted. A bit like the Cotton Patch Version.

*[http://www.2001translation.com/ 2001 Translation]. Public Domain.

*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28Wikisource%29 Free Bible]. Public Domain.

*[http://bookworm.oreilly.com/view/first/The+New+Testament+Letters/16015/ New Testament Letters] by Paula Fether. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.standardversion.org/aramaic_english_standard_version/aesv/aesv-index.php Aramaic English Standard Version]. Copyrighted.

*[http://www.essenescrolls.com/peshitta/index.php The Holy Peshitta of the Assembly of Jerusalem]. Copyrighted.

*[http://wordhord.org/nasb/ Anglo-Saxon Bible]. Public Domain? This is really a collection of various versified AS texts, by various translators/authors.

*[http://www.thewaytoyahuweh.com/translations The Way to Yahuweh].

*Ferrar Fenton Bible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrar_Fenton_Bible]. The complete Bible was published in 1903. ''Currently the only known electronic files are PDF facsimile. Would require OCR and thorough checking''.

*RSV/NRSV. "We appreciate your interest in making the RSV/NRSV available as modules for the Sword Project. However, at this time, we do not authorize any open source uses of the RSV/NRSV. God's blessings on your ministry." (Response received 22 Aug 2009 in response to detailed inquiry per their instructions and form.)

=====Original languages=====

======Hebrew and Aramaic OT======

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Codex WLC] with Westminster Morphology

*Samaritan Torah – for background, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Torah]. Has this ever been digitized?

======Greek NT======
:''See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_uncials List of New Testament uncials] on Wikipedia, for possible further leads''.

======Latin Bibles======

:''The existing Vulgate module and Vulgate_Clem beta module contain only the 66 protocanonical books, even though the complete Vulgate contains 76 books''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate]

* [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_%28Stuttgartensia%29 Complete Vulgate Stuttgart] (including the Apocrypha), for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards. (This is copyrighted. Stuttgart almost always indicates DBG(GBS). WikiSource is hosting a copy, in progress, but someone does note that it is copyrighted.)

* Nova Vulgata - the text is copyright (1979 onwards), so obtaining permission may be impossible. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate#Nova_Vulgata] for more details.

=====French Bibles=====
:''See also [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traductions_de_la_Bible_en_fran%C3%A7ais Traductions de la Bible en français] and [http://www.la-bible.net/page.php?ref=bible16_20_intro La Bible en français du XVe au milieu du XXe siècle].''

* La Bible Pierre Robert Olivétan, 1535. Selected books are already digitized at [http://www.ecritures-saintes.com/olivetan/]. One edition is original spelling, and one is with modern spelling.

* La Bible de Jean-Frédéric Ostervald - 1744.

* La Bible de Saci - 1759 (Bible complete traduit sur la Vulgate par le Maistre de Saci, dite aussi Bible de Mons (Port Royal)) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/saci/saci.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* L’Ancien Testament Traduit D’Après L’Hébreu par H.-Auguste Perret-Gentil (professeur à la Faculté de Neuchâtel) 1861, 1866. The 1861 text is available in PDF format from [http://epelorient.free.fr/].

* La Bible de Zadoc Kahn (Bible Juive: Texte complet A.T. 1899 Ed. 1930.) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/zadoc/zadoc.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].''

* La Sainte Bible commentée d'après la Vulgate (8 volumes, 1888-1895) par Louis-Claude Fillion (1843-1927). Electronic edition available at [http://www.magnificat.ca/].

* La Bible de Pirot et Clamer (Louis Pirot et Albert Clamer, La Sainte Bible, texte latin et traduction française d'après les textes originaux avec un commentaire exégétique et théologique, Paris 1950) [http://456-bible.123-bible.com/pirot/pirot.htm]. ''Permission to use digitized text received via contact through [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]].'' NB. Check extent of French copyright period.

* La Bible King James Française 2007 (D'après la version AV 1611, Traduction Nadine L. Stratford) [http://www.kingjamesfrancaise.com/],[http://456-bible.123-bible.com/kjf/kjf.htm]. ''2009-07-16 Email received by [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] from N. Stratford granting permissions for both Go Bible and CrossWire SWORD module''.

* La Bible - French OT translation by Édouard Dhorme (1956). Edward Paul Dhorme (1881 - 1966) was a French Assyriologist, Semiticist and translator of the Bible. He was a professor at the College de France and the Sorbonne. One of his works deals with the religions of Babylon and of Assyria. The French translation of the Old Testament was published under his direction by Gallimard in the prestigious Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Dhorme was a Dominican. ''Not yet found en electronic version''.

* La Sainte Bible d'Ostervald - the revision of 1996.

* [http://ba.21.free.fr/septuaginta/cover.html La Septante] – French translation of the LXX.

From [http://lire.la-bible.net/ lire.la-bible.net] (read.the-bible.net)

* Traduction oecuménique de la Bible (TOB) (Copyright 1988, Société biblique française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France et Editions du Cerf)

* La Bible dite la Colombe (Colombe) - nouvelle version Segond revisée (Copyright 1978, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible Parole de Vie (PDV) (2000) (Copyright 2000, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Nouvelle Bible Segond (NBS) (Copyright 2002, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

* La Bible en français courant (BFC) Version révisée 1997 (Copyright 1997, Société Biblique Française BP 47 95400 Villiers-le-Bel France)

=====German Bibles=====
* [http://www.volxbibel.com/ Volxbibel] – A new German Bible translation in the language of the young generation. The translation is under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/deed.en_GB Creative Commons] license, so non-commercial use and distribution is allowed. A SWORD module called VLX3 has been already created by [http://www.heidoc.net/ Jan Krohn], who has also built Go Bible applications for Java mobile phones.

* [http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zefania-sharp/sf_zuercher_1931.zip Zürcher Bibel 1931] – Die Ursprünge der Zürcher Bibel gehen auf die Reformation in Zürich unter Ulrich Zwingli zurück (1531). Die Zürcher Bibel von 1931 gehört zu den strukturtreuen Übersetzungen und legt dabei grossen Wert auf philologische Genauigkeit. Bezüglich Texttreue wird sie bei Vergleichen von Bibelübersetzungen meist nahe bei der Elberfelder Bibel gesehen und oft etwas lesbarer als diese beschrieben. – The ZIP file was uploaded to sourceforge on 12-Apr-2009.

=====Polish Bibles=====

* Biblia Tysiąclecia. Several Polish translations are available as Go Bible applications from [http://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~ja235896/biblia/download.php]. This is one for which there is not an existing SWORD module.

* [http://sword.chrzescijanie.pl/moduly.htm Polish SWORD website]. Copyright status uncertain for some of the available modules.

=====Spanish Bibles=====
*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (1971) [http://www.bible.claret.org Biblia Latinoaméricana] a.k.a Christian Community Bible - Spanish version. Sent email 11/4/08 requesting rights. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Spanish translation. Rights requested 11/05/2008

*Nueva Versión Internacional

*Dios Habla Hoy

===== Portuguese =====
''For all these, please ask for further information at sword-devel. And please read the section in the [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]] first''.

====== Brazilian ======
*[http://www.sbb.org.br/ SBB] denied permissions, someone from Brasília intends to try again.

*SBT has been contacted, anticipating answer.

*IBB has left the door open to a future favourable answer. Need to follow up with request for permissions on Versão Revisada and its Almeida Século XXI successor.

*[[Corrigida]] low-quality copies are available, we need to evaluate if it is worthwhile to move forward: old translation, not too good, OCR will be troublesome.

*[[Tradução Brazileira]] (1917) copy obtained, working library contacts to find a book scanner. The text entered into the public domain on January 1, 1992 - the beginning of the year following the fiftieth anniversary of death of the last contributor, Virgílio Varzea in accordance with the provisions of the copyright law then in force. SBB has published an electronic version in Online Bible (version 3) format with updated spelling and orthography. This edition is not public domain! The [http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Tradu%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Brasileira_da_B%C3%ADblia wikisource edition] is in the modern orthography, so despite the usual statement about its Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, it cannot yet be shown to be ''independent'' of the copyrighted work of SBB.

*[http://www.centrodabiblia.org/pageID_2611978.html Tradução Literal da Bíblia] by Bernd Bremicker. This is an independent Portuguese Bible translation work in progress. The files are in PDF format, and so far cover a substantial part of the NT. ''Worth making enquiries''.

*[http://sites.google.com/site/biblialivre Bíblia Livre] Update of 1819 edition of João Ferreira de Almeida's translation. NT complete.

====== Iberian ======
*Permissions were obtained on a number of texts from [[SBP]], as per post at sword-devel.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Portuguese translation. (If the WBTC is amenable to allow other languages be published, I will specifically request and post here Portuguese allowance if given) The WBTC lists the version as 'Brazilian Portuguese'.

===== Welsh Bibles =====

* 1620 Translation (William Morgan's 1588, revised by Parry and Davies in 1620). [http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_testunau/sion_prys_003_beibl_mynegai_1284e.htm]. See also [[Non-CrossWire_Text-Development_Projects#Individual_Works|Text Development]]. ''Public Domain. Texts for Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Luke, and 2 Corinthians are not yet available.''

*Revised New Welsh Bible (Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Argraffiad Diwygiedig). Available for free as a e-Sword Module. So Bible Society may well be happy for it to be available for SWORD as well. [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/resources.htm], [http://www.beiblcymraeg.org/news.htm]

===== Cornish Bibles =====

* The Cornish Bible Project http://www.bibelkernewek.com/ This project is run under the auspices of the Cornish Language Board, and the Bishop of Truro's Ecumenical Advisory Group for Services in Cornish. The translations are checked against the best editions of the Hebrew and Greek texts, and will be made available in both the Unified and Common Cornish spelling systems. The New Testament (Common Cornish version), with a Commendation by the Archbishop of Canterbury, is now complete, and was published on 13 August 2004. Translation of the Old Testament is underway, with parts already published as separate booklets. Of all the Celtic languages, it was only Cornish that did not have its own translation of the Bible. This was a severe handicap: if the Bible had been translated perhaps the language would not have died.

* Testament Noweth, edited by Michael Everson. First edition, 2002. http://www.evertype.com/gram/tn.html

===== Maltese Bibles =====

* Maltese Bible. I just found this [http://www.tarxienparish.org/Il-bibbja.htm] which appears to be a Catholic website. Complete Bible (with deuterocanonical books) in MS Word format. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Maltese Bible. The Trinitarian Bible Society published theirs in 1980. with a reprint in 2007.[http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org/site/news.asp]

* Malta Bible Society (UBS and CBF) http://www.maltabible.com/ (''No Bible downloads advertised'').

===== Arabic Bibles =====

* 1865 SVD Arabic Bible complete with deuterocanonical books & other Arabic material. See [http://www.saintmina-holmdel.org/ArabicBible/], for use with SWORD 1.6 onwards.

=====Other European languages=====

======Latin script languages======

* Romanian Corrected Cornilescu Version (RCCV). Note that this is not a new translation or revision, it's just a corrected version of the most used PD Bible in Romania: Cornilescu Version, first published in 1924. This version of the Bible was obtained after correction of spellings and uses the modern Romanian morphology.[http://biblia.pentruviata.ro/bib_text.php] ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in email contact with the website owner''.

* [http://mazsola.iit.uni-miskolc.hu/~drdani/biblia/bd/ Hungarian NT]. Roman Catholic translation by P. Békés Gellért & P. Dalos Patrik.

* [http://www.biblian.fo/ Faroese Bible]. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://www.biblian.is/ Icelandic Bible]. 1981 Þordarsson translation. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://www.hi.is/Uppl/Biblia/ Icelandic Bible]. ''Need to establish contact''.

* [http://old.bibelselskabet.dk/grobib/web/bibelen.htm Greenlandic Bible]. Danish Bible Society. ''Need to establish contact''.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain''.

* Serbian Emilijan Čarnić (1973, 1992) NT. [http://wwwyu.com/web/]

* [http://www.bibel.se/ Svenska Reformationsbibeln]. This modern Swedish Bible translation is based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textus_Receptus Textus Receptus] for the New Testament. Work has begun on translating the Old Testament, based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoretic_Text Masoretic Text]. The stance of the website is one in defence of these traditional texts, and therefore critical of modern translations made using dynamic equivalence methods and eclectic texts. The translators have currently completed the Pentateuch and all the New Testament. It may be several years before the rest of the OT is translated. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in indirect contact with the project leaders. They have responded positively to the request for CrossWire to distribute this new translation. A Go Bible version has been built by Thomas Dilts.

* Swedish - Gezelius Biblia (1711-1728). Carl XII Biblia in Late New Swedish (1750-1880) language revision by Johannes Gezelius (1686–1733). Digitized text (derived from the 1860's printed editions) is available from [http://www.logosmappen.net/bibel/gezelius/ Projekt Gezelius].

* [http://www.ibecat.org/BIBLIA/ Catalan Bible] Bíblia Evangèlica Catalana. Copyright © 2000, Institució Bíblica Evangèlica de Catalunya (IBEC). An iPhone application [http://bec.ibible.mobi/] for this is now available, as is an e-Sword module [http://www.pedrangular.com/software/e-Sword/BEC.php]. In view of the BEC edition being freely available for the iPhone and e-Sword, [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] made a request with a view to developing a SWORD module and Go Bible application. Permissions received 2009-12-02.

* Slovak translations. A member of the Go Bible Forum has recently posted that he has permissions for the Slovak Catholic translation from Spolok svätého Vojtecha ([http://www.ssv.sk/ SSV]), Trnava, Slovakia. See [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=798]. ''[http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/ Login] first for the direct link to work''. This translation includes deuterocanonical books. Await first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]].

* ''An Bíobla Naofa'' (1981), or the Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) Bible, is a translation of the Bible into ''Modern Irish Gaelic'' by a team of translators, edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_%C3%93_Fiannachta Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta]. It includes deuterocanonical books. It is available in printed form (ISBN 1870684907) as well as in Word and PDF format on CD-ROM[http://www.fiosfeasa.com]. ''John Duffy has received permissions to make a SWORD module, etc''.[http://cgcf.net] Awaiting first SWORD release that will support [[Alternate Versification]]. A Go Bible version has been made with assistance from [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. This is now available from [http://www.anbioblanaofa.org/ An Bíobla Naofa].

* Lule Sami New Testament. A new translation of NT in ''Lule Sami'', based on an edition from 1913 but using modern orthography, was begun in 1996. The [http://www.bibelsallskapet.se/ Swedish Bible Society] was responsible for this translation which was completed in 2000. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* Northern Sami Bible. Work is in progress on a new Bible translation in ''Northern Sami'' using the new orthography from 1980. The Gospels and Acts were completed in 1995, followed by the New Testament in the beginning of 1998. Presently, translation of the Old Testament is in progress, with a planned completion in 2008. The translation is based on the Norwegian Bible with the Norwegian and Finnish Bible Societies being responsible for the project. Cited from [http://www.ibtnet.org/PDF/October2005.pdf].

* The complete Estonian Bible (OT, NT & Apocrypha) is available online at [http://www.piibel.net/sisukord.html Piibel.NET]. (NB. The table of contents requires Javascript.) There is also another online edition (OT, NT only) at [http://www.piibel.com/loe.php Piibel.com]. cf. The existing SWORD module '''Est''' is Genesis plus NT only. ''Worthwhile making enquiries to the [http://www.eps.ee/ EPS] about copyright permissions''. For a history of Estonian Bible translations, see [http://elm.einst.ee/issue/28/history-estonian-bible-translation/]. The two online translations are not the same edition. One example of the difference is in the rendering of the divine name in the OT. In 1. Mos 2:4 piibel.net has 'Issand', whereas piibel.com has 'Jehoova'. (cf. SWORD module '''Est''' uses the former).

* The [http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/lithuanian/ Lithuanian Bible] including the Apocrypha is available online in HTML format on the website of Jesus Christ Saves Ministries. Pages are encoded Windows-1250 (Central European). This is not the same translation as the existing SWORD module.

* The Bible Society of Lithuania – Ecumenical Translation. [[User talk:David Haslam|David Haslam]] now in contact. Source files exists in USFM format for complete Bible including the deuterocanonical books. Request for permissions to be put to the Board, with a meeting expected in March 2010.

* New Lithuanian translation: Old Testament and New Testament from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages by Algirdas Jurėnas. – Duncanville, Tex. : World Wide Printing, c2000 (Sterling Heights, Mich. : Distributed by Lutheran Heritage Foundation). ISBN 1-58712-019-4. ''Has been described as a slavishly literal translation''.

* The complete Latvian Bible (1997). Currently, the Latvian version which is on the CrossWire repository is NT only, and is not commonly used. ''Jānis Veinbergs has sent an email to the Latvian Bible Society''.

* [http://testamantnevezkoad21.monsite.orange.fr/ Breton New Testament] (complete) '''Koad 21''' translation[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/testamant.nevez/] published by the [http://sites.google.com/site/bibleenanjou/ Association Bible en Anjou]. ''Permission received (2009-12-15) from Luc Bernicot, chairman of Société Biblique d'Anjou''. Updated text edition received 2010-05-14. ZIP file contains 27 MS Word documents.

* A new Norwegian translation of the NT by Enoch Enough. During July 2010, the translator contacted [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] with the request to make a Go Bible version. He has also given permission for CrossWire to make and distribute it as a SWORD module. The translator is the sole copyright owner. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the electronic text as an MS Word document. ''This translation of the NT has a very unusual book order. The 27 books are in "chronological order" in the supplied document. It is unclear why this is so''.

======Cyrillic script languages======
* Russian Synodal translation (1876), complete with deuterocanonical books, and using the [[Alternate Versification]] proper to the RSB.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Synodal_Bible] cf. The existing RST module (based on Sergej A. Fedosov's Slavic Bible for Windows) must be the protocanonical subset, as adapted to use standard KJV versification. A complete RSB is available in HTML format at [http://www.days.ru/~bible/], but would require checking for accuracy against the best known modern printed version. Tigran Aivazian has reported, "if you need the source code for our edition of the Russian Synodal Bible please email me and I'll send it. We (mostly Vladimir Volovich) have fixed quite a few typos by comparison with many other printed (and electronic) editions and believe ours to be the cleanest/accurate source of the synodal text. Btw, we have done the 5th edition recently, I hope you downloaded the PDF of the 5th and not the 4th edition (check the title page, it says at the back)." Copied from [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=626]. See [http://www.bibles.org.uk/].

