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*'''BT''' — [[Frontends:BibleTime|BibleTime]] uses cross-platform Qt toolkit
 
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*'''PS''' — [http://crosswire.org/pocketsword/ PocketSword] ''v1.x.x''
 
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Latest revision as of 18:57, 26 June 2023

Introduction

This page needs to be maintained to give fair coverage of the SWORD front-end programs.

Do feel free to edit this page to make it more complete and better organized.

The purpose of this page is to help an end user decide which SWORD front-end program is the best for them. The first consideration is which programs are available for the user. This can be found at CrossWire's home page. Once the user has narrowed down which programs are available, the following can be used to focus on the best program.

It is recommended that each user try all the available programs. It is likely that one will resonate with the user and work best for that user.

As this page is oriented to program features, it does not distinguish whether the underlying engine is SWORD or JSword.

Some applications have a different CrossWire development code name than the public name.

Features Common to All SWORD Front-end Applications

Most SWORD Front-end programs have these features:

  • Uses Unicode (though some front-ends don't yet support 5.0 or later)
  • Released under an open source license
  • Powerful search syntax - wildcard, regex and often also clucene indexed searches (fuzzy and proximity searches + searches for Strong's, stemming etc) within preset and customized scopes.
  • Strong's, morphological info, cross references and footnotes
  • All front-ends listed below are undergoing more or less active development.
  • Verse and block layout
  • Image support in all types of modules
  • Localization - all front-ends are designed to be readily translatable. Many are translated in various languages.

Side-by-Side Comparison of Notable SWORD Front-end Applications

This is a work in progress. It may not be 100% accurate. As front-ends are further developed, some items may become out of date.
Please help to keep this page useful by editing it to the best of your knowledge.

Legends

To keep the tables below compact, the SWORD programs are identified by abbreviations. Here is an explanation of each of them:

A blank entry means that it is unknown whether a feature is present. Footnotes are automatically numbered.

Operating Systems and Portability

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Runs on Windows 95/98/NT/ME no no yes no no no no no yes yes no no
Runs on Windows 2K/XP/Vista/7/8/10[1] no yes no yes yes yes yes [2] no no yes yes yes yes yes
Runs on Mac OS X 10.3+ no no yes no no no no no no no yes no yes
Runs on Mac OS X 10.4+ no yes no yes no no no no no no no yes no yes
Runs on Mac OS X 10.5+ no no yes yes no yes [3] yes no no no yes no yes
Runs on Linux no yes no yes yes yes yes no no no no yes yes yes
Runs on other Unix no yes no yes yes yes no no no yes yes yes[4] yes
Runs on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch[5] no no yes no no no no no yes no no yes [6] no no
Runs on Android yes no yes no no no yes [7] no no no no yes [8] no partial [9]
Can be installed to run from USB drive no no no yes[10] no yes[11] yes [12] yes[13] no yes[14] no yes [15] yes[16] yes
  1. ↑ Windows 8 is supported only on x86 processors, so Windows RT is unsupported.
  2. ↑ Ezra Bible App requires at least Windows 7, previous versions of Windows are not supported.
  3. ↑ Ezra Bible App requires at least macOS 10.10 "Yosemite", previous versions of macOS are not supported.
  4. ↑ BSD and Solaris.
  5. ↑ iOS 3.1.3 and higher.
  6. ↑ Currently, only the web-version. Online mobile app is coming soon.
  7. ↑ Ezra Bible App requires at least Android 5, previous versions of Android are not supported.
  8. ↑ Currently, only the web-version. Online and offline mobile apps are coming soon.
  9. ↑ Here, xulsword is essentially a Firefox add-on, and can run anywhere Firefox runs, but the libxulsword engine must first be compiled for Android OS.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ PortableApps.com edition for Windows only. Leaves no trace on host computer.
  12. ↑ Yes in theory.
  13. ↑ Leaves traces on host computer.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Yes in theory. Similar to BD, but not tested.
  16. ↑ Windows only.

