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The
ONLINE BIBLE
Version 6
User's
Guide
Special thanks to our Version 6 co-workers:
To Tom Cox, who typed most of the topical material. To Paul Houghton, who supplied
the Thompson Chain topics. To Robert Guignon, who proofed the Treasury of Scripture
Knowledge. To Ken Hamel, who prepared the Apple version. To Dr. Maurice Robinson,
who prepared the Greek parsings and proofed this manual. To Mike Roop, who proofed
the Strong's numbers corrections. To Lori Hoffman and Jeremy Malloy, who typed and
checked material for us. To Mark Fuller, Jerry Kingery, Earl Milton and their helpers,
who scanned and proofed Bible texts for us. To Hodder & Stoughton, who helped
prepare this manual. To Jay Green who prepared the Greek/Hebrew Interlinear and many
other valuable reference works. Lastly and most importantly, to my very patient wife,
Marion, without her encouragement this work would not have been done.This manual
revised and expanded by Larry Pierce.
Trademarks
IBM, IBM PC, PC-DOS, OS/2 and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International
Business Machines Corp. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
DR DOS is a registered trademark of Digital Research Inc. Macintosh is a registered
trademark of Apple Inc.
Creationism material for the topics 8700 through 8857 supplied from Institute of Creation
Research; used by permission. The material for topics 8900 through 8954, "The Bible
Doctrine of Election", was supplied by the Bryan Station Baptist Church, Kentucky; used
by permission. Frequency counts for Greek lexicon are from "Greek-English
Concordance" by J.B. Smith; used by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, PA. The
UED "Useful Editor" licensed from Useful Software, Waterloo, for use with the Online
Bible.
The tract, "God's Simple Plan of Salvation", copyright: Robert Ford Porter, 1991, Used
by permission. All scripture texts are from the Authorised Version and words have been
Anglicised by permission. This message is available in tract form exclusively from
Lifegate, Inc.
Software, Manual, and related databases, Copyright ■ 1993, Online Bible Foundation,
Ontario. Unless otherwise indicated in the material, you are free to copy the disks and
the manual to share with your friends. (This is a privilege not a right.) You may not
republish or rework the material in whole or in part, in any other format or media,
without our written consent. All our material may be licensed for other purposes.
This manual was prepared using Word Perfect 5.1 (DOS version) and printed on an HP
Laser Jet III printer. The manual was printed and bound in Kitchener, Ontario, by ABC
Printing. The cover design was done by Chuck McCollim from Bill Rice Ranch, TN.
First printing, August 1992.
Second printing (Revised), November 1992.
Third Printing, (Revised), February 1993.
If you would like more information about the Online Bible and are unable to contact your
national distributor, fax (519) 669-3291, or call (519) 664-2266 (afternoons only) or
write:
Larry Pierce,
11 Holmwood St.,
Winterbourne, Ont,
Canada, N0B 2V0
Contents
Welcome to the Online Bible 9
About this Manual 11
SECTION 1: Installation 12
System Requirements 13
Software Supplied 13
Converting the Distribution Disks to Other Sizes 13
Installation Procedure 14
EGA and VGA Support 14
Screen Colours 15
Installing the Online Bible as a TSR 15
Install Disk Update 15
Problem-solving during Installation 16
Problem-solving after Successful Installation 17
SECTION 2: Introductory Studies 18
Study 1: Introduction to the Online Bible 19
A Simple Word Search 20
Showing the Full Context 21
Explaining the Scan and Reference Windows 21
Viewing the Cross-References 22
Viewing the Translators' Footnotes 22
Making a Note on the Verse 23
Printing out a Passage 24
Quitting the Online Bible 25
Study 2: Trying out the Search Functions 26
Phrase Search and Word Search 27
Search Operators 27
Complex Searches 28
Searching for the Names of God 29
Study 3: Using the Online Bible in Documents 30
Saving Other Information 33
Study 4: Other features of the Online Bible 34
Switching Bible Versions 35
Topics Module 35
Creating Your Own Topics 36
Making Topic References Invisible 37
Getting the Most from the Topics 37
Topics and Verse Lists 38
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 39
Englishman's Strong's Numbers 40
SECTION 3: Reference 42
The Help Menu 43
The Search Menu 44
Punctuation and Capitalisation 44
Search Operators and Wildcards 44
Order of Evaluation of Operators 46
Using the Cursor Keys to Recall Previous Searches47
Phrase Search 47
Word Search 48
Range for Search 48
The Display Menu 50
Passage Display 50
Verse List Display 51
Note Display 51
Word Definition 52
Topic Display 53
The Print Menu 55
Verse List Print 55
Passage Print 55
Note Print 55
Word Definition 56
Topic Print 56
The Print Options Menu 57
Format Text 57
Sheet Feed 58
Double Space 58
Exegesis 58
Notes 58
Title 58
Print File Name 58
Print Verse Range 59
Print Strong's Number 59
Print Topic Number 59
Printer Requirements 60
Printing or Saving 60
The Verse List Menu 61
Get Verse List 62
Save Verse List 62
Edit Verse List 64
List Sort 66
The Notes Menu 67
Export Note File 68
Definition Export 69
Note File Update 70
Update Definition 71
Special Commands in Notes, Topics and Definition Files72
Cross-References in Notes and Topics 73
The Options Menu 75
Define Options 75
Upper Window Size 76
Note Window Size 76
Characters per Line 76
Lines per Page 77
Left Margin Size 77
Top Margin Size 77
Foreground Colour 78
Background Colour 78
Highlight Colour 78
Scan and Reference Windows 79
The Quit Menu 80
The Function Keys 81
F1 Context Help 81
F2 Verse List 81
F2 Alternate Notes 82
F3 Show Passage 82
F4 Show Definition 82
F5 Englishman's Strong's Numbers 82
F5 Display Topic 83
F6 Select Bible Version 83
F6 Edit Note, Topic or Definition 83
F7 DOS Gateway 84
F8 Note Display 84
F9 Quick Print 85
F10 Context 85
F10 Cross-References 86
F10 with Notes 86
Command Keys 87
Controlling Scan and Reference Windows 87
Controlling Note, Topic, and Definition Windows 88
Main Menu Speed Keys 89
Book Name Abbreviations 90
The Text Editor 91
Screen Layout 91
Moving the Cursor 92
Entering Text 93
Indentation 94
Reformatting Text 94
Deletions 94
Naming a Document 95
Saving a Document 96
Loading a Document 96
Clearing the Workspace 96
Printing a Document 97
Text Editor Additional Features 97
Workspaces 97
Search and Replace 98
Cutting and Pasting 99
Temporarily using DOS 101
The Inactive Cursor 101
Viewing Two Files at Once 101
Page Layout Options 102
Autoloading Files 103
Configuring the Text Editor 103
APPENDIX A 104
Additional Online Bible Documentation 104
APPENDIX B 105
Startup Parameters 105
Bulletin Board Operation (BB) 105
Screen BIOS Option (BI) 106
Black and White (BW) 106
Lexicons (L) 106
Alternate Lexicons (2L) 107
Amount of Memory to Leave Free (M) 107
Directories Containing Notes (N) 108
Alternate Notes Directories (2N) 108
Topics (T) 108
Alternate Topics (2T) 109
Visually-impaired option (VI) 109
OLB Environment Variable 110
Alternate Notes, Topics and Lexicons 110
Appendix C 112
Installing the Online Bible as a TSR 112
Using the TSR 113
Copying Text with Footnotes and Alternate Readings113
Problems with the TSR 114
God's Simple Plan of Salvation 115
INDEX 118
Welcome to the Online Bible
The Online Bible is a program for storing and studying the Bible. It is
available for many English versions and foreign languages. In this
manual, we assume you have received the package that contains the
whole text of both the Authorised Version and the Darby Version. The
Online Bible allows you to see either translation, or to see both
together for comparison. A great deal of thought has been given to
making the Online Bible efficient, flexible, and easy to use. It will
perform all the tasks possible with a printed Bible and analytical
concordance, often much faster. There are also significant advantages
in using the Online Bible:
With a printed Bible and concordance, you have to refer back
and forth between two substantial books. The Online Bible is an
integrated program, and (if you are already using a personal
computer with a hard disk) takes no additional space on your
desk.
