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2017-08-20T11:00:33Z

Mdbergmann: /* Welcome to the CrossWire Developers' Wiki */

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==Welcome to the CrossWire Developers' Wiki==
This Wiki now always uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS HTTPS] protocol.

Be sure to check out our [[Current Projects|current projects]] page to see how you might use your skills here at [http://crosswire.org/ CrossWire]. Here is the [http://tracker.crosswire.org bugs] database.

Please also look at our general [[Volunteers|volunteering]] page.

Further, we have pages describing the [[Purpose Statement|purpose]] of our work and the [[About Us|CrossWire Bible Society]] itself.

You can even come and chat with SWORD developers on IRC: [http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sword&prompt=1 #sword] on FreeNode.

Please understand the difference between SWORD as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_and_back_ends back-end], and the SWORD Project as a front-end application for Windows.
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==SWORD Modules==
* List of Known [[Module Repositories]]
* Information about Unicode [[Fonts]]
* [[Module Requests]]
* [[BibTeX entries]]

==Front-end Applications==
* [[Choosing a SWORD program]]
* A Front-end [[Frontends:FeatureList|Features Wishlist]]
* [[Frontends:No longer being actively developed|Front-ends no longer being actively developed]]
===SWORD based front-ends===
* [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]] (internally known as BibleCS)
* [[Frontends:Eloquent|Eloquent]] (formerly named MacSword)
* [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GTK)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
* [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
* [http://bibletimemini.sf.net/ BibleTime Mini] (for mobile devices, cross-platform)
* [http://swordwarrior.net SwordBible]
* [http://www.crosswire.org/swordweb/ The Bible Tool] – server application using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORBit ORBit]
* [[Frontends:PocketSword|PocketSword]] (for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29 Apple iOS])
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbst/ Dexios Bible Study Tool]
* [http://katana.garage.maemo.org/ Katana] (for [http://maemo.org/ maemo] Internet tablets)
* [[Frontends:Diatheke|Diatheke]] (CLI)
* [https://github.com/JohnAustinDev/xulsword xulsword] ([http://ibtrussia.org/pc "Holy Bible"]) – Windows, Linux & Mac
* [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] – Firefox Add-on
* [http://marketplace.firefox.com/app/biblez-desktop BibleZ] – an offline bible reader for Firefox
* [http://www.godehardt.org/losung.html GLosung] – Gottes Wort für deinen Desktop

===JSword based front-ends===
* [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]]
* [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
* [[Frontends:GSword|GSword]] – CCIM Online Bible Studio
* [https://github.com/mjdenham/and-bible And Bible] – for Android OS
* [http://www.stepbible.org/ STEP Bible] – developed at [http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/ Tyndale House]

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==Development Tools==
* [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD Engine (C++)]]
* [[DevTools:JSword|JSword (Java)]]
* [[:DevTools:Code Examples|Code Examples]]
* [[Tutorial:How SWORD works]]
* [[:Tutorial:Compiling & Installing SWORD]]
* [[DevTools:ICU|International Components for Unicode (ICU)]]
* [[DevTools:CMake|CMake]] & [[DevTools:Bindings|Bindings]] for SWORD – experimental
* [[DevTools:Locale Files|Locale Files]]
* [[CSharp_Bindings_on_Windows | Tutorial:How to set up C# bindings on Windows]]

==Module Development==
* How to Create [[DevTools:Modules|SWORD Modules]]
* How to Create [[DevTools:conf Files|Module .conf Files]]
* A Basic [[OSIS Tutorial]]
* Guide to Writing [[OSIS Bibles]]
* Guide to Writing [[OSIS Commentaries]]
* Guide to Writing [[OSIS Genbooks]]
* Guide to Writing [[ThML modules]]
* Guide to Writing [[TEI Dictionaries]]
* Guide to [[Converting SFM Bibles to OSIS]]
* About [[DevTools:JSword/Personal Commentary|Personal Commentaries]]
* About [[Alternate Versification]]
* [[OpenOffice Export Filter for Genbooks]]
* [[File Formats]] and related [[File Formats#The_SWORD_Project_Utilities|Utility Programs]]
* [[DevTools:Text Editors|Unicode Text Editors]]
* [[Module Development Collaboration]]
* [[Modules_in_the_beta_repository|Testing status of Beta modules]]
* Guide to [[Creating and Maintaining a Module Repository]]
* [[Non-CrossWire Text-Development Projects]]
* [[Notes on specific CrossWire modules]]

==Public Relations, Website, User assistance==
* [[EnduserFAQ|FAQ]]
* [[Project websites and domains]]
* [[Help:Contents|Getting help]], joining mailing lists, reporting problems and tracking issues
* [[Copyright]] policy and lobbying copyright owners
* [[Twitter|CrossWire on Twitter]] and [[Facebook]]
* [[SWORD CD]]
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==Getting Started in Wiki Collaboration==
A Wiki is a place to share documentation and development information.
* New user account requests are now moderated.
* Anyone who has been a member for at least 4 days can edit a wiki once they have [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]].
* If you are new to Wikis, consult the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* Look to see what might need attention by visiting [[Wiki Maintenance]]
* You may experiment with Wiki using our [[CrossWire:Sandbox|Sandbox]].
* Another way to navigate the Wiki is to click on [[:Special:SpecialPages|Special pages]] in the toolbox, and then select [[:Special:Categories|Categories]], or just go directly to [[:Category:Categories]].
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Frontends:Eloquent