* "Радостная Весть" - Good News in translation from ancient greek (Russian Bible Society http://www.biblia.ru/). Currenty they prepare modern translation of full Bible, and asked to repeat request after 15 april of 2011. --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

* Geneva Bible In Russian with commentaries.

* Ukrainian new translation by Oleksandr Gyzha [http://ukrbible.com/]. Email contact established with web-master. Permissions received (17 November 2008).

* [http://www.mkbible.net/ Macedonian Bible]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of the Macedonian Online Bible site.

* Serbian Danicic–Karadžic Bible. Vuk Karadžic translated the New Testament in 1847, and Ðuro Danicic finished his translation of the Old Testament in 1865. ''Public Domain'' [http://biblija.info/biblija.htm].

* Serbian Lujo Bakotić (1933) complete Bible.

* Serbian Dimitrije Stefanović (1934) NT.

* Belarusian translation by Vasil Syomuha. "Vasilij S.Semukha translation. © 2000, 2001 by Alesya Semukha". More details about the translation and translator are reported in [http://www.privet-minsk.com/Belarusian-Bible.html]. A much fuller article about the Belarusian Bible, with the title, "Uncle Vasil's Passion" may be found at [http://tinyurl.com/39v6f5]. In 1998, Vasil Siomukha won the of Ales Adamovich Literary Prize (awarded by the Belarusian PEN Centre ) for a highly artistic translation of the New Testament and Psalter into the Belarusian language. See [http://www.pen-centre.com/eng/laureate.html]. A copy of the text of this Bible translation was found in a module for Sergej A. Fedosov's '''Slavic Bible for Windows''' [http://www.sbible.boom.ru/ (Russian) website]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] was researching how to make contact with the copyright owner, and received a kind offer from someone to act as an intermediary''. ''We have since received informal permission, which now needs to be formalised. An email has been sent to Troy''. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received an authoritative copy of the translation in MS Word format''. A SWORD module has been created using Synodal versification. Currently this is in the [[Module Repositories|CrossWire experimental repository]].

======Hebrew script languages======

* Yiddish New Testament – copyright belongs to The Society For Distributing Hebrew Scriptures (SDHS), Joseph House, 1 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1RT, ENGLAND, UK. Tel: 01462 457486 Fax: 01462 451568 (Registered Charity No. 232692). SDHS literature is officially distributed in the USA by "Light for Israel". http://www.lightforisrael.org/

=====American languages=====

======North America======
*Navajo, O'odham, Hopi, Apache, Inupiaq (North and North West), Siberian Yupik. – All these languages have at least a New Testament. Navajo has the whole Bible, and the Siberian Yupik NT isn't printed fully yet. ''Contact should be established with the Wycliffe Bible Translators''.

*Zuñi http://benawekokshi.googlepages.com (Mark is ready, Acts and John are still being digitized).

*Arapaho (Only Luke and parts of Matthew were ever translated, these texts are available on Gutenberg.org: [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30102] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24002])

======Hawaii======
*Baibala Hawaiian Bible http://baibala.org/ – full text online from the 1839 and 1868 editions. Copyright © 2003-2008 by [http://www.pidfoundation.org/ Partners In Development Foundation], which is solely responsible for this product. This website may be utilized for personal use, but may not be used for commercial purposes or copied to any other website. See [http://ulukau.org/disclaimer.php?site=bible] for full terms & conditions. Ulukau uses open-source [http://www.greenstone.org/ Greenstone] software.

======Caribbean======
* Papiamento Bible – Netherlands Antilles. The Bible is known to have been completed in this language in 1996 [http://www.forum-intl.net/find_a_bible/?Language=pap]. This [http://www.world-bibles.org/language_detail/eng/pap/Papiamentu site] has a link to download Luke's Gospel in PDF format, published by Christus Rex. Text is selectable. The font seems to be customized, even though it is CourierStd. The circumflex accent (U+005E) is displayed like a combining double breve below (U+035C). ''Need to establish who owns the copyright''.

=====African Languages=====
:There are an estimated 2000 languages spoken in Africa! [http://www.bibleafrica.org/]

======Nigerian languages======

*Hausa Bible. [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/hausa.zip]

*[http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/HausaBible/HausaBible.htm The Deutero-Canonical Books of the Bible in Hausa.] – Translated by Musa Danjuma and Joseph Kenny, O.P., published by the United Bible Societies, 1979. Also available here [http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/IndexChristian.htm] are The Psalms and Canticles in Hausa, by the same translators (2001).

*Yoruba Bible (1884). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther Samuel Ajayi Crowther] translated the whole Bible into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880s—it is known as '''Bibeli Mimo'''. In 1875 the Church Missionary Society (CMS) organized a conference on Yoruba Orthography; the standard devised there was the basis for the orthography of the steady flow of religious and educational literature over the next seventy years. The current orthography of Yoruba derives from a 1966 report of the Yoruba Orthography Committee, along with Ayo Bamgbose's 1965 Yoruba Orthography, a study of the earlier orthographies and an attempt to bring Yoruba orthography in line with actual speech as much as possible. In 1957, BFBS reprinted Bibeli Mimo, using the 1909 edition of the OT and the 1930 revised edition of the NT.[http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:gial.edu:986] ''The 1884 text of Bibeli Mimo must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Igbo Bible (1906). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

*Efik Bible (1868). ''The text must be public domain. Need to find digital version.''

======Other languages======

*Amharic Bible (Ethiopia) [http://www.bible.org/foreign/amharic/]

*Zarma Bible (Niger) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/zarma.zip]

*Fulfuldé Adamawa Bible (Cameroun) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/FUB.zip]

*Moore New Testament (Burkina Faso) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntmoore.zip]

*Kabyle New Testament (Algeria) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/ntkabyle.zip]. Like many other online copies of the Kabyle NT, this one has several omissions, probably due to having been copied from the text found at the Unbound Bible Project [http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=298&page=1#Item_12]. '''News update''' - March 2010: [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has received the '''Kabyle Révisé''' Psalms and NT in USFM format. His contact is seeking permissions from the Algerian Bible Society on behalf of CrossWire.

*Kisongye New Testament (Congo) (1925) [http://www.biblafrique.org/Kisongye.htm]

*Complete Swahili Bible (East Africa) [http://visionneuse.free.fr/download/SWA.zip] – Union Version June 2003. ''Need to obtain permissions from copyright owner for non-Paratext use''.

*Tshiluba Gospel of Mark (Congo) [http://www.biblenlangue.org/Tshiluba.htm]

*Wolof New Testament (Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania) (1987,2004,2008) [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm][http://www.biblewolof.us/] – Copyright is held by Les Assemblées Evangéliques du Sénégal and La Mission Baptiste du Sénégal.

*Wolofal NT portions (Luke, John, Acts). Wolof language in Arabic script. [http://www.wolofconnection.org/wolof/Language/olb.htm]

*Hanga NT (Ghana). Found electronic text in the Oxford Text Archive. [http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/headers/1183.xml]

*[http://noloshacusub.net/Bible/ Kitaabka Quduuska Ah] is the name of the Somali Bible – ''A Go Bible version already exists.'' The copyright owners (SIM) would be glad for CrossWire to make the KQA text as widely available as possible. Source text is available in USFM format.

====== Bible Society of South Africa ======
The following translations are available as free cellphone Bibles from [http://www.biblesociety.co.za/ BSSA]. ''[[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] is in contact with their CAP Officer for Publications and Scripture Programmes''.

* Afrikaans 1933/53 translation, 1983 translation or Die Bybel vir Almal;
* Northern Sotho 1951 translation;
* Southern Sotho 1909 translation;
* Tswana 1908 translation;
* Xhosa 1975 version and
* Zulu 1959 translation or the New Testament 1986 translation.

====== Berber (Tamazight) Languages ======

* [http://www.tarifit.info/ Tarifit], the Tamazight language from the Rif in Northern Morocco (Latin script).

* [http://www.tamazight.info/ Tamazight], the Tamazight language from Middle Atlas in Morocco (Arabic script).

* [http://www.tachelhit.info/ Tachelhit], the Tamazight language from the South of Morocco (Latin script).

:''Need to establish contact with a view to copyright lobbying''.

=====Asian Languages=====

It would be helpful to the churches in Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia if Bible modules can be developed for the languages of these regions. CrossWire volunteers who have a particular interest in Asia should be seeking opportunities to obtain permissions and offering our services to the Bible agencies working in the regions.

*World Bible Translation Center (after 1987) [http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main Easy To Read Version] Nepali, Vietnamese, Bengali, Indonesian translations. Rights requested 11/05/2008

======Languages of China======
:Use this section for Bibles translated in other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China languages of China]. Remember that this topic may be politically sensitive.

======Indian subcontinent======

*Nepali Sangati NT - copyright belongs to the [http://www.gfa.org/bibles Gospel For Asia Bible Society]. Permission for Go Bible granted to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] in November 2007. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Mizo Bible - [http://apps.m.khampat.com/mgb]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Mizo Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Paite Bible - [http://www.zogamonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=156]. Copyright belongs to the [http://www.bsind.org/ Bible Society of India]. The Paite e-Holy Bible is a Windows application that uses the SWORD API. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer of the Paite Go Bible. ''Should follow this up for CrossWire''.

*Hmar Bible - permissions for SWORD Module and Go Bible have been received in an email sent to [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]]. The Hmar NT was originally sent to him in PageMaker .PMD format. Yesudas Solomon has assisted in making the Go Bible application. ''Need to obtain the digitized text in a convertible format''.

The following four Indian languages Bibles are available as Java ME mobile phone applications made using Go Bible Creator [http://www.christiansmobile.com/]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the producer, Yesudas Solomon, who is based in Tamilnadu. Most of these have also been made into SWORD modules and are available from the [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team].

*Hindi Bible
*Tamil (OV) Bible (also Catholic Tamil version)
*Malayalam Bible
*Kannada KJV Bible
*Telugu Bible
*Hmar Bible

The text sources for the above translations were used by direct permissions of the translators, even though the Bible Society of India has been unresponsive. The SWORD modules are provided as self-extracting EXE files for Windows platform. Two kinds are available, one for BPBible, the other for The Sword Project (BibleCS). Users of CrossWire front-ends designed for other platforms would therefore have to copy them from a Windows PC, or use a suitable software utility to extract them from the EXE file.

The [http://www.wordofgod.in/ Word of God Team] also offers the same translations in e-Sword format, with the addition of the following translations, not yet made into SWORD modules:

*Kannada ERV Bible
*Kannada BSI Bible
*Koya Bible

''The following translations are from other sources''.

*Marathi New Testament – translated by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratnakar_Hari_Kelkar Ratnakar Hari Kelkar]. The full text is available in PDF format at [http://navakarar.wordpress.com/]. ''Need to establish contact with the copyright owner, Prof. R. R. Kelkar, Pune, India''.

*Konkani Bible – online HTML version available at [http://www.konkanibible.org/]. This Catholic translation includes the Apocrypha. The site is a project of [http://www.KonkaniCatholics.com/ KonkaniCatholics.com].

*Bengali Bible – the Bengali Old Version Bible was first published in 1909. This date may mean that copyright on the text has expired. A digitized edition is available online at [http://www.biblesocietybd.org/ Bangladesh Bible Society] in PDF format. This requires the [http://www.sentbd.com/Bangla/ SutonnyMJ] font, which is not a Unicode font. ''Worth further research''.

*Gujarati OV Bible – available at [http://gujaratibible.com/]. Currently only Genesis, John and Acts is shown in the search engine.

======Central Asia & Caucasus ======
* [http://www.korpu.net/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Korpu (Persian script).

* [http://www.yeniheyat.com/ Azerbaijan Bibles] - Yeniheyat. Azeri Latin (HTML) & Azeri Cyrillic (PDF). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has been sent the USFM files for the Azeri Latin 2008 translation (with permissions!), and is in contact with the [http://www.azerbaijanipartnership.org/ Azerbaijan Partnership] and other interested parties.

* Kyrgyz Bible. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has made a Go Bible version (Cyrillic) by permission from one of the translators who worked on the Ray of Hope translation. This is only one of the three modern Kyrgyz translations. Not yet published the Go Bible version - still waiting for completion of the UI translation. ''Should follow up with permission request for CrossWire''.

* [http://www.slovocars.org/english/ Eastern Russian Scriptures Translation] - ''aka'' the CARS Project. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader.

* [http://www.holybible.mn/ Mongolian Bible] Cyrillic script. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the web-master of a [http://www.ltime.fr/ Mongolian Christian] site in France which links to this.

* [http://www.mongolbible.com/html/IMNT/index.html Mongolian NT] Mongolian script. We may want to do some testing to see whether it is even ''possible'' to display this text in a reasonable fashion before even approaching the copyright holders. [[Talk:Module_Requests#Mongolian_NT_(in_Mongolian_vertical_script)]]

======South East Asia======
* New Malay Bible - Kitab Suci Zabur & Injil (KSZI) translation, copyright © 2008 Pengamat Kitab Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Translation of the OT (Taurat) is an ongoing work. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with someone who has negotiated permissions. 2010-02-22 CrossWire has been granted distribution permissions for the KSZI as long as it is kept free of charge. This [http://mykitabsuci.org/en website] has the Psalms & NT available online, albeit with some minor errors and a couple of omissions.

* Khmer New Testament (Cambodia). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the project leader. An issue with ligatures surfaced when doing a Go Bible feasibility demo of Matthew's Gospel, but apart from that everything was fine. This issue needs to be resolved by the translators. Khmer codepage coverage is not yet completely finalised in the official Unicode standard. Khmer text source is being edited by translators using MS Excel, rather than something more common (USFM) among Bible translators. Red letters used for WoC. Would need considerable effort to format shift into OSIS.

* Hmong Bible (Laos, Vietnam, China, USA). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has found a [http://www.hmongbible.org/ Hmong Bible Online] website, in which it is hoped that the Hmong Bible eventually be published online. ''Contact being sought''.

* Myanmar languages. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has contact with the [http://www.myanmarbible.com/bible/ Myanmar Bibles] website. The following languages are listed as available translations. OSIS files are already available for all these versions, though I have not yet had time to work on any of them. (Some of these were converted from TeX into OSIS by bibleTec2osis.pl). There is a separate XML file for each book of the Bible. Back in June 2008, there was definite interest for Go Bible, and I imagine they would be also interested for the SWORD project. Tedim would be the easiest to start with, as that uses Latin script with no additional characters. ''Follow up is intended''.
** Myanmar Judson
** MCL
** Chin Study
** Cho
** Falam
** Hakha
** Kachin
** Lahu
** Lhaovo
** Ngawn
** Tedim
** S'gaw Karen
** Sizang
** Zaniat
** Zotung
** WEB

* [http://www.myanmarbible.com/documents/2054.html Myanmar Bibles - Software Project]. "The Myanmar Bible Software Project involved the cooperative effort of volunteers from various nations with a variety of specialized skills e.g. Myanmar languages consultants, Bible translations, software programming, led by Levi Sap Nei Thang. The project is built upon the invaluable foundations of the work of many generations of Bible translators and Bible Societies. We seek to develop software that will eventually serve as a Biblical Resource tool for Myanmar, Bible readers, Christians, church leaders, pastors and church planters. Currently, basic Bible software is available in most major languages of the world. Bible software provides the advantage for people not only to study the word in multiple languages. It also provide to opportunity to incorporate biblical references material such as concordance, dictionary and others to help us deepen our knowledge in the word of God."
:''This request seems well matched to the skills found among CrossWire volunteers.''

* See also [http://thanlwinsoft.co.uk/ ThanLwinSoft (Open Source Software for Myanmar)].

====== Asia Pacific ======
*Fr. Bernardo Hurault (after 1998?) [http://www.bible.claret.org Christian Community Bible - Tagalog, Chinese, Cebuano, and Ilonggo] translations. Rights request sent 11/04/2008. Response received 11/12/2008 from China which says the [http://www.sobicain.org Sociedad Bíblica Católica Internacional] is the copyright holder. My request is forwarded, but another in spanish is pending.

* Bisaya-Inunhan New Testament, translated by Eldon Leano Talamisan (copyright owner), first published in the Philippines in 1999. The Bisaya-Inunhan language is spoken in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romblon Romblon Province], especially in Tablas Island. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] has direct contact with the translator, who has given full permission to the proposal to build a SWORD module and Go Bible application. ''David now has a copy of the most up to date digitized text in MS Word format''. A Go Bible has been made already, albeit with default English user interface.

* [http://pngscriptures.org/ Papua New Guinea] – a country in which over 800 languages are spoken. The following languages already have the scriptures available online:
:*Adzera (adz)
:*Bimin (bhl)
:*Dedua (ded)
:*Gapapaiwa (pwg)
:*Misima-Paneati (mpx)
:*Numanggang (nop)
:*Ubir (ubr)
:The [http://pngscriptures.org/terms.htm terms of use] are [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons – Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works]. We are in contact with Kahanapule Michael Johnson.

====== Tibetan Bibles ======

* A new Tibetan translation of the Bible is available online.[http://www.gsungrab.org/] The translation is an ongoing project. The Bible portions are in PDF format, and use embedded subsets of a Tibetan font called Ededris. ''Message left using the contact form''.

====== Korean Bibles ======

* The full text of the Catholic Bible in Korean is online at [http://info.catholic.or.kr/bible/]. The website is all in Korean, but Google translate copes quite well for navigating the page and menu bars.

* Korean Bible translations[http://monoon.com/eng.html] include:
:*The Korean Revised Version
:*The Korean Common Translation Version
:*The New Korean Standard Version
:*The Korean King James Version

=====Cult / Unorthodox / Questionable Bibles=====
* [http://www.lolcatbible.com/ The LOLCat Bible] (GFDL 1.2)

* Conservapedia's [http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible Conservative Bible] (Unique, but fairly permissive [http://conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Copyright license].)