A concordance offers a short context for the word you are
looking up. The Online Bible gives as much or as little context
as you wish.
Multi-word studies using a concordance are laborious and
time-consuming. With the Online Bible, you can search for
words, phrases, or combinations of words■for example, all the
instances where "Jesus" and "Peter" appear together.
Cross-references are integrated into the program. Because
references can be looked up by pressing one or two keys (and
without leaving the text you are studying), you are far more
likely to make use of them than with a printed Bible.
With the Online Bible, you can add your personal notes and
comments alongside each verse, and store them electronically.
They are then available for recalling, amending, or printing.
The Online Bible's unique topical facility allows you to group
together notes and biblical references under the theme of your
choice, and to display the biblical passages at the touch of a
button.
The Online Bible has built-in access to a text editor. Without
leaving the program, you can write letters, sermons, or essays,
using the facilities of the Online Bible as you work.
The Online Bible makes the biblical text available to you for
printing out passages or for "exporting" into other documents
which you are working on.
Registration and Support
It is not necessary to register your version or send us shareware fees.
If you obtained this package through shareware, in lieu of a shareware
fee why not show your appreciation by making a generous donation to
the Creation Science organisation in your country? In North America
write: Institute for Creation Research, P.O. Box 2667, El Cajon,
California, 92021. Most of the Online Bible disks may be freely copied
unless expressly stated otherwise. For the latest product information or
other queries, write or call your national distribution centre. Select the
"To-Order" option on the Mini-Menu (see page 19 for details), for
your national distributor's name, address and phone number.
Warning
The programs, files and data on the supplied master disks are
copyrighted. You do not have the right to republish any of the Online
Bible material in whole or in part, in any other format or media,
without our written consent. All the Online Bible material may be
licensed for use with commercial Bible programs.
About this Manual
This manual is organised into several sections. Section 1 deals with the
installation of the program on your system. Section 2 is a tutorial
which guides you through the main features. Section 3 is a
comprehensive guide to the program's facilities; and finally there are
two appendices and an index. You must check the "Read Me" option
on the Mini-Menu after installation in case there is any additional
information which arrived too late to be printed in this manual.
Keys on the computer keyboard are shown in the manual like this:
ENTER
There will be times when you need to keep one key held down while
pressing another. This is shown as:
ALT Q
When the manual shows text which you need to type in from the
keyboard, it is shown in this style:
This is text that is typed.
The Online Bible can use your mouse. The left button acts as an
ENTER key and the right button as an ESC key. For the main menus,
the mouse movements are translated into the four cursor keys. A
double click of the left mouse button selects the help menu and a
double click on the right mouse button key selects the Dos Gateway.
See page 84 for instructions on using the Dos Gateway.
SECTION 1: Installation
This section contains instructions for installing the Online Bible. If the
program is already installed on your system, turn to page 18 for
information on using the program.
To install the Macintosh version, see the Read-Me file on the disks
instead of the documentation in this section.
System Requirements
To run the Online Bible, the following are required:
IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible computer
At least 256K memory
Hard disk drive with at least 14 megabytes of free space. You
will need a total of 21 megabytes if you install the "Treasury of
Scripture Knowledge" module. If you select the data
compression option on the install procedure, the total size is
reduced by 7 megabytes to a total of only 14 megabytes.
MS-DOS 2.11 or higher, or DR DOS 3.41 or higher, or OS/2
release 2.01 or higher. Enter VER at the command prompt to
check which version you have.
Software Supplied
Your disk package will include an INSTALL disk to install all
modules; a TEXT module on several disks, a LEXICON module on
several disks, a TOPICS module on several disks, and a CROSS-
REFERENCE module on one or more disks. The optional "Treasury
of Scripture Knowledge" module is on one or more disks.
Converting the Distribution Disks to Other Sizes
The Online Bible is distributed on 3 1/2 inch HD disks. Convert these
using the install program. On your machine, format enough disks to
hold all the data that is on the 3 1/2 inch HD disks. Use a machine that
handles both sizes of disks. Follow steps four and five on the next page
to convert the 3 1/2 inch HD disks to your disk size.
Installation Procedure
The installation procedure installs the Online Bible in a directory called
C:\BIBLE. You may change this to any directory.
1. Check to be certain that you have the correct system and
software.
2. If your version of the Online Bible is version 1, 2 or 3, delete
it from your system to conserve disk space. This version will
correctly replace any version after version 3. You do not have
to delete the existing version.
3. Ensure that all master disks are write-protected.
4. Insert the installation disk into a floppy drive, and make that
drive the current drive (i.e. set the DOS prompt to "A:" if using
drive A. Type a: and press ENTER.).