2015-04-23T08:21:06Z

Mdbergmann: /* External links */

'''Eloquent''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and Eloquent, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of Eloquent application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For Eloquent special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

Eloquent does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in Eloquent.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of Eloquent the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and Eloquent support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''Eloquent series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''Eloquent series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
Eloquent relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

=== Enabling the background indexer ===

From MacSword 2.2.11 on and Eloquent the background indexer feature can be re-enabled by modifying the MacSword/Eloquent defaults.
The following command line will enable the background indexer:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes

This will disable it again:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== Eloquent files and folders ==

Eloquent creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== Eloquent files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/Eloquent''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". Eloquent stores all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within Eloquent.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for Eloquent >= 2.3 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* Eloquent default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* Eloquent also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.Eloquent.plist"'' for Eloquent >= 2.3

== Module creator/developer support ==

From MacSword 2.0 on it bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== Speed tuning ==

Bookmark highlighting as well as displaying Strong's numbers is very time consuming. You will realize this especially when displaying whole Bible books. If you don't need it, switch it off.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of Eloquent:
* An old MacSword 1.x module installation causes Eloquent to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general.
Versions from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation. However, if you have run MacSword 2.x successfully before then this is not the reason of the crash.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[https://github.com/mdbergmann/Eloquent GitHub project page] – ''2015-3-21 moved from Launchpad''
*[https://launchpad.net/eloquent Launchpad project page] – ''2012-12-22 moved from SourgeForge''
*[http://wiki.catug.org/Mac_Sword Brilliant information on this wiki by catug]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2011-09-18T13:46:59Z

Mdbergmann: /* Speed tuning tips */

'''Eloquent''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and Eloquent, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of Eloquent application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For Eloquent special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

Eloquent does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in Eloquent.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of Eloquent the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and Eloquent support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''Eloquent series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''Eloquent series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
Eloquent relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

=== Enabling the background indexer ===

From MacSword 2.2.11 on and Eloquent the background indexer feature can be re-enabled by modifying the MacSword/Eloquent defaults.
The following command line will enable the background indexer:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes

This will disable it again:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== Eloquent files and folders ==

Eloquent creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== Eloquent files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/Eloquent''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". Eloquent stores all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within Eloquent.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for Eloquent >= 2.3 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* Eloquent default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* Eloquent also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.Eloquent.plist"'' for Eloquent >= 2.3

== Module creator/developer support ==

From MacSword 2.0 on it bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== Speed tuning ==

Bookmark highlighting as well as displaying Strong's numbers is very time consuming. You will realize this especially when displaying whole Bible books. If you don't need it, switch it off.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of Eloquent:
* An old MacSword 1.x module installation causes Eloquent to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general.
Versions from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation. However, if you have run MacSword 2.x successfully before then this is not the reason of the crash.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.eloquent-bible-study.eu/ Eloquent home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]
*[http://wiki.catug.org/Mac_Sword Brilliant information on this wiki by catug]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2011-09-18T13:46:37Z

Mdbergmann:

'''Eloquent''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and Eloquent, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of Eloquent application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For Eloquent special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

Eloquent does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in Eloquent.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of Eloquent the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and Eloquent support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''Eloquent series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''Eloquent series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
Eloquent relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

=== Enabling the background indexer ===

From MacSword 2.2.11 on and Eloquent the background indexer feature can be re-enabled by modifying the MacSword/Eloquent defaults.
The following command line will enable the background indexer:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes

This will disable it again:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== Eloquent files and folders ==

Eloquent creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== Eloquent files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/Eloquent''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". Eloquent stores all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within Eloquent.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for Eloquent >= 2.3 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* Eloquent default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* Eloquent also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.Eloquent.plist"'' for Eloquent >= 2.3

== Module creator/developer support ==

From MacSword 2.0 on it bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== Speed tuning tips ==

Bookmark highlighting as well as displaying Strong's numbers is very time consuming. You will realize this especially when displaying whole Bible books. If you don't need it, switch it off.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of Eloquent:
* An old MacSword 1.x module installation causes Eloquent to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general.
Versions from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation. However, if you have run MacSword 2.x successfully before then this is not the reason of the crash.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.eloquent-bible-study.eu/ Eloquent home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]
*[http://wiki.catug.org/Mac_Sword Brilliant information on this wiki by catug]

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* [http://code.google.com/p/dbst/ Dexios Bible Study Tool]
* [http://katana.garage.maemo.org/ Katana] (for [http://maemo.org/ maemo] Internet tablets)
* [[Frontends:Diatheke|Diatheke]] (CLI)

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* [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] – Firefox Add-on (with [https://mozillalabs.com/ubiquity/ Ubiquity] support)
* [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
* [http://kokkos.org/ Kokkos] – Chinese
* [[Frontends:GSword|GSword]] – CCIM Online Bible Studio
* [http://code.google.com/p/and-bible/ and-bible] (for Android OS)

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Frontends:Eloquent

2011-05-04T21:36:50Z

Mdbergmann: moved Frontends:MacSword to Frontends:Eloquent: Application rename

'''Eloquent''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and Eloquent, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of Eloquent application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For Eloquent special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

Eloquent does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in Eloquent.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of Eloquent the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and Eloquent support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''Eloquent series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''Eloquent series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
Eloquent relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