====Books====

===== English =====
* [[Creeds of Christendom by Philip Schaff]] ([http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1.html 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds2.html 2])

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxe%27s_Book_of_Martyrs Foxe's Book of Martyrs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxe John Foxe] ([http://books.google.com/books?id=gCUeSAoqOSEC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=EwFbQI-cOy&sig=Ciue6KwFnRP_7jDxSRSw1nDEpcw&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Faq%3Do%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu%253Aen-US%253Aofficial%26q%3DFoxes%2BBook%2Bof%2BMartyrs%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPR9,M1 1] and [http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html 2])

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cur_Deus_Homo Cur Deus Homo] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury Anselm of Canterbury]. See also [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/anselm-curdeus.html].

===== French =====
* Tertullian on http://www.tertullian.org/french/french.htm
* Augustine on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/augustin/index.htm
* John Chrysostome on http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/saints/chrysostome/index.htm

====Commentaries====

* Skeptic's Annotated Bible (file under unorthodox), the similar The Scripture Project, and any of the various refutations/responses, e.g. [http://thedaystar.webs.com/books/index.html].
* Russian Explanatory Bible by A.P. Lopukhin. Here is source which i can use in non-commercial purposes http://www.bible.in.ua/underl/Lop. Currently converting to osis and obtaining rights --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
* J. P. Lange's Commentary (requested by a PocketSword user). Digital form is currently (28th September, 2010) just a scan of the original, with scanning "typos". [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924092344351] --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 23:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

====Devotionals====
There are several good on-line devotionals listed by the [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/devotions.htm Asia-Pacific Institute Of Biblical Studies]. Among them are the following.

* ''The Believer's Daily Remembrancer'' aka ''The Pastor's Morning Visit'' (1846), by James Smith (1802-1862). Digitization has already begun. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/remembrancer/smith.htm].

* ''Faith's Check Book'', by C. H. Spurgeon. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.htm]. Fully digitized. Single download available. [http://www.apibs.org/devotions/fcb/fcb.zip]

====Lexicons====
*Unabridged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%E2%80%93Driver%E2%80%93Briggs Brown-Driver-Briggs] Hebrew Lexicon -- worth researching; The text exists in electronic format, at least licensed. It's important that this not be the "Abridged BDBG" which is Larry Pierce's altered module.

*Logos [http://wbsa.logos.com/ What Does the Bible Say About] and [http://www.nelsonministryservices.com/nms/product_detail.asp?sku=1418502308 Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary], lightweight but potentially interesting and useful resources and (based on testing from text portions obtained from ebible.com) easy to convert to SWORD format. Contact attempted, see NKJV above. There are other resources possible here as well, on a more restricted basis at ebible.com, in the "New Illustrated" series (commentary, "topics"), any of which should be convertible.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Thayer Thayer's] Greek Lexicon (no source known)

== Pictures ==

:''For further leads, please visit [http://www.biblical-art.com/ Biblical Art on the WWW]''.

=== Bible illustrations ===

* ''The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons'', edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer. 1908. I have found many of these images available online at [http://www.wcg.org/images/b1/].

=== Maps ===

== External links ==
:''Please add links here that may be fruitful in suggesting further leads''.

=== Wikipedia ===
:''CrossWire volunteers who are also Wikipedians are encouraged to update such articles based on their specialist knowledge''.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bible_translators

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations_by_language

[[Category:Modules]]
[[Category:English Bibles]]

Frontends:URI Standard

2010-09-14T07:38:20Z

Niccarter: proposed extension to the current "standard" URI

Some SWORD front-ends handle '''bible:''' or '''sword:''' as URIs. This necessitates having a standard for new and existing front-ends. A Bible URI standard is also necessary for [[Frontends:Bookmarks_Standard|Bookmarks Standard]].

== Current situation ==

=== Xiphos ===
'''Xiphos''' handles URIs in following format:
* '''sword://KJV/Gen.1.1'''
* '''sword:///Gen.1.1''' -- an empty module between // and / (implies use of whatever Bible module is current, or default).
* '''sword://NETnote/1Cor.7.2#n3''' -- a mid-page anchor reference named "n3", typically used for footnotes; can use either ! (OSIS) or # (ThML).
* '''sword://Josephus//The+Antiquities+of+the+Jews/Book+1/Chapter+1/Section+4''' -- non-bible module. The 2nd double "//" is because keys for genbooks begin with /, so the first double slash is URL syntax, the 3rd / is the end of the module name, and the 4th / is the beginning of the genbook key.
* '''sword://WebstersLinked/EPHEMERIS''' -- dictionary references, dictionary keys have no slashes.

=== FireBible ===

=== PocketSword ===
'''PocketSword''' currently internally handles the standard '''sword://module/key''' URIs but doesn't yet register itself with the OS to handle links from other apps. This needs to happen at some point! Probably for v1.3.0, when I refactor more of the code...... As '''PocketSword''' doesn't yet handle genbooks, I haven't looked into what the URI would be for a genbook.

=== Alkitab ===
'''Alkitab''' currently internally handles URI, however it is not exposed to user and does not yet register itself with the OS.
We handle URI in the following format:

'''[scheme://][path/][#]fragment'''

* scheme = sword,bible,commentary,...
* path = name of the book eg: KJV, ESV
* fragment/Reference = the key eg: GEN 1 1

eg:
* bible://Gen 1 1 // open Gen 1:1 without care which bible (probable currently open or get from user preferences)
* bible://KJV/Gen 1 1 // open Gen 1:1 in KJV bible
* sword://KJV/Gen 1 1 // open Gen 1:1 in KJV book
* #Gen 1 1 // this is local anchor/fragment

If the specified path (book) is not in the correct category, the behaviour is unspecified eg:
* bible://Calvin Institute/

As we know that Calvin Institute is not a Bible category, it is a General Book category, as for now
the behaviour is unspecified (not forced by the API), do as you wish. However, it is recommended
to silently ignore by not displaying anything, or show an error/message dialog.

== Proposed extension ==

We ('''PocketSword''') are looking at extending the current situation to allow other applications to open a particular module/verse in our front-end (and, possibly, others?). We're taking the current situation and adding an optional query to the end of the URI. The query is only looked at if the module requested is empty or the module is not installed.

The new format would be:

'''sword://[optional module]/[ref, module type dependent][optional query]'''

where the '''optional query''' is in the form:

'''?type=[module type]&module=list'''

where
* '''module type''' == 'bible' || 'commentary' || 'dictionary' || 'genbook' (etc)
* '''module=list''' part is optional and means that if the supplied module isn't installed (or there is no module specified), the app will firstly bring up a list of modules of the type specified & then when the user selects a module, the verse is viewed in that module. How this is actually done in different front-ends is up to each front-end, but that's the idea for '''PocketSword'''.

So, if we don't have a module specified OR the specified module isn't installed, then:
* '''IF''' module=list is specified, we will bring up a list of the modules, as described above.
* '''ELSE''' we will use the default module of the type specified.

I will email sword-devel and open it up for discussion there.
--[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 07:38, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|URI Standard]]
[[Category:Bookmarks|URI Standard]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-09-07T02:45:18Z

Niccarter: /* Localization */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! {{no}} <ref>Creating an index on a mobile device is a lesson in patience - instead, we're saving users from that hard lesson!</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ukrainian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}}<ref>talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS</ref> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-07-29T04:10:00Z

Niccarter: /* Print menu */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

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| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! {{no}} <ref>Creating an index on a mobile device is a lesson in patience - instead, we're saving users from that hard lesson!</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ukrainian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}}<ref>talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS</ref> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-07-29T04:07:29Z

Niccarter: /* Localization */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! {{no}} <ref>Creating an index on a mobile device is a lesson in patience - instead, we're saving users from that hard lesson!</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Ukrainian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-07-29T04:06:21Z

Niccarter: /* Localization */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

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=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

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==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

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==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
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=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! {{no}} <ref>Creating an index on a mobile device is a lesson in patience - instead, we're saving users from that hard lesson!</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
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=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| ''Ukrainian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-07-29T04:00:53Z

Niccarter: /* Session and State Management */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
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| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
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| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
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| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
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| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
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| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
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| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
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| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
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| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! {{no}} <ref>Creating an index on a mobile device is a lesson in patience - instead, we're saving users from that hard lesson!</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
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| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
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| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
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| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
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| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
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| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
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| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
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| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Simplified only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
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| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

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=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-07-29T03:59:00Z

Niccarter: /* Search and Dictionary */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

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=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! {{no}} <ref>Creating an index on a mobile device is a lesson in patience - instead, we're saving users from that hard lesson!</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>via deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="commAsBibles"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Simplified only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-07-29T03:52:44Z

Niccarter: /* Image Module Support */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
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| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
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| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
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| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
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| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
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| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
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| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
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| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
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| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
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| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
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| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
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| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
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| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
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| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
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| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Simplified only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-07-29T03:50:57Z

Niccarter: /* Module Management */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Simplified only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-07-29T03:40:28Z

Niccarter: /* Module Support */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

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=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Simplified only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-07-29T03:37:30Z

Niccarter: /* Legends */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2">in progress in recent 3.1; to be deployed w/3.2. http://surgut.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/xiphos-on-mac-os/</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="for-3.2"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions start with today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily devotions show friendly dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows testament introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows book introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows chapter introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Implemented; to be deployed in 3.2.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, verselists, or tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Simplified only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latviešu (Latvian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italiano (Italian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}
<references/>

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current text display</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible reading plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Notes (RTF files) management</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Talk:Module Requests

2010-06-24T03:33:50Z

Niccarter: /* Addressing the backlog? */

DevTools:CMake

2010-04-19T12:10:48Z

Niccarter: /* iPhone */

An initial, experimental, proof-of-concept version of a CMake build system for the SWORD library is under way borrowing from the BibleTime CMake system and others. The current pumpkin holder for it is Greg Hellings.

----

== Where is the code? ==

Currently you can get a copy of the code from Bazaar on Launchpad. If you just want to grab a copy for testing and evaluation, follow these simple steps:

*Install Bazaar [http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/] for your system.
*Checkout the CMake branch. If you want to checkout into the directory cmake_sword execute the following command: bzr branch lp:~greg-hellings/libsword/cmake-port cmake_sword
*For those of you who are using graphical interfaces, you'll want to find the way in your system to "Branch" a repository. If your Bazaar client doesn't know how to process lp:~greg-hellings/libsword/cmake-port you can try giving it the URL bzr://bazaar.launchpad.net/~greg-hellings/libsword/cmake-port
*If you have more advanced knowledge of Bazaar and its abilities, you might want to know that lp:libsword/trunk is kept in sync with the official Subversion repository of CrossWire and I keep cmake-port synced with it whenever possible.

== Now what do I do with the code? ==

Now that you have the code, hopefully in a relatively clean build environment so you can test it without colliding with already installed versions of the SWORD library, it's time to give building a try. Elsewhere you can find documentation on the list of libraries which are optionally a part of SWORD, so I won't go over installing those optional dependencies here - use your favorite method/package manager to install them.

Obviously, since this is all about CMake, you'll be required to install CMake. You can get pre-built binaries here: [http://www.cmake.org]. There are versions for Linux/Unix, OS X, Windows, SunOS/Sparc, IRIX64, HPUX and AIX. Most of them have GUIs, but can also be run from the command line. If you are in Linux/Unix there is almost certainly a package available from your system. I have tested the build with versions 2.6.4 and 2.8 of CMake - if you have something from the 2.4 series and are feeling brave enough to try it, please edit the file CMakeLists.txt and, near the top of the file, change the line that reads
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6.0)
to require a version low enough so you can test with your version. I have set the minimum at 2.6.0 because that is the minimum I have tested with and not because I am aware of any limitations of versions earlier than 2.4 which would break the system. Please report any success or failures you have as a result of changes.

If you have the SWORD supporting libraries you want to use installed, and also have CMake installed, it is now time to try to configure the system. Follow the appropriate steps laid out below:

=== Bash or other command-line tool, probably Unix/Linux environment ===

*Create a new directory where the actual configure or build will take place - this can be an empty subdirectory of SWORD (e.g. sword/cmakebuild) or a parallel directory (sword/../swordbuild) or anywhere else you would like. I personally use the parallel directory and following example commands will reflect a directory structure with cmake_sword/ as the base of the SWORD sources and a parallel directory cmake_build/ as the build directory.
*Change into your build directory: cd cmake_build
*Issue the call to CMake with any options you want to test and point it to the root of your SWORD sources: cmake <options> ../cmake_sword/
*Check that there are no error messages and that CMake ends with the messages "Configuring done", "Generating done", and "Build files have been written to: <object directory>"
*From here on out, building should be just like building with Autotools - make -j4/sudo make install

=== GUI users ===

For those of you using the GUI interfaces with, for example, Windows or OS X or even the CMake GUIs for Linux:

*Open the CMake GUI.
*For the line where the GUI asks "Where is the source code:" browse to the directory where you checked out the SWORD source: C:\Users\Greg\Documents\Projects\cmake_sword
*For the line where the GUI asks "Where to build the binaries:" browse to a directory (does not need to exist yet for the GUI to operate) that is not the same as the path with the source: C:\Users\Greg\Documents\Projects\cmake_build
*If you wish to specify certain options (see the section on options), click the "Add Entry" button and enter the argument you wish to specify under "Name" and the value of that argument under "Value".
*Click "Configure"
**If prompted to create the build directory, say "Yes"
**Select the "generator" for this project... for this, select the system you wish to use to actually do the compile. Some examples are different versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, Unix Makefiles, MSYS Makefiles, Cygwin Makefiles, Xcode projects, Eclipse projects, Borland projects and more.
**Unless you are building for the iPhone (in which case you should skip to the section especially for iPhones!), you will probably want to leave "Use default native compilers" unless you are a power user and know what compiler you would like to use. You could use special options here if you need to select special cross-compilers or similar.
*After configure is completed, if there were errors, you will have a chance to correct them. If certain libraries were not located or you wish to use other values, you can select the Advanced View or check Show Advanced and manually edit any of the cached values.
*If you are happy with the results and there are no errors or after you have corrected any errors, click Configure a second time.
*Click Generate
*Navigate to the directory where you specified to build the binaries and invoke your build system through its native mechanics - open the project file, execute the Makefiles, etc.

=== iPhone ===

There are special steps to be taken to build for the iPhone, if you so wish. When I next get on my Mac, I will post these directions especially for you.
* alternatively, talk to [http://crosswire.org/wiki/User:Niccarter me] about how I do things for PocketSword. I use neither the Make system or CMake. --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 12:10, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

== How can I customize my options? ==

While not all of the options and functionality of the original SWORD automake system are necessarily supported, I would like to document those which I know about and their status. Also, I want to document the basic method of specifying these options.

=== CMake Options ===

Probably the only important CMake option for normal users is the "Generator" option. For those of you using a GUI, you will be prompted for the Generator to use the first time you click Configure. For command-line users, the default will generally be Unix Makefiles - this goes for Linux, Mac OS X and MinGW in my experience - (possibly different if you're using the DOS prompt in Windows, I haven't checked there) unless you specify otherwise. To get a list of the generators supported by your version of CMake run "cmake --help". The generators will be listed at the bottom. Select the one you would like, for example Xcode, and add the option string:
-G Xcode
to your invocation of CMake. Other examples might be
-G "KDevelop3 - Unix Makefiles"
if you wanted to use KDevelop3 but have it managing Unix Makefiles.

=== SWORD Options ===

For all of these options if you are using a GUI, you can set these options by clicking "Add Entry" before configuring and setting the Name and Value fields. For command line users, you would set an option named SWORD_OPTION to value VALUE by adding
-DSWORD_OPTION=VALUE
to your CMake options. This would look like
cmake -DSWORD_OPTION=VALUE ../cmake_build
or similar.

The options are listed here by name, grouped roughly by their functioning.

==== General, interesting options ====
*SWORD_GLOBAL_CONF - If this has a non-empty value, then the option "-DGLOBCONFPATH=${SWORD_GLOBAL_CONF}/sword.conf" is passed to the compiler. If SWORD_GLOBAL_CONF is unset or is empty, then no additional options are passed to the compiler. I believe support for this is only half implemented at the moment. I believe that, if this is set, then an actual sword.conf should be written to the directory specified. At present this is not the case. '''I am unsure of the correct default behavior if this is not specified.'''
*CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX - The location on disk where the files will be installed. If left unset this will default to /opt/local on OS X, C:\Program Files (x86)\libsword\ under Microsoft Visual Studio and /usr/local for anything else. Executables will be installed in the bin/ subdirectory, libraries under lib/ and headers under install/sword. A package config file will be installed in lib/pkgconfig. '''There is currently no support for installing the different components to other locations, although one could be supplied without much extra effort if it is useful.'''
*SWORD_BUILD_UTILS - If this has the value "No" then utilities will not be built. If this has any other value or is left unspecified, the Utilities will be built and installed.
*SWORD_BUILD_EXAMPLES - If this is given the value "Yes" then the examples/cmdline demos will be built. If this has any other value or is left blank, then demos will not be built.
*SWORD_BUILD_TESTS - If this is given the value "Yes" then the SWORD tests will be run. They are still run using the same system as before (or as closely as it could be replicated). If this has any other value or is left unspecified, tests will not be run. The exception to that is the simple buildtest.cpp in the root of the sword/ folder which will always be built when the library is built.

==== Optional dependencies ====
*SWORD_NO_ZLIB and SWORD_USE_INTERNAL_ZLIB - If SWORD_NO_ZLIB has value "Yes" then No ZLib support will be built into the library. If SWORD_NO_ZLIB has any other value, then ZLib support will be built into the library. If support is to be built in, and either a system-wide ZLib is not found OR SWORD_USE_INTERNAL_ZLIB is set to "Yes", then the internal version will be built. If a system library is found AND SWORD_USE_INTERNAL_ZLIB is set to anything other than "Yes" or has no value, then the system library will be linked against. If both SWORD_NO_ZLIB and SWORD_USE_INTERNAL_ZLIB are set to "Yes" then SWORD_NO_ZLIB will be used, and no ZLib support will be built.
*SWORD_NO_CURL - If this is set to "Yes" then cURL support will not be included regardless of whether cURL is found on the system. If this is any other value or has no value set, then cURL will be built against if it is located and ignored if it cannot be located.
*SWORD_NO_CLUCENE - If this is set to "Yes" then CLucene will be ignored if found. If this is set to any other value or has no value, then the library will be built against CLucene if it can be located and ignored if it cannot be located.