5. Type GO and then press ENTER. Follow the on-screen
instructions.
6. When the installation is complete, select the menu option to exit
the install procedure. Reboot the computer by pressing CTRL
ALT DEL together, or by switching the computer off, pausing,
and switching the computer back on again. Your system will
now use the updated CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT so
the Online Bible will run properly.
EGA and VGA Support
The Online Bible automatically senses the number of lines on your
screen and adjusts the displays accordingly. The default mode of most
screens is 25 lines of text. EGA or VGA graphics systems are capable
of displaying more than 25 lines and have built-in support for 28 lines
(VGA), 43 lines (EGA) or 50 lines (VGA) of text.
To allow you to switch to these modes, there are four small utility
programs supplied with the Online Bible:
VGA50 switches VGA cards to display 50 lines of text
VGA28 switches VGA cards to display 28 lines of text
EGA43 switches EGA cards to display 43 lines of text
CRT25 switches EGA or VGA to display 25 lines of text
All of these modes still display the standard 80 characters per line. We
recommend using 28 line mode for VGA screens.
Screen Colours
The Online Bible allows screen colours to be adjusted or replaced.
Please note that to adjust colours in the text editor (for making your
own notes), you need to run the program UEDCFG from outside the
Online Bible. See pages 78 and 103.
Installing the Online Bible as a TSR
It is possible to install a special function of the Online Bible as a
"Terminate and Stay Resident" program. The advantage of this is that
you can call up biblical passages while working in your usual word
processor, without having to exit the word processor to run the Online
Bible. Details are given in Appendix C.
Install Disk Update
If you ordered the latest manual and a new install disk, you do not
have to reinstall the entire Online Bible. Just install until the main
selection menu appears. Select the option to exit the install procedure.
Everything is now updated.
Problem-solving during Installation
Data Errors Reading Disks
Specify "Retry" to the DOS "Data error reading drive" message. Do
this many times if necessary.
Try installing the Online Bible on your friend's computer. If this
works, correct the hardware or software problem on your machine and
redo the install procedure. Sometimes, performing the install using
your original DOS disk will work. If this fails, return your master
disks to your vendor for replacement.
Installation Fails
Often this is caused by a conflict with a memory-resident program
(TSR) or device driver. Remove all such programs temporarily, install
the Online Bible, and gradually re-install the programs and device
drivers while checking for problems.
You do not have to delete partially installed files to rerun the install
procedure.
Problem-solving after Successful Installation
Program fails with message "Use MM Batch File to Run the Bible"
Use one of the supplied batch files, MM.BAT or AV-DBY.BAT, to
start the program.
Printer does not Print Accented Letters
Most printers require either a dip switch adjustment or a special
command code to print accented letters. Each printer is different. See
your printer manual for details. Try printing your data to a file and use
your word processor to print it.
Screen Difficult to Read
Reinstall and reply no to the prompt asking you whether you have a
colour monitor. If you have a VGA adapter and a monochrome
display, do not specify screen colours.
Cross-references do not work
The cross-reference module is on same 3 1/2 inch HD disk as install
procedure and you most likely forgot to install it. If you have installed
the "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge" module you really do not need
duplicate the cross-references by installing the cross-reference module.
SECTION 2: Introductory Studies
By now you should have the Online Bible installed on your computer
system. If not, please refer to "SECTION 1: Installation".
Study 1: Introduction to the Online Bible
Once the Online Bible is installed, it is simple to start it up. To start
the Mini-Menu, type MM at the DOS prompt, and press ENTER. It
does not matter whether you use capitals or lower case letters. Your
screen should look like this.
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Use the up and down arrow keys to select one of the following options.
The "Select Version" option lets you run the various language versions
you have installed. The "Read Me" option has the most recent
information about program changes. The "Instruction Manual" has this
manual and other information. (This permits hardware "screen readers"
to read the manual for the visually-impaired.) The "UED Editor"
option lets you create and edit files. The "To Order" option has the
latest ordering information and product catalogue.
Press ENTER to display the versions you have installed. Select the
version you wish to access by using the up and down arrow keys.
Press ENTER twice to select the version. The Online Bible will now
run, displaying the version of the Bible you selected.
The Online Bible has many English and foreign language versions. For
simplicity in this manual, we shall assume you have installed the
combined Authorised and Darby Version. If you obtained your copy
from shareware, you should only have the Authorised Version
combined with the Darby Version, or you may have only the
Authorised Version in an earlier Online Bible edition.
NOTE: If you did not allow the installation program to alter the
path specification in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, then make
BIBLE the current directory before running the Online Bible.
The program will take a few seconds to load into your computer's
memory, and then an introductory screen will appear. Press ENTER
to continue. Now your screen will look like this:
Help Search Display Print Verse List Notes Options Quit
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A Simple Word Search
To begin with, ask the Online Bible to find a word or phrase of your
choice. At the top of the screen, you will see a number of menu
headings. At the moment, the cursor is on the Search menu. Press the
cursor down key to highlight the "Word Search" option. Now press
ENTER. A box will appear on the screen inviting you to enter a word.
Type JOHN, and then press ENTER. After a short pause, you will see
on the screen a number of verses, all including the word "John". At
the right of the screen, three lines from the bottom, there are four
numbers, for example:
77 1/128 131
The first shows the time, in hundredths of a second, which it took for
the Online Bible to find the verses. The second shows the number of
the current reference, in order as they appear through the Bible. The
third shows the number of verses in the Bible which include the word
being searched. Finally, the fourth number shows the total number of
occurrences of the word, including any instances where it occurs twice
or more in one verse. When you are viewing both Bible versions
together, this fourth number will include the occurrences in AV and in
Darby added together.
NOTE: The Online Bible menu options can be selected in two
ways. You can use the cursor keys and ENTER, as explained
above. Alternatively, pressing the highlighted first letter for any
option, when the menu is displayed will immediately select it.
Showing the Full Context
A flashing cursor appears before the first biblical reference. This
shows the current verse. Press the cursor down key. You will see the
verses scroll up the screen. The verse you are interested in is, let us
say, Matthew 3:14. Place the cursor over that verse. Press function key
F10. Now you will see that verse in full context. Using the cursor
keys, scroll up and down to view as much of the surrounding biblical
text as you wish. You will notice that new paragraphs are indicated in
the text by a "" character. For faster scrolling, use the PgUp and
PgDn keys to move rapidly through the verses.
