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User talk:Bdrake
2009-03-08T12:44:40Z
<p>Bdrake: </p>
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<div>Hi Barry, can you point me to an instance of Hebrew text in a BibleCS footnote that does not display correctly? --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 19:46, 7 March 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Hebrew in popup footnote. ==<br />
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Gen. 1:2 note 3 - the word tohu and bohu appear in roman transliterated form but not in Hebrew. In the 'popout' note, they appear properly as both forms.<br />
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I just tested this (fresh install of BibleCS, NET, without any further configuration on XP SP3) and I have no problem with Hebrew. My suspicion is that you have changed from the default font or that your OS doesn't provide Hebrew for the default font, but there is certainly no problem with BibleCS and Hebrew in popup notes. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 02:00, 8 March 2009 (UTC)<br />
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I don't get it! I'm using XP SP3 with the latest BibleCS binary. I've just tried changing through a number of different fonts including Ariel Unicode which I know supports Hebrew, and still can't get any Hebrew to appear in the popup. All I get is spaces where the Hebrew ought to appear.<br />
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I've just done another test - this time with a clean install of BibleCS 1.5.11 into the default path. I still get exactly the same with NET Gen 1:2 note 3. I am talking about the note that pops up on mouse-hover. Barry Drake.</div>
Bdrake
https://wiki.crosswire.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Bdrake&diff=5851
User talk:Bdrake
2009-03-08T08:33:29Z
<p>Bdrake: /* Hebrew in popup footnote. */</p>
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<div>Hi Barry, can you point me to an instance of Hebrew text in a BibleCS footnote that does not display correctly? --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 19:46, 7 March 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Hebrew in popup footnote. ==<br />
<br />
Gen. 1:2 note 3 - the word tohu and bohu appear in roman transliterated form but not in Hebrew. In the 'popout' note, they appear properly as both forms.<br />
<br />
I just tested this (fresh install of BibleCS, NET, without any further configuration on XP SP3) and I have no problem with Hebrew. My suspicion is that you have changed from the default font or that your OS doesn't provide Hebrew for the default font, but there is certainly no problem with BibleCS and Hebrew in popup notes. --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 02:00, 8 March 2009 (UTC)<br />
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I don't get it! I'm using XP SP3 with the latest BibleCS binary. I've just tried changing through a number of different fonts including Ariel Unicode which I know supports Hebrew, and still can't get any Hebrew to appear in the popup. All I get is spaces where the Hebrew ought to appear.</div>
Bdrake
https://wiki.crosswire.org/index.php?title=Choosing_a_SWORD_program&diff=5843
Choosing a SWORD program
2009-03-07T22:10:24Z
<p>Bdrake: /* Module Support */</p>
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<div>==Introduction==<br />
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.<br />
<br />
Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
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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.<br />
<br />
==Features Common to All SWORD Applications==<br />
For the most part all the SWORD programs have the same features.<br />
* Uses Unicode <br />
* Released under an open source license<br />
* 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.<br />
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes<br />
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.<br />
* Verse and block layout<br />
* Image support in all types of modules<br />
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.<br />
<br />
==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Applications==<br />
This is a work in progress. <br />
=== Legends ===<br />
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:<br />
*'''ABS''' - [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+<br />
*'''BD''' - [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+<br />
*'''BT''' - [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit<br />
*'''BPB''' - [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython<br />
*'''FB''' - [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension<br />
*'''MS''' - [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]<br />
*'''SPW''' - [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]<br />
*'''SB''' - [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]<br />
*'''Xi''' - [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])<br />
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A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered.<br />
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=== Operating Systems and Portability===<br />
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{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"{{<br />
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Linux'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on other Unix'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} <br />
! {{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><br />
! {{no}} <br />
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref><br />
! {{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><br />
! {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref><br />
! {{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><br />
! {{no}}<br />
! {{no}}<br />
|}<br />
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<br />
=== Module Support ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Daily Devotions Show Friendly Dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Personal Commentary'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Journal'''<br />
<!-- ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!-- ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
! <!-- ABS --><br />
! <!-- BD --><br />
! <!-- BT --><br />
! <!-- BPB --> {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref><br />
! <!-- FB --> <br />
! <!-- MS --><br />
! <!-- SPW --> {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/><br />
! <!-- SB --><br />
! <!-- Xi --> {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Footnote expansion'''<br />
! <!-- ABS --><br />
! <!-- BD --> {{yes}}<br />
! <!-- BT --> {{yes}}<br />
! <!-- BPB --> <br />
! <!-- FB --> <br />
! <!-- MS --><br />
! <!-- SPW --> {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup, truncated after 1221 characters. No support for Hebrew words in footnote popup - but there is support in 'popout' window which also provides the full footnote text.</ref><br />
! <!-- SB --><br />
! <!-- Xi --> {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
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<references/><br />
<br />
=== Module Management ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Integrated module manager'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}!! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<ref>After repository refresh.</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is warned of internet access'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is advised about download size'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Download can be canceled'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Installed modules are highlighted</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is notified of module updates'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is notified of new modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules sorted by type'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Companion Module support'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
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<references/><br />
<br />
=== Image Module Support ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' Image Resizing'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' PNG format'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' SVG format'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Windowing and Text Display ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Window Layout flexible'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Parallel Display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Multiple texts'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Poetry Layout'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Ruby Layout'''<ref>[http://www.w3.org/TR/ruby/ Ruby] is a not-yet-released SWORD 1.5.12 feature. Used for Japanese texts.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Font settable per module'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Font settable per language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Transliteration'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Search and Dictionary ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Able to create a search index'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi--> <br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Able to delete a search index'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top" <br />