Module related

Module Support

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Daily devotions start with today yes yes yes no no yes yes no yes yes
Daily devotions show friendly dates[1] yes yes yes no no yes no no yes no
Shows testament introductions no no no yes no yes no no no yes
Shows book introductions no no yes no yes yes no yes no no yes yes
Shows chapter introductions no no yes yes yes yes yes yes no no yes yes
Personal commentary no no no yes no yes yes no yes no no yes[2] yes
Journal[3] no no no no no no no no no no yes[2] no
Right to Left scripts[4] yes yes yes yes no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Complex scripts[5][6] partial[7] no yes partial[7] yes yes
ICU Transliteration yes[8] no no yes no [9] yes no
Encoded Transliteration[10] no no no yes yes[11] yes no
Can display Lemmas[12] no yes yes yes
Can display Glosses[13] no yes yes
Footnote expansion yes yes yes yes yes yes yes[14] yes yes yes
Glossary links[15] no no no no yes yes
Morphological segments[16][17] no no yes[18] yes yes
Can display variants[19] no no no yes[20]
Alternate Versification[21] yes[22] yes yes yes no no yes partial[23] yes[24] yes[25] yes yes
Show deuterocanonical books[26] yes no yes yes no yes yes yes[24] yes yes no
Show encoded transliterations[27] no no no no no no no no no no no yes no
Supports module abbreviations[28] no no no no no no no no no no no yes yes
  1. ↑ Dates use locale appropriate date representation. Month names if used are localized, too.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Exportable as a SWORD module
  3. ↑ These are user-created and user-editable modules to contain general content. Initially conceived as simple prayer lists, they have expanded to include daily journals and topic-outline content. The user can maintain prayer lists, or prepare sermons, or write any structured content desired.
  4. ↑ Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and other modules Right-to-Left scripts are displayed from right-to-left, properly aligned and correctly shaped, and with adequate implementation of the bidirectional algorithm.
  5. ↑ See Examples of Complex Rendering.
  6. ↑ The application can display correctly Brahmic, Indic, and related scripts (or other scripts of similar layout) - subject to availability of adequate fonts and standardized Unicode
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 To the extent that Uniscribe supports a given script
  8. ↑ Only when compiled with libsword ICU.
  9. ↑ Does not use ICU.
  10. ↑ Where the transliteration data is encoded within the module markup.
  11. ↑ Appears to support only Greek and Hebrew, and to be limited to a small subset of texts.
  12. ↑ Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISLemma or GlobalOptionFilter=ThMLLemma. The KJV module is one such example. See DevTools:conf Files.
  13. ↑ Applicable only for modules with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISGlosses or (deprecated) GlobalOptionFilter=OSISRuby. See Japanese Bibles. See DevTools:conf Files.
  14. ↑ Notes appear in popup. Extremely long notes may appear truncated in the popup.
  15. ↑ i.e. For reference elements with attribute type="x-glossary" ...
  16. ↑ Display these segments by some suitable method, for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=OSISMorphSegmentation in the configuration file. An example is the WLC module.
  17. ↑ Currently, only some JSword based front-ends seem to support this feature. The SWORD engine has the switch available, but no change in output is effected.
  18. ↑ e.g. For module OHSB or WLC - click color code Hebrew from the cog menu.
  19. ↑ Applicable only for modules that have GlobalOptionFilter=ThMLVariants or GlobalOptionFilter=OSISVariants. For a front-end without proper support for this feature, the default is that both readings are displayed. See DevTools:conf Files.
  20. ↑ Module options context menu includes Variants: Primary/Secondary reading as well as All readings. The default is that only the Primary reading is displayed.
  21. ↑ Modules with a different book order may have navigation problems in some front-ends.
  22. ↑ As of version 1.9.0 which provides mapping between Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV, and NRSV versifications and adds the IBT repository as a download location.
  23. ↑ PS does not yet support all the latest versifications, as it has not been updated for more recent releases of the SWORD API.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Av11n is supported as from release 1.7.3
  25. ↑ Including converting from one versification to another for Synodal, German, Leningrad, Vulgate, KJV and NRSV.
  26. ↑ This implicitly requires support for av11n, yet showing DC books also requires being able to navigate to them via the passage selector, etc.
  27. ↑ For modules such as SP (Samaritan Pentateuch) that are configured with GlobalOptionFilter=OSISXlit.
  28. ↑ For modules that include the abbreviation property in the configuration file (e.g. Most of the modules in the IBT repository).

