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diff --git a/doc/en/handbook/unicode/hdbk-config.docbook b/doc/en/handbook/unicode/hdbk-config.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..94a037e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/en/handbook/unicode/hdbk-config.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@ +<chapter id="hdbk-config"><title>Configuring &bibletime;</title> + +<para>In this section you find a description of the different possibilities +to configure &bibletime;: The <link linkend="hdbk-config-bt">Configure BibleTime Dialog +</link> and the <link linkend="hdbk-config-toolbar">Configure Toolbars</link> +dialog. Both can be accessed under <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> in the main menu.</para> + +<sect1 id="hdbk-config-bt"><title>Configure BibleTime Dialog</title> + + <para>The &bibletime; user interface can be customized in many ways + depending on your needs. You can access the configuration dialog by + selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu></menuchoice> + <guimenuitem>Configure &bibletime;</guimenuitem>.</para> + + <sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-display"><title><guimenu>Display</guimenu></title> + + <para>The startup behavior can be customized. Select from the following options: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>Show tip of the day</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Show startup logo</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para>Display templates define the rendering of text (colors, size etc.). Various built-in templates are available. + If you select one, you will see a preview on the right pane.</para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-languages"><title><guimenu>Languages</guimenu></title> + + <para>Here you can specify which language should be used for the biblical booknames. Set + this to your native language, if it is available, and you'll feel at home.</para> + + <para>By default, &bibletime; uses the &kde; general display font which can + be specified in the &kcontrolcenter;. You can override this font if neccessary. + Some languages require special fonts to be displayed correctly, and this dialog + allows you to specify a custom font for each language.</para> + + <mediaobject><imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="ss_configfonts.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject><phrase>Options Dialog - fonts</phrase></textobject> + <caption><para>The Options dialog - Fonts.</para></caption> + </mediaobject> + + <para>&bibletime; can now use all fonts supported by KDE/QT. + As long as the works you are interested in display correctly nothing + needs to be done here. If a work only displays as a series + of question marks (??????) or empty boxes, then you know that the standard + KDE display font does not contain the characters used in this work.</para> + + <para>To correct this, choose this work's language from the drop down menu. + Select the use custom font checkbox. Now select a font. For example, a font + that supports many languages is Code2000. If no installed font can display + the work you are interested in, try installing the &kde; localization + package for that language.</para> + + <sect3 id="hdbk-config-bt-addfont"><title>Installing fonts</title> + <para>Detailed font installation instructions are outside the scope of this handbook. + &kde;'s <ulink url="help:/kcontrol/index.html">KControl Center</ulink> contains + an excellent and easy to use font installation module. + Please read <ulink url="help:/kcontrol/kcmfontinst/index.html"> + its documentation</ulink>. For further information you might want to refer to the + <ulink url="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Unicode-HOWTO.html#toc4"> + Unicode HOWTO</ulink>.</para> + + <tip><para>If you use a small font like Clearlyu (about 22kb), &bibletime; + will run faster than with a large font like <trademark class="registered"> + Bitstream Cyberbit</trademark> (about 12Mb).</para></tip> + </sect3> + + <sect3 id="hdbk-config-bt-ob-font"><title>Obtaining Fonts</title> + <para>Fonts can be obtained from a number of sources:</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>Your Linux distribution.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Your distribution's localization packages.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>An existing <trademark class="registered">Microsoft Windows</trademark> installation on the same computer.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>A font collection, such as are available from Adobe or Bitstream.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Online font collections.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>Unicode fonts support more characters than other fonts, and some of these fonts are + available at no charge. None of available fonts includes all characters + defined in the Unicode standard, so you may want to use different fonts for different + languages.</para> + + <table> + <title>Unicode Fonts</title> + <tgroup cols="2"> + <tbody> + + <row><entry><ulink url="http://home.att.net/~jameskass/CODE2000.ZIP">Code2000</ulink></entry> + <entry>Perhaps the best free Unicode font, covering a wide range of characters.</entry></row> + + <row><entry><ulink url="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&cat_id=FontDownloads"> + SIL unicode fonts</ulink></entry> + <entry>Excellent unicode fonts from the Summer Institute of Linguistics.</entry></row> + + <row><entry><ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/">FreeFont</ulink></entry> + <entry>A new free unicode font initiative.</entry></row> + + <row><entry><ulink url="ftp://ftp.crosswire.org/pub/sword/iso/latest/FONTS">Crosswire's font directory</ulink></entry> + <entry>Several fonts available from the Crosswire Bible Society Ftp site.</entry></row> + + <row><entry><ulink url="ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/extras/fonts/windows/">Bitstream CyberBit</ulink></entry> + <entry>Covers almost the entire range of Unicode, but might slow &bibletime; down because of its size.</entry></row> + + <row><entry>Clearlyu</entry> + <entry>Included in some distributions. Contains European, Greek, Hebrew, Thai.</entry></row> + + <row><entry><ulink url="http://bibliofile.mc.duke.edu/gww/fonts/Unicode.html">Caslon, Monospace, Cupola, Caliban</ulink></entry> + <entry>Partial coverage, see information on linked site.</entry></row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + + <para>There are good Unicode font lists on the net, as the one by Christoph Singer + (<ulink url="http://www.slovo.info/unifonts.htm">Multilingual Unicode TrueType Fonts + in the Internet</ulink>), or the one by Alan Wood + (<ulink url="http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fontsbyrange.html"> + Unicode character ranges and the Unicode fonts that support them</ulink>). + </para> + + </sect3> + </sect2> + + + <sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-desk"><title><guimenu>Desk</guimenu></title> + + <para>Many features provided by the Sword backend can now be customized in + &bibletime;. These features are documented right in the dialog. You also have + the possibility to specify standard works that should be used when no specific work + is specified in a reference. An example: The standard Bible is used to display the content of + crossreferences in the Bible. When you hover over then, the Mag will show the content of the verses + referred to, according to the standard Bible you specified.</para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="hdbk-config-bt-hotkeys"><title><guimenu>HotKeys</guimenu></title> + + <para>HotKeys are special key commands that can be used in the place of + the menu items and icons. A number of &bibletime;'s commands have + predefined HotKeys (see <link linkend="hdbk-reference-hotkeys">this section</link> + for a complete listing). Most of &bibletime;'s commands can be assigned + HotKeys here. This is very helpful to quickly access the functions that you need the most.</para> + + </sect2> + +</sect1> + + + <sect1 id="hdbk-config-toolbar"><title>Configure Toolbars dialog</title> + <para>You can adapt the toolbar to your needs. Please use the following entry in the main menu: + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><menuchoice> + <guimenu> + <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="i_configuretoolbars.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> + </inlinemediaobject>Settings + </guimenu> + <guimenuitem>Configure toolbars</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem><para>Configure toolbars</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </para> + <para>You will see this dialog, which allows adding and removing buttons from + the main toolbar of &bibletime;. The order of the buttons can also be changed. + </para> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="ss_configtoolbar.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject><phrase>Toolbar configuration dialog</phrase></textobject> + <caption><para>The Toolbar configuration dialog.</para></caption> + </mediaobject> + <para>Use the 4 buttons in the middle of the window to move buttons to the toolbar, + away from the toolbar or to sort them on the toolbar according to your preference. + </para> + <para>Please see <link linkend="hdbk-reference-menus-settings-toolbars">this section</link> for further information.</para> + </sect1> + +</chapter> |