| '''Indexed Search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Combined module search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bookmarks, Verselists or Tags'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual adding'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Permanent'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Hierarchical'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Drag and drop management'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Exportable'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User comments'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Study Notes'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Session and State Management ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Layout stored'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Interface language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Open Modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Search Results'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !! <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Help System ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual, English'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual, Other'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Active links to online help'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tooltips'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Localization ===<br />
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.<br />
<br />
The following languages are present in more than one SWORD application.<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''GUI RtoL Support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''English'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Deutsch (German)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Français (French)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Česky (Czech)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Español (Spanish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Polski (Polish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
The following languages are present in only one SWORD application.<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Afrikaans'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Other extramodular content'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{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}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Read aloud'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>!! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! !! {{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</ref> <br />
|}<br />
<references/></div>
Bdrake
https://wiki.crosswire.org/index.php?title=Choosing_a_SWORD_program&diff=5842
Choosing a SWORD program
2009-03-07T22:09:12Z
<p>Bdrake: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
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.<br />
<br />
Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
==Features Common to All SWORD Applications==<br />
For the most part all the SWORD programs have the same features.<br />
* Uses Unicode <br />
* Released under an open source license<br />
* 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.<br />
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes<br />
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.<br />
* Verse and block layout<br />
* Image support in all types of modules<br />
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.<br />
<br />
==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Applications==<br />
This is a work in progress. <br />
=== Legends ===<br />
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:<br />
*'''ABS''' - [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+<br />
*'''BD''' - [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+<br />
*'''BT''' - [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit<br />
*'''BPB''' - [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython<br />
*'''FB''' - [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension<br />
*'''MS''' - [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]<br />
*'''SPW''' - [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]<br />
*'''SB''' - [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]<br />
*'''Xi''' - [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])<br />
<br />
A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered.<br />
<br />
=== Operating Systems and Portability===<br />
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{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"{{<br />
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Linux'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on other Unix'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} <br />
! {{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><br />
! {{no}} <br />
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref><br />
! {{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><br />
! {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref><br />
! {{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><br />
! {{no}}<br />
! {{no}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Module Support ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Daily Devotions Show Friendly Dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Personal Commentary'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Journal'''<br />
<!-- ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!-- ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
! <!-- ABS --><br />
! <!-- BD --><br />
! <!-- BT --><br />
! <!-- BPB --> {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref><br />
! <!-- FB --> <br />
! <!-- MS --><br />
! <!-- SPW --> {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/><br />
! <!-- SB --><br />
! <!-- Xi --> {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Footnote expansion'''<br />
! <!-- ABS --><br />
! <!-- BD --> {{yes}}<br />
! <!-- BT --> {{yes}}<br />
! <!-- BPB --> <br />
! <!-- FB --> <br />
! <!-- MS --><br />
! <!-- SPW --> {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup, truncated after 1221 characters. No support for Hebrew words in footnote - but there is support in 'popout' window which also provides the full footnote text.</ref><br />
! <!-- SB --><br />
! <!-- Xi --> {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Module Management ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Integrated module manager'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}!! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<ref>After repository refresh.</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is warned of internet access'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is advised about download size'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Download can be canceled'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Installed modules are highlighted</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is notified of module updates'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is notified of new modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules sorted by type'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Companion Module support'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Image Module Support ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' Image Resizing'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' PNG format'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' SVG format'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Windowing and Text Display ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Window Layout flexible'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Parallel Display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Multiple texts'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Poetry Layout'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Ruby Layout'''<ref>[http://www.w3.org/TR/ruby/ Ruby] is a not-yet-released SWORD 1.5.12 feature. Used for Japanese texts.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Font settable per module'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Font settable per language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Transliteration'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Search and Dictionary ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Able to create a search index'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi--> <br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Able to delete a search index'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top" <br />