==== Developer or Packager specific options ====
*LIBSWORD_LIBRARY_TYPE - If this has the value "Shared" then a shared library will be build (DLL or .so) along with the exported linking stub. If this is unspecified, then a static library will be built.
*CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE - If this is given the value of "Debug" then the default SWORD debugging flags (-g3 -Wall -Werror -O0) will be enabled. If this is unspecified or any value other than "Debug" then the flag -O3 will be enabled.
*SWORD_ENABLE_WARNINGS - If this has the value "Yes" then -Werror will be passed to the compiler. This would allow independent specification of -Werror without needing to enable actual debugging. '''Should this also enable -Wall?'''
*SWORD_ENABLE_PROFILE - if this has the value of "Yes" then the -pg option will be passed to the compiler. I don't know what this does, but it was available with Autotools, so it has been replicated here. This defaults to off.
*SWORD_ENABLE_PROFILEN - if this has the value of "Yes" then the "-g -finstrument-functions" options will be passed to the compiler. The same disclaimer goes for this as goes for the previous option. This also defaults to off.

== How do I hack the code? ==

If you want to directly hack the SWORD library for reasons other than CMake, I suggest you go elsewhere on this wiki for that.

If you have suggestions and edits for this system, you are welcome to create patches and submit them to the sword-devel mailing list. Also, you can find my email on the list's archives and send them directly to me (Greg Hellings) or, if you are ambitious, you are welcome to create a branch using your favorite DVCS and publish it somewhere and let me know. Bazaar has amazing support for allowing me interface with whatever system you wish, so you can publish a git, Mercurial, Bazaar, SVN or CVS repository with the code in it and I should be able to review your changes and integrate them.

For a basic overview - all of the files are contained within the sword/cmake directory except for a few CMakeLists.txt files in strategic locations. CMakeLists.txt is the file that is the entry point for the system. Any calls to functions like FIND(ICU QUIET) will look for a module either included with your CMake system (ZLib) or included within the directory specified by the line
SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
CMake will try to find a file titled FindICU.cmake in one of those paths to satisfy your call to FIND(ICU).

Source lists are in sword/cmake/sources.cmake. I have kept them broken out evenly into their separate base directories under sword/src. Additionally any sources which are only included for conditional reasons have their own set of variables down towards the bottom of that file with what are hopefully successfully mnemonic names.

After calls to FIND(<library>), the system then has to react to which files were found and which were not. This is handled with some semi-complicated logic in sword/cmake/muxsources.cmake.

Since utilities, tests and examples are all optional compilations, they have their own CMakeLists.txt files located in their own directories. These are invoked with a call to ADD_SUBDIRECTORY([path to directory]). Additional CMakeLists.txt files could also be created for things like the bindings and other self-contained paths.

After build, install is handled in the sword/cmake/install.cmake file.

[[Category:Development tools|CMake]]

EnduserFAQ

2010-04-19T12:06:40Z

Niccarter: /* Do you have a Sword program for my phone or PDA? */

This FAQ is '''not''' linked from the CrossWire front page. Instead a [http://www.crosswire.org/faq.jsp static copy] is taken from time to time from this page to ensure that the publicly presented FAQ is not easily vandalized, presents in the same style as the main page and does not contain draft text.

==Public Community Forums and other places for help==
CrossWire has public forums for our users to exchange tips and help each other. It is likely your question has been asked previously on our forums. You might even find some unexpected gems or post a few of your own: http://crosswire.org/forums

http://www.crosswire.org is our main page. Scroll down to see the list of software and links to their home pages. Many applications have their own support systems and FAQs.

We have a support mailing list, sword-support at crosswire.org. Other users can not see your question and answer it and users can not get benefit from previous answers. Therefore the forums are recommended. If you for some reason can not or do not want to use forums you can send private email to our support list. Whatever support tool you use, please read this FAQ and other documentation first.

==End user FAQ==
Here are some commonly asked questions about the CrossWire Bible Society and The SWORD Project and answers to them.

===Questions about CrossWire===

====What is CrossWire?====
CrossWire is a non-commercial organization which produces Bible related Free Software. We have several software products. We also have numerous text modules (Bible translations, commentaries, lexicons, ...) which can be used with our software. All products are made by individual volunteers who may or may not know each other's work. Therefore it is important that you first know which product you have questions about. Then you can select the category and question below. If your question is not answered here and you have to ask us directly, please attach as much information about your problem as possible, especially about the product you are using. Considering the volume of mail we receive daily and the few workers we have to answer support emails, vague email and email that asks questions clearly answered on this page are likely to go unanswered.

====When was CrossWire founded?====
:''Troy, please answer this one, asap''.

====What is SWORD?====
'''SWORD''' is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface Application Programming Interface] (API) for CrossWire modules. When referring to SWORD it is customary to use all uppercase. It is sometimes referred to as the SWORD engine. It should not be confused with one of our front-end applications called '''The Sword Project for Windows'''.

====Is SWORD the same as e-Sword?====

Short answer: No!

Long answer: CrossWire has no connection with that provider of proprietary Bible Study software for the Windows platform. CrossWire software is open-source and multi-platform.

===Questions about text modules===

====Do you or will you have NIV/NASB/NLT/Message/NKJV/other translation?====
NASB is under work and will be sold commercially by The Lockman Foundation.

Most other copyright holders, including the publisher of the NIV, have not been interested in publishing their material in our format even when they could get money out of it. ''Strange world, isn't it?''

Some people recommend using a couple of good modern freely available translations instead. The ESV and NET are both high quality translations.

The ESV is a word-for-word "essentially literal" translation which continues the KJV legacy but is based on modern textual criticism. It is freely [http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ESV downloadable from our repositories].

The NET uses a more dynamic equivalence principle and is downloadable from [http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=3086 bible.org] in either a free (with registration) version containing limited notes or a premium ($20) version with the full NET translation note set.

====Do you have the original King James/Authorized Version?====
The original Authorized Version, also known as the King James Version, was published in 1611. This text is nearly unreadable to most modern readers. For an example of it, see [[KJV 1611]]. What we have is the 1769 version, that is the basis of today's printed versions, and that most people wrongly call the original.

====What happened to the Portuguese module?====
It was removed because it was not what it claimed to be and had errors. Negotiations are underway to provide another translation. You can find more information by using Google with "site:crosswire.org portuguese" or "sword-devel portuguese".

Here is a quote from our forum discussions: "...there is no such thing as the "João Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada". It's a corrupted copyrighted text, probably renamed to hide its source. There are numerous discussions of this issue to be found around the web, for example: http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Discuss%C3%A3o:Ferreira_de_Almeida_Atualizada

I have checked the "João Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada" text against a number of Portuguese translations (both in print and in electronic editions). It is clearly derivative of copyrighted texts but I have not found any text by that title to exist. You don't have to take my word for it, but you will be wasting your time if you don't."

''See also the Portuguese Bibles section in [[Module Requests]]''.

====Where are the deuterocanonical books and the apocrypha?====
Bibles containing the deuterocanonical books and apocrypha are currently in testing, and will be supported by SWORD soon.

====May I use Sword Modules on my website?====
While our software can be freely redistributed, many modules have been licensed to Crosswire for distribution. To use those modules, you will need to obtain permission for yourself.

====How do I convert Sword modules to text?====
We would like to discourage this. Please work with us in making our software better.

But, if you really need the text, each module has a conf file which will tell you about the origin of the text. Please obtain the source the same way we did. You may not convert the modules that have been licensed to CrossWire for distribution. The KJV module is the only one for which we maintain the source, which you can obtain [http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/kjv2006 here].

====How do I convert modules from other Bible software (e.g. e-Sword, BibleWorks, or OLB) into Sword modules?====
The SWORD Project does not support the conversion of texts from other Bible software vendors. By that, we mean that we encourage neither you nor others to convert material from other software because it may violate licensing or copyright restrictions. Nor can we provide any assistance to those who choose to convert such material.

====I have purchased and lost a key to a locked module. Can you tell me what it is?====
The SWORD Project does not sell or handle locked module keys. You should contact the module vendor for help in this matter.

====My Personal module shows some strange text, why?====
For a while, there was a bug in the configuration file (mods.d\personal.conf) of the Personal module. You can download and re-install the latest version but you will lose any personal notes you have made. Alternatively, you can just replace the configuration file with the new one or open it in any text editor to remove the line reading "SourceType=ThML".

====I've found an error/bug. How do I report it?====
Please email sword-bugs@crosswire.org with any bug reports. Please try to provide as much information as possible when filing a bug report: Tell us which version of Sword you are using, your operating system, and where you found the error. (Before reporting module errors, please verify that you are using the most recent version of the module using the install manager in your front end.)

===Questions about what we do for free or for money===

====Would you send me free Bibles or other material?====
No, we cannot send you free Bibles or other literature. Even though you may have read on other sites that we are able to help you get free material, that is not true. There is no money involved in our work and we handle only electronic material. All our products are freely downloadable on our web site (or their own web sites) and that is all we do.

====Can I donate to your ministry?====
While we appreciate offers of donations, the SWORD Project does not solicit or accept such offers. We have been blessed already by the donation of those resources which we do use. If you feel the need to donate to ministries outside your local church, you might consider [http://www.compassion.com/ Compassion International], [http://www.habitat.org/ Habitat for Humanity], [http://www.wycliffe.org/ Wycliffe Bible Translators], or [http://www.ccel.org Christian Classics Ethereal Library].

====Would you donate to my ministry?====
As our project does not solicit or accept donations and does not itself produce any profit, we do not have monetary or other resources to offer to other ministries either (besides downloadable resources).

====Can I sell advertising on your website?====
No, we do not allow advertising on our website, as you might have noticed.

====Will you allow me to link to your website on my website in exchange for linking mine on yours?====
You may link to our website, including to our [http://www.crosswire.org/study BibleTool]. However, we do not do link exchanges.

====Where's my CD?====
*NEEDS ATTENTION*

===Questions about the platforms our software runs upon ===

Our software is designed from ground up to be multiplatform. You will be able to use the same modules on practically all commonly used computers and operating systems. You can run it on many mobile gadgets, you can run it as web applications.

==== Do you have a Sword program for my phone or PDA? ====

* For PocketPC, we have [http://www.crosswire.org/swordreader/ SWORD Reader].
* For Zaurus and iPaq handhelds running QPE, we have [http://www.crosswire.org/qpsword/ QPSword].
* Recently a version for Apple iPhone has been requested by a number of users. We hope to offer an iPhone Bible program in the future, but none is currently available. (See the next Q/A.)
* Palm users are encouraged to consider the non-Sword Bible program [http://palmbibleplus.sourceforge.net/ Palm Bible+].
* For phones with Java ME capability, users are encouraged to consider the Bible program [http://go-bible.org/ Go Bible], which is now a [[User:David Haslam|CrossWire project]], but it is not a SWORD/JSword front-end application ''per se''.
* For phones with Symbian OS (but without Java ME), we do not yet have a suggested solution.
* For iPhones, see [http://crosswire.org/wiki/EnduserFAQ#Do_you_have_a_program_for_iPhone.3F the FAQ question about iPhones].

==== Do you have a program for iPhone? ====
Yes - [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] 1.0 was released on 2009-12-14 and is available for download from the '''App Store''' to install in the '''iPhone''' or '''iPod Touch'''. Download from http://itunes.apple.com/app/pocketsword/id341046078

''We would encourage users to post their own reviews of this application at App Store''.

====Do you have a "portable" version of your software that I can run from a USB disk/stick (or some other place)?====
[http://portableapps.com/apps/education/bpbible_portable BPBible Portable], the portable version of [http://www.bpbible.com/ BPBible], is an official [http://portableapps.com/ PortableApp], which integrates properly with the [http://portableapps.com/suite PortableApps suite].

The SWORD Project for Windows is entirely installed under one folder, including the modules. You can copy it anywhere as it is and run the program from there. You can even move the folder from one computer to another or to a networked drive.

If you routinely use Windows, Linux and/or Mac, you may want to consider [http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd Portable BibleDesktop].

====I love your [http://www.crosswire.org/study/| Bible Tool]. May I install it on my church's website?====
Yes. But while our software can be used in any way you wish, many of our modules may not.

===Questions about the use of our software===

If you don't find an answer to your question here and want to ask directly, PLEASE TELL US WHAT SOFTWARE YOU ARE USING. There are many products related to CrossWire. The most common is The Sword Project for Windows. It's extremely difficult to answer a question such as "I'm trying to open a Bible but it doesn't work" if we don't even know which application you are using. It also helps if you attach as much exact information about your problem as possible, for example, "After I have opened the program I select action A from the menu and click button B, but it does nothing". NOT something like "I can't do C".

Many problems are due to outdated software or text modules. Please check first which version you are running. Notice also your operating system and version.

====How do I uninstall?====
The SWORD Project for Windows has an uninstaller which should be in the same place as the program. You can also just delete the folder and possible menu entries.

====When I read the Syriac Peshitta, Hebrew Bible, or (another module), all I see are boxes.====
You need to install a Unicode font with the full range of characters used in the module you are trying to read.

====I've found a bug. How do I report it?====
Please email sword-bugs@crosswire.org with any bug reports. Please try to provide as much information as possible when filing a bug report: Tell us which version of Sword you are using, your operating system, what you were trying to do, what you expected to happen, what happened, how to reproduce the bug, etc.

====Why doesn't your program do such and such? I'd like to see this feature added. If it had this feature it would be more competitive with other programs.====
Yes, it would be nice, but this is a volunteer based project, and we do this in our free time. Help if you can and give feedback. We know that complaining is always a temptation, but instead, please pray for us. That is the best way to help the project.

====How do I do something in MacSword? BibleTime? GnomeSword? BibleDesktop? The SWORD Project for Windows?====
There are links to each of the projects on [[Main Page]] of this Wiki. Please read their attached documentation and the other supporting material for the project you are using. You may need to go to their website to find this. Many problems will be solved by reading the documentation and following the instructions. After that use the support forum/list/pages of that project. After that you can ask your question in our forum or our support list.

====Somebody sells your software on the Internet. Is this ok?====
It's not forbidden to sell [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html Free Software]. However, according to the licence, the source code must be included. Some people also sell free software without revealing that it is also available for free, and we do not condone such action.

[[Category:Support]]

Modules in the beta repository

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Niccarter: /* Japanese Bibles */

'''Report module errors for modules not in testing via the bug tracker: http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/MOD'''

Please use the guide on [[Testing of new modules]] to test below listed modules and note your findings down.

==Beta repository parameters==
If the beta [[Module Repositories|repository]] need to be declared, here are the parameters:
* Site Name: CrossWire beta
* Site Machine Name: www.crosswire.org
* Repository Directory: /pub/sword/betaraw

==Application Legend==
* BibleCS - The SWORD Project for Windows
* MS - MacSword ''series 1''
* MS2 - MacSword 2.0
* GS - GnomeSword
* Xi - Xiphos (formerly known as GnomeSword)
* BD - Bible Desktop
* BT - BibleTime<ref>The BT developers have advised that BT testing is not necessary at this time.</ref>
* SW - SwordWeb/BibleTool [http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/swordweb/webapp Beta modules]<ref>Only shows About of all modules and content of Bibles, Commentaries and Generic Books, can not show images at present.</ref>
* BP - BPBible
* FB - FireBible
* ABS - Alkitab Bible Study
* SB - SwordBible
* PS - PocketSword

<references/>

==Abbreviations Legend==
* WoC - Words-of-Christ, aka Red Letter Text
* FN - Foot note
* dt - due to
* occ - occasionally

== Beta Bible Modules==

Note: Unless stated otherwise, missing verses are based upon the KJV versification. A list of common [[:Category:Versification|versification]] systems and how they vary from the NRSVA versification can be found [http://www.ccel.org/refsys/refsys.html here].

=== Original Language Bibles ===
This section should primarily contain Greek and Hebrew Bibles, but others that serve as ''source'' texts for various denominations may also be placed here (i.e. Latin, OCS, Syriac, & Coptic texts).

{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[Tisch]]
| 2008-11-28
|
|John 8:53 has 375 <w> elements, the last of which stops in the middle of an attribute value (meaning it is is not valid xml).
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| Hold until John 8:53 is fixed.
|-valign="top" 
|Byz
| 2009-11-01
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|
|hold for 1.6.1 (OSISVariants)
|-valign="top" 
|TNT
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|
|hold for 1.6.1 (OSISVariants)
|}
<references />

=== English Bibles ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ABU&beta=true ABU]
|
|NT only, conf reflects this, appears complete
|features: WoC

There was a WoC display problem (which needs to be tested).

See [[Talk:Modules_in_the_beta_repository#ABU]] for a discussion.

|
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|-valign="top" 
|KJC
| 2008-06-28
|NT only, conf reflects this
|Red letter is a complete mess!
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|-valign="top" 
|KJV
| 2009-05-30
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|Requires 1.6.0. Please evaluate Psalms 3.
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Twenty]]
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|-valign="top" 
|WEB
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|WoC tends to go on and on; quote beginning in Matt.3.15 never ends, resulting in the rest of the NT being red (BibleCS, Xi) or with intermittent black (BD)--[[User:Osk|Osk]]
----
Booktitles are wrong (Mark called Luke, Luke John etc)[[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]
|
|crashes bibletime when trying to view Mark 4 (HNV doesn't have same issue) on Bibletime 1.6
----
Software crashes are not typically the fault of the module, and in the absence of a more specific report, there's not much to go on here. BibleCS and BD have no problem with Mark.4. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 07:13, 11 January 2009 (UTC)GS is fine [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 01:50, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
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|-valign="top" 
|HNV
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|-valign="top" 
|Anderson
|2009-01-19
|NT only, conf reflects this
|Multiple OCR errors in the text source Needs checking against a hardcopy [http://lookhigher.net/englishbibles/thenewtestamenttranslatedfromthesinaitic/matthew/1.html] is a better digitized source!
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|-valign="top" 
|JST
|2009-11-01
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|}
<references />

=== French Bibles ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[FreJND]]
|
|Whole Bible, appears complete
etienne>If I activate the headings, it adds the headings in the Psalms but it adds also the mention "Chapitre #" under each chapter. That's ok, but in the Epistle to the Hebrews, it displays "Psaume #" instead of "Chapitre #" ...

skc (maintainer)> Thanks etienne, I will correct this.

etienne> A little error at the end of Numbers 33. 51 (I report it here since I don't know were to report it else) : "Quand vous aurez passé le Jourdain [et que vous serez entrés] dans le '''paya''' de Canaan" this should be : "Quand vous aurez passé le Jourdain [et que vous serez entrés] dans le '''pays''' de Canaan".
|features: FN and Xref work fine
skc (maintainer)> See [[FreJND]] about markup, it must probably be added in .conf, but where?