Module Management

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST [1] Xi XS
Integrated module manager yes yes[2] yes yes yes partial[3] yes yes yes[4] yes yes yes yes yes
Module unlocking support[5] yes[2] yes yes yes yes yes yes[6] yes no yes yes[7]
Locked modules are identified yes[8] yes[9] yes[8]
Multiple download repositories[10] yes yes[2] yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes[11] yes
Local repositories (e.g. CrossWire CD) no no yes no no yes n/a yes yes yes yes yes
Option to add remote source yes[12] yes[13]
Module maintainer mode[14] yes[15]
Use of proxy configurable yes no n/a no no n/a no no yes n/a yes
Downloaded modules are available immediately without restart yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes no no yes yes yes
User is warned of internet access[16] yes[2] yes[17] yes yes n/a yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
User is advised about download size yes[2] yes no n/a no no yes no no no yes[18] yes
User can continue working while download is in progress yes yes n/a no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Download can be canceled yes[2] yes yes n/a yes yes no yes yes no partial yes
User is warned if module already exists yes[2] yes no yes [19] yes [19] yes [19] yes[20] yes [19] yes
User is notified of module updates no yes no no no yes yes no yes yes
User is notified of new modules no no no no yes no no no yes no
User is notified of obsolete modules[21] no no yes yes
Hiding/showing installed modules[22] no no yes no yes[23] yes[24] n/a yes no yes[25] yes yes
Modules sorted or selected by type yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Modules are further sorted by language yes yes yes[26] yes yes no yes no yes no no yes yes[27] yes
Module manager displays localized language names yes yes n/a yes n/a no n/a n/a yes yes yes
Modules can be archived/exported[28] no no no no no no no no no no yes no
Companion module support[29] yes no no no no no no no no no no yes no
Utility module support[30] yes
Can install specified font[31] yes no n/a no n/a yes[32]
Respects MinimumVersion[33] no[34] no[34] no[34] no no[34] yes[35] yes[36]
  1. ↑ Available on desktop version only for obvious reasons
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 via plugins
  3. ↑ Zip installer for locally available modules only
  4. ↑ Includes a Module Maintainer Mode to install modules locally via WiFi.
  5. ↑ The application allows the user to supply the unlock key. The user does not have to manually edit the module's conf file.
  6. ↑ Appears to have stopped working properly since the release of iOS 9.x
  7. ↑ Also supports built-in key generator capability
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Locked modules are listed with a padlock icon.
  9. ↑ Locked modules are displayed in brown font.
  10. ↑ Integrated installer allows download from more than one SWORD module repository.
  11. ↑ Xiphos supports automatic repository discovery, using the standard set maintained at CrossWire
  12. ↑ PocketSword module manager UI can add an FTP source.
  13. ↑ Xiphos module manager UI can add/remove repositories with either FTP or HTTP protocol.
  14. ↑ This feature is more relevant in mobile devices.
  15. ↑ PocketSword supports installing an archived module via a locally networked PC through a random port number.
  16. ↑ Ideally, this should be given before remote repositories data is refreshed!
  17. ↑ Warning is given once per session when the user is either about to install a module or before refreshing remote resources.
  18. ↑ Xiphos will extract info from repository if provided
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Installed modules are highlighted
  20. ↑ The user is now shown the option if the module is already installed.
  21. ↑ When a module is installed that obsoletes an already installed module.
  22. ↑ This refers to the ability to select which of the installed modules are listed for selection, without having to uninstall any modules.
  23. ↑ Already installed modules are shown, but greyed out (not selectable for installation)
  24. ↑ Modules can be sorted for installed/uninstalled
  25. ↑ Modules are displayed in 2 columns: 'available for download' and 'installed'
  26. ↑ Modules are sorted by language code, though modules in the current user language are shown first.
  27. ↑ Languages are displayed in their own locale.
  28. ↑ Packages a module into SWORD's shareable "Raw Zip" format.
  29. ↑ This facilitates authors combining Bibles and commentaries as a pair. When a user opens one, the front-end UI asks the user to open the other. For modules with Companion=ModuleName in the conf file
  30. ↑ New SWORD feature currently being trialed in Bishop.
  31. ↑ Where a redistributable font is specified in the module conf file, installing the module can also install the font.
  32. ↑ The font may be included within the module's zip file, under a "fonts" sub-directory, or else a URL can be used to specify the font.
  33. ↑ Drops any module that requires a SWORD version beyond the engine's capability.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 JSword has never cared about the field. It represents what the SWORD engine can and cannot handle. Rather it has a different mechanism. It examines each field in the conf for unsupported values and marks those where it makes a difference with “Unsupported”.
  35. ↑ 4.0.7 and later.
  36. ↑ Dropped modules are listed in the consoleLog.txt file in the MK user profile after the app closes.