Explaining the Scan and Reference Windows
Because it is often useful to view two passages from the Bible together,
the Online Bible screen is divided into two windows. The first window,
on the left, is called the "Scan" window. The Scan window is used to
display verses found as the result of a search. The second, on the right,
is called the "Reference" window. The Reference window is used to
display contextual biblical passages. The currently active window is the
one in which the cursor is flashing. To move between the two windows
use the TAB key.
It is possible to adjust the display to show two horizontal windows, one
above the other, in which case the Scan window is the upper one, and
the Reference the lower. See "Define Options" on page 75 for details.
Viewing the Cross-References
Now you wish to see the cross-references for Matthew 3:14. First,
position the cursor in the Scan window. Then press F10 again to
restore the list of individual verses. Make sure the cursor is on
Matthew 3:14. Press SHIFT and TAB together. You will see the
verse, with context, copied into the Reference window on the right of
the screen. Press F10. In the Scan window a number of verses have
appeared. These are cross-references for Matthew 3:14. You can scroll
through the references, or view their context by pressing F10, just as
previously. The program indicates:
1/33
at the lower right of the Reference window to show that there are 33
references available for this particular verse.
Viewing the Translators' Footnotes
The scholars who translated the Bible made footnotes where there were
important alternative readings in different manuscripts or where the
text could be rendered in different ways in English. For example, the
AV has a footnote to John 1:12. When the footnote display is turned
on, a "+" character appears in the lower right corner of the Reference
window. To view the footnote, press CTRL and T together. To
remove the footnote from view, press CTRL and T until the "+"
disappears.
Variant or alternate readings may be indicated as footnotes or
substituted for the text when you display it. For example, the AV has
an alternate reading in John 1:12. When the variant display is turned
on, an "=" character appears in the lower right corner of the
Reference window. The variant reading in John 1:12 changes "gave
he" to "he gave" and reflects the 1833 Webster Bible rendering. The
actual alternate text is substituted in the main body of the text and
redisplayed. To restore the original AV reading, press CTRL and T
until the "=" disappears.
Pressing CTRL and T repeatedly, selects the following displays in a
cycle:
+ - Display footnotes
= - Display alternate readings
+= - Display footnotes and alternate readings
- Do not display footnotes or alternate readings
Making a Note on the Verse
Make sure the cursor is back on Matthew 3:14■press TAB to return
to the Reference window if necessary. Now press function key F8. A
window opens, headed "Matthew 3:14"; but it is blank. Press function
key F6. After a short pause, the screen will change to the text editor
screen. Type a few words■for example:
This is my note on Matthew 3:14.
You may want to check the text of the verse on which you are making
a note. Press CTRL, hold it down, and press N. On the screen is the
text of the verse, with a few following verses as well. Press CTRL,
hold it down, and press B. Now you have returned to your note, which
you can amend or edit if required.
You will notice at the lower part of the screen a list of function keys
showing which operations they perform. Press F1, "File". Now the
lower part of the screen shows four options:
Load Save Clear Name
Press S to save your note. (If you decide to make further amendments
before you save the note, pressing ESC will return you to editing
mode). Now press F10, "Quit". You have returned to the note screen,
which was blank, but will quickly be changed, once "Finished"
appears, to the note you typed. Then you can ESC out of the note and
again press F8 to redisplay the note. The note window opens once
again, and this time you will see your note.
Notes made in this way will always be available to you, to view,
amend, delete or print out as you need. Now press ESC to remove the
note from the screen.
Printing out a Passage
Make sure your printer is turned on and ready to print (if you do not
have a printer, skip this section). Press ALT and P together, to go into
the Print menu. Press P (or move the cursor down to "Passage Print"
and press ENTER). A window containing print options appears, as
follows:
Help Search Display Print Verse List Notes Options Quit
┌─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
┌────────────────────────── Print Options ───────────────────────────┐
│Format Text: Yes │
│Sheet Feed: No │
│Double Space: No │
│Exegesis: No │
│Notes: No │
│Title: │
│Print File Name: PRN │
│Print Verse Range: │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The cursor is on the first option, "Format Text", which is set to "Yes".
Use the cursor down key to move down the options. If your printer is
sheet fed, set "Sheet Feed" to "Yes" by pressing the cursor right key
on that option. Move down to the "Notes" option. Select "Yes" in the
same way.
NOTE: on any option, pressing the cursor right or cursor left
keys toggles the selection between "Yes" and "No".
Move the cursor down to "Title". Type:
The Online Bible First Session
(or any other title of your choice). Move the cursor down again to
"Print Verse Range". Type:
Matthew 3:14
and press ENTER. The cursor returns to the "Format Text" option.
Press ENTER again to start the print. Your printout will be headed
with your title, and will show the verse together with the note you have
made.
Quitting the Online Bible
When you decide to leave the program and return to DOS press ALT
and Q together. You are now familiar with the basic operation of the
program.
Study 2: Trying out the Search Functions
With the Online Bible, searches can be as simple or as sophisticated as
you need. In this session, a number of different kinds of searches will
be tried, to demonstrate the flexibility of the program.
Run the Online Bible as before. Make sure you are in the Search menu
by pressing ALT and S together, if necessary. Press W (or move the
cursor down to "Word Search" and press ENTER). Type the word
LAW (it does not matter whether you use capitals or not), and press
ENTER. The program will find Genesis 11:31, and you will see that
this is the first of the 459 verses in the AV.
Now you will restrict the range of the search to just the New
Testament. Press ALT and S together, to return to the Search menu.
Select "Range for Search". Type:
Mt-Rev
and then press ENTER. Now select "Word Search" and type LAW
again. This time, the first reference is Matthew 5:17, and it is the first
of 172 verses found by the Online Bible.
NOTE: When you enter biblical references in the Online Bible,
you can use either the full reference, in the form "Genesis 1:1",
or abbreviations. The first three letters of the book are always
sufficient, except in the case of Philemon (Phm) and Jude (J),
which could otherwise be confused with Philippians and Judges.
If no chapter and verse is given, the Online Bible will assume
that the whole of the book is required.
Try some more specific searches. Leaving the range restricted to the
New Testament, go back to the Search menu (with ALT and S), and
select "Phrase Search". Type:
law of Christ
and press ENTER. This time, the program will find Galatians 6:2■the
only occurrence in the New Testament.