| '''Indexed Search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Combined module search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bookmarks, Verselists or Tags'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual adding'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Permanent'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Hierarchical'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Drag and drop management'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Exportable'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User comments'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Study Notes'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Session and State Management ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Layout stored'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Interface language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Open Modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Search Results'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !! <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Help System ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual, English'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual, Other'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Active links to online help'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tooltips'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Localization ===<br />
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.<br />
<br />
The following languages are present in more than one SWORD application.<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''GUI RtoL Support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''English'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Deutsch (German)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Français (French)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Česky (Czech)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Español (Spanish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Polski (Polish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
The following languages are present in only one SWORD application.<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Afrikaans'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Other extramodular content'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{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}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Read aloud'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>!! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! !! {{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</ref> <br />
|}<br />
<references/></div>
Bdrake
https://wiki.crosswire.org/index.php?title=Choosing_a_SWORD_program&diff=5841
Choosing a SWORD program
2009-03-07T22:07:03Z
<p>Bdrake: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
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.<br />
<br />
Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
==Features Common to All SWORD Applications==<br />
For the most part all the SWORD programs have the same features.<br />
* Uses Unicode <br />
* Released under an open source license<br />
* 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.<br />
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes<br />
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.<br />
* Verse and block layout<br />
* Image support in all types of modules<br />
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.<br />
<br />
==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Applications==<br />
This is a work in progress. <br />
=== Legends ===<br />
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:<br />
*'''ABS''' - [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+<br />
*'''BD''' - [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+<br />
*'''BT''' - [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit<br />
*'''BPB''' - [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython<br />
*'''FB''' - [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension<br />
*'''MS''' - [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]<br />
*'''SPW''' - [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]<br />
*'''SB''' - [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]<br />
*'''Xi''' - [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])<br />
<br />
A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered.<br />
<br />
=== Operating Systems and Portability===<br />
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{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"{{<br />
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Linux'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on other Unix'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} <br />
! {{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><br />
! {{no}} <br />
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref><br />
! {{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><br />
! {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref><br />
! {{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><br />
! {{no}}<br />
! {{no}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Module Support ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Daily Devotions Show Friendly Dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Personal Commentary'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Journal'''<br />
<!-- ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!-- ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
! <!-- ABS --><br />
! <!-- BD --><br />
! <!-- BT --><br />
! <!-- BPB --> {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref><br />
! <!-- FB --> <br />
! <!-- MS --><br />
! <!-- SPW --> {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/><br />
! <!-- SB --><br />
! <!-- Xi --> {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Footnote expansion'''<br />
! <!-- ABS --><br />
! <!-- BD --> {{yes}}<br />
! <!-- BT --> {{yes}}<br />
! <!-- BPB --> <br />
! <!-- FB --> <br />
! <!-- MS --><br />
! <!-- SPW --> {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup, truncated after 1221 characters. No support for Hebrew words in footnote - but there is support in 'popout' window.</ref><br />
! <!-- SB --><br />
! <!-- Xi --> {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Module Management ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Integrated module manager'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}!! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<ref>After repository refresh.</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is warned of internet access'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is advised about download size'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Download can be canceled'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Installed modules are highlighted</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is notified of module updates'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is notified of new modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules sorted by type'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Companion Module support'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Image Module Support ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' Image Resizing'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' PNG format'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' SVG format'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Windowing and Text Display ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Window Layout flexible'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Parallel Display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Multiple texts'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Poetry Layout'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Ruby Layout'''<ref>[http://www.w3.org/TR/ruby/ Ruby] is a not-yet-released SWORD 1.5.12 feature. Used for Japanese texts.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Font settable per module'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Font settable per language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Transliteration'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Search and Dictionary ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Able to create a search index'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi--> <br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Able to delete a search index'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top" <br />
| '''Indexed Search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Combined module search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bookmarks, Verselists or Tags'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual adding'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Permanent'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Hierarchical'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Drag and drop management'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Exportable'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User comments'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Study Notes'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Session and State Management ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Layout stored'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Interface language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Open Modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Search Results'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !! <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Help System ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual, English'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual, Other'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Active links to online help'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tooltips'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Localization ===<br />