Image Module Support

SWORD proper does not really "support" any particular image formats. The engine delivers text on demand to the applications, some of which incidentally contains references to image content. The engine itself isn't really aware that images are part of the deal, other than that some of the filters happen to scribble the right target markup, which is agnostic to what image format is referenced.

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Image resizing[1] no no no no no no no no no no yes no
JPEG format[2] yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes no yes yes
PNG format yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes
SVG format no no no no yes yes no no yes yes
HEIF format[3]
  1. ↑ Shrink large images to fit proportionally within the window or pane.
  2. ↑ All full-featured SWORD applications should already have support for this type.
  3. ↑ High Efficiency Image Format

Module Information

Some front-ends can display the complete information from the module's conf file. Others can display hardly anything at all of this information. Please use this section to record what each program can display for module information, and how this is accessed.

Please state whether the front-end can display the ShortPromo link, if present in the module conf file. Except for locked modules, this is the only configuration item that allows HTML.

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Configuration Item AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi[1] XS[2]
Module name yes yes yes yes
Abbreviation yes no yes yes
Description yes yes yes yes
Type no yes yes yes
Version yes yes yes yes
Language yes yes yes yes
Distribution license yes yes yes yes
About yes yes
Filter features[3] yes yes yes yes
Installed size[4] yes partial[5] yes yes
Short Promotional no no yes[6] yes[7]
  1. ↑ Example: http://ftp.xiphos.org/sword/xiphos/about_modules.png
  2. ↑ Items not shown immediately can be viewed by clicking 'More', which then displays the complete configuration file in a text window that even has an 'Edit' option.
  3. ↑ Headings, footnotes, xrefs, Strong's numbers, morph tags, ...
  4. ↑ For CrossWire hosted modules this property is generated automatically.
  5. ↑ Size shown only when installation is requested.
  6. ↑ Includes auto-hotlinking bare URLs.
  7. ↑ Text only after clicking 'More'. Not a hyperlink.