Phrase Search and Word Search
You can search for single words or combinations of words using either
of these menu choices. The key difference is that "Phrase Search"
looks for words in a certain order, whereas "Word Search" is only
concerned with whether the words are present somewhere in the verse.
Press ALT and S and press ENTER. You are prompted to enter a
phrase. Type:
love of God
The first reference is Luke 11:42 and is the first of the 13 New
Testament verses found by the Online Bible.
Search Operators
More complex searches are carried out using "operators" to connect
words or phrases. The operators are as follows:
AND represented by the character & (ampersand)
OR represented by the character | (vertical bar)
AND NOT represented by the character ~ (tilde)
PROXIMITY (in verses) specified by the character @ (at),
followed by a number specifying the required
proximity, for example @3
WILDCARD represented by the character * (asterisk). This
represents any word or part of a word.
Complex Searches
Now try some more complex searches. Search requests of up to 240
characters long can be entered into the Online Bible. The following,
entered into "Word Search", will find all the New Testament verses
which include the words "Moses", "Law" and "Jesus":
Moses Law Jesus
The next search finds every place in which the words "Jesus" and
"touch" or any words beginning "touch" (such as "touching" or
"touched") occur within 2 verses:
Jesus @2 touch*
You should restore the search range to the full Bible for this one. You
can do this by typing Gen-Rev, or just Bible, in the "Range for Search"
option.
Sometimes AND NOT is useful to filter out unwanted words. For
example, this will find all forms of the word "flow", but avoiding the
word "flower":
flow* ~ flower*
You can manually delete unwanted entries in the search line. Press
DEL to delete the verse that is positioned opposite the cursor.
The WILDCARD operator has a special function when placed at the
beginning of a word. It will find all the words which include the
sequence of letters which follow, anywhere in the word. For example,
*VENG* will find "avenging", "vengeance", "revenge", and so on.
The Online Bible takes longer to process such searches■this example
might take half a minute or even a minute on some older computers.
Searching for the Names of God
When searching, the Online Bible normally accepts either capitals or
lower case letters without distinction. An exception is made for the
names of God. The Hebrew Old Testament uses a variety of names for
God. "GOD" (in capitals) is distinguished from "God" (in lower case).
"LORD" (in capitals) finds the English translation of God's personal
name, "YAHWEH". "Lord" (in lower case) finds any other occurrences
such as translations of "Adonai". Therefore, to find all occurrences of
"Lord" regardless of form, type:
LORD | Lord
These are the only names in the Online Bible which include capitals
within a word. All other names are shown in the Online Bible as lower
case, except for the initial letter. But you may search for any other
name using any combination of capitals and lower case characters.
NOTE: More detailed information on search operations is found in
"SECTION 3: Reference" on pages 44-49.
Study 3: Using the Online Bible in Documents
Very often, you will want to take some information from the Online
Bible■a passage, a selection of verses, or perhaps a list of
references■and use it in another document. This tutorial shows how
this is done.
First, let us assume you wish to use the text of a Bible passage in a
document you are preparing in a word processor. The passage is
Colossians 1:15-23.
Run the Online Bible and go into the Print menu by using the cursor
keys or pressing ALT and P together. Select the "Passage Print"
option. The Print Options Menu will appear on screen. Although you
do not want to print the passage yet (since you will be printing it from
your word processor), you are using the printing facility of the
program, but asking it to send the text to a file on your disk instead of
to the printer.
┌────────────────────────── Print Options ───────────────────────────┐
│Format Text: Yes │
│Sheet Feed: No │
│Double Space: No │
│Exegesis: No │
│Notes: No │
│Title: │
│Print File Name: PRN │
│Print Verse Range: │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The next step is to set the options to your requirements. The first
option is "Format Text". Normally, if not printing directly from the
Online Bible, you should set this to "No", by pressing the cursor right
key. Leave "Sheet Feed", and "Double Space" on "No" as well. Leave
"Notes" on "No", unless you have notes relating to the passage which
you wish to send to your word processor as well. Leave "Title" blank.
For "Print File Name", type over the existing "PRN" setting with a
convenient file name, for example:
BIBQUOTE.ASC
That will create a file called BIBQUOTE.ASC on drive C under the
Bible directory. But you may well want to create the file in the place
where you normally keep your word processor documents. Perhaps you
have a directory called DOCS which itself is in a directory on drive C
called \MYWORD. You would then type the following file name:
C:\MYWORD\DOCS\BIBQUOTE.ASC
NOTE: You can only use the directories that already exist on
the disk■you cannot create new directories from within the
Print Options menu. To do that, you would have to use DOS
commands from outside the Online Bible program.
Next, set the "Print Verse Range" to:
Col 1:15-1:23
NOTE: If you type Col 1:15-23, the Online Bible will assume
you mean a passage extending from the first to the non-existent
23rd chapter of Colossians. You must repeat the chapter number
at the beginning and end of the reference.
The full menu will look like this:
┌────────────────────────── Print Options ───────────────────────────┐
│Format Text: Yes │
│Sheet Feed: No │
│Double Space: No │
│Exegesis: No │
│Notes: No │
│Title: │
│Print File Name: c:\myword\docs\Bibquote │
│Print Verse Range: Col 1:15 - 1:23 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Now press ENTER. The disk drive will whir for a moment, and your
file will be ready for use when the word "Finished" appears in the
right side of the screen.
Assuming you selected "No" for "Format Text", you will need to
reformat the text in your word processor, following the instructions for
your particular program. Exit from the Online Bible, and run your
word processor. The file you have created is a plain text file (also
known as an ASCII or DOS file. That was why the example used the
filename extension .ASC, as a reminder.) Some word processors will
not allow you to load the document using the normal "Load File"
command, but will have a facility called "Import Text" or "Load
ASCII" which you can use instead. Once the file is loaded, you will
notice that the lines are very long■the file only starts a new line at the
beginning of a new verse. Use the "format" or "reformat" command
in the word processor to change the layout to conform to the normal
page settings (margins, line length, page length) which you use.
It is of course possible to use the text editor supplied with the Online
Bible to edit and print the file. Press ALT and V to select the "Verse
List" window. Type E to select the "Edit Text File" option and type in
the same file name and subdirectory you used for saving the file, for
example,
C:\MYWORD\DOCS\BIBQUOTE.ASC
and press ENTER. When the file has loaded, press F9, "Text", and
then press R, "Reformat Text". You will see the text reformat, and the
text of Colossians 1:15-1:23 is now available to you■for printing out,
or adding text before or after, or inserting notes and headings.
