Editing Text
Before any editing can be done, create a new project through
Menu->Project->New, and add one or
more books to it. Adding books can be done in two ways:
- Add empty books immediately when creating a project or later
through
menu ->Project->.
- Add existing books by importing existing Standard Format Marker
text through menu ->.
Editing a Bible basically is done by opening a project, and then
editing the text. There is no need to save the text, because Bibledit
takes care of that.
Standard Format Markers are markers that are put in the text to
indicate the book, where a chapter starts, the verse, titles and so on.
A marker always starts with a backslash (\) at the beginning of a
line of text in the editor.
The most commonly used Standard Format markers are:
\id Identifies the book
\mt major title
\mt1 major title, equal to secondary title
\c chapter
\s section heading
\p paragraph
\v verse
Here follows a part of the book of John.
\id JHN
\mt2 The Gospel according to
\mt John
\c 1
\s The Word became flesh
\v 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
Explanation of markers used.
\id JHN
Identifies the book as John
\mt2 The Gospel according to
A major title, level 2. When printed it will have a font just a bit
smaller than \mt
\mt John
A major title, level 1. When printed it will have a big font suitable
for such a title.
\c 1
Indicates that chapter one starts here.
\s The Word became flesh
This is a section heading, and will be printed in the text as a
heading, usually in bold.
\v 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
This is the text of verse one.
More information on the availble markers is
available.
All project data is stored in subdirectory .bibledit
of the home directory of the user.