Windowing and Text Display

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Window layout flexible yes yes yes yes yes yes n/a yes yes [1] yes yes
Un/Linkable[2] yes yes yes no yes[3] n/a n/a yes yes yes
Parallel display[4] yes yes yes no no[5] yes no yes yes yes yes
Text comparisons in parallel displays yes yes no no yes no yes
Multiple texts yes yes yes no yes[6] yes no no yes yes yes
Module default font[7] yes yes no no yes yes yes no[8] yes yes
Font size adjustable yes yes yes[9] yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Font settable per module yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes[10] yes no[11] yes yes
Font settable per language yes yes yes yes no no no no partial[12] yes no
Transliteration no no no no[13] no no yes no yes yes no
Doublespace lines option[14] no no no no yes[15] yes
CSS display control for authors[16] no no no no no no no no no no no yes yes[17]
Overall application CSS display control no no no no no no no no no no no yes[18] no
BibleSync shared navigation no no yes no no no no[19] no no no no no yes no
Honors coded note tags[20] no no yes yes[21] no
Can display small-caps[22] no no yes
  1. ↑ STEP's layout is so different to others that it is hard to compare. The user is given a choice between showing 1 panel or two, and whether to collapse the bookmark functionality or not. The user can also move the info/lexicon popup. Since all searches and Bible passages happen on different areas of the page, there is limited scope for layout.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Only linked at the moment
  4. ↑ Several bible +/-commentary texts can be displayed in a set of parallel columns
  5. ↑ This is a requested feature for Ezra Bible App.
  6. ↑ Multiple tabs can be opened with each tab holding a different bible book / tagged verse list / search results.
  7. ↑ Used if the font is installed
  8. ↑ The fonts are set in stone on a language basis
  9. ↑ Global settings adjustment within the app. Currently (as of 2020-04-25), the +/- is not working in iPadOS.
  10. ↑ Font size is also adjustable per module.
  11. ↑ The fonts are set in stone on a language basis
  12. ↑ The fonts are set in stone on a language basis but this is not exposed to the user.
  13. ↑ This is available if compiled with ICU.
  14. ↑ Useful (e.g.) to prevent Strongs numbers obscuring the diacritics for the line below. Or (e.g.) for those non-Roman scripts that have some very tall characters.
  15. ↑ A per-module option.
  16. ↑ Using the suggested configuration directive PreferredCSSXHTML=style.css, naming a file in the module's DataPath directory. Generality for any XHTML renderer is advised, e.g. "body { -webkit-column-count: 2 ; }" can provide 2-column display, but only in a WebKit-driven application.
  17. ↑ As of xulsword 3.15
  18. ↑ In ~/.xiphos/default-style.css. This affects all modules' display. For advanced users.
  19. ↑ This is a requested feature for Ezra Bible App.
  20. ↑ For OSIS note elements that specify the tag using the n attribute, e.g. n="†"
  21. ↑ Via the context menu Module Options: Footnote / Cross-ref Markers.
  22. ↑ For text inside OSIS hi elements with type="small-caps".