Before returning to the Online Bible, save the changes you have made
by pressing F1, "File" and then S, "Save". The program will update
the file, BIBQUOTE.ASC (or whatever name you chose) with the
amendments you have made. If you would like to save the file under
another name, press F1, "File" and then N, "Name". Type in the new
name, complete with drive letter and any directories, for example:
C:\STUDIES\COLOSS
Press ENTER. Then save the file by pressing F1, "File" and then S,
"Save". Now you can return to the Online Bible by pressing F10,
"Quit".
Saving Other Information
It is not only Bible passages which you can move to your word
processor using the above technique. You may wish to use lists of
selected verses (either just the references or in full), or notes which
you have made in the Online Bible. The method is exactly the same:
use the Print menu as if you were going to print the information, but
under "Print File Name" type over "PRN" with a convenient file name
and location.
For example, perhaps you wish to use a list of all the Bible verses
including the word "Samaritan" in a document. Using the Online Bible,
you would first perform a word search for SAMARITAN* (the asterisk
would ensure that any occurrences of "Samaritans" would also be
included). Then, selecting "Verse List Print" from the Print menu, and
creating a file as above, will give you a list of verses ready to use in
your word processor as required.
If you wish to save just the references, without the text of the verses,
use a different method. First, make the search in the same way. Then
go to the Verse List menu instead of the Print menu. Select "Save
Verse List", and press ENTER. Then type in a convenient file name,
such as:
C:\SAMAR.LST
(You may find it useful to use .LST as the extension for verse list
files.) Press ENTER, and the program will create a file with the file
name given, which you can load into your word processor as above.
This file will contain references only. It is possible to add and delete
individual references within the Online Bible■see "Edit Verse List",
page 64, for details.
This concludes the third Online Bible tutorial.
Study 4: Other features of the Online Bible
This tutorial introduces several other features of the Online Bible.
These are the two-version mode, the Topics facility, the Treasury of
Scripture Knowledge notes and the Englishman's Strong's numbers.
Run the Online Bible again. Notice that the information bar near the
bottom of the screen includes the words:
AV-DBY
Now, do a Word Search for "John", as you did in the first introductory
study. This time, you will find that the search takes a fraction longer,
and when it is complete each verse is displayed twice in the Scan
window, once in the AV and once in the Darby.
Help Search Display Print Verse List Notes Options
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────
│ Mt 3:1 In those days came John the │
│ Baptist, preaching in the │
│ wilderness of Judaea, │
│ Mt 3:1 Now in those days comes John │
│ the baptist, preaching in the │
│ wilderness of Judaea, │
│ Mt 3:4 And the same John had his │
│ raiment of camel's hair, and a │
│ leathern girdle about his loins; │
│ and his meat was locusts and wild │
│ honey. │
│ Mt 3:4 And John himself had his │
│ garment of camel's hair, and a │
│ leathern girdle about his loins, │
│ and his nourishment was locusts │
│ and wild honey. │
│ Mt 3:13 Then cometh Jesus from │
│ Galilee to Jordan unto John, to │
│ be baptized of him. │
│ Mt 3:13 Then comes Jesus from │
└─────────────────────── Ge 1:1 - Re 22:21 AV-DBY/NOTES ─────
F1 Help F3 Show Passage F5 Strong's <-> F7 DOS Gateway
F2 Save to List F4 Definition F6 Version <-> F8 Display Note
Switching Bible Versions
At any time, you may change the version displayed. Press F6. Now,
the Online Bible just displays the AV in the Scan window, and the
information line near the bottom of the screen changes to read "AV".
Press F6 again, and the Online Bible will switch to show "DBY" only.
To restore both versions, press F6 a third time.
If you press F6 when there is text showing in the both Scan and
Reference windows, you will notice that only the window containing
the flashing cursor changes. The Bible version is controlled
independently for both the Scan and Reference windows. You could set
the Scan window to show the Darby, press TAB to move to the
Reference window, and set the Reference window to AV. Then, you
could easily compare the Darby and AV translations of any two
passages in side by side format rather than one verse at a time. For
now, switch both windows to a single version, in preparation for trying
out the Topics facility.
Topics Module
The Topic module for the Online Bible supplies you with the entries
for the first ten thousand topics. Topic 0 has the index to all of these
entries. Press ALT and D together to select the "Display" menu. Enter
T to select the topics. The topic number for the index is displayed.
Press ENTER to select the main index to all the topics. The topic
window opens and displays the first part of the index. On the left and
right side of the topic window are two arrows. Use the down arrow
key to move these arrows to topic 6000, "Index to Index" to the "New
Topical Textbook". Press ENTER to select this item. Use the down
arrow key to select the topics that start with the letter "J". Press
ENTER. The topic window 6053 will open up, displaying the topics
that start with "J". Select the first item, "Jehovah, the Only True God"
and press ENTER. The topic window 7162 will open displaying the
start of this entry. Your screen will look like this.
┌────────────────── Topic No. 7162 (TOPICS) ───────────────────┐
│ Jehovah, the Only True God │
│ │
│ 1) Jehovah is "Alpha and Omega" and "the First and the Last" │
│ # Re 1:7,8 22:12,13,20 Isa 48:12,13 │
│ │
│ 2) Death and life of "the First and the Last" │
│ # Re 2:8 1:17,18 Mt 28:5,6 │
│ │
│ 3) There is only one true God, Jehovah │
│ # Isa 43:10,11 Joh 1:1 * compare NW, Watchtower rendering │
│ # Isa 44:6,8 Joh 1:1 * compare AV,RSV,NKJ,NIV,JB, &c │
│ # Heb 1:3 Col 2:9 * Read in NIV │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Position the arrows at the verses listed after the first entry and press
ENTER. The Scan window will open displaying the text for the seven
verses. Press ESC to return to the topic again. You can examine any
other entry in this topic by repeating this simple procedure. To return
to the main menu, press ESC until you are back to the main menu or
press ALT and D together, to return to the "Display" menu.
Creating Your Own Topics
In addition to the topics that come with the Online Bible, you can add
your own topics. Press ALT and D together, to activate the Display
menu. Move the cursor down to Topic Display, and then press
ENTER. You will be asked to enter a topic number. Topics can be
numbered from 0 to 32,767. Enter 10001, and press ENTER.
A window now opens, like a Note window, but headed "Topic No.
