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| − | '''Bible Desktop''' is free Bible Study software. It is actively improved with releases every few months. | + | '''Bible Desktop''', JSWORD based, runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux |
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| − | Bible Desktop is based upon [[DevTools:JSword|JSword]], a Java implementation of the [[DevTools:SWORD|SWORD C++ Engine]]. As such Bible Desktop works with all SWORD Modules.
| + | Project Website: http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop Bible Desktop home page] |
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| − | == Features: ==
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| − | Bible Desktop has the following distinctive features:
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| − | * You can run Bible Desktop on Windows, Mac and Unix. This is especially attractive for you if you use more than one of these.
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| − | * You can view an unlimited number of Bibles in parallel.
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| − | * You can view differences between Bibles in the same language.
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| − | * You can do rich searching of Bible text, Strong's Numbers, Notes, Headings, and Cross References.
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| − | * You can view search results in the same window that you view Bible passages.
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| − | * You can expand the context of all or selected search results.
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| − | == Web Start Bible Desktop ==
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| − | If you have Java SE installed, this includes the [http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/javawebstart/ Java Web Start] technology called '''javaws'''. In Windows, to launch the Bible Desktop '''nightly build''' using Web Start, ''without having to open a browser'', create a Windows command file containing the following line.
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| − | @start javaws http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop/nightly/bibledesktop.jnlp
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| − | Save this with a suitable filename, such as BD_WS.cmd and then create a Windows shortcut to it. To go the whole hog, you may wish to optionally change the shortcut properties, such that the command window starts minimized, and even apply a suitable icon, such as the one found in BibleDesktop.exe
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| − | == Java 8 64-bit ==
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| − | The wrapper that runs BD insists on a 32-bit Java and if it's not present, currently it will offer to download and install it. Yet BD itself doesn't care whether it uses 32-bit or 64-bit Java. A workaround for Windows 7 users to run BD when you have ''only'' the 64-bit version installed is described below:
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| − | * Create a Windows CMD file containing the following ''single line'', and save it as '''BD.cmd''' into the same folder where BD is installed,
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| − | ::<tt>@"C:\Program Files\Java\jre8\bin\javaw.exe" -classpath "bibledesktop-1.6.jar;commons-codec-1.3.jar;commons-httpclient-3.1.jar;commons-logging-1.1.1.jar;commons-net-1.4.1.jar;javatar-2.5.jar;jdom-1.0.jar;jlfgr-1_0.jar;jsword-1.6.jar;jsword-common-1.6.jar;jsword-common-aqua-1.0.6.jar;jsword-common-swing-1.6.jar;lucene-analyzers-2.3.2.jar;lucene-core-2.3.2.jar;lucene-snowball-2.3.2.jar" org.crosswire.bibledesktop.desktop.Desktop</tt>
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| − | * Create a shortcut to BD.cmd and save it to your desktop, and rename it to whatever you like, e.g. '''BibleDesktop (Java 8 x64)'''.
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| − | * Edit the shortcut properties to run Minimized, and optionally change the Icon to the one in BibleDesktop.exe
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| − | '''Note:'''
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| − | # DM plans to look into the wrapper problem when he does the next release.
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | You can read more at the [http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop Bible Desktop home page]
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| | [[Category:SWORD Frontends|BibleDesktop]] | | [[Category:SWORD Frontends|BibleDesktop]] |
| | [[Category:JSword|BibleDesktop]] | | [[Category:JSword|BibleDesktop]] |