Search and Dictionary

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Able to create a search index yes yes yes yes yes no yes [1] no[2] yes no yes yes yes
Able to download a search index[3] yes no no no no no no yes no no no n/a no
Able to delete a search index yes yes[4] yes yes yes no yes no[5] n/a yes yes yes yes[6]
Index in background[7] no yes no n/a yes n/a no yes yes no
Indexed Search yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes[8] yes no yes yes yes
Cross Verse Proximity Search yes yes yes[9] no no no yes no yes yes no
Indexed Strong, Morphology and Body search yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes no yes yes yes
Indexed CrossRef search no yes yes yes no no no no no yes no no
Indexed Note and Heading search no yes yes no no no no no no yes no no
Advanced search options[10] partial[11] partial[12] no yes yes yes yes
Fuzzy search[13][14][15] no yes yes yes no yes yes yes no yes yes yes
Normalize the search string[16] no yes no
Strong's search lexicon results[17] no no no no yes[18]
Strong's search reverse lexicon[19] no no no no yes[18]
GenBook and Commentary search partial[20] yes yes no yes yes [20] yes yes yes[20] yes yes
Combined module search no no yes no no yes no no no yes yes[21] no
Return to last search results[22] yes yes yes no yes [23] no yes[24]
Search within search results no yes[25] no no yes yes no
Search scopes[26] yes yes yes yes yes partial[27] yes yes yes yes yes yes
Result highlighting[28] yes yes no no yes yes yes
Automatic/On-Mouse Strongs/Morphology lookup n/a yes yes yes yes yes yes n/a yes yes yes yes yes
Automatic/On-Mouse Glossary lookup n/a no no yes [29] n/a yes yes yes yes yes
Share search results no no no no no no no no no no no yes[30] no
  1. ↑ Index can also be created automatically for all installed modules if enabled.
  2. ↑ PocketSword search index creation is in hand (April 2020) by the Kahunapule.
  3. ↑ For a mobile device, it's generally much faster to download an index than to create one.
  4. ↑ Through plugins
  5. ↑ Other than by deleting the module or by resetting PocketSword via the iPhone System Preferences
  6. ↑ Done automatically as required, but the delete function is not accessible to users.
  7. ↑ User can continue to use application while index is being created.
  8. ↑ PocketSword cannot search at all unless there is a search index installed.
    i.e. All PocketSword searches currently use the Lucene search index installed for each module.
  9. ↑ Allowing phrases across verse boundaries
  10. ↑ e.g. All words / Exact phrase, Regular expressions, Boolean combinations, Case-[in]sensitive, etc.
  11. ↑ All words, any word, exact phrase.
  12. ↑ All words, any word, exact phrase, case-[in]sensitive
  13. ↑ Finds words based upon approximation.
  14. ↑ Lucene also provides for "fuzzy" searches. Try searching the KJV for: melchesidec~
    The tilde on the end indicates to the Lucene search engine to do a fuzzy search. This example will find Melchizedek in Gen 14:8, Psalm 110:4 and the 9 instances of Melchisedec in Hebrews, though it also gives Malchielites in Numbers 26:45 !
  15. ↑ What if you want to fuzzy match two or more words? Try this for example: tilgath~ AND paliser~
  16. ↑ Automatically normalize the Unicode search string to NFC when entered, so that it is able to match the normalized text in the module.
  17. ↑ Provide a table of matched words and their frequencies corresponding to any Strong's tag search.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Result includes up to 500 search results.
  19. ↑ Provide a table of matched Strong's numbers and their frequencies correspding to any regular search of a Strong's tagged module.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Commentaries when treated as Bibles
  21. ↑ Creation of lists of modules to be searched together
  22. ↑ Without having to search again.
  23. ↑ If we mean we're coming from a different type of search or a passage lookup.
  24. ↑ via independent search result windows
  25. ↑ Ezra Bible App handles search results just like any other text. So you can do anything with it that you can also do with other types of text (like module text or a tagged verse list) including searching within them (using CTRL + F).
  26. ↑ Limit search to one or more passages or books, possibly with predefined options for search OT only & search NT only.
  27. ↑ Search can be limited to OT or NT only
  28. ↑ Search term(s) highlighted in results
  29. ↑ Via context menu
  30. ↑ On verse list context menus via BibleSync.

Bookmarking, Tagging, Listing and Notes

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Bookmarks, verselists, or tags yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Manual adding yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Bulk adding of search result yes yes yes yes no no yes no
Permanent yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes [1] yes yes
Hierarchical no yes yes no yes yes yes no no yes yes
Drag and drop management n/a n/a yes yes yes no yes n/a no yes yes
Exportable yes yes yes[2] no no no yes[3] yes
Importable[4] no no no yes yes
User comments no yes yes no yes no no yes yes
Delete all no no no yes yes
Study notes yes no yes no yes yes no yes yes no yes yes
  1. ↑ (until cookies in browser history are cleared)
  2. ↑ Export of tagged verse lists to docx document file.
  3. ↑ Plaintext, XML, HTML; for plaintext and HTML, with or without referenced material.
  4. ↑ Bookmarks Standard

Session and State Management

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Layout stored yes partial[1] yes yes yes yes n/a yes yes yes yes
Interface language yes yes yes [2] yes [3] yes yes yes yes
Open modules yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Search results partial[4] yes partial [5] no yes yes[6] partial [5]
Storing of multiple sessions n/a no yes no yes no yes [7] yes no
  1. ↑ Size and location of windows only
  2. ↑ Selected from locale setting
  3. ↑ Selected from locale setting
  4. ↑ User can store the results of a search as a verse list
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Not result but search query is stored
  6. ↑ Verse list content is storable as bookmarks, including search results, Bible and commentary xrefs, and loaded history. See sidebar verse list context menu.
  7. ↑ This is done by bookmarking URLs

Help System

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Manual, English yes yes yes no no no no yes yes yes no
Manual, Other yes no no no no no yes[1] no
Active links to online help yes no no no yes[2] yes[3] yes
Tooltips yes yes yes yes partial partial no yes yes yes
  1. ↑ French
  2. ↑ Links to help based on Atlassian Confluence.
  3. ↑ IRC, Mailing lists, bug tracker

Localization

Only languages with at least 70% of the user interface translated are listed.