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.<br />
<br />
The following languages are present in more than one SWORD application.<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''GUI RtoL Support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''English'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Deutsch (German)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Français (French)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Česky (Czech)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Español (Spanish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Polski (Polish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
The following languages are present in only one SWORD application.<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Afrikaans'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Other extramodular content'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{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}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Read aloud'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>!! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! !! {{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</ref> <br />
|}<br />
<references/></div>
Bdrake
https://wiki.crosswire.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Bdrake&diff=5839
User talk:Bdrake
2009-03-07T20:24:44Z
<p>Bdrake: /* Hebrew in popup footnote. */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div>Hi Barry, can you point me to an instance of Hebrew text in a BibleCS footnote that does not display correctly? --[[User:Osk|Osk]] 19:46, 7 March 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Hebrew in popup footnote. ==<br />
<br />
Gen. 1:2 note 3 - the word tohu and bohu appear in roman transliterated form but not in Hebrew. In the 'popout' note, they appear properly as both forms.</div>
Bdrake
https://wiki.crosswire.org/index.php?title=Choosing_a_SWORD_program&diff=5833
Choosing a SWORD program
2009-03-07T18:24:36Z
<p>Bdrake: Line of footnote support added</p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
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.<br />
<br />
Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
==Features Common to All SWORD Applications==<br />
For the most part all the SWORD programs have the same features.<br />
* Uses Unicode <br />
* Released under an open source license<br />
* 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.<br />
* Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes<br />
* All frontends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.<br />
* Verse and block layout<br />
* Image support in all types of modules<br />
* Localisation - all frontends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.<br />
<br />
==Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Applications==<br />
This is a work in progress. <br />
=== Legends ===<br />
To keep the lists below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:<br />
*'''ABS''' - [http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/ Alkitab Bible Study] based on JSword, uses Java 5+<br />
*'''BD''' - [[Frontends:BibleDesktop|BibleDesktop]] based on JSword, uses Java 1.4.2+<br />
*'''BT''' - [http://devel.bibletime.info BibleTime] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit<br />
*'''BPB''' - [http://bpbible.com BPBible] uses wxPython<br />
*'''FB''' - [http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible] based on JSword, runs in FireFox as an extension<br />
*'''MS''' - [[Frontends:MacSword|MacSword]]<br />
*'''SPW''' - [[Frontends:BibleCS|The SWORD Project for Windows]]<br />
*'''SB''' - [http://swordwarrior.net/ SwordBible]<br />
*'''Xi''' - [[Frontends:Xiphos|Xiphos]] (formerly [[Frontends:GnomeSword|GnomeSword]])<br />
<br />
A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered.<br />
<br />
=== Operating Systems and Portability===<br />
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{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>Not Win9x</ref>!! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"{{<br />
| '''Runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"> Pre-alpha</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.3.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref name="prealpha"/>!! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Version 1.4.x</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on Linux'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Runs on other Unix'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>BSD, Solaris</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Can be installed to run from USB drive'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} <br />
! {{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><br />
! {{no}} <br />
! {{yes}}<ref>[http://PortableApps.com/BPBiblePortable PortableApps.com edition] for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.</ref><br />
! {{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><br />
! {{yes}}<ref>Leaves traces on host computer.</ref><br />
! {{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><br />
! {{no}}<br />
! {{no}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Module Support ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Daily Devotions Start with Today'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Daily Devotions Show Friendly Dates'''<ref>Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Testament Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Book Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Shows Chapter Introductions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Personal Commentary'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable">Exportable as a SWORD module</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Journal'''<br />
<!-- ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref name="exportable"/><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!-- ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
! <!-- ABS --><br />
! <!-- BD --><br />
! <!-- BT --><br />
! <!-- BPB --> {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe">To the extent that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniscribe Uniscribe] supports a given script</ref><br />
! <!-- FB --> <br />
! <!-- MS --><br />
! <!-- SPW --> {{part}}<ref name="uniscribe"/><br />
! <!-- SB --><br />
! <!-- Xi --> {{yes}}<ref>With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango pango]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) graphite] installed</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Footnote expansion'''<br />
! <!-- ABS --><br />
! <!-- BD --> {{yes}}<br />
! <!-- BT --> {{yes}}<br />
! <!-- BPB --> <br />
! <!-- FB --> <br />
! <!-- MS --><br />
! <!-- SPW --> {{part}}<ref name="Limited">Notes appear in popup, truncated after 1221 characters. No support for Hebrew words in footnote</ref><br />
! <!-- SB --><br />
! <!-- Xi --> {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Module Management ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Integrated module manager'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins">via plugins</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Zip installer for locally available modules only</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Multiple download repositories'''<ref>Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Local Repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Use of Proxy configurable'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}}!! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<ref>After repository refresh.</ref>!! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is warned of internet access'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is advised about download size'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User can continue working while download is in progress'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Download can be canceled'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is warned if module already exists.'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref name="plugins"/> !