=== Enabling the background indexer ===

From MacSword 2.2.11 on and Eloquent the background indexer feature can be re-enabled by modifying the MacSword/Eloquent defaults.
The following command line will enable the background indexer:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes

This will disable it again:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== Eloquent files and folders ==

Eloquent creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== Eloquent files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/Eloquent''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". Eloquent stores all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within Eloquent.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for Eloquent >= 2.3 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* Eloquent default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* Eloquent also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.Eloquent.plist"'' for Eloquent >= 2.3

== Module creator/developer support ==

From MacSword 2.0 on it bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of Eloquent:
* An old MacSword 1.x module installation causes Eloquent to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general.
Versions from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation. However, if you have run MacSword 2.x successfully before then this is not the reason of the crash.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.eloquent-bible-study.eu/ Eloquent home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]
*[http://wiki.catug.org/Mac_Sword Brilliant information on this wiki by catug]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Talk:Frontends:Eloquent

2011-05-04T21:36:50Z

Mdbergmann: moved Talk:Frontends:MacSword to Talk:Frontends:Eloquent: Application rename

== Move page ==

Propose this page be moved to [[Frontends:Eloquent]] following recent announcement. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 17:17, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
:See http://www.macsword.com/ for further details. [[User:David Haslam|David Haslam]] 17:19, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Frontends:Eloquent

2011-05-04T21:36:04Z

Mdbergmann:

'''Eloquent''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and Eloquent, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of Eloquent application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For Eloquent special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

Eloquent does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in Eloquent.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of Eloquent the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and Eloquent support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''Eloquent series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''Eloquent series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
Eloquent relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

=== Enabling the background indexer ===

From MacSword 2.2.11 on and Eloquent the background indexer feature can be re-enabled by modifying the MacSword/Eloquent defaults.
The following command line will enable the background indexer:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes

This will disable it again:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no
or
defaults write org.crosswire.Eloquent DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== Eloquent files and folders ==

Eloquent creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== Eloquent files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/Eloquent''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". Eloquent stores all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within Eloquent.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for Eloquent >= 2.3 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* Eloquent default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* Eloquent also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.Eloquent.plist"'' for Eloquent >= 2.3

== Module creator/developer support ==

From MacSword 2.0 on it bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of Eloquent:
* An old MacSword 1.x module installation causes Eloquent to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general.
Versions from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation. However, if you have run MacSword 2.x successfully before then this is not the reason of the crash.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.eloquent-bible-study.eu/ Eloquent home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]
*[http://wiki.catug.org/Mac_Sword Brilliant information on this wiki by catug]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-11-21T16:35:42Z

Mdbergmann: /* Search index */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

=== Enabling the background indexer ===

From MacSword 2.2.11 on the background indexer feature can be re-enabled by modifying the MacSword defaults.
The following command line will enable the background indexer:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled yes

This will disable it again:

defaults write org.crosswire.MacSword DefaultsBackgroundIndexerEnabled no

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of MacSword 2.x:
* An old module installation causes MacSword to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general.
Versions from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation. However, if you have run MacSword 2.x successfully before then this is not the reason of the crash.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-07-27T07:20:59Z

Mdbergmann: /* What do I do if there are problems/crashes */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of MacSword 2.x:
* An old module installation causes MacSword to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general.
Versions from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation. However, if you have run MacSword 2.x successfully before then this is not the reason of the crash.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-07-27T07:20:46Z

Mdbergmann: /* What do I do if there are problems/crashes */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of MacSword 2.x:
* An old module installation causes MacSword to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general.
Versions from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation. However, if you have run MacSword 2.x successfully before then this is not the reason of the crash.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-07-27T07:20:02Z

Mdbergmann: /* What do I do if there are problems/crashes */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of MacSword 2.x:
* An old module installation causes MacSword to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general.
Version from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation. If you have run MacSword 2.x successfully before then this is not the reason.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-07-27T07:16:48Z

Mdbergmann: /* MacSword files and folders */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

==== Module database ====

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
==== Module search index files ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of MacSword 2.x:
* An old module installation causes MacSword to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general. Version from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-07-27T07:15:21Z

Mdbergmann: /* MacSword files */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
==== Module database ====
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
==== Dictionary caches ====
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
==== Bookmarks ====
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4. These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
==== Session files ====
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist''. This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of MacSword 2.x:
* An old module installation causes MacSword to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general. Version from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-07-27T07:12:20Z

Mdbergmann:

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD API]]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

====Searching for Strong's numbers====
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example, to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene'' (where "~" is your home folder).

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4.
These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist". This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== What do I do if there are problems/crashes ==

Experience shows that there are mainly two reasons which can cause a crash of MacSword 2.x:
* An old module installation causes MacSword to crash when this database is read on startup. This can be solved by deleting the folder: ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword''. See above for more information on files and folder in general. Version from 2.2.2 will notify the user on startup if such a problem could occur, due to a detected old module installation.
* The session file which stores windows and positions and other things got corrupted. This can also be solved by deleting the session file. See above where to find this file.

There have not been any other causes and reports of crashes so far.
If the above solutions do not work then get in contact to us in our forum, the mailing list or write an email to one of the developers.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-06-17T14:44:58Z

Mdbergmann: /* Indexed searching */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses [http://crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Search index ==

=== Apple SearchKit searching (default) ===
MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

'''Searching for Strong's numbers:'''
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

=== Creating Clucene index ===

Since MacSword 2.2.4 it is possible to create a Clucene index which can be used else where for example to upload it to PocketSword.

