# Table of Contents

1.  [Description](#org420ee8f)
2.  [Dependencies](#org9ce0b30)
3.  [Usage](#orge46393b)
    1.  [Keybindings](#orga024554)
4.  [Features](#orgcdbdcf8)
5.  [Examples](#org8e76ca4)



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# Description

An Emacs Bible study application using [the SWORD project](https://www.croswire.org)'s \`diatheke'
command line program to access SWORD text modules.


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# Dependencies

[The SWORD Project](https://www.crosswire.org/sword/develop/index.jsp) library and utilities and a [Biblical Text module](https://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/index.jsp)
(uses KJV by default). Also, Strong's lexicons and morphological
databases should be installed:

-   Recommended Bible text modules
    -   KJV
    -   NASB
-   Optional (original language modules)
    -   Byz &#x2014; Byzantine Greek text
    -   SBLGNT &#x2014; Society of Biblical Literature Greek New Testament
    -   MorphGNT &#x2014; Morphologically parsed version of SBLGNT
    -   OSHB &#x2014; Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Westminster Leningrad codex
        marked tagged with Strongs Numbers and Morphological tags.
-   Lexicons and morphologies
    -   StrongsRealGreek
    -   StrongsRealHebrew
    -   AbbottSmithStrongs
    -   BDBGlosses<sub>Strongs</sub> (Hebrew lexicon)
    -   Robinson (Greek morphology)
    -   Packard  (Alternate Greek morphology used for LXX module)
    -   OSHM (Open Scriptures Hebrew morphology)

The SWORD Project utility \`installmgr' can be used to install text
modules and lexical and morphological databases.

Two scripts are provided to make the installation process easier.

-   test
    This script tests your environment and ensures that Emacs can run diatheke. 
    It also prints out a list of installed modules.
-   setup
    This script installs various

The program \`mkfastmod' should be used to generate indexes so the
lexical search method will work.

This application will run on Android using Termux and Termux/X11. Run Termux X11 with some desktop environment and run emacs under X11. Then compile and load bible.el.

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# Usage

-   M-x `bible-open`
-   Invoke from command line as follows (requires installing [Ezra SIL font](https://software.sil.org/ezra/)):
    -   emacs -g =150x25 -fn \\"Ezra SIL-14\\" -l bible -f bible-open


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## Keybindings

-   T - Select Bible text
-   C - Select Commentary text
-   b - Select book
-   c - Select chapter
-   h - Describe mode
-   l - Toggle red letter display
-   n - Next chapter
-   p - Previous chapter
-   q - Quit window
-   r - Set search range (see diatheke documentation for syntax)
-   s - Search
-   w - Toggle word study
-   x - Split display
-   / - Search
-   d - Toggle XML display (debugging)


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# Features

-   Chapter-based browsing of the Bible
-   Text Formatting
    -   Red Letters
    -   Strong's Greek (with Lemma)
    -   Strong's Hebrew
    -   Morphology
-   Greek & Hebrew Lexicon definition lookup
-   Morphology lookup
-   Tooltip display of definitions, morphology
-   Searching


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# Examples

![Example Image 1](https://sunbot.homedns.org/~fred/sf-images/example01.jpg)

![Example Image 2](https://sunbot.homedns.org/~fred/sf-images/example02.jpg)

![Example Image 3](https://sunbot.homedns.org/~fred/sf-images/example03.jpg)

![Example Image 4](https://sunbot.homedns.org/~fred/sf-images/example04.jpg)

![Example Image 5](https://sunbot.homedns.org/~fred/sf-images/example05.jpg)

![Example Image 6](https://sunbot.homedns.org/~fred/sf-images/example06.jpg)