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:

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.