To create this index you have to right-click on any module in left side bar tree view and choose "Create Clucene index". The index will be created in the module data folder.
For example: if you create an index for ESV then the clucene index files are at "/Users/<youraccount>/Library/Application Support/Sword/modules/texts/ztext/esv/lucene".

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4.
These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist". This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Choosing a SWORD program

2010-05-03T15:32:42Z

Mdbergmann: /* Other */

==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}} !! {{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}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{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}}<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}}
|-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}}
|}
<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

2010-05-03T15:30:58Z

Mdbergmann: /* 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] ''v1.2.0''
*'''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}} !! {{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}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{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}}<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}}
|-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}}
|}
<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>
|}

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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}} !! {{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

2010-05-03T15:27:33Z

Mdbergmann: /* Windowing and Text Display */

==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}} !! {{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}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{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}}
|-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}}<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}}
|-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}}
|}
<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> !! !! !! {{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

2010-05-03T15:26:44Z

Mdbergmann: /* 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] ''v1.2.0''
*'''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}} !! {{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}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{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}}
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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
|-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}}
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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}}
|-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}}
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| '''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}} !! !! {{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}}
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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}}
|-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}}<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}}
|-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}}
|}
<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> !! !! !! {{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

2010-05-03T15:24:17Z

Mdbergmann: /* 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] ''v1.2.0''
*'''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}} !! {{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}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{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> !! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}<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}}
|-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}}
|}
<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> !! !! !! {{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]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-01-09T22:16:02Z

Mdbergmann: /* Using the automatic module installer */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses [http://crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source in order to load module informations.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Indexed searching ==

MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

'''Searching for Strong's numbers:'''
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4.
These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist". This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-01-09T22:14:27Z

Mdbergmann:

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses [http://crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Indexed searching ==

MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

'''Searching for Strong's numbers:'''
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

== Renaming Notes and Folders ==

Renaming Notes and Folders works similar to renaming Files in Finder:

* double click but with a delay that doesn't open them
* hit return on a selected Folder or Note

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4.
These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist". This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-01-08T09:44:05Z

Mdbergmann: /* Indexed searching */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses [http://crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Indexed searching ==

MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

'''Searching for Strong's numbers:'''
The Strong's number you are looking for has to be prefixed by "h" or "g". For example to search for the Strong's number "07225" for "beginning" in Gen 1:1 you'll search for "h07225".

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4.
These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist". This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2010-01-08T09:40:55Z

Mdbergmann: /* Module creator/developer support */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses [http://crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Indexed searching ==

MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4.
These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist". This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

From version 2.1 main menu items (under Help) are provided which create symbolic links (aliases) in /usr/local/bin. This path should be in your executable search path $PATH and the SWORD utilities can be executed right away from the console.

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2009-12-09T10:39:27Z

Mdbergmann:

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses [http://crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== Indexed searching ==

MacSword relies on Apple SearchKit to interpret queries, to find matching terms. SearchKit interprets queries like this:

Searching for a single word will find terms where the name contains exactly that word. There is no implicit wild-card or stemming. For example, a search for ‘health’ will match ‘health’, ‘health matters’ and ‘good health’ but will not match ‘healthy living’.

Asterisks can be used as wildcards, providing that they are at the beginning and/or end of a word:

Searching for ‘hea*’ will match ‘health’ and ‘heart’.
Searching for ‘*lth’ will match ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Searching for ‘*eal*’ will match both ‘health’ and ‘wealth’.
Note that an asterisk can not be embedded within a word. Searching for ‘he*lth’ is interpreted as being a search for ‘he*’.

Spaces between words in a query imply OR. A search for ‘health wealth’ is the same as a search for ‘health OR wealth’ and will match both ‘health matters’ and ‘wealth matters not’.

Enclosing words in double-quotes implies AND. A search for “health wealth” is the same as a search for ‘health AND wealth’ and will only return terms containing both words.

You can use parentheses to construct more complex queries. For example:

(life AND health) OR (wealth AND happiness)
To exclude a word, use AND NOT as in ‘wealth AND NOT happiness’.

Searches are case-insensitive. A search for ‘health’ will match ‘Health’ and ‘HEALTH’. However, the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT are case sensitive and must be typed in upper case.

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4.
These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist". This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2009-11-29T17:30:49Z

Mdbergmann: /* Editing personal commentary modules */

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses [http://crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on your hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of your text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter your text between the verses. To store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4.
These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist". This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2009-10-13T20:26:04Z

Mdbergmann:

'''MacSword''' is an open source Study Bible software that uses [http://crosswire.org/sword/ The SWORD Project]. It was made for Mac OS X.

Anyone willing to provide screenshots should do so below, or edit this further.

== Features: ==

* Supports multiple bible versions
* Parallel view (up to five versions)
* Commentaries, Dictionaries, General Books
* Footnotes, Text notes, Cross References
* Strongs Hebrew/Greek numbers
* Morphological Analysis codes
* Headings and other text formatting (Words of Christ in red)
* Search function
* Non-Latin script (Hebrew, Greek, etc)
* Different Bible translations
* Commentaries
* Dictionaries
* Development is ongoing on both SWORD libs and MacSword, so check back every so often.

== Installation notes ==

MacSword downloads from SourceForge for version 1.3.1b1 and above (see links below) is the application only. You can drop the application (once unzipped) anywhere on you hard disk.

