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<sect2 id="module-introduction">
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<title>Introduction To The Module Manager</title>
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The "module" is the unit of content in <application>Xiphos</application>, and Sword generally; a Sword module is a
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resource available for viewing in Sword applications. There are several varieties: Most importantly, Bible texts, as well
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as dictionaries and lexicons, commentaries, and general books, any of which may include image content (e.g. atlases).
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They are installed either from a local directory structure (typically on removable media, such as a CDROM distribution)
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or remotely via ftp from a repository such as Crosswire, which is the home of Sword, and from which all officially
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Sword-sanctioned modules are available. Also, many other modules are available from non-Crosswire repositories.
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The "module" is the unit of content in <application>Xiphos</application>, and Sword generally; a Sword module is a resource
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available for viewing in Sword applications. There are several varieties: Most importantly, Bible texts, as well as
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dictionaries and lexicons, commentaries, and general books, any of which may include image content (e.g. atlases). They are
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installed either from a local directory structure (typically on removable media, such as a CDROM distribution) or remotely
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via ftp from a repository such as Crosswire, which is the home of Sword, and from which all officially Sword-sanctioned
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modules are available. Also, many other modules are available from non-Crosswire repositories. In particular, there is the
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Xiphos repository, containing a variety of otherwise-unofficial modules produced primarily by contributors to
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<application>Xiphos</application> itself.
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If you have other Sword applications installed, they will all share the same set of Sword modules that you install through
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The list of standard repositories is maintained at CrossWire. Xiphos normally auto-synchronizes with that list one time,
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when the user first puts the Module Manager to use. The list may change, as new repositories come into existence;
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occasional re-synchronization with the list is suggested, which is accomplished by clicking the <guibutton>Load
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occasional re-synchronization with the list is suggested, which is accomplished by clicking <guibutton>Load Standard</guibutton>.
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<sect3 id="installation">
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order to be available for future re-install if the subject matter of the personal commentary becomes important again.
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Indexing is provided so that the underlying Sword search support can create the index needed for the "lucene" multi-word
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fast-search functions. If the index is not created, multi-word search will still be available, but it will be much slower.
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With the index in place, searches through an entire Bible can take just a few seconds.
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Indexing is provided so that the underlying Sword search support can create the index needed for the "lucene" fast-search
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functions. If the index is not created, plain multi-word search will still be available, but it will be much slower. With
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the index in place, searches through an entire Bible can take just a few seconds.
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Indexes may be deleted as well.