DMS: I'd suggest a textual comment in the About.

etienne>In [[FreJND]] there are three types of paragraph delimiter mentioned but I see only two used

skc> I added examples in the [[FreJND]] page

etienne> Ok, then I see the difference. It's ok for me, thanks (my comments can be removed then).

|Headings in Psalms are all "canonical" and not subject to "heading" filter. If these are the only headings, should the conf still have Feature=OSISHeading?

skc> I don't know, will ask on the mailing list.
|Displays fine in BD, in GS occ UTF8 problem - Mal 1:9 and Matt1:20 create odd characters (star in front of SEIGNEUR or DIEU), SW displays junk before DIEU in Mal 1:9 (looks like an engine problem handling <divineName>), MS doesn't display these verses at all, BibleCS ok.

skc> Stars are intentional, read [[FreJND]]. Other malfunctions are frontend utf-8 capitalization bugs.

etienne><s>Xi (previously GS) doesn't display the correct characters in front of Dieu or Seigneur. But it is ok for the stars in the Psalms.</s> 2009-11 : I checked again an it displays correctly now with Xi 3.1.1 and BT 2.3.3 (on Ubuntu). For example see Hebrew 1.10, 10.30.
|
|}
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=== German Bibles ===
'''Note:''' Versification of German Bibles in the Old Testament is in stretches extremely different from the KJV. Both chapters and verses are of different length. As a result a lot of KJV verses, particularly at chapter ends are empty and other chapter ends are overloaded. Particular problems exist in the minor prophets: Joel has 4 chapters and Malachi only 3 in original versification. As a result, subsequent verses appear empty when KJV versification is imposed. The end of Malachi 3 can cause "Error reading ulBuffNum" in the outputs from Sword conversion and diagnostic utilities.

{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerElb1871r]]
| 2008-07-08
|Various disconnected chapters of various books 
|
|None
|Displays well in GS, BD, SW,
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLut1545lh]]
| 2008-07-15
|
|Needs verse linkage in a few cases. Hold for updated osis2mod.
|
|
|'''Hold''' pending update to osis2mod.
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLut1912]]
| 2008-07-17
|Whole Bible
|
|
|Displays fine in BibleCS,GS,BD, SW
----
Has an inability to display pre-verse titles, which are very common, resulting in display problems in most frontends. Might need to wait on osis2mod update before release.
|
|-valign="top" 
|}
<references />

=== Japanese Bibles ===
Note: these Bibles have a new feature OSIS Ruby. See [http://www.w3.org/TR/ruby/]. Requires '''1.5.12'''!!!

:See also http://bible.50webs.org/en/
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapBungo]]
|
|NT only (some missing verses)
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|None
|
|'''hold''' for 1.5.12 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapKougo]]
|
|Whole Bible (some missing verses)
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|None
|
|'''hold''' for 1.5.12 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapMeiji]]
|
|Partial OT
|
|Note in-progress status of source.
|
|'''hold''' for 1.5.12 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapRaguet]]
|
|NT only
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|None
|
|'''hold''' for 1.5.12 testing
|-valign="top" 
|[[JapDenmo]]
|
|NT portions
|
|None
|Large amount of whitespace (new lines) around certain words like "Kingdom", "God" or "Father".<ref>See [http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/PS-36 PocketSword bug report], which has been verified in MacSword as well, and includes a screen shot.</ref>
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|}
<references />

=== Iran Region Languages Bibles ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[FarOPV]]<ref>Supersedes FarsiOPV in the CrossWire repo., which omitted I Chronicles.</ref>
|2009-01-14
|emptyvss finds 19 missing verses<ref>Genesis 15:21, Genesis 21:34, I Samuel 8:22, II Samuel 24:25, Job 35:1, Job 40:1, Psalms 72:20, Psalms 94:23, Isaiah 45:25, Ezekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 25:5, Daniel 5:31, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 9:38, John 5:47, John 7:53, Romans 16:27, Philippians 1:30, I John 3:24</ref>
|
| Incorrect statement about headings
| MS, Xi fine
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[FarTPV]]
|2009-01-14
|emptyvss finds <ref>Leviticus 4:30, I Chronicles 27:17-21, Isaiah 2:21-22, Jeremiah 19:2-15, Jeremiah 20:2-18, II Corinthians 13:14.</ref>
|
|
| MS, Xi fine
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Dari]]
|2009-01-14
|emptyvss finds <ref>John 7:53, II Corinthians 13:14 </ref>
|
|
| MS, Xi fine
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Azeri]]
|2009-02-20
|New Testament: emptyvss finds only <ref>II Corinthians 13:14 </ref>
|
|
| MS, Xi fine
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[FarHezarenoh]]
|2009-02-20
|New Testament: emptyvss finds <ref>Matthew 18:11, Matthew 21:44, Matthew 23:14, Matthew 27:48-66, Mark 7:16, Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46, Mark 11:26, Mark 15:24-25,28, Mark 16:9, Acts 8:37, Acts 28:28-29, Romans 16:27, Philemon 1:1-25, Hebrews 13:7-25, II John 1:1-13, III John 1:1-14, Jude 1:1-25</ref>
|
|
|MS, Xi fine
|
|}
<references />

=== Other Bibles ===
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold

|-valign="top" 
|WelBeiblNet
|2009-02-14
|Colloquial Welsh New Testament Arfon Jones' translation [http://www.beibl.net/ beibl.net]
|
|
|
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[HunKar]]
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|-valign="top" 
|[[GreVamvas]]
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|

|-valign="top" 
| [[AraSVD]]
| 2008-07-21
| Whole Bible
|
| none
| Displays nice in GS, BD, SW, MS, BibleCS
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[Breton]]
|
|Full New Testament http://pagesperso-orange.fr/testamant.nevez/

|
|Please identify the translation as Version '''Koad 21'''
|
|Re-import, including headings.<ref>Permission received (2009-12-15) from Luc Bernicot, chairman of Société Biblique d'Anjou.</ref>

|-valign="top" 
|[[CebPanadayag]]
|
|Whole Bible
|
|None
|Dislays well in GS, BD, BibleCS, MS, SW
|'''hold''' pending establishment of pedigree; otherwise ready

|-valign="top" 
|[[ChiUns]]
|
|Whole Bible (missing 1Chr.22.19 John.7.53)
|options work
|In conf, DistributionLicense is missing
|Displays fine in BD, SW, problem in GS. MS doesn't display many verses in OT. NT ok in MS. Has strong's markup problem
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[ChiUn]]
|
|Whole Bible (missing 1Chr.22.19 John.7.53)
|options work 
|conf mis-specifies history entry (History=2.1= should be History_2.1=...)and DistributionLicense is missing
|Displays fine in BD, SW, problem in GS. MS doesn't display many verses in OT. NT ok in MS.
|needs '''fixing'''

|-valign="top" 
|[[Latvian]]
| 2008-07-23
|NT only, conf reflects this 
|
|None
|Cross refs cannot display in BibleCS.
|

|-valign="top" 
|[[TurNTB]]
|
|Whole Bible, many empty verses dt linkage Obadja missing
|plenty crossreferences in plain text e.g. Lev 1:1, verse ranges poorly encoded - empty verses, e.g Zeph 1:4-6
|None
|Displays fine in GS, BD, MS, BibleCS, SW
|'''Hold''' reimport after location of missing text and osismod update

|-valign="top" 
|PolUGdanska
|2009-08-24
|NT only, conf reflects this
|Matt 1:1 missing Footnotes & cross-refs missing Colophons? Not valid xml, as it uses MS Word 'smart quotes' for attribute values.
|None
|Displays OK in BD, BP, BibleCS
|Rebuild from MS Word source
|}
<references />

=== WBTI & BL Bibles ===
* WBTI denotes Wycliffe Bible Translators International
* BL denotes Bible League
'''Global Problems''': 
These Bibles are likely to have the same set of problems. If you find an error that pertains to more than one, please briefly note it below and provide details with references here: [[WBTI Bible discussion|Wycliffe Bible Discussion]]
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=amu_BL_1999&beta=true amu_BL_1999]
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|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Dislays fine in SW. Not in BD.
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cco_BL_2002&beta=true cco_BL_2002]
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|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=chd_BL_1991&beta=true chd_BL_1991]
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|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=chq_BL_1983&beta=true chq_BL_1983]
|
|
|Unicode 5.1 font needed?
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=chz_BL_2003&beta=true chz_BL_2003]
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|
|Unicode 5.1 font needed?
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ckw_WBTI_1996&beta=true ckw_WBTI_1996]
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|Displays fine in SW
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cnl_BL_1994&beta=true cnl_BL_1994]
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|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cnt_BL_1994&beta=true cnt_BL_1994]
|
|
|Global header note problem (see above). Needs Unicode 5.1 font?
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cti_BL_1976&beta=true cti_BL_1976]
|
|
|Variation of global header note problem. The reference precedes Matt 5:20 verse number and the heading is indented after as if it were not a heading.
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ctp_BL_1992&beta=true ctp_BL_1992]
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|
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|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=dug_WBTI_1999&beta=true dug_WBTI_1999]
|
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=huv_BL_1996&beta=true huv_BL_1996]
|
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ixl_WBTI_2001&beta=true ixl_WBTI_2001]
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=jac_WBTI_1997&beta=true jac_WBTI_1997]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=jvn_BL_1999&beta=true jvn_BL_1999]
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=kek_WBTI_2000&beta=true kek_WBTI_2000]
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|
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=lac_BL_1978&beta=true lac_BL_1978]
|
|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW.
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mir_BL_1988&beta=true mir_BL_1988]
|
|Incomplete? Using SW, a spot check of three arbitrary chapters shows empty verses. See Matt 5, v15,16,30,35,36 are missing. Jas 1, v8,11 missing. Rom 8, v4,8 missing.
----
Those are all linked verses. (Matt.5.14, Matt.5.15, Matt.5.16 are a single block, where the latter two link to the entry of the first.) Nonetheless, emptyvss is reporting numerous genuinely empty (and unlinked) verses that should have some linking, according to the OSIS source. There might be some sort of importer problem here. (But there is no missing text that I can see.)
----
There are 2 bugs in osis2mod: linking is not working and appended, interverse material is replacing a link.
|
| hold for osis2mod fix
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=miz_BL_2003&beta=true miz_BL_2003]
|
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|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mks_BL_1999&beta=true mks_BL_1999]
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|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mvc_WBTI_2002&beta=true mvc_WBTI_2002]
|
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|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW.
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mvj_WBTI_2000&beta=true mvj_WBTI_2000]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW.
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mxq_BL_2004&beta=true mxq_BL_2004]
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|Displays fine in SW
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ncl_BL_1998&beta=true ncl_BL_1998]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ngu_BL_1987&beta=true ngu_BL_1987]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=nhy_BL_2006&beta=true nhy_BL_2006]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=otq_BL_2003&beta=true otq_BL_2003]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=qut_WBTI_1997&beta=true qut_WBTI_1997]
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=cso_BL_1986&beta=true cso_BL_1986] (renamed; was sco_BL_1986)
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|
|Global header note problem (see above). Needs Unicode 5.1 font?
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ttc_WBTI_2003&beta=true ttc_WBTI_2003]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
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|Displays fine in SW
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=tzz_BL_1987&beta=true tzz_BL_1987]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
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|Displays fine in SW
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=usp_WBTI_1999&beta=true usp_WBTI_1999]
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|Displays fine in SW
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=mxt_BL_1983&beta=true mxt_BL_1983] (renamed; was xmt_BL_1983)
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|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=xtd_BL_2001&beta=true xtd_BL_2001]
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zab_BL_1995&beta=true zab_BL_1995]
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|Empty note markers stand before verse numbers. (See Matt 5)
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zaw_BL_2006&beta=true zaw_BL_2006]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
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|Displays fine in SW
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpo_BL_2002&beta=true zpo_BL_2002]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
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|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpq_BL_1987&beta=true zpq_BL_1987]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|In SW, Matt 5:32, the note is split oddly, as if part of it is attached to the prior verse.
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpu_BL_2000&beta=true zpu_BL_2000]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
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|Displays fine in SW
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zpv_BL_1990&beta=true zpv_BL_1990]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
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|Displays fine in SW
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zsr_BL_1992&beta=true zsr_BL_1992]
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|Displays fine in SW
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=ztq_BL_2000&beta=true ztq_BL_2000]
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|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=zty_BL_2002&beta=true zty_BL_2002]
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|
|Global header note problem (see above).
|
|Displays fine in SW
|
|}
<references />

== Beta Dictionary Modules ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[Strong]]
|
|
|
H8342 transliteration is: ώâώôn ώâώôn Is that really right?
(in module: samekh->s, sin->ώ, shin->sh, tsade->ts; in printed text: same except samekh->c-cedilla, sin->s; conclusion: change s (except in ts/sh) to c-cedilla, and change ώ to s)
----
H5019 has the transliteration, pronunciation and original language mixed up.
<entryFree n="H5019|נבוּכדנאצּר">
<title>
H5019
</title>
<orth>נבוּכדנאצּר</orth>
<orth rend="bold" type="trans">
נבוּכדרא צּור נבוּכדראצּר
</orth>
<pron rend="italic">
n<hi rend="super">e</hi>bûkadne'tstsar
nebûkadre'tstsar nebûkadre'tsôr
</pron>
<lb/>
<def>
<hi rend="italic">
neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar'
neb-oo-kad-rets-tsar'
neb-oo-kad-tsore
</hi>
<lb/>
Of foreign derivation;
<lb/>
<hi rend="italic">
Nebukadnetstsar
</hi>
(or
<hi rend="italic">
retstsar
</hi>
or
<hi rend="italic">
retstsor
</hi>
) king of Babylon: -
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadrezzar.
</def>
</entryFree>

What should be the second part of the <orth> tag is put in the <orth type="trans">, the transliteration is put in the pron, and the pronunciation is left all alone outside.
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|-valign="top" 
|[[StrongsGreek]]
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|-valign="top" 
|[[StrongsHebrew]]
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Easton]]
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|-valign="top" 
|[[ISBE]]
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|-valign="top" 
|[[Nave]]
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|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Autenrieth Autenrieth]
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|None
|
|Known bad, do not test
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=BosworthToller BosworthToller]
|
|
|
|None
|
|Known bad, do not test
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=CleasbyVigfusson CleasbyVigfusson]
|
|
|
|None
|
|Known bad, do not test
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=FVDPVietAnh FVDPVietAnh]
| 2008-06-30
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=LewisElem LewisElem]
|
|
|
|None
|
|Known bad, do not test
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=LewisShort LewisShort]
|
|
|
|None
|
|Known bad, do not test
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=LiddellScott LiddellScott]
|
|
|
|
|
|Known bad, do not test
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Zoega Zoega]
|
|
|
|conf has 2 About= (should delete the first)
|
|Known bad, do not test
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Webster1806 Webster1806]
|
|
|none
|none
|displays well in GS, BD. Displays markup in MS
|'''Hold''' for 1.5.12 w/ improved TEI rendering? (may not be necessary for 1806)
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?beta=true&modName=Webster1913 Webster1913]
|
|In E, for example, it says:
See
<hi rend="italic">
Guide to Pronunciation
</hi>,
§§ 74-97.
<lb/>
Where or what is this? front/end matter?
----
It probably doesn't exist in the text we have, which is derived from the MICRA database.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
|In article A: 
...which was borrowed from the Greek
<name rend="italic" type="biologicalSpecies">
<ref target="alpha">Alpha</ref></name>,
of the same form;...

Why is this a biologicalSpecies???
----
The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text, which uses <spn> in this case to indicate species name.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
----
and this was made from the first letter (�)
of the Phœnician alphabet
The character in brackets is wrong. This occurs in C as well, and in D, F,.
----
The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text, which marks these as unknown character, hence the use of the same in Unicode.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
----

In article E, lots of the text is in a footnote, which shouldn't.
----
The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text, which contains a couple of very large footnotes.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
----

There seems to be an excessive amount of <hi rend="italic"> throughout.
----
The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
----
Senses collide with the number of the sense:
<sense n="1">
<num type="sense">
1.
</num>
Will output '''1'''1.
----
The TEI is a faithful and accurate representation of the underlying text. If you want the rendering to be different, modify the filter and submit a patch. The markup is correct, and this is not a module error or issue.--[[User:Osk|Osk]] 09:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
----
I want to clarify my position on all of these types of errors: The Webster's 1913 text is fairly well error-riddled. We can do minor text corrections, but in some sense it's pointless unless we go to the effort of searching for errors in a more systematic fashion. But I have to think that's not the best use of time considering there are other projects, such as the GCIDE, to improve (but also modernize) this text. Some of these issues, like the Phoenician letters could be corrected, but wouldn't be apparent since no one is likely to have fonts that display Phoenician. And incorrectly tagged words (as in the case of the species name "Alpha") could be corrected, but wouldn't likely have any display difference in any Sword front end. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 05:11, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
----
With the <num type="sense"> question, I think (though I don't know about TEI, so I may be wrong) that the <num type="sense"> should be removed. I can do a patch, but I'm not sure what the correct behaviour is. [[User:Benpmorgan|Benpmorgan]] 06:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
|none
|displays well in GS, BD. Displays markup in MS
|'''Hold''' for 1.5.12 w/ improved TEI rendering
|}

== Beta Map Modules ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|}

== Beta Daily Devotional Modules ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[Daily]]
|
|
|Appears structurally sound (scrolling between dates works)
Numerous scripture reference parsing errors in the source. (Fix by running through vs2osisref.)