== Module installation ==

===Manually installing modules===
The download of MacSword application does not include any modules (bibles, dictionaries, etc.). You need to download them manually from the Crosswire website.
For MacSword special modules (.swd) are available which have to be placed into the folder (if the folder does not exist, please create it first):

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sword

In MacSword under Preferences->Module you need to point the Modules location folder to be the folder mentioned above and then restart.
For MacSword version 1.3.1b2 and above this location is preset and it does not need to be changed. Just place your downloaded modules in the above mentioned folder.

MacSword 2 does not have this setting in preferences. This path is the only pre-defined module path in MacSword 2.

===Using the automatic module installer===
Since MacSword version 1.4 a remote module installer is available for your convenience. It is accessible right below the "Preferences" menu item in the main menu bar of the application.
The principal workflow is that you have at least one "install source" which are displayed on the left side. Each install source can have available modules which can be installed.
On the first start of MacSword the default install source ("CrossWire") is automatically created for you. However you still need to refresh the install source.

'''Refreshing install sources:'''
After Install sources have been created or added they need to be refreshed first. The refresh action downloads available module descriptions onto your hard disk.
Also, if you want to update the install source to recognise updated modules, refresh it.
After it has been refreshed and you click on it, all available modules are displayed in the table view on the right.

'''Marking modules for installation:'''
Search the module(s) you want to install and select the "Install" task in the "Task" column of the table. The "Task" column rows contain a popup menu which shows available tasks for the chosen module.
Alternatively do right-click the module and select "Install".
If you made your selection, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar. This will download and install your selected modules.

'''Marking modules for removal:'''
Modules that are install and have the "Installed" status can be removed. This works similar as for installing modules, you just use the "Remove" task. After you marked all modules for removal, choose "Process Tasks" from the toolbar.

== Creating/Editing Personal Commentary modules ==

Both MacSword 1.4 and MacSword 2 support creating new personal commentary modules and editing them.

===Creating personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"New Module". This will open a file panel. The preset path where the new module is stored should be:
"/Users/<yourlogin>/Library/Application Support/Sword".
If that's not the case, navigate to this folder. Then just enter a module name in the top text field and press Ok.

The name should if possible not contain special characters and no spaces. Instead of spaces use underscore "_" or use a camel case naming scheme like "MyPersComment".

''MacSword 2 series:''

In the main menu choose File->"Create Module"->"Personal Commentary". You are then asked for a module name (please see the naming scheme above).

===Editing personal commentary modules===

''MacSword 1 series:''

Open the personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/Verse you want to comment. To start editing choose Edit->"Edit module" from the main menu. Enter your comments and choose Edit->"Edit module" again to end the editing. Your comment should now be saved.

''MacSword 2 series:''

Open your personal commentary module. Navigate to a Bible chapter/verse. Press the "Edit" field which is on top of you text view next to the "+" and "x" fields. When in editing mode the "Edit" field should be in red color. Now enter you text between the verses. So store your text press the red "Edit" button again.

== MacSword files and folders ==

MacSword creates and uses certain files and folders on your hard drive.

=== SWORD related files ===

Are stored under ''~/Library/Application Support/Sword'' (where "~" is your home folder). These are mostly modules either manually copied there or downloaded using the module installer.

=== MacSword files ===

Are stored and created under ''~/Library/Application Support/MacSword''. Those files are:
* Module index files. MacSword 1.4 and below store the module index files in folders directly under "MacSword" for example: "Index-KJV". MacSword 2.0 and above store all index files in a separate folder "Index".
Index files can easily be deleted. They are then simply re-created from within MacSword.
* Dictionary module caches: ''cache-<modulename>. Those file also can be deleted without problems. They are used to speedup the dictionary lookup and are re-created if they don't exist.
* Bookmarks are stored in a file: ''Bookmarklist.plist'' for MacSword >= 2.0 and ''Bookmarks.plist'' for MacSword <= 1.4.
These files shouldn't be deleted otherwise you will loose your bookmarks.
* MacSword 2 default session file is: ''DefaultSession.plist". This file stores you last opened session which includes open windows, positions, open modules and such...
* MacSword 2 also stores a file called: ''DefaultSearchBookSets.plist''. In this file custom, user defined search book sets for indexed search are stored.

=== Preferences ===
Are stored under ''~/Library/Preferences'':
* ''"MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword < 2.0
* ''"org.crosswire.MacSword.plist"'' for MacSword >= 2.0

== Module creator/developer support ==

MacSword 2.0.0 now bundles universal binaries of the SWORD module command line tools.
Those tools can be found in the Application bundle under "Contents/Resources/bin".

