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<chapter id="hdbk-term"><title>Starting &bibletime;</title>
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<sect1 id="hdbk-start"><title>How to start &bibletime;</title>
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<sect2 id="hdbk-start-kde"><title>Starting &bibletime; from KDE</title>
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<para> &bibletime; is a &kde; program and is integrated with the &kde; desktop.
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You can launch &bibletime; from the &kde; Start Menu in
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the Applications group with this icon:
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject><imagedata fileref="i_bibletime.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&bibletime; start icon</phrase> </textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</para>
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<para>&bibletime; can also be launched from a terminal command prompt.
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To launch &bibletime;, open a terminal window and type:
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<screen>
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bibletime
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</screen>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="hdbk-start-otherwm"><title>Other window managers</title>
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<para>&bibletime; can be used with other window managers such as Gnome, BlackBox or Sawfish,
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providing &kde; is already installed on your computer. If your &kde; is installed
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in /opt/kde, then the start-up command in a terminal would be:</para>
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<screen>
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export TDEDIR=/opt/kde #your KDE directory
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bibletime
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</screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="hdbk-start-custom"><title>Startup customization</title>
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<para>From a terminal you can use &bibletime; to open a random verse in the
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default bible:
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<screen>
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bibletime --open-default-bible "<random>"
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</screen>
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To open at a given passage like John 3:16, use:
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<screen>
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bibletime --open-default-bible "John 3:16"
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</screen>
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You can also use booknames in your current bookname language.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="hdbk-startsequence"><title>Startup sequence</title>
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<para>As &bibletime; launches you may see the following screens before
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the main &bibletime; window opens:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><interface>Bookshelf Manager</interface></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Modifies your Bookshelf.</action> This dialog
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lets you modify your Bookshelf, add or delete works from your system.
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It will only be shown if no default Bookshelf can be found. Please see
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<link linkend="hdbk-op-bookshelfmanager">this section</link>for further details.
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If you start off with an empty Bookshelf, it will be helpful to install at least one Bible,
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Commentary, Lexicon and one Book to get to know &bibletime;'s basic features quickly.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><interface>Configure &bibletime; dialog</interface></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Customizes &bibletime;.</action> This dialog lets you
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adapt &bibletime; to your needs. Please see <link linkend="hdbk-config-bt">
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the detailed description</link> of this dialog.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><interface>Tip of the Day</interface></term>
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<listitem><para>These nifty little tips give you helpful hints for working
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more efficiently with &bibletime;, and also a few quotations from the Bible.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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