Dates after Christmas mysteriously empty.... (They're present in the doc supplied to imp2ld though.)
|
|Displays well in GS, BD, SW, Links do not work in MS, some links appear with markup in BibleCS
----
Could you provide some examples.
|needs '''fixing'''
|-valign="top" 
|[[SME]]
|
|
|Scrolling between dates works, appears structurally sound
Dates after Christmas mysteriously empty.... (They're present in the doc supplied to imp2ld though.)
|
|Displays well in GS, BD, SW, links do not work in MS, some links appear with markup in BibleCS
----
Could you provide some examples.
|needs '''fixing'''
|}

== Beta Commentary Modules ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[Barnes]]
|
|
|Gen 1.1 entry is not UTF-8 (quotes, nbsp), perhaps elsewhere 
Isaiah 52:13,14,15 have a bad title. 
Daniel 7:28, 9:25, Rev 9:21 is using as a paragraph break. I.e. there is no matching .
Here and there, <hi type="b">, which is not valid OSIS. 
Obviously, this was not validated against the OSIS schema.
|
|In BD and GS the bad encoding makes the module look very bad. in SW some characters do not display (? quotation marks) e.g James 2:1 2nd paragraph
|needs '''fixing'''
|-valign="top" 
|[[CalvinCommentaries]]
|
|Many, not all books from OT and NT, Conf reflects this, features - no FN found
|Gen 1:1 contains an XML document preamble <xml encoding="UTF-8" version="1.0"> <osis xmlns="..... Maybe it was built with imp2mod and not osis2mod?
|
|Displays fine in GS, BD, MS, SW, cross reference links in BibleCS often displayed as HTML text. e.g. Mark 1:1 second last paragraph
|needs '''fixing'''
|-valign="top" 
|[[Clarke]]
|
|Whole Bible, appears complete
|
|
|Displays well in GS, SW. In BD the bad encoding makes the module look very bad.
|needs '''fixing''' hold testing, update planned
|-valign="top" 
|[[TSK]]
|
|Seems to be missing Deut 34:12 which shows up in released TSK. This is end of book content.
----
Deut 34.12 has no content in TSK. Some versions repeat the text of the verse (probably from the KJV). We do not. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 23:02, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
----
In the currently released TSK, there is this content in Deut 34:12:
<pre>
12 CONCLUDING REMARKS ON DEUTERONOMY AND THE PENTATEUCH.
Thus ends the book of Deuteronomy, and with it the Pentateuch,
commonly called the Law of Moses;
a work every way worthy of God its author, and only less than
the New Testament, the Law and Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Its antiquity places it at the head of all the writings in the world...
</pre>
This content is not in the beta.
|
|
|displays well in GS. In SW only vers 1 is shown and links do not work.
Hebrew letters are not done properly (comparing with e-sword)
e.g. Judg 12:6, where ת appears as ϊ and ו as ε.
Another example is Nehemiah 7:61, where again it seems to have greek letters, not hebrew.

Also, it is missing the diagram (and introductory text to it) for Numbers 35:4. Is this type of schematic possible in OSIS (or just include an image)?
|needs '''fixing'''
|-valign="top" 
|[[OTPassage]]
|
|
|
|
|displays well in BD, GS. In SW only vers 1 is shown.
|
|}

== Beta GenBook Modules ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLutherpredigten]]
|
|
|Appears structurally sound
|Conf offers headings, none found
|Displays fine in GS, BD, BibleCS, MS, SW
|'''ready'''
|-valign="top" 
|[[SummaTheologica]] [[AquinasSummaTheologica]] Which should we use?
|
|
|links like Bible:VUL:Gen.1.1 do not work in BD. This is a BD bug. At the same time though I think that it is inappropriate to prescribe which Bible (Vulgata) is linked to, given that this genBook is in English [[User:Refdoc|Refdoc]]
:If an author cites a particular work, as Aquinas is likely to have done, this is appropriate. More significantly, since Aquinas is working from Bibles with a different reference system from Bible.NRSVA, it's important to identify that somehow so that we have the potential to do reference system translation.[[User:Osk|Osk]] 21:47, 28 June 2008 (MDT)
Aquinas will have quoted the Vulgata as it was the authorative translation (i.e. not as a preference, but dt lack of alternative). It is a new situation to have an abundance of translations. I do agree though with the versification being a problem. Only - it will not work right now either as even the Vulgate will be KJV versified. My long term suggestion would be to introduce (once GenBokk bibles are reality) a conf property regarding versification GenBooks could then refer to VersScheme:Book:Chapter:Verse instead of ModName:Book:Chapter:Verse - which would allow users to use a variety of applicable Bible translations with any given gen book.[[User:Refdoc|Refdoc]] 02:01, 1 July 2008 (MDT)
|
|Displays fine in MS, GS SW, BibleCS. Links in BD do not work
|needs '''fixing'''
|-valign="top" 
|[[EnochCharles]]
|2009-01-23
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[EnochGeez]]
|2009-01-23
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[EnumaElish]]
|2009-01-23
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Jasher]]
|2009-03-24
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Jub]]
|
|
|Jub 35:3 is in /Jub/35, not /Jub/35/3

Jub 38:6 is in /Jub/38

Jub 47, 48 links to exodus aren't osisref'ed
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Didache]]
|
|
|Even when a proper font is selected, some text seems problematic. See /Didache/1/6, which contains:"??? σου". If this is unknown text or if there are textual variants, then a footnote should be added to let the reader know that this is not an encoding problem. Basic contents display properly in BT, GS, BibleCS, and BD after an appropriate font is selected. 
Content is not valid OSIS. It has some <w> elements that are not closed. And it uses as a marker, I.e. no matching tag nor is the tag a .
|
|Navigation can be a bit awkward. Didache/1 should present the reader with a title heading such as "Chapter 1" (but in Greek which I can't read). Still better, front ends should have a way to present all verses of the chapter without individual verse-navigation, which is very awkward. BT does this well, BD and BibleCS make this module painful to navigate. Navigation in GS is so-so.
|
|}

== Experimental Beta Modules==
'''Note:''' The following modules are experimental. Many relate to the development of Alternate Versification Bibles, implemented as GenBooks.
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="7%"|Module Name
!width="7%"|Updated
!width="25%"|Does the module appear complete?
!width="25%"|Encoding problems?
!width="10%"|.conf problems?
!width="20%"|Display problems on any frontend?
!width="1%"|Ready / Fix / Hold
|-valign="top" 
|[[DRCgb]]
|
|GenBook Bible
|
|None
|
|Demo only
|-valign="top" 
|[[GerLut1545lhgb]]
|
|GenBook Bible
|
|
|
|Demo only
|-valign="top" 
|[[Hesychius]]
|
|GenBook Dictionary
|This module would do well to be converted to a Dictionary/Lexicon.
|The following conf entries are not defined in wiki: LocalStripFilter=PapyriPlain and SearchOption=IncludeKeyInSearch
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[KJVgb]]
|
|GenBook Bible
|
|
|
|Demo only
|-valign="top" 
|[[LXXM]]
|
|GenBook Bible
|
|
|
|Demo only
|-valign="top" 
|[[UDHR]]
|
|Dict
|
|
|
|Demo only
|}

==Application Bugs Found During Testing==
During testing pre-existing bugs may be found in an application. In general, you should use the appropriate bugtracker and report them there.
===MS===
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/MACSW
* In GenBooks: click on a leaf, then click on (About). (About) does not show. Sometimes nothing happens, other times another entry's content shows.
* In About w/ UTF-8 characters, e.g. GerLutherpredigten, garbage is shown because it tries to interpret it as "Latin-1".
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words of Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/>
===BD===
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/BD
* Does not handle foot-notes in anything but Bibles.
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words of Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/>
* links leading to a specific Bible module do not work
* Inconsistently displays <l> elements.
* Inconsistently displays pre-verse titles.
* in ThML Genbooks, BD fails to display any div which includes <verse> tags
* BD cannot generate a search index for some Bible modules. Examples: JPS, Rotherham

===GS/Xi===
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5528
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words of Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/>
* Parallel references in section headings in the Gospels display as *x but do not point to the parallel text. They appear as a cross-reference to the first verse in that chapter. For an example, see Mark 1 or Luke 4 in VietNVB.
* <lg> elements can cause an extra space to be added between the verse number and text.
===BT===
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=954&atid=100954
* <nowiki><div type="section"></nowiki> and <lg> elements can cause an extra space to be added between the verse number and text.
===SW===
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/SWEB
* Does not handle UTF-8 in Description when listing names of modules.
* In About w/ UTF-8 characters, e.g. GerLutherpredigten, garbage is shown because it tries to interpret it as "Latin-1".
* In About w/ \uxxxxx? RTF codes, e.g. TurNTB, ? is shown.
** Well, that's the expected behavior if the font lacks the encoded character (and so, not a software or a module bug but a font deficiency if anything).-Osk
* Does not handle WoC when milestoned quotes are used and transChange is in the WoC: <q marker="" who="Jesus" sID="x"/>Words <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Christ<q marker="" who="Jesus" eID="x"/> The words following <transChange> are not highlighted.
* Links to Bible references in Daily devotions do not work
* Shows in commentaries only Vers 1 rather than whole chapter when asked to show a chapter - e.g. Genesis 1 - only Gen 1:1 will show up
===BibleCS===
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/BCS

===BP===

[[Category:Modules]]

Talk:Frontends:URI Standard

2010-04-03T02:06:21Z

Niccarter:

== Official Standard ==

I found there is no official and even unofficial standard for Bible resources. Need we request for such standard and does anybody knows how? --[[User:Kalemas|Kalemas]] 07:33, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

== GenBook URIs ==

* Is the URI that '''Xiphos''' uses for genbooks the actual SWORD standard? (that is, '''sword://Josephus//The+Antiquities+of+the+Jews/Book+1/Chapter+1/Section+4''') I haven't looked into supporting genbooks in '''PocketSword''' yet, so I'm not sure quite what is expected. --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 02:06, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Frontends:URI Standard

2010-04-03T02:04:02Z

Niccarter:

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-03-31T02:00:59Z

Niccarter: /* Operating Systems and Portability */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.2.0''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone & iPod touch'''<ref>iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. Also runs on the iPad, but not as a native iPad app.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Show Friendly Dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal Commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left Texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex Scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion Module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel Display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, Verselists or Tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in more than one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL Support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Simplified only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>zh_TW (Taiwanese).</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

The following languages are present in only one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latvian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

User:Niccarter

2010-03-31T01:57:16Z

Niccarter:

==Nic Carter==

=====CrossWire-related=====

[http://crosswire.org/pocketsword PocketSword] developer since September, 2009. Lurker on sword-devel since 2001.

To keep up with what I'm doing with PocketSword, it's probably best to follow [http://twitter.com/PocketSword PocketSword on twitter]. The [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword blog] is sadly neglected, except when I have extra time to update it!

You can ask questions on the [http://www.crosswire.org/forums/mvnforum/listthreads?forum=16 User Forums] which I follow closely.

You can submit feature requests or bug reports on the [http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/PS PocketSword JIRA tracker].

=====Non-CrossWire=====

My current paid job is working for [http://www.crusaders.edu.au Crusaders] - theoretically that leaves me with plenty of time to code both on the SWORD lib and on PocketSword, but I'm finding that more and more of my time seems to be spent on PocketSword admin stuff!

User:Niccarter

2010-03-31T01:56:54Z

Niccarter: Created page with '==Nic Carter== =====CrossWire-related===== [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword PocketSword] developer since September, 2009. Lurker on sword-devel since 2001. To keep up with w…'

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-03-27T01:42:07Z

Niccarter: /* Print menu */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]] ''v1.2.0 released 2010-03-21''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Show Friendly Dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal Commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left Texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex Scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion Module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel Display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, Verselists or Tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in more than one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL Support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Simplified only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>zh_TW (Taiwanese).</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

The following languages are present in only one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latvian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-03-27T01:40:34Z

Niccarter: /* Localization */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]] ''v1.2.0 released 2010-03-21''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

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=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Show Friendly Dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal Commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left Texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex Scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion Module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel Display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, Verselists or Tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in more than one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL Support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Simplified only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>zh_TW (Taiwanese).</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

The following languages are present in only one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latvian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Italian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|}

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-03-27T01:12:58Z

Niccarter: /* Module Management */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]] ''v1.2.0 released 2010-03-21''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

<references/>

=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Show Friendly Dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal Commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left Texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex Scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion Module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel Display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, Verselists or Tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in more than one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL Support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>zh_TW (Taiwanese).</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

The following languages are present in only one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latvian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-03-27T01:08:48Z

Niccarter: /* Module Support */

==Introduction==
This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at [http://www.crosswire.org CrossWire's home page]. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

==Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications==
Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:
* Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
* Released under an open source license
* Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications==
:''This is a work in progress''.

=== Legends ===
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:
*'''ABS''' — [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+
*'''BD''' — [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+
*'''BT''' — [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
*'''BPB''' — [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython
*'''FB''' — [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension
*'''MS''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]] ''series 1''
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword 2.0]] ''released 2009-10-12''
*'''PS''' — [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]] ''v1.2.0 released 2010-03-21''
*'''SPW''' — [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
*'''SB''' — [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]
*'''Xi''' — [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])

:''A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered''.

=== Operating Systems and Portability===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104">Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD. Solaris cannot be supported at this time because its library support is crippled with respect to the required build tools.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on iPhone'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''

! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable] both in the sense that it can be carried in ones pocket and in the sense that it runs on Windows, Mac or Linux, requiring nothing from the host computer and leaving no trace on it.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref>Using [http://PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] from PortableApps.com, for Windows only, but depends on a local installation of Java. Leaves no trace on host computer. Other platforms are possible.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces">Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{yes}}<ref name="leavestraces"/>
! {{no}}
! {{yes}}<ref>Temporarily install to a computer and then copy the "C:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project" folder to the USB drive. Finally, uninstall it and delete install directory. Leaves no traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{no}}
! {{no}}
|}

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=== Module related ===

==== Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Show Friendly Dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}!! {{no}} !! {{no}}!! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal Commentary'''

! {{no}}!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Right to Left Texts'''<ref>Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left and correctly shaped.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>OK in Linux, but RtoL text is not right aligned in Xiphos 3.1.2-gtkhtml3 for Windows. Should be fixed in Xiphos 3.2</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Complex Scripts'''<ref>The application can display correctly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_family_of_scripts Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts] (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref>
!  {{yes}}<ref>To the extent that Firefox supports a given script</ref>
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref>Currently (iPhone OS 3.x), we can't install user fonts, so we can only display fonts that Apple has bundled with the iPhone. This will change for OS 4.0, at which point PocketSword will support this</ref>
!  {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Footnote expansion'''
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{yes}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| [[Alternate Versification]]
!  {{no}}
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{no}}
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}
!  {{no}}<ref>Latest binary available for public download is v1.5.11 which does not support av11n</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Module Management ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Integrated module manager'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module unlocking support'''<ref>The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref>

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted"/>!! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref name="installedhighlighted">Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''<ref>This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Module manager displays [[Localized Language Names|localized language names]]'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref>

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion Module support'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

==== Image Module Support ====
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' SVG format'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

==== Module Information ====
Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

=== Windowing and Text Display ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Un/Linkable'''<ref>Open text panes can by user choice be linked or unlinked and will then move together to the next reference or stay at different references</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Only linked at the moment</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Parallel Display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref> !! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>
|-valign="top"

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''[[Transliteration]]'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Search and Dictionary ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to create a search index'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Advanced search options'''<ref>e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name = "commAsBibles">Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search within search results'''

! !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>With results in view, use Highlight all in Firefox Find (for the same search term)</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===
:''Please add content to the ABS column''.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Bookmarks, Verselists or Tags'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Importable'''<ref>[[Frontends:Bookmarks Standard|Bookmarks Standard]]</ref>

! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Delete all'''

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}

<references/>

=== Session and State Management ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Layout stored'''

! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale">Selected from locale setting</ref> !!{{yes}} <ref name="systemlocale"/> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref name="variablelocale">For 3.1.2 and beyond, this is selectable in Preferences-General-Options</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}} <ref>Open tabs can be saved as a bookmark group and/or Firefox can automatically save session on exit. Limited to content viewed in primary browser area, not in the sidebar.</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref> !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Resulting URL can be bookmarked</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !!{{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Help System ===

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{part}} !! {{part}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Localization ===
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in more than one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''GUI RtoL Support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localized verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localized script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>zh_TW (Taiwanese).</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

The following languages are present in only one SWORD application.
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Latvian'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenčina (Slovak)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Cymraeg (Welsh)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Român (Romanian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Русский (Russian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== Print menu ===
Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Menu has a print option'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}}<ref>Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}<ref>Use Firefox to print displayed passage</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Current chapter</ref>
|}

<references />

=== Other ===
{|border="1" class="sortable"
! width="250px" | Feature
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD
! title="BibleTime" | BT
! title="BPBible" | BPB
! title="FireBible" | FB
! title="MacSword" | MS
! title="MacSword2" | MS2
! title="PocketSword" | PS
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other extramodular content'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Bible Study HOWTO</ref>!! {{yes}} <ref>Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <ref>Topical verse lists</ref> !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Read aloud'''

! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref> !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Skins<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_(computing) Skin (computing)] in Wikipedia.</ref>/Themes<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(computer) Theme (computer)] in Wikipedia.</ref>'''

! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<ref>By installing Firefox themes, e.g. [http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=322 Bible Fox]</ref> !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved themes.</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS</ref> !! {{yes}}<ref>Via OS and saved color preferences</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Integrates with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquity_(Firefox) Ubiquity]</ref>
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update</ref>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations.</ref>
|}
<references/>

[[Category:SWORD Frontends]]
[[Category:Localization]]
[[Category:Bookmarks]]

Talk:Choosing a SWORD program

2010-03-27T01:03:05Z

Niccarter: /* PocketSword */

== Project Links ==
For the front end links, we need to choose either links to homepages or links to wiki pages, not both. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 06:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

== Localization ==
I would recommend not listing that front ends can be localized. I don't think that actually matters to any users. What is important, and hence what we should list, is the existing list of UI localizations for each front end. (Ability to display RtoL text is a separate issue, independent of UI localization, so I think that's fine to keep.) --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 06:42, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

:The original intention of each entry in the table was/is that it gets removed if a feature is present in all frontends. This one means little to end users , but it means something to translators and developers. If we can find out whether SwordBible can get translated easily then all are localisable and the feature should be listed above the table.