== External links ==
*[http://www.macsword.com MacSword home page]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/macsword/ SourceForge project page]

[[Category:SWORD Frontends|MacSword]]

Frontends:Eloquent

2009-10-12T21:22:50Z

Mdbergmann:

Frontends:Eloquent

2009-10-09T08:01:49Z

Mdbergmann:

Frontends:Eloquent

2009-10-03T13:51:45Z

Mdbergmann: /* External links */

Frontends:Eloquent

2009-10-03T13:47:46Z

Mdbergmann: /* Installation notes */

Frontends:Eloquent

2009-10-03T13:44:59Z

Mdbergmann: /* Installation notes */

Frontends:Eloquent

2009-10-03T13:37:48Z

Mdbergmann: /* Installation notes */

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-06-09T15:45:05Z

Mdbergmann: /* Search and Dictionary */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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/>

=== 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="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}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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"
| '''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>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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 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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-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="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"/> !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref name="systemlocale"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</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="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="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"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{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}} !! {{no}}
|-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}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Welsh'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="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}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</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</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-15T20:35:06Z

Mdbergmann: /* Other */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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/>

=== 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="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}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}!! {{n/a}} !! {{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"
| '''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>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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 scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-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="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"/> !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref name="systemlocale"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref>!! !! !!
|-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="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="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"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{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"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="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}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''
!
! 
!  {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</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; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-15T20:21:33Z

Mdbergmann: /* Localization */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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/>

=== 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="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}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}!! {{n/a}} !! {{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"
| '''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>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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 scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-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="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"/> !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref name="systemlocale"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref>!! !! !!
|-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="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="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"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{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"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-15T17:45:09Z

Mdbergmann: /* Help System */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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/>

=== 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="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}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}!! {{n/a}} !! {{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"
| '''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>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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 scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-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="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"/> !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref name="systemlocale"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref>!! !! !!
|-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="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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-15T17:42:00Z

Mdbergmann: /* Session and State Management */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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/>

=== 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="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}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}!! {{n/a}} !! {{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"
| '''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>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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 scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-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="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"/> !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref name="systemlocale"/>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{part}} <ref>Not result but search query is stored</ref>!! !! !!
|-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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-15T17:32:06Z

Mdbergmann: /* Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}}
|}
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=== 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="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}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}!! {{n/a}} !! {{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"
| '''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>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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 scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
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=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}}!! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-15T17:25:33Z

Mdbergmann: /* Search and Dictionary */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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/>

=== 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="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}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}!! {{n/a}} !! {{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"
| '''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>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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 scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <ref>Via context menu</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}}!! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-14T23:42:17Z

Mdbergmann: /* Windowing and Text Display */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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/>

=== 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="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}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{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}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}}!! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-14T23:29:02Z

Mdbergmann: /* Image Module Support */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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/>

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! !! !! !! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{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}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}}!! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-14T23:11:04Z

Mdbergmann: /* Module Management */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !!{{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules">Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled</ref>!! {{yes}}<ref name="sortmodules"/> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! !! !! !! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{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}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}}!! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-14T18:05:08Z

Mdbergmann: /* Module Support */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="MacSword 2" | MS2
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{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}} !! !! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}!! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<ref>After repository refresh.</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion Module support'''

! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! !! !! !! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{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}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}}!! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-14T01:17:25Z

Mdbergmann: /* Legends */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2 (currently in beta)]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal Commentary'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}!! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<ref>After repository refresh.</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion Module support'''

! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! !! !! !! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{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}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}}!! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-14T01:16:44Z

Mdbergmann: /* Operating Systems and Portability */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="macosx104"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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"/>
! {{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 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal Commentary'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}!! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<ref>After repository refresh.</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion Module support'''

! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! !! !! !! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{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}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}}!! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-14T01:01:52Z

Mdbergmann: /* Legends */

==Introduction==
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD Frontend 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 Frontend 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.

==Features Common to All SWORD Frontend Applications==
For the most part all the SWORD Frontend programs have the same features.
* Uses Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
* Verse and block layout
* Image support in all types of modules
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Frontend 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]]
*'''MS2''' — [[Frontends:MacSword2|MacSword2]]
*'''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="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}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"{{
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on Linux'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Runs on other Unix'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref>
|-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>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref>
! {{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 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Personal Commentary'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Journal'''

! {{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}}
|-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>
! 
! 
!  {{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}}
! 
! 
! 
!  {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.</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="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> !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>A set of well-known additional repositories is provided automaticlaly</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}!! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<ref>After repository refresh.</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned of internet access'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is advised about download size'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Download can be canceled'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''

! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Installed modules are highlighted</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of module updates'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User is notified of new modules'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules sorted by type'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Companion Module support'''

! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| ''' Image Resizing'''

! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| ''' PNG format'''

! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Window Layout flexible'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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}} !! !! !! !! {{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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Multiple texts'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Poetry Layout'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 1 level indentation</ref>

|-valign="top"
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per module'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Font settable per language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Transliteration'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Able to delete a search index'''

! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Search'''

! {{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}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Combined module search'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''result highlighting'''<ref>Search term(s) highlighted in results</ref>

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''

! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|}
<references/>

=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===

{|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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual adding'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Permanent'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Hierarchical'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Drag and drop management'''

! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Exportable'''

! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''User comments'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Study Notes'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="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}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Interface language'''

! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}}!! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Open Modules'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Search Results'''

! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-valign="top"
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''

! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Manual, Other'''

! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Active links to online help'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref>
|-valign="top"
| '''Tooltips'''

! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{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="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}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Localsied verse/chapter numbers'''<ref>Numbering will use localised script for numbers</ref>

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''English'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Deutsch (German)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''

! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Français (French)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Česky (Czech)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Español (Spanish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Polski (Polish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''

! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Afrikaans'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}
|-valign="top"
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''

! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|}

=== 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="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW
! title="SwordBible" | SB
! title="Xiphos" | Xi
|-valign="top"
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''

! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{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}} !! {{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}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}
|-valign="top"
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''

! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Display Strong's headwords, configurable export passage to clipboard</ref> !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; double-space text; per-tab subwindow visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; click images to display externally</ref>
|}
<references/>

Choosing a SWORD program

2009-03-01T12:49:01Z

Mdbergmann: /* Other */

=Introduction=
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD 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 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.