The following languages are present in these front-end applications.

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
GUI RtoL support[1] yes yes yes yes no no yes yes no no yes yes
Localized numerals[2] yes yes yes no no no yes yes
English yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
中文 (Chinese, Traditional and Simplified) yes no yes no yes no no yes no no yes yes no
Deutsch (German) yes no yes yes yes yes no yes yes no yes yes no
Português (Portuguese) yes no no yes no yes[3] no yes yes no no yes no
Suomi (Finnish) yes no no yes no no no no yes no no yes no
فارسی (Persian) no no yes no no no no no no no no yes yes
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) yes no yes no yes no no no no no no no no
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) yes yes no no no no no no yes no no no no
Français (French) yes no no yes no yes no yes no no yes yes no
Česky (Czech) yes no no yes no no no no yes no no yes no
Magyar (Hungarian) yes no no no yes no no no yes no no yes no
Español (Spanish) yes no no yes no yes no yes no no yes yes no
Polski (Polish) yes no no no no no no no yes no no yes no
Svenska (Swedish) yes no no no no no no yes no no no yes no
Dansk (Danish) no no no yes no no no no no no no yes no
Slovenščina (Slovenian) yes no yes no no no no no no yes no no yes no
Afrikaans yes no no no no no no no yes no no no no
日本語 (Japanese) yes no no no no no no yes yes no no yes no
Latviešu (Latvian) yes no no no no no no no no no no yes no
Lietuvių (Lithuanian) no no no no no no no no no no no yes no
Slovenčina (Slovak) no no no no no yes no no no no no yes no
עברית (Hebrew) yes no no no no no no no no no no yes no
Norsk (Norwegian Bokmål) yes no no no no no no no no no no yes no
Nederlands (Dutch) yes no no no no yes no yes no no no yes no
Cymraeg (Welsh) yes no no no no no no no no no no yes no
Român (Romanian) no no no no no yes no no no no no yes no
Русский (Russian) yes no no no no yes no yes no no yes yes yes
Italiano (Italian) yes no no no no no no yes no no no yes no
Українська (Ukrainian) no no no no no yes no yes no no yes yes no
ภาษาไทย (Thai) yes no no no no no no yes no no no no no
한국어 (Korean) yes no no no no no no yes no no no no yes
Türkçe (Turkish) yes no no no no no no no no no no no no
Ελληνικά (Greek) yes no no no no no no no no no no no no
Swahili (Kiswahili) no no no no no no no no no no yes no no
Қазақша (Kazakh) no no no no no no no no no no no no yes[4]
Къумукъ (Kumyk) no no no no no no no no no no no no yes[4]
Кыргызча (Kyrgyz Cyrillic) no no no no no no no no no no no no yes[4]
عىزچا (Kyrgyz Arabic) no no no no no no no no no no no no yes[4]
Татар теле (Tatar) no no no no no no no no no no no no yes[4]
ئۇيغۇرچە (Uyghur) no no no no no no no no no no no no yes[4]
O‘zbekcha (Uzbek Latin) no no no no no no no no no no no no yes[4]
Ўзбекча (Uzbek Cyrillic) no no no no no no no no no no no no yes[4]
  1. ↑ Layout flips from Left-to-Right layout to Right-to-Left based on user's locale.
  2. ↑ Chapter & verse numbers use localized script.
  3. ↑ Brazilian Portuguese
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Available at IBT: http://ibt.org.ru/pc

Print menu

Use this section to document whether the front-end has any menu options for printing a selection from a module. If so, what restrictions exist as to how much text can be printed in one operation.