Does localization extend to using different numerals for chapter & verse navigation & verse markers ? Or do some Frontends retain digits 0...9 even when everything else is localized? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

:I think BD is the only one that does bi-directional number shaping. That is the user can type in localized digits and BD will shape it into 0-9 (if not already as such). And when displaying it transforms from 0-9 into the user's localized representation, if different. We only do this for user input and program generated numbers. We don't do it for numbers that are explicitly in the text. IMHO, text should be displayed as is. (For ICU's Javadoc on it see: http://icu-project.org/apiref/icu4j/com/ibm/icu/text/ArabicShaping.html).--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 20:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

::Here is [http://www.code2000.net/numbersutf.htm A Table of Numbers] in various scripts from Arabic to Tibetan (and more). [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 15:16, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

== Archiving ==
"Archiving" means what? Removal to another location? Compression? Consider whether this is a feature that is actually important to users in their process of making a decision between front ends--not just an attempt at one-upping. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 01:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Osk - if you mistook this table as one-upmanship then you are badly mistaken. I tried to unravel the narrative everyone seems to give about their frontend. Archiving is GS tem for keeping modules out of sight but available. It does what it says on the tin. BT has (I think) a different solution to the same concern. The tables are quite obviously increasingly not anymore for first time users, but that is quite irrelevant. We can always finally extract the core points for a message to users, but there are other uses for these tables possible too - for developers, for translators - where to concentrate effort etc [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

Xiphos's concept of archiving is different than what is explained here. It does not actually 'hide' the module; it will still be available after archiving. Archiving zips up the module (preserving correct paths) so that it can be easily transferred to another machine. This is handy for user-created modules if you want to share them with someone else, and will probably be an integral part of future plans to allow uploading modules. Also, you can archive a module, then remove it (which would also affect other apps). Xiphos provides no way for 'hiding' without complete removal (although it probably should). However, the archiving feature is unique and provides benefit to end users. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 22:16, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

== Complex Scripts ==
What does "Complex Scripts" mean in this context? When people talk about complex scripts, they're not generally talking about basic things like Arabic shaping. They generally mean things like contextual shaping of Indic or rising baseline Arabic calligraphy. And this feature could have differing values for a single front end, depending on the platform. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 02:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

:I think originally Peter meant support for Myanmar which BibleCS lacks. I take issue with the notation (with Uniscribe) because I *have* Uniscribe, and have told BibleCS to use a font that I *know* has the correct symbols, yet BibleCS can still not display the text. --[[User:mwtalbert|mwtalbert]]
::: This is a bad misunderstanding or misquote. I never singled out BibleCS in this matter. All frontends failed BurJudson, some worse some less bad. The level of support can clearly not always get answered with simply yes/no. But as such it is an important matter - as some frontends are constitutionally incapable of rendereing such scripts and others require additional work (which is fine if it works) [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 23:04, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

::So, should we change the category "Complex Scripts" to "BurJudson works"? I could release a module (assuming I could get permission, that is) that would universally fail because none of the existing front ends can support its writing system. Would we then mark all front ends as not supporting complex scripts?
::The notation about Uniscribe is more descriptive than a "yes" or "no", since the best possible result any front end can report is support of ''some'' complex scripts. Unless I'm simply mistaken (which is certainly possible) and BibleCS's RTF control doesn't actually use Uniscribe, the failure to correctly render BurJudson is simply indicative of Uniscribe not completely supporting that script yet. (I will investigate whether I'm wrong about Uniscribe.) --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 20:59, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

If you could explain how you managed to get BibleCS to do anything more than display little boxes for the text in BurJudson, I'd be interested in knowing. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 04:43, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

: I just updated BurJudson to expect [http://scripts.sil.org/Padauk Padauk] by default so following an update or manual font change it should work for you, but prior to that it had required the [http://www.thanlwinsoft.org/ThanLwinSoft/Downloads/Fonts/PadaukOT-2.1.exe PadaukOT font]. The latter has since been discontinued since SIL added OT tables to their font. If you have another Unicode font with Myanmar support, you will have to set it either in the .conf directly or via the module preferences panel. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 08:46, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
:: I expected that when I changed all the Bible texts to use Padauk it would attempt to use that for BurJudson. Apparently it doesn't work that way. I changed the .conf to use Paduak instead of PadaukOT and it works now (at least to the point of showing the characters, I didn't check specific rendering issues).--[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 03:29, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

It should probably be mentioned, since BurJudson is being taken as indicative of complex script rendering capability, that Myanmar text is probably the least likely to exhibit correct rendering of any script. Myanmar was first added to Unicode at version 4.0 in 2003. Apparently no one liked the encoding model, so it was radically changed in Unicode 5.1 (released last April). As a result documents may not be updated to Unicode 5.1 encoding (I doubt BurJudson has been)--although many fonts have already been updated to Unicode 5.1's Myanmar encoding model (Padauk and PadaukOT both are). Furthermore, text layout engines may or may not be updated. (I would guess that Graphite has been updated, but the latest Uniscribe has not.) So it would be reasonable to expect a bit of chaos within the world of Myanmar text for the next couple years. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 08:46, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

: Fair point. Do we have any other module which tests well the same concepts? [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 09:10, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

:: I'm (slowly) working on a script demo module, which will include an entry for each script identified in [http://unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-codes.html ISO 15924]. I had intended it for testing transliteration facilities, but we can also use it to test rendering in general. More immediately, the UDHR module contains texts in many languages, using many scripts, a good portion of them complex (though about 80% of the entries are probably either Latin or Cyrillic). Notably, UDHR contains the same Myanmar text encoded using the Unicode 4.0 model (called BURMESE (UNICODE 5)) and the Unicode 5.1 model (called BURMESE (UNICODE 6)). --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 10:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I also think the column should go into module support next to the RtoL support - I will do this later today. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

== Image GenBook support ==
Users do not know what GenBook means. Are images really unsupported in any kind of module type? --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 02:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
:There is a bug in Bible Desktop, that has been fixed in SVN, that did not properly determine the proper display a Dictionary (LD) with images that is also marked Category=Maps. BD/JSword support all image types that Java can render. I don't know what that is, but at least it includes all the types that we would use in a module.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 14:01, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

== Image Formats / other Image Module support ==
These are not things that an end-user cares about. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 02:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
: I agree. I think this can be generalized to a bigger issue. Karl has a wonderful repository of non-official, very useful modules. These may show problems in end-user applications. For example, if his map modules have png images, then there is some front-end that does not support it. The user cares about available modules working or not working.
: I already mentioned the Bible Desktop bug regarding LD image modules marked as Maps. While I routinely test JSword/BD against all CrossWire modules, I don't against Karl's repository. Given it's visibility and value, I think I should.
: The bigger question is how do we note short-comings/bugs in a particular application? I don't think this is the appropriate venue. (Though I don't mind JSword being called out as lagging SWORD.)--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 14:10, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
:: I have to run to church right now, but as soon as I get a chance, I'm going to nuke the whole Images category down to a single, uninformative "Supports Images" column, universally marked with "yes". --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 18:57, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

What was this, Osk? I have restored the section and would appreciate if it stays up. This section has meaning and is reflected in existing modules [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

To be clear this is not about bugs but about frontend limitations - so once it is clear that all frontends can actually deal with all module types then the point simply gets deleted and amalgamated in the "all frontends do xyz" list. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

:All front ends support basically the same set of features, with respect to images, in either their current release or in SVN. And these are not end-user concerns, they are developer concerns. Users don't know which format module images use or which kind of module they will appear in, they simply expect content they download to work. So this whole section is completely unnecessary to users. Front end developers don't need it either, since all limitations have already been worked around (namely, the SVN versions of all front ends should now support JPEG & PNG images in all module types). (I don't consider other formats necessary, so we won't ever release content that uses other image formats.) The particulars of which versions of various front ends support which formats & which module types may be useful to content developers, but I can advise them of that during the submission process, and this need not be included as part of a feature matrix aimed at end users. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 03:16, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Do they? If all frontends (at current svn level) can have all module types laced with images this column will obviously go the same way as any other column which is all round "yes". Wrt image formats - svg is the one notable format which brings enormous benefits (due to its translatability) , so svg support is something which is valuable. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 09:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

There are already modules that have images in gif format, so I think it should be listed. Not sure why it should *never* be supported. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 00:33, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

== Study Notes ==
What are study notes in the tagging section? [[User:Benpmorgan|Benpmorgan]] 09:00, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

:Study notes are simply a text editor type note taking facility which then can get exported - e.g. for sermon preparation. This could have gone just as well to '''other''', or where ever, but in the end it is often the final result of a search and bookmarking exercise that you go and write something up which tyou then print and take somewhere else. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 22:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

::Personal study notes in a multi-user OS may be ''global'' (all users see them) or ''individual'' (current user sees only his/her own). Could we include a table row that shows which applies? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 20:58, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

== BibleCS Portability ==
BibleCS is not properly portable. For once I'm not even applying the stringent PortableApps.com "stealth" requirements. It depends on some libraries (which they are escapes me) and controls which may not be installed on the local user's machine. Also, it leaves stuff all over the place in the registry, and registers itself and so on in a way which leaves orphaned entries in the registry in a most horrible way. What I really complain about though is the fact that on some computers, it won't even just be "Just Works™". For reference on some issues, see [http://portableapps.com/node/10582 this thread] on PortableApps.com. [[User:Chris Morgan|Chris Morgan]] 10:53, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
:I have just read the thread and I don't think it applies. BibleCS is properly portable wrt to the registry, but it takes some work. First, one has to install it to the default location, which uses the registry. Then one copies c:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project to a thumb drive. Then it is un-installed from the local machine. This is a one time operation. Second, the user has to use the built-in module installer and not the windows modules downloaded from CrossWire in Windows format. The latter uses the registry. Is it this specific path that prevents the "Just Works". It would be simple enough to zip the contents of that directory and make it available as a portable download. Would that qualify as "Just Works"?
:As to the library problem, if you can recall them that would be great. This it the first I have heard of this.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 14:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
::It registers all sorts of messy things... in my books, that ruins it, but it still Just Works™. See my comment a bit lower down as to the rest. Absolute paths can be a big problem though. [[User:Chris Morgan|Chris Morgan]] 06:31, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

:You can't recall which libraries it requires because it doesn't. Everything needed by BibleCS is contained within its directory. It writes a few registry entries, but does not need them for its own functioning (only for private protocol calls). And those registry entries really could be deleted upon exit, if desired. So if you move BibleCS around to computers other than that to which it was installed, it will work perfectly fine. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 18:53, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
::Got a feeling it was the rich text component or something. The protocol and executable registration is a nuisance as well, and I'd need to test whether it was really dependant on these - if so, it's unlikely to run as a limited user on a new machine. [[User:Chris Morgan|Chris Morgan]] 06:31, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

FWIW I consider this discussion a bit beside the point. If something runs off a USB drive it is portable in all practical sense. If it leaves a little bit of bit-garbage behind then it is still ''portable'', but not ''securely portable'' in the sense that no one will ever know you used it there - but that is a second matter. If the reason that you do not want to leave anything behind is indeed your physical or job security then even portable apps has a massive problem - and that is teh fact that USB drives get logged by Windows - at least if you do a half decent set-up. The only way to securely (in that particular sense) deploy an application is by running it off a bootable CD. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 08:52, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm not trying to get involved in this discussion, as it doesn't matter to me at all. However, I just uninstalled BibleCS from my Windows 7 computer, and it left icudt38.dll, InstallManager.exe, and userprefs.conf in the installation directory. Perhaps something is wrong in the uninstaller? --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 03:27, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

:small addition. I could not find any registry keys left behind. Also, I performed the uninstall on XP, and it left the same files behind, although the installer briefly flashed that it was uninstalling InstallManager.exe. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 05:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

::My opinion as the original author of the installer: The uninstaller leaving modules and application generated content is not a bug. But leaving icudt38.dll and InstallManager.exe is. Conceptually the installer installs two parts: BibleCS specific parts (the executables and their dlls) and shareable parts (i.e. locales.d, the modules and other things that all SWORD apps can use). I think it should have an option regarding the shareable parts. It probably should put these elsewhere and not in "The SWORD Project" directory.

:::My personal opinion is that leaving anything at all under Program Files is a bug. As a user, I would expect to be able to delete that and not delete my personal preferences as I would expect them to be stored with all my other application preferences. That's beside the point here. If it helps any, I did choose to leave the shared parts during both uninstalls. Perhaps InstallManager.exe and icudt38.dll got put in the wrong place in the uninstall script?--[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 18:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

OK, I'll try again. [[User:Osk|Osk]] reverted my correction last time I did it. BibleCS, when run from a USB disk, '''will''' leave stuff behind; for starters (I haven't done a full scan, but these are the ones I remember and found):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\sword.exe (put in by BibleCS)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs\[install path]\sword.exe (not sure, probably put in by BibleCS)

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\sword (sword:// protocol, put in by BibleCS, not sure if BibleCS depends on it)

If any of these are created by BibleCS if they are not there, which they are, then it '''does''' leave traces on the host machine.

Perhaps we could also say "don't use the Install Manager", as I understand it just plain doesn't work (it was the main reason Kevin Porter abandoned The SWORD Project for Windows Portable). At least, though, can we remove the word "no" in "leaves no traces on host machine" once more? [[User:Chris Morgan|Chris Morgan]] 06:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

: No, actually, no I didn't. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 15:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

:: It was me who changed this. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

:Chris, did you find these keys on a computer that did not have them after running sword.exe or InstallManager.exe from the USB drive? I find that hard to believe. My experience, if you use the installer to install it to a USB device, it will leave traces on the computer on which you did the install. But if you install it temporarily to a computer and copy c:\Program Files\CrossWire\The SWORD Project to the USB drive and then use that USB drive on a different computer, it should not change the registry of that machine. AFAIR, it is the installer that puts these keys into the registry, not the program. AFAIR, the InstallManager.exe does not change the registry, either. This program will use the mods.d and modules folder in the same directory to write it's modules.

:: In the thread last year "[GnomeSword-developers] win32 installer for testing", Chris Little said: "I'm not sure whether you're setting the private protocol handler in the installer or in the GS app, but you should be aware that BibleCS sets the handler to call itself every time it is launched. (It also sets the private protocol handler used by Logos iff it is not already set.)". So just based on that I would say it does set registry entries on startup, not on install. Not sure about installmanager, though [[User:Benpmorgan|Benpmorgan]] 02:31, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I'll put together a PortableApps version of BibleCS this weekend so that we can put the whole issue to rest. No need to continue debating, but continue if it makes you happy. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 06:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

: A PortableApps version now sits in SVN. Running with the commandline argument "--noreg" will disable writing to the registry. When 1.5.12 drops, I may package a PortableApps installer. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 03:12, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

== Windowing and Text Display ==

I have taken out the Complex Scripts bit and shoved into Module support - it belongs more into that category. The narrative for windows display I think is best expressed in an adequate screenshot. The relevant principles which can be answerd with yes/no are - so far, I think, please add
# Un/linkable texts - e.g Commentary and Bible or several Bibles (both needs to be present - linking and unlinking)
# Parallel display of whole passages in a side by side fashion,
# the ability to hide unneeded Windows/screen areas.
# The ability to have several texts of a kind open at different books/chapters and being able to switch forward and backward
# Unconnected passages on one tab/window

A fair number of BD's list of Others is conceptually also an expression of verse lists

[[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

What exactly is meant by poetry display here? Xiphos does display poetry with the correct line breaks and indentation (as in the module, but not exactly as the printed ESV as BPB does)--[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 22:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

== Installer ==
Refdoc, I see that you have that BibleCS's installer sorts modules by language. I don't see that. I see it by type only.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 12:46, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
:Have I? mistake. This layout of the table is much better, but i still get confused occasionally. Please do check. Thanks [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] Sorted. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

==Soon?==

I really do not like "soon" as an entry. What is the cut off point for soon? I'd rather that things are yes/no/partial/not applicable and once something is implemented it will change to yes. Otherwise we will have a totally meaningless table. My honest/humble opinion. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 13:55, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I had a second look at what you marked as soon and I think this is actually fair enough - but I remarked it as partial. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 14:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I think soon or planned are fine categories, but it needs to have specific meaning. To me "soon" means that the capability is in beta and is generally available for testing. Perhaps, "beta" would be better than "soon" and it would have a link to the beta. To me "planned" means that the feature has been checked into source code control and will be part of the next release. Right now we have "yes" with footnotes stating this or that will be available with 1.5.12. Perhaps, "ready" would be better than "planned".--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 14:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

== Indexed Search ==

We have listed the technology, but what are the practical differences? Do all applications index on the same fields? Presumably yes, in which case the technology should be come an internal like other toolkits used. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 16:21, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

The practical outworkings of above technological differences could/should form simply new rows - like crossboundary searches etc.[[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

I agree with the new rows. Not sure what they should be.

Compared to SWORD (with key, body and strong), JSword indexes these and additional fields, allowing:
* note:(Abraham) - Find verses with notes about Abraham
* xref:(John 3:16) - Find verses with cross-references to John 3:16. (JSword will normalize the reference to an OSIS ID.)
* heading:(Moses) - Find verses with headings containing Moses.
JSword indexes also allow stemmed searches. It also has different analyzers for different languages. Our Thai analyzer, is necessary to get the word breaks correctly.