=Features Common to All SWORD Applications=
For the most part all the SWORD programs have the same features.
* Use Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed beleow are undergoing more or less active development.
* verse and block layout

=Side-by-Side Comparison of Leading SWORD Applications=
== Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Unlock Locked Modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|RtoL Modules
!width="9%"|Daily Devotions
!width="9%"|Book/Chapter Introductions
!width="9%"|User Editable Module Content
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|yes
|yes
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|yes] (automatic)
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|yes
|yes
|
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|no
|yes (automatic)
|partial, not books
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|yes
|yes
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|no
|yes
|yes
|yes
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|yes
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|yes
|Personal Commentary, Journal, all exportable
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|no
|no
|}

== Module Manager Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Locked Modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|Multiple Repositories
!width="9%"|Archiving
!width="9%"|Indexing
!width="9%"|New Content Immediately Available?
!width="9%"|Other Features
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|no
|yes
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|no
|no
|yes
|
|zip installer, download from CrossWire only
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|no
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|no
|yes
|no
|yes
|after repo refresh
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|
|yes
|no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|yes
|yes
|yes
|
|yes
|Show available updates, Show uninstalled modules.
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|
|no
|
|no
|}

== Image Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Image GenBook Support
!width="9%"|Other Image Module Support
!width="9%"|Image Formats
!width="9%"|Image Resizing
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|no
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|yes
|yes
|all supported by WebKit (png, jpeg, tiff, bmp, ...)
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|Images can be incorporated into all module types
|png (in version 1.5.12+), jpg, bmp
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|yes
|All modules
|png, jpg, tiff, gif, bmp
|yes
|}

== Windowing and Display ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Window Layout
!width="9%"|Several texts open at same time?
!width="9%"|Poetry Layout
!width="9%"|Complex Scripts
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|Multiple windows with flexible arrangement and library navigation on left
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| 1-7 tiled subwindows, repositioning/hiding of panes.
| no
| yes (two-level poetry, indented, verse numbers at side)
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|1 or 2 panes (library navigation in Firefox sidebar)
|
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|Multi-window, each module gets it's window
| yes
| no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|Three-pane with tabbed library navigation
| only using Parallel display for Bibles
| yes, but not indented
| depends on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe]
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|Four-pane with library navigation, verse lists, etc. on left, multiple tabs, separate dialogs, saved sessions
| yes
| yes
|yes
|}

== Search and Dictionary ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Indexed Search Features
!width="9%"|Cross Verse Proximity Search
!width="9%"|GenBook and Commentary search
!width="9%"|several module search
!width="9%"|Dictionary Look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|CLucene
|
|
|
|Strong's + parsing (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| Custom
|yes (allowing phrases across verse boundaries)
|yes
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) full list of topics with topic entry box
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
| Apple SearchKit
|no
|yes
|no
|Strong's, Morph (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) and glossary (on click)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|yes (create lists of modules to search)
|Strong's + parsing automatic, glossary (on click)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|Windows
|no
|no
|yes
|no
| Strong's, Morph and glossary on click
|}

== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Permanent Bookmarks, Tags or Verse Lists
!width="9%"|Nestable
!width="9%"|With Comments
!width="9%"|Exportable
!width="9%"|Study Notes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|manual and search result
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|manual and search result
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
| yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|manual and search result
|yes
|yes
|yes
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|manual and search result
|yes
|yes
|no
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|manual and search result
|yes
|no
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|manual and search result
|yes
|no
|no
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|
|
|
|
|
|yes
|}

== Localization ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Localization Support
!width="9%"|GUI RtoL Support
!width="9%"|GUI Languages
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, Indonesian
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, German, Farsi, Chinese, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|no
|English, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|English
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|yes
|?
|English, German, Frensh, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|no
|Afrikaans, Česky, Deutsch, English, Suomi, Magyar, Bahasa Indonesia, 日本語, Polski, Português, Slovenščina
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|yes
|yes
|English, German, French, Finnish, Farsi, Czech, Hebrew, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible|SwordBible]]
|Windows
|
|
|English
|}

== Other ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Portable
!width="9%"|Extramodular Content
!width="9%"|Other
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable version]
| Bible Reading Plan
| word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|Bible Study HOWTO
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition]
|gospel harmonies; Guess the Verse game;
|display Strong's headwords;
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|portable, but leaves data on host computer
|
|read aloud
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
| portable, but leaves data on host computer
|
| parallel verse display, transliteration
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|
|
|Read Aloud, pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology, transliteration into Latin characters
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible | SwordBible]]
|Windows
|portable
|Verse lists with prefilled topics, One year daily reading plans
|
|}

Choosing a SWORD program

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=Introduction=
This page is under development. As such it may not be helpful until it is near completion. For that reason, please don't link it on another page until then. To become complete it needs fair and balanced™ coverage of the SWORD 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 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.

