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<chapter id="hdbk-term"><title>Starting &bibletime;</title>

 

<sect1 id="hdbk-start"><title>How to start &bibletime;</title>

 

        <sect2 id="hdbk-start-kde"><title>Starting &bibletime; from KDE</title>

        

                <para>          &bibletime; is a &kde; program and is integrated with the &kde; desktop.

                You can launch &bibletime; from the &kde; Start Menu in

                the Applications group with this icon:

                <mediaobject>

                <imageobject><imagedata fileref="i_bibletime.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>

                <textobject>

                <phrase>&bibletime; start icon</phrase> </textobject>

                </mediaobject>

                </para>

                

                <para>&bibletime; can also be launched from a terminal command prompt.

                To launch &bibletime;, open a terminal window and type: 

<screen>

bibletime

</screen>

                </para>

        

        </sect2>

        

        <sect2 id="hdbk-start-otherwm"><title>Other window managers</title>

        

                <para>&bibletime; can be used with other window managers such as Gnome, BlackBox or Sawfish, 

                providing       &kde; is already installed on your computer. If your &kde; is installed 

                in /opt/kde, then the start-up command in a terminal would be:</para>

                

<screen>

export KDEDIR=/opt/kde  #your KDE directory

bibletime

</screen>

                        

        </sect2>

        

        <sect2 id="hdbk-start-custom"><title>Startup customization</title>

                

                <para>From a terminal you can use &bibletime; to open a random verse in the 

                default bible:

<screen>

bibletime --open-default-bible "&lt;random&gt;"

</screen>

                To open at a given passage like John 3:16, use:

<screen>

bibletime --open-default-bible "John 3:16"

</screen>

                You can also use booknames in your current bookname language.

                </para>

                

        </sect2>

 

</sect1>

 

<sect1 id="hdbk-startsequence"><title>Startup sequence</title>

 

        <para>As &bibletime; launches you may see the following screens before

        the main &bibletime; window opens:</para>

        

        <variablelist>

        

                <varlistentry>

                        <term><interface>Bookshelf Manager</interface></term>

                        <listitem><para><action>Modifies your Bookshelf.</action> This dialog

                        lets you modify your Bookshelf, add or delete works from your system.

                        It will only be shown if no default Bookshelf can be found. Please see

                        <link linkend="hdbk-op-bookshelfmanager">this section</link>for further details.

                        If you start off with an empty Bookshelf, it will be helpful to install at least one Bible,

                        Commentary, Lexicon and one Book to get to know &bibletime;'s basic features quickly.</para></listitem> 

                </varlistentry>

                

                <varlistentry>

                        <term><interface>Configure &bibletime; dialog</interface></term>

                        <listitem><para><action>Customizes &bibletime;.</action> This dialog lets you

                        adapt &bibletime; to your needs. Please see <link linkend="hdbk-config-bt">

                        the detailed description</link> of this dialog.</para></listitem> 

                </varlistentry>

                

                <varlistentry>

                        <term><interface>Tip of the Day</interface></term>

                        <listitem><para>These nifty little tips give you helpful hints for working

                        more efficiently with &bibletime;, and also a few quotations from the Bible.

                        </para></listitem> 

                </varlistentry>

                

        </variablelist>

 

</sect1>

 

</chapter>