The other thing that a search engine bring is a search syntax. Each is different. CLucene and Lucene have the same syntax. I presume BPBible and MacSword have a different one.

Even with Lucene and CLucene, there are differences. JSword can use a SWORD index, but SWORD can't use a JSword index. The reason is that JSword is using Lucene 2.x and Clucene is compatible with 1.4.x. These have different storage formats. CLucene will never catch up with Lucene. We moved away from 1.4.x for outrageous performance gains.

The other thing that JSword has (and I think some others do) is passage restricted searching. This is layered on top of the search engine. If there is a different engine being used by an app, this feature might not be there.

That an app uses Lucene/CLucene/Apple Search/Custom is not a user concern, but it's impact is. One impact of MacSword using Apple's search is that it is available to Spotlight, the global search of the Mac. This is awesome!
--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 18:00, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

:: Which make sme think whether at least Linux applications could not do the same - beagle etc. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 18:24, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

In addition to this, BibleTime also indexes several fields that Xiphos and SPW do not. I believe they include the fields that JSword indexes. This is an important distinction, and one where the official Sword indexing is lagging behind these others (at least as regards fields indexed, but it's a definite negative imo) As far as I know, only Xiphos and SPW are using the official Sword indexing --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 18:09, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ==

The second table under this heading should be transposed, and should use abbreviations for the frontend applications. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 18:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

:No. It is the source table for the first table it is the last table not completely imported into the vertical format. Once completely imported it will get deleted. Reason for the delay being thet I a) had no time for it yet and b) there are some things which do not add up in my testing [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 19:26, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

== Do any frontends or modules also install fonts? ==

Another question to ask of each application is, "Do any frontends or modules also install fonts?". [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
::none do as far as I am aware [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]
:::The Xiphos Windows installer does install fonts --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 20:59, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Not sure if this is what was meant. More rather would/could the programme chase up needed fonts and download them. Or did I misunderstand you David? [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

The program FlashCards (Greek/Hebrew learning tool) will load a font without installing them to the local OS. Not installing them locally is important for PortableApps' "leave no trace." I've thought of adding this capability to JSword and distribute some SIL fonts with it. It would be cool to be able to specify by URL some fonts to download. My thought it that we would host a open source fonts on the CrossWire server and serve them as we do modules and a new conf's entry FontSource would provide that URL.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 12:20, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
:You can install and uninstall fonts temporarily with a DLL call and a window message. In NSIS, it's ''System::Call "gdi32::AddFontResource(t'X:\Fonts\file.ttf')i .r2"'' and ''System::Call "gdi32::RemoveFontResource(t'X:\Fonts\file.ttf')i .r2"'', each one followed by ''SendMessage ${HWND_BROADCAST} ${WM_FONTCHANGE} 0 0'', where HWND_BROADCAST is 0xFFFF and WM_FONTCHANGE is 0x001D. r2/$2, the return value, gets filled with 0 if it failed. You'll need to convert this into another langauge if you want to use it other than in NSIS though, of course. [[User:Chris Morgan|Chris Morgan]] 06:40, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

== Display of information about the source text? ==

Frontends differ in the amount of information they display about the source text for each module, and on how they manage this. This too needs a comparison chart. It's especially important for textual provenance and copyright status, etc. It is a chore to always have to refer to the CrossWire downloads page. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 19:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
:Among the frontends with which I am familiar, BD does this very nicely. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 18:32, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

== Syncrhonized scrolling? ==

Do all frontends that support parallel texts also provide an optional setting for synchronized vertical scrolling? If not, please compare. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 20:19, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
::do any? [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]
::BD, MS, SPW, (others?) show their parallel Bibles in the same pane with a single scroll bar. BD also allows for commentaries to be shown in parallel view. So all of these have synchronized vertical scrolling. In BD (and perhaps the others) you can choose to show Bibles in different views (tabs or windows) and each has their own scroll bar. From what I have heard, but not seen, I believe Xiphos is unique in that you can tie any two verse number based views together (i.e. Bibles and/or Commentaries) and scrolling one will scroll the other so that they show the same material (in so far as is possible).
:::If Xiphos has this, I do not know how to do it :) I've considered adding a feature like this and would like to sometime, but it is not there now.--[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 22:12, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
::I should add that Xiphos does allow parallel scrolling in the same manner as others. Not with commentary (yet).--[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 22:28, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

== GIFs ==

I removed the note about GIF in graphics format support, changing it to JPEG only. I can see no reasonable reason to support GIF in Sword. PNG is far superior at all of the things GIF was previously used for. You can achieve the same or better quality with greater compression using PNG rather than GIF. Also, we don't actually support GIF on BibleCS, though it would take about 10 minutes to add support for it. (None of this has anything to do with the patents that encumbered GIF in the past, since they're all expired.) --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 00:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

:As I noted above, there are already modules using GIF; there may be cases where content is already in GIF, in which case it's perhaps easiest to just leave it that way. If it's trivial to add it, why not just add it? --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 00:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

::To my knowledge, there is only one module using GIFs, and it's not CrossWire content. Material in GIFs can be bulk converted to PNGs. The only officially supported image file format is JPEG (although the first image test module actually consisted of BMPs). I think it's very reasonable to expand that to include PNGs, since they are useful in a variety of circumstances where JPEG is an inferior choice. But I can't see anything that GIF offers that PNG doesn't do better. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 03:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I think there is one argument I can see for (whatever not officially supported) image format - and that is copyright restrictions. Stuff like "distribute at will, but do not change in any form or way". Having said this I have not come across this wrt image formats and would consider a limitation of formats which ensures that all frontends can make equal use of it is a useful thing. What might be worthwhile though - and that goes way beyond this particular comparison page is a test module with every semi-relevant image format under the sun thrown in and then we could map which frontends (and not just the PC/Mac) ones can deal with them. It is clear that Webkit and Xul derrived fronends are pretty limitless in their support, while others might be a lot more restricted. It would be good to know. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

Osk, this is a strong statement, even though I agree with it. I think that our "module making" guide should be explicit in stating "Only use jpeg now and after 1.5.12, you can also use png. Using any other kind of image will result in a module that cannot be used in one or more SWORD applications. Submission of a module with other image formats will hinder its acceptance into the CrossWire repository as such images will need to be converted into a supported format."--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 13:11, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

== BpBible and font handling ==
<s>I think there is some serious misunderstanding here - unless I do not understand BpBible or do something seriously wrong. When I run BpBible I can change the fonts used to display material. But I can '''not''' set a font for a specific module - FarTPV with Nazli while ESV with Times new Roman. This is meant with font per module - or All Farsi modules get to use Nazli while all English ones use Sans Serif. The font handling of BpBible does not work when e.g. an Armenian module and a Farsi commentary is open as there is no font handling both languages. So I reverted Ben's contribution here. </s>[[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]] 00:39, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
:: Are you using 0.4? It does this. [[User:Benpmorgan|Benpmorgan]] 00:43, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
::refdoc: file->set fonts--[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 00:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
<s>.Yes I use 0.4. But using file-setfonts results in all texts on dispolay changing their font. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]</s>
Sorry, my apologies Ben - I had downloaded 0.4 but was using 0.3 on this laptop. I test on a couple of different machines and got mixed up. This is now corrected. [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]

== Software & module updates - checking for updates via a proxy server? ==

If your frontend is installed on a computer that accesses the internet via a proxy server, when the application checks for either software updates or module updates, one of the features we should expect is whether this has configurable support for access via a proxy server. Please compare on this. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 18:26, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
:For an example of a program that does this nicely, see [http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer PDF-XChange Viewer]. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 18:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I think all which use a module manager do this.

Xiphos does not allow specifying a proxy server and I have not seen such a feature in any of the other programs. In linux, Xiphos should pick this up from the environment. On Windows, I do not know what the behavior would be. For Xiphos, I suspect that this would be something that would have to be added to the engine, although I don't know for sure. Perhaps there is an environment variable that curl will pick up. Although we haven't had reports yet, this is something that concerns me. I know from experience that configuring a program to use FTP through one or more firewalls, plus a proxy server is very difficult, particularly when the program doesn't allow setting the proxy manually but expects the environment to handle it. So in summary, no not all which use the module manager do this, certainly not Xiphos. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 23:41, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Just wanted to add that the first time I ever used GnomeSword, I was behind a proxy (this was in linux, of course). I don't believe I ever got it working properly.--[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 23:55, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I just realized that BibleDesktop does allow specifying a proxy server. I believe this was why I first used BD rather than one of the other frontends. Kudos, DM --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 23:58, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]], thank you. The other thing that we do is http rather than ftp. Many firewalls block ftp but not http. (We still have the old ftp code lying around, but it was being blocked by XP SP2) So when we added http we also added proxy.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 04:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

== Friendly dates? ==

What is meant by friendly dates? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 18:56, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
:23 of February instead of 02.23 [[User:Refdoc|refdoc]]:[[User_Talk:Refdoc|talk]]
:Also it should be in the user's language.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 20:40, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

== Footnote expansion ==

The reported "1221 character limit" in BibleCS footnotes is an issue somewhat--and there's a fairly simple fix that we put out in some test builds back when the NET was being encoded. But it should be borne in mind that the NET, as encoded, is not official CrossWire content and warnings were given at the time it was produced about long footnotes. It's not clear to me that this is really a failing in BibleCS, rather that the NET is badly encoded (and I know others have the same opinion, if for other reasons, such as bad character encoding). So, ability to display improperly long footnotes should be fixed in BibleCS, but the single case where this arises as a problem should also be repaired. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 19:56, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

::This problem is not just for the NET. I have seen other things truncated, such as Strong's entries. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 21:22, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay... I spent a couple minutes testing this and can explain the behavior. There is no "1221 character limit". Firstly, there's no set character limit, there's actually a size limit, which depends on the text itself unless you use a monospaced font and which depends on the font size you use itself. Almost all notes, Strong's entries, etc. will display fine, assuming you don't increase the font size. But I have verified that Eccl 1.1 note 1, the longest note in NET according to Karl, does still get truncated. So I still think BibleCS should apply the NOTES commentary virtual module that we tested briefly. And I still think the NET is poorly encoded. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 02:20, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

::one of the first things I do is increase the font size. You're saying that it shouldn't be considered a bug if you can read it without increasing the font size. This is fairly horrible program design in my opinion. It is surely something I would want to know as a user. Again, I haven't actually tried the NET, I saw this with other notes. See, for example, http://picasaweb.google.com/ransom1982/Gnomesword#5277582407118819138. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 09:26, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

::: No, I didn't say it wasn't a bug. The report was erroneous. I have corrected it. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 11:23, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

:::: Except that I wouldn't consider 15 lines extremely long. Perhaps it should say something about depending on the font size. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 16:43, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

:::So I tried it at my preferred font size of 14pt. It truncates after about 15 lines, which happens fairly frequently for the NETfree I was testing, and for strong's references routinely for another module I have. This module is not using the default strong's but one with somewhat longer definitions (privately created). In addition, with NETfree, many of the Greek words were unreadable in the footnotes. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 09:43, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

::::If the module is shipped with a default font that has inadequate precomposed Greek coverage (or with no default font at all when the user has his default font set to one with inadequate Greek coverage), then, yes, Greek obviously won't show up correctly. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 11:23, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

:::::Actually, this isn't obvious at all. The program should either use Window's normal font fallback methods or provide its own. Windows by default has excellent fallback mechanisms so if any font on the system has the symbol, Windows will substitute that font. Xiphos is dependent on Pango which has chosen to ignore the Window's methods for this and instead provides another fallback mechanism. It isn't as reliable (imo), however, it will certainly allow multiple fonts to be used in a single text to fulfill all of the symbols needed. So if BibleCS can't do this at all (and it can't as far as I can tell) that's another serious limitation. There are relatively few fonts with good enough coverage on their own to cover multiple languages in the same text, so fallback mechanisms are essential. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 16:43, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

::::::I'll try to check into this further, but BibleCS does use a font fallback mechanism (there are more than one used in Windows). You can see this by loading a Chinese text, for example--they don't specify fonts, but grab the correct font using (I believe) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontLink\SystemLink. The problem with relying on such a fallback mechanism is that they trust the fonts when they report their coverage. The font in this case reports that it supports Greek, which is correct. Arial & Times New Roman, which are the most common default fonts, depending on your color scheme, support basic Greek, but not pre-composed polytonic. The only other default font in one of the shipping schemes, Tahoma, has no problem displaying polytonic Greek. This comes down to a module error, more specifically a .conf error, since it could all be corrected by specifying a different font. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 03:08, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

: Well--my bad for having implemented this and then deleted or lost it, but I dug through the mailing list archives for the discussion of virtual modules and think it should be fairly easy to re-create the NOTES commentary virtual module. Some further discussion of this and other virtual modules here: [[Whiteboard/Virtual_Modules]]. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 08:28, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

== Poetry Indentation levels ==

Probably 1 level or 2 level does not accurately describe what is being referred to here. BPB has poetry support for the ESV to match the printed version. This requires indenting on more than just the first line (which is what Xiphos does). See http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=psalm+1&src=esv.org for a comparison. Also search the sword-devel archives for this "Poetry and indented lines".

: The ESV SWORD module does not mark up 2 level poetry using standard OSIS. OSIS does not support such a notion. When I created the OSIS for the ESV, I preserved the markup in the original file using types. So there are <l> elements with type="x-br". This is entirely an invention of mine. It is not reasonable to have any x-types that I make up for a particular module as being meaningful. That is, I don't think any frontend should look for x-br on a <l> element and do something different. If we update the module, this may change. If we discuss it and then document the behavior in [[OSIS Bibles]] that would be fine.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 19:58, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

:: This looks like an appropriate response to the email I referenced above, which got no replies. Perhaps you should reply to it? --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 20:16, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
::: I'd be glad to, but I'm not sure which one you are referring to. Would you mind giving date and subject? Thanks.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 22:53, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

::::As above, subject is "Poetry and indented lines", date is 11/04/08. Direct link http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel/2008-November/029486.html --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 00:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

: Actually, according to the email, BPB is using the "x-indent" marker for this, which seems like a very reasonable thing to do. --[[User:Mwtalbert|Mwtalbert]] 00:05, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

:I've replied to the email and based upon Osk's response I have updated [[OSIS Bibles#Marking poetic material]] to indicate that the level attribute indicates indentation. Now it is a matter for SWORD and JSword to do something in their renderers if they don't already and for modules with non-standard indentation to be fixed up.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 18:28, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

== Print options, scope and features ==

It may be useful to compare print options, scope and features for all the frontends. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 11:03, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

:Section added, and first row partially filled. ''Would others please fill in the blanks. Thanks''. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 14:18, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

== Is this page near completion yet? ==

The page now contains a mass of detailed information - there have been fewer edits of late - so is it near enough complete such that is now ready to be linked from the main page? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 14:42, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
:As no-one has responded, I have now linked it from the main page. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 16:57, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

== Module Management table needs updating to match FireBible 1.1 ==

Brian recently announced '''FireBible 1.1''', for which he stated: "Added Book manager which allows you to install/uninstall books and set book/language fonts from within FireBible (this is the BD book installer)".

A consequence of this is that the Module Management table needs to be updated for the FB column. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 21:23, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

:I have just made a start towards this. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 21:24, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

::Brian did a lot more edits, though I am puzzled why FB<>BD for "User is warned if module already exists", as they both use the same JSword module manager. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 21:43, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

:::JSword, which is not a GUI, allows one to ask if a module already exists. It is up to the frontend to ask and do something with the answer. There should be no difference if FB uses BD's installer.--[[User:Dmsmith|Dmsmith]] 23:27, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

== Search features ==

Though the SWORD (and JSword) API has a very powerful search syntax, not all of the front-ends compared in the search table make the maximum use of the API search capabilities. This is why I just added two rows to that table, and edited the wording of the first sentence in the common features section. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 22:22, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

== Aesthetics and software skins ==

I have just added a row for '''Skinnable''' to the last table. Has anyone begun to consider the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics aesthetic] aspects of our various front-end applications? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 17:20, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

:It's nice to see that in [http://www.crosswire.org/study/ The Bible Tool] the user can select from a choice of Themes. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 18:24, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

::I'm apprehensive about this section. All of the front ends can take skins or themes according to the extent to which their platform permits these and to which they use native UI components. None of them have actual skinning facilities themselves. Most can change text & background colors, and a few can save preset text & background themes. I don't actually think this is something that anyone considers when choosing between pieces of software. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 03:33, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

:::Fair comment. Let's leave it in to promote some creative thinking. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 09:29, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

== Alkitab Bible Study 2.4 ==

Does anything on the main page need to be updated now that ABS 2.4 has been released? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 09:41, 3 November 2009 (UTC) 
tonny> I guess the main page is fine with me, I only need to update Alkitab again to 2.4.1 to use updated robinson module.
:Sign & date edits to wiki discussion/talk pages automatically by adding four tilde (~) characters. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 14:38, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

== PocketSword ==

Now that PocketSword 1.0 has been released for the iPhone and iPod touch, it would make sense to add a column to all the tables to indicate how it compares feature-by-feature. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 09:56, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

:Reminder – this still needs doing. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 13:29, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

:Hmmm, yes it does! Will try to do this in the next couple of weeks... One of the reasons I haven't done this yet is because there's no real choice for which iPhone SWORD program to use. It's either PocketSword or PocketSword or PocketSword! ;) --[[User:Niccarter|Niccarter]] 01:03, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

== Newspaper column format for text display? ==

Do any of the front-end applications have an option to display the Bible text in multiple columns as in a newspaper? [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 09:57, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

== Supports Unicode 5.0 (or later)? ==

What does this mean? What is its significance? I think this is just increasing the noise to signal ratio of the page, which is already extremely high. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 18:03, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
:This may be reverted. No need to panic. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 20:25, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

== Bookmarks: Delete all ==

Go Bible v2.4.0 will include an option to '''Delete all''' bookmarks, so I have added a row to the table for Bookmarking, etc. Maybe more useful for mobile applications to keep performance in trim. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 11:14, 26 March 2010 (UTC)