=Features Common to All SWORD Applications=
For the most part all the SWORD programs have the same features.
* Use Unicode
* 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 customised scopes.
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
* All frontends listed beleow are undergoing more or less active development.
* verse and block layout

=Side-by-Side Comparison of Leading SWORD Applications=
== Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Unlock Locked Modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|RtoL Modules
!width="9%"|Daily Devotions
!width="9%"|Book/Chapter Introductions
!width="9%"|User Editable Module Content
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|yes
|yes
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|yes] (automatic)
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|yes
|yes
|
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|no
|yes (automatic)
|partial, not books
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|yes
|yes
|no
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|no
|yes
|yes
|yes
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|Personal Commentary
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|yes
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|yes
|Personal Commentary, Journal, all exportable
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|yes (automatic)
|no
|no
|}

== Module Manager Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Locked Modules (via GUI)
!width="9%"|Multiple Repositories
!width="9%"|Archiving
!width="9%"|Indexing
!width="9%"|New Content Immediately Available?
!width="9%"|Other Features
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|no
|yes
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|no
|no
|yes
|
|zip installer, download from CrossWire only
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|no
|no
|no
|no
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|no
|yes
|no
|yes
|after repo refresh
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|yes
|
|yes
|no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|yes
|yes
|yes
|
|yes
|Show available updates, Show uninstalled modules.
|-valign="top" 
|SwordBible
|Windows
|
|yes
|
|no
|
|no
|}

== Image Module Support ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Image GenBook Support
!width="9%"|Other Image Module Support
!width="9%"|Image Formats
!width="9%"|Image Resizing
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|no
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|yes
|yes
|all supported by WebKit (png, jpeg, tiff, bmp, ...)
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|Images can be incorporated into all module types
|png (in version 1.5.12+), jpg, bmp
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|yes
|All modules
|png, jpg, tiff, gif, bmp
|yes
|}

== Windowing and Display ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Window Layout
!width="9%"|Several texts open at same time?
!width="9%"|Poetry Layout
!width="9%"|Complex Scripts
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
|yes
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|Multiple windows with flexible arrangement and library navigation on left
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| 1-7 tiled subwindows, repositioning/hiding of panes.
| no
| yes (two-level poetry, indented, verse numbers at side)
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|1 or 2 panes (library navigation in Firefox sidebar)
|
|yes
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|Multi-window, each module gets it's window
| yes
| no
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|Three-pane with tabbed library navigation
| only using Parallel display for Bibles
| yes, but not indented
| depends on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe]
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|Four-pane with library navigation, verse lists, etc. on left, multiple tabs, separate dialogs, saved sessions
| yes
| yes
|yes
|}

== Search and Dictionary ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Indexed Search Features
!width="9%"|Cross Verse Proximity Search
!width="9%"|GenBook and Commentary search
!width="9%"|several module search
!width="9%"|Dictionary Look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|CLucene
|
|
|
|Strong's + parsing (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
| Custom
|yes (allowing phrases across verse boundaries)
|yes
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) full list of topics with topic entry box
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|Lucene
|yes
|
|
|Manual look-up
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
| Apple SearchKit
|no
|yes
|no
|Strong's, Morph (automatic)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|no
|Strong's + parsing (automatic) and glossary (on click)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|CLucene
|no
|yes
|yes (create lists of modules to search)
|Strong's + parsing automatic, glossary (on click)
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|Windows
|no
|no
|yes
|no
| Strong's, Morph and glossary on click
|}

== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Permanent Bookmarks, Tags or Verse Lists
!width="9%"|Nestable
!width="9%"|With Comments
!width="9%"|Exportable
!width="9%"|Study Notes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|manual and search result
|
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|manual and search result
|
|
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|
| yes
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|manual and search result
|yes
|yes
|yes
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|
|no
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|manual and search result
|yes
|yes
|no
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|manual and search result
|yes
|no
|
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|manual and search result
|yes
|no
|no
|yes
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible |SwordBible]]
|
|
|
|
|
|yes
|}

== Localization ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Localization Support
!width="9%"|GUI RtoL Support
!width="9%"|GUI Languages
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, Indonesian
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|yes
|yes
|English, German, Farsi, Chinese, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|yes
|no
|English, Vietnamese
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|English
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|yes
|?
|English, German, Frensh, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
|yes
|no
|Afrikaans, Česky, Deutsch, English, Suomi, Magyar, Bahasa Indonesia, 日本語, Polski, Português, Slovenščina
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|yes
|yes
|English, German, French, Finnish, Farsi, Czech, Hebrew, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible|SwordBible]]
|Windows
|
|
|English
|}

== Other ==
{|width="100%" border="1" class="sortable"
!width="18%"|Application
!width="9%"|Operating Systems
!width="9%"|Portable
!width="9%"|Extramodular Content
!width="9%"|Other
|-valign="top" 
|[http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|
|
|word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop (JSword)]]
|Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
|[http://www.crosswire.org/~dmsmith/bd/ Portable version]
| Bible Reading Plan
| word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
|-valign="top" 
|[http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] (see also [[Frontends:KioSword|Kio-Sword]])
|Linux
|
|Bible Study HOWTO
|
|-valign="top" 
|[http://bpbible.com BPBible (wxPython)]
|Windows, Linux
|[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition]
|gospel harmonies; Guess the Verse game;
|display Strong's headwords;
|-valign="top" 
|[http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible (JSword/FireFox)]
|Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]
|version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
|
|
|
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]
|Windows (95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7)
| portable, but leaves data on host computer
|
| parallel verse display, transliteration
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos (GNOME)]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])
|Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7), Linux, BSDs
|
|
|Read Aloud, pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology, transliteration into Latin characters
|-valign="top" 
|[[Frontends:SwordBible | SwordBible]]
|Windows
|portable
|Verse lists with prefilled topics, One year daily reading plans
|
|}