This documentation copyright © 2003 Yih-Chun Hu.
Install one or more Bible versions. They are available from http://palmbibleplus.sourceforge.net/bibles.html . They can be installed on the memory card in \Palm\Programs\PPBL (recommended) or \Palm\Launcher . If \Palm\Programs\PPBL includes any bibles, \Palm\Launcher is not searched. You can move the files around on the card using FileZ, available from http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=9992 .
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Title Bar: Shows current
location. Tap to bring up menu. Back/Forward: History back and forward Bible Version Selector: Select version for top viewer Swap Versions: Swap top/bottom versions. Works even in single view 2/1: Toggle dual view Jump: Pops up a list of books Snapshot: Load, set, or delete snapshots Search: Search current version Bookmarks: Set, go to, comment and delete bookmarks Viewers: These show the current bible versions, and highlights bookmarks. Tap and drag to scroll viewers. Double-tap on a word to copy it to the clipboard. |
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Search: open the search form Copy Screen: copy screen to Palm clipboard (can paste in MemoPad, for example) Copy Verse: copy current verse to Palm clipboard. Copies the earliest verse shown (any amount, even just one pixel) in the top viewer. Toggle Footnotes: Toggle footnote display (same as "n") Delete Versions: delete a version. Only works for versions loaded in RAM. |
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Forward: History forward Back: History Back Notes: a notes page internal to Bible+ Goto: the old BibleReader Goto menu Jump: the new, table-based Jump menu Bookmark: Set, go to, comment and delete bookmarks |
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Preferences: set preferences Version Info: information about available bible versions About Bible+: information about this program |
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Category Selector: when no
bookmark is selected, this selects which bookmarks are shown. When a
bookmark is selected, this selects a category for the bookmark. +: Add current as a bookmark –: Delete selected bookmark X: close bookmark form Graffiti: edit comment associated with the selected bookmark Up or Move Up: select previous, or page up if none selected Down or Move Down: select next, or parge down if none selected Left (5-Way) or Move Left: deselect, or close if none selected Right (5-Way), Move Right or Middle (5-Way): go to bookmark, or select top item if none selected Double tap bookmark: go to bookmark |
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Copy Annotation: Copy the
annotation of the currently selected bookmark to the clipboard Paste Annotation: Append the contents of the clipboard to the annotation of the currently selected bookmark Export Bookmarks: Export bookmarks to new MemoPad memo |
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Version selectors: Left
selector chooses version for the top viewer, and right selector chooses
version for bottom viewer Book Table: Table of books available. Tap to automatically go to that book. Dual Version Display: check to show two versions at the same time. OK: Make changes Cancel: Return to viewer without changes. Tungsten 5 Way: Middle button: go to book, four directions: change selection |
Graffiti: write a unique prefix of the book name to select.
If there isn't one (eg John is Jn and Jonah is Jnh,
and you want to go to John), then write "jn" .
On color devices, the form will highlight all matching books.
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Click on any of the colors
next to Book, Chap. No, Text, Title, and Verse No. to choose the color
those are shown in. The bold check box selects which of these
types of text should be bold. Virtual bold provides a bold font using standard font. Creates bold fonts when the existing system doesn't provide one. Use Hard Keys enables the use of the four hard keys (otherwise bound to applictions) Smooth Scroll toggles whether or not scrolling is "smooth". Turn this off to scroll faster. Space selectors allow you to choose the amount of space between lines and between words. No blank lines selectors let you select when you want to see completely blank lines in the viewer. Faster Search enables faster searching for European languages. Disable to save 64k of memory. |
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Snapshot saves, recalls, or
deletes a snapshot. It also allows the selection of the current book. The verse chooser on the left selects the beginning point of the search (book, chapter, and verse), and the verse chooser on the right selects the ending point of the search. Note that to search, say, Matthew through John, you must set the "To" verse chooser to Acts 1:1 or to John 21:25. Search text should be written into the Search Text text field. Case sensitivity is selected by the dropdown on the lower right. Greek and Hebrew transliteration are also available. |
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Export the current note as a
memo in MemoPad. |
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Undo the last activity in the
text field. Copy the current selection to the clipboard. Cut the current collection to the clipboard. Paste the current clipboard text at the insertion point (in place of the active selection). Export the current note as a memo in MemoPad. |
Greek and Hebrew: |
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If you want automatic font setting, name your Greek files starting with a "z" and your Hebrew files starting with a "q". | |||||||||||||||||
Clie
HiRes+ support in OS5: |
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If you're a OS5 Clie user with a
HiRes+ capable PDA, HiRes+ is now supported on your device using
CodeDiver (http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~imazeki/palm/cDiv/index-e.html)
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Clie HiRes support: |
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If you're a pre-OS5 Clie user, HiRes Greek and Hebrew is now supported on your device. Here's how it works:
Note: The sirach (0) and cilicia (0) choices are not visible in Fonthack123; tap on the blank space above sirach (1) and cilicia (1), and they will show up as chosen. Technical Note: Please note that for now, the LR fonts (i.e. cilicia (0) and sirach (0)) are *completely blank*, and are there to give programs a guidance on size *only*. This could change eventually, but I think the font code needs to be unified and a "convert-to-lowres" feature could then be used by both readlrfont and mklrfont. |
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Skins: |
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Skins can be used to enhance the Bible+ interface. See readme.skins for more details on writing skins. To load skins, just install the corresponding .prc file. There is not yet a tool within Bible+ to remove or disable skins. FileZ, available from http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=9992 , is a good file management tool. | |||||||||||||||||
Palm Vx Users: |
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Bible+ requires OS3.5. Palm offers an upgrade for Palm Vx users at http://www.palm.com/support/35upgrade/palmvx_upgrade.html . |
I can't read copyrighted bible versions from BibleReader |
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Bible+ will not support copyrighted versions. You could fix it by converting your own copy-protected version into a non-copy-protected version (with BibleConverter), or finding it somewhere on the web. You could also modify the source code, which is available. The TODO document has details on how the encryption works, and I firmly believe that any moderately skilled cryptanalyst could trivially break the encryption. I would do it myself, but I don't live in a free country, so there are laws that restrict my ability to write and publish this particular feature, under 17 USC 1201. (At least political speech, such as the above, is still protected by the First Amendment). | |
I'm running out of memory |
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Disable fast search to save around 64k. Bibles in memory don't take additional memory to use, but (obviously) take up storage; bibles on memory cards are transferred in on-demand, which takes memory. |