10001". It is blank. Press F6 to edit the topic, and the text editor will
open. Now, type a heading followed by some Bible references. Each
Bible reference line must start with a "#" character. For example,
Jesus and Children
# Mt 11.25
# Mr 10.13-16
# 1Jo 2.1
Now, press F1 followed by S to save the topic; and then F10 to exit
the text editor back to the main Online Bible screen. The topic you
have created will now appear in the "Topic No. 10001" window. Move
the pointers down using the arrow keys to the first reference and press
ENTER. The Topic window will close, and the Scan window will be
filled with the verses which you have entered, all of which relate to the
subject of Jesus and Children.
Making Topic References Invisible
Return to topic number 10001 again by pressing ESC, and return to
the text editor by pressing F6. Using the cursor keys to edit the topic,
replace each "#" with two together: "##". The topic will look like this:
Jesus and Children
## Mt 11.25
## Mr 10.13-16
## 1Jo 2.1
Press F1 followed by S to save the topic, and F10 to return to the
main screen. Now the Topic window only contains the heading, "Jesus
and Children". Use this feature if you do not wish to interrupt the flow
of a topical discussion.
Getting the Most from the Topics
As you have seen, the topics give you two very useful facilities. First,
they can be used just like a memo pad for specialised notes which you
do not wish to attach to a particular verse. Second, by adding verse
references in the special format, they can be used to collect biblical
passages on the subject of your choice. This could be a theme, such as
"Authority" or "Discipleship"; or it could be a more personal topic,
such as "Sermon - 19th July", or "Verses to be memorised". With
32,767 topics available, you can be very flexible in how you use them.
You will need to keep a record of the location of each topic. A good
suggestion is to reserve Topic 10000 for use as an index to your
entries. You then could display Topic 10000 to identify the required
topic before entering its number. Topic 0 is reserved for the main
index to all the topics.
Topics and Verse Lists
One useful way to build up topics is by using them in conjunction with
verse lists. Verse lists are a means of saving to disk the results of a
search or study. Because some searches can take some time, you may
wish to save the results on disk. You can use the information later
without having to redo the search. Then, it is tidier to move the list
into a topic, indexed in topic 0, rather than having a lot of separate
verse list files on disk. This is the procedure:
Perform a search for all verses in which the words "God" and "Light"
come together. Use Word Search from the Search menu, and enter the
words:
God & Light
Because these are both common words, it will take a little time to
complete the search.
When the search is complete, select Save Verse List from the Verse
List menu. The Online Bible will ask you to enter a name for the verse
list. Type:
T10010
and press ENTER to save the list to disk. Note that the number you
use must contain 5 digits; if the Topic were number 10, then T00010
would have been used.
To put the list into topic 10010, select Note File Update from the
Notes menu. When the Online Bible asks:
Add to existing Note?
press ENTER. Then, you will be asked for a verse reference. Enter:
# 10010
and press ENTER. Topic number 10010 will now contain the list of
references to God and Light. To display them, choose Topic Display
from the Display menu, and enter number 10010. When the Topic
window is open, move the pointers down to the first references and
press ENTER to display the verses. You can further edit the topic if
you wish, by opening the Topic window and pressing F6 in the normal
way. You may wish to add a more detailed heading, or delete some of
the references, or to delete the details of how many occurrences there
are in each book, automatically included in the verse list. In the topic
0, you could add the line:
10010 - God and Light
as a reminder of where you stored that particular topic.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If you installed the optional "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge"
module, you will have verse notes for each verse in the Bible. These
notes contain all the cross-references you display when you press F10
to select the cross-references for a verse. However, by using the verse
note facility, you have all the commentary from the "Treasury" and
you can selectively examine cross-references for part of a verse.
Press ALT and D together, to select Display Passage and press
ENTER. Enter the following passage.
Heb 1:8
Press F8 and a blank notes window will open. Press F2 to select the
alternate notes and your screen will look like this.
┌─────────────────────── Hebrews 1:8 (TSK) ──────────────────────┐
│ * Thy throne. │
│ # Ps 45:6,7 │
│ * O God. │
│# 3:3,4 Isa 7:14 9:6,7 45:21,22,25 Jer 23:6 Ho 1:7 Zec 13:9 │
│ # Mal 3:1 Mt 1:23 Lu 1:16,17 Joh 10:30,33 20:28 Ro 9:5 1Ti 3:16│
│ # Tit 2:13,14 1Jo 5:20 │
│ * for. │
│ # Ps 145:13 Isa 9:7 De 2:37 7:14 1Co 15:25 2Pe 1:11 │
│ * a sceptre. │
│ # 2Sa 23:3 Ps 72:1-4,7,11-14 99:4 Isa 9:7 32:1,2 Jer 23:5 38:15│
│ # Zec 9:9 │
│ * righteousness. Gr. rightness. or, straightness. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Use the down arrow key to position to the cross-references following
the words "O God" and press ENTER. The cross-references that relate
to just that part of the verse are loaded into the Scan window for you
to examine. Press ESC to return to the verse note so you can examine
other cross-references for Hebrews 1:8. Press ALT and D together, to
return to the display menu.
Englishman's Strong's Numbers
The Authorised Version is keyed to the Englishman's Strong's
Numbers. Each word or phrase in the AV is associated with a number
that ties the English text to the original Greek and Hebrew words. To
view these numbers, display a passage in the Reference window, and
press F5. The right hand portion of your screen will look like this for
Psalm 23.
Print Verse List Notes Options Quit
─────────────┬───────────── Psalms 23:1 ─────────────┐
│ 1 <<A Psalm <04210> of David │
│ <01732>.>> The LORD <03068> [is] my │
│ shepherd <07462> (8802); I shall not │
│ want <02637> (8799). │
│ 2 He maketh me to lie down <07257> │
│ (8686) in green <01877> pastures │
│ <04999>: he leadeth <05095> (8762) │
│ me beside the still <04496> waters │
│ <04325>. │
│ 3 He restoreth <07725> (8787) my │
│ soul <05315>: he leadeth <05148> │
│ (8686) me in the paths <04570> of │
│ righteousness <06664> for his name's │
│ <08034> sake. │
│ 4 Yea, though I walk <03212> │
│ (8799) through the valley <01516> of │
│ the shadow of death <06757>, I will │
│ fear <03372> (8799) no evil <07451>: │
│ for thou [art] with me; thy rod │
│ <07626> and thy staff <04938> they │
Ge 1:1 - Re 22:21 AV/NOTES ─────── 0 0/18880 # ┘
To look up the meaning of a word, press F4. Use the cursor keys to
select the blinking number and press ENTER. The Definition window
will open up and display the definition for the number you entered.