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}} <ref>Installed modules are highlighted</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is notified of module updates'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User is notified of new modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Hiding/Showing installed modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules sorted by type'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules are further sorted by language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Modules can be archived/exported'''<ref>Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Companion Module support'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Image Module Support ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' Image Resizing'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''JPEG format'''<ref>All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this types.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' PNG format'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> PNG support will be available in 1.5.12 upwards</ref> !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| ''' SVG format'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Windowing and Text Display ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Window Layout flexible'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''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><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Parallel Display'''<ref>Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Multiple texts'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Poetry Layout'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref>!! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Not indented</ref>!! !! {{yes}} <ref> 2 level indentation</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Ruby Layout'''<ref>[http://www.w3.org/TR/ruby/ Ruby] is a not-yet-released SWORD 1.5.12 feature. Used for Japanese texts.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Module default font'''<ref>Used if the font is installed</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Font settable per module'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Font settable per language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Transliteration'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{no}}<ref>This is available if compiled with ICU.</ref> !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Search and Dictionary ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Able to create a search index'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi--> <br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Automatically created searching a module first time</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Able to delete a search index'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}<ref>Through plugins</ref> !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User can continue to use application while index is being created'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top" <br />
| '''Indexed Search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Cross Verse Proximity Search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<ref>Allowing phrases across verse boundaries</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed CrossRef search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Indexed Note and Heading search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Fuzzy search'''<ref>Finds words based upon approximation.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''GenBook and Commentary search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{part}}<ref>Commentaries when treated as Bibles</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Combined module search'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Creation of lists of modules to be searched together</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Search scopes'''<ref>Limit search to one or more passages or books</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bookmarks, Verselists or Tags'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<ref>Utilizes FF bookmarking system</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual adding'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bulk adding of Search result'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Permanent'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Hierarchical'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Drag and drop management'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{n/a}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Exportable'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''User comments'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Study Notes'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Session and State Management ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Layout stored'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{part}}<ref>Size and location of windows only</ref>!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Interface language'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{n/a}}<ref>Selected from locale setting</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Open Modules'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Search Results'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{part}}<ref>User can store the results of a search as a verse list</ref>!! !! !! !! !! !! !! <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Storing of multiple Sessions'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Help System ===<br />
<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual, English'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Manual, Other'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref> French</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Active links to online help'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! !! !! !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<ref>IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker</ref><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tooltips'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}}!! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! !! !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
=== Localization ===<br />
Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.<br />
<br />
The following languages are present in more than one SWORD application.<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''GUI RtoL Support'''<ref>Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.</ref><br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''English'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Deutsch (German)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<ref> BPBible 0.4.1 will have a German translation </ref> !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Português (Portuguese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Suomi (Finnish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''فارسی (Persian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Français (French)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Česky (Czech)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !!{{yes}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Español (Spanish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Polski (Polish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Svenska (Swedish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
The following languages are present in only one SWORD application.<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Dansk (Danish)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Afrikaans'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''日本語 (Japanese)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Magyar (Hungarian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Slovenščina (Slovenian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''עברית (Hebrew)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Norsk (Norwegian)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Nederlands (Dutch)'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
{|border="1" class="sortable"<br />
! width="250px" | Feature <br />
! title="AlKitab Bible Study" | ABS<br />
! title="Bible Desktop" | BD<br />
! title="BibleTime" | BT<br />
! title="BPBible" | BPB<br />
! title="FireBible" | FB<br />
! title="MacSword" | MS<br />
! title="The SWORD Project for Windows" | SPW<br />
! title="SwordBible" | SB<br />
! title="Xiphos" | Xi<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Extramodular Bible Reading Plan'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{yes}} !! {{yes}} !! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Other extramodular content'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{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}} <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| '''Read aloud'''<br />
<!--ABS !! BD !! BT !! BPB !! FB !! MS !! SPW !! SB !! Xi --><br />
! {{no}} !! {{part}}<ref name="maconly">On MacOS 10.3+ only</ref>!! !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} !! {{no}} !! {{no}} !! {{yes}} <br />
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| '''Other features not listed otherwise'''<br />
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! !! !! !! {{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</ref> <br />
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