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  tdeio-Sword - a frontend for the Sword Bible project for TDE
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 Tdeio-Sword is a lightweight Bible study program for the TDE environment.
 It allows you to view and browse Bibles and commentaries from a familiar
 application - konqueror.
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 Type 'sword:/' in a Konqueror window location bar and browse.
 Help files can be found at sword:/?help.
 
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-CONTRIBUTING
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+Contributing
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 If you wish to contribute tdeio-sword, you might do so:
 
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 - TDE Weblate Translation Workspace (TWTW) collaboration tool.
   https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate
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+Translations status
+---------------------
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+### messages
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/tdeio-sword/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/tdeio-sword/)
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+### desktop files
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/tdeio-sword-swordprotocol/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/tdeio-sword-swordprotocol/)