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Menu has a print option no no no[1] no no yes[2] no[3] yes no [4] yes[5] yes[6]
  1. ↑ Print menu to be added as a future enhancement.
  2. ↑ Current text display
  3. ↑ Talk to me when Apple introduces printing support in iOS.
  4. ↑ Browser has a print menu, however doesn't print everything that is on the screen.
  5. ↑ Current chapter
  6. ↑ Prints parallel passages, bookmark and user-note selections, search results, or any passage up to an entire Bible, with user selected options such as footnotes, cross-references, headings etc.

Other

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Feature AB ABS B BD BT BPB EBA EQ PS SPW SB ST Xi XS
Extramodular Bible reading plan yes yes yes no no no no no yes no no
Other extramodular content no no no yes[1] yes [2] yes[3] yes[4] no no yes [5] no yes[6]
Read aloud[7] yes[8] no partial[9] no no yes yes[10] no no yes yes[11]
Skins[12]/Themes[13] no yes[14] partial[15] n/a yes[16] yes[17] yes[18] yes
Export passage to clipboard[19] yes yes[20] no yes yes
Other features not listed otherwise yes[21][22] yes[23] no yes[24] yes[25] yes[26] yes[27]
  1. ↑ Bible Study HOWTO
  2. ↑ Gospel Harmonies, Guess the Verse game
  3. ↑ Tagged verse lists
  4. ↑ Notes (RTF files) management
  5. ↑ Topical verse lists
  6. ↑ Some XSM (XulSword Module) files, like Central Asian Russian, install extra localized material such as a topical index, essays, bookmarks, maps, tables, audio files, and more.
  7. ↑ Also known as Text to Speech (TTS).
  8. ↑ Only for Android devices that have a TTS Engine.
  9. ↑ On MacOS 10.3+ only
  10. ↑ When Speak selection is enabled in iOS accessibility settings, then selected text in any iOS app can be sent to the built-in TTS engine. The user may wish to adjust the reading speed. See [1] for more details.
  11. ↑ Supports playback of read or dramatized Bible passage recordings. IBT has a special repository of such audio recordings at ftp.ibt.org.ru/pub/modaudio. Faith Comes By Hearing specializes in such recordings.
  12. ↑ See Skin (computing) in Wikipedia.
  13. ↑ See Theme (computer) in Wikipedia.
  14. ↑ Via OS and saved themes.
  15. ↑ Two themes available: Light color (default) and night mode (dark theme)
  16. ↑ Via OS and saved themes.
  17. ↑ Via OS
  18. ↑ Via OS and saved color preferences
  19. ↑ Configurable feature.
  20. ↑ Via CTRL + C after selecting the verses
  21. ↑ Night mode display option (white text on black background).
  22. ↑ Tilt to scroll – the more you tilt the faster it scrolls (this requires a couple of sensors that are in most, but not all devices).
  23. ↑ Display Strong's headwords
  24. ↑ Full screen view; floating, transparent preview window; tabbed panes detachable to seperate window; automatic software download and update
  25. ↑ Rotatable orientation; night mode (white on black).
  26. ↑ Pseudo-interlinear display of Strong's/morphology; tabbed interface for multiple Bible/commentary/dictionary study; detached windows for any module; commentary by chapter; lexdict mouse-hover content-to-previewer; tab-able or detached full-chapter parallel window; passage exporter; selectable previewer position; image content display selectivity; per-tab, per-pane visibility; high-contrast highlight of current verse; external image viewer on click; geography interface through BibleMap.org; yellow-highlighter (metaphor) per-verse personal annotations; text-to-speech using Festival; verse list load from history and vice versa.
  27. ↑ xulsword features recursive popup windows to help make xulsword's interface simpler and intuitive. Xulsword supports localized XSM (XulSword Module) files which may contain any number of SWORD modules, bookmarks, audio files, video clips, fonts and more, for automatic installation into xulsword.
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