Use PgUp and PgDn to page through the definition display.
All Old Testament numbers are prefixed with a leading zero. To access
these numbers prefix the number with a leading "0" as shown in the
above display. New Testament numbers do not have a leading zero.
Notice the word shepherd in verse one. It is followed by two numbers;
07462 gives the definition for the word and 8802 gives the verb
parsing, Qal Participle Active. All verbs except the verb "to be" are
parsed in the AV. However, the person, number and gender are not
given. Strong's numbers are enclosed in "<...>". All extensions to
Strong's numbers are enclosed in "(...)".
You may use these numbers in any search. To search for all
occurrences of the Hebrew word number "0134" and the word
"foundations" enter ALT and S together, and press ENTER. Enter the
following search request.
0134 & foundations
The Scan window displays the verse Job 38:6. For any place in which
you can use a word in a search request, you can also use a number.
Sometimes you want to do a detailed study of a passage and look up
every original language word definition. To do this, press ALT and P
together, and press ENTER to select the "Print Passage" option.
Complete the entries as your did in the first study on page 24 only this
time set the "Exegesis" option to yes. Use the left or right arrow keys
to do this. Now when you print the passage, every number will be
shown in the text. Following the passage, each definition for every
number in the passage will be printed. This may be quite a sizeable
print-out if more than a few verses are selected.
To search for regular numbers in biblical text that contains Strong's
numbers, prefix the number with a "#". For example to search for the
number 5 not the Strong's number 5, type:
#5
You will need this feature for the NIV text and most modern versions
since these contain numbers as part of the text. Older versions usually
write out the numbers in full rather than use numerals.
You have now completed all four tutorial studies, and you should be
able to use the basic features of the program. To learn how to use its
facilities to the fullest, study "SECTION 3: Reference". Remember,
help is always available within the Online Bible■just press F1,
"Help", at any time.
SECTION 3: Reference
This section fully describes the function of all the available commands
in the Online Bible. Each menu is explained in full, then the function
keys, and finally the text editor.
The Help Menu
Help
┌──────────────────┐
│ Help Information │
└──────────────────┘
The Help menu is selected by pressing ALT and H together, or by
using the left and right cursor keys when in one of the other menus.
The Help menu summarises the various keys used in entering
information into the Online Bible■(for example, in response to menu
items you have selected.) For a full summary of these keys, see
"Command Keys", pages 87-:\BIB.
Help on other aspects of the Online Bible is available at any time by
pressing the F1 key. The information you receive will be relevant to
the current position of the cursor when F1 is pressed.
The Search Menu
Search
┌──────────────────┐
│ Phrase Search │
│ Word Search │
│ Range for Search │
└──────────────────┘
The Search menu is selected by pressing ALT and S together, or by
using the left and right cursor keys when in one of the other menus.
When the Online Bible starts up, the Search menu is automatically
selected. Many of the features of the Online Bible are not available to
you until you have accessed the Bible text by making a search of some
kind, or by selecting a passage or verse list to display.
Punctuation and Capitalisation
Punctuation (apart from hyphens and apostrophes) must be omitted
when entering words or phrases for searching. All phrases must occur
within a single verse. Capitalisation is ignored except between the
words "LORD" and "Lord", or "GOD" and "God".
Search Operators and Wildcards
The following operators work in an similar way for both phrase and
word searches.
The "*" character is a WILDCARD operator which matches any single
word in a phrase search:
EXAMPLE: in the search phrase the * wind finds all phrases
with one word between "the" and "wind".
The "*" character is also a SUFFIX operator. Add this character to the
end of a partial word to match any word which begins with that prefix.
EXAMPLE: Preach* the gospel finds phrases such as "preach
the gospel", "preaching the gospel", and "preached the gospel".
The "*" character is also a PREFIX operator. Add this character to the
start of a word to match any word which ends with that letter
sequence.
EXAMPLE: *quire finds all words ending in "quire", that is
"enquire" and "require".
Use both the PREFIX and SUFFIX operators to search for a letter
sequence that occur anywhere within a word. This kind of search takes
longer to carry out than simple word searches.
EXAMPLE: *lov* will find all words containing the sequence
of letters LOV, such as "beloved", "loved", "loving",
"clovenfooted".
The "..." sequence of characters is an operator which matches any
group of words within a verse in a phrase search.
EXAMPLE: God ... poor finds all sentences where the word
"God" precedes the word "poor", no matter how many words
fall between them.
The "|" character is the OR operator. This will find verses containing
at least one of the connected words or phrases.
EXAMPLE: in a phrase search, God almighty | mighty God will
find all verses containing either or both "God almighty" and
"mighty God".
The "&" character is the AND operator. Use this operator to find
verses containing all of the selected words or phrases.
EXAMPLE: in a phrase search, Moses & tables of stone finds
all verses including both the word "Moses" and the phrase
"tables of stone".
The "~" character is the AND NOT operator. Use this to find verses
containing one word or phrase, but not another.
EXAMPLE: in a word search tables of stone ~ Moses finds all
verses which include the words "tables of stone" but not the
word "Moses".
The "@" character is the PROXIMITY operator. It must be followed
(without spaces) by a number between 1 and 31102 (the number of
verses in the Bible).
EXAMPLE: Jesus @1 Christ finds all the occurrences of
"Jesus" where the word "Christ" is in the same or an adjacent
verse.
The NULL operator exists automatically between any two adjacent
words. In a phrase search, such words must be present and adjacent (in
the same order) for a match to be made. In a word search, such words
must be present in the verse but not necessarily adjacent. It is therefore
like the AND operator (but see the following, "Order of Evaluation of
Operators").
Order of Evaluation of Operators
You can use the above operators more than once in a search
specification. Once the search request box is filled, the specification
will scroll to the left (up to 240 characters) even if it is not all visible
on the screen.
If several operators are used, operators of higher priority are evaluated
first, and then operators of the same priority are evaluated from left to
right. The order of priority is:
First: PREFIX, SUFFIX (*)
Then: NULL
Last: OR (|), AND (&), AND NOT (~), PROXIMITY (@)
Note that parentheses are not supported in the Online Bible.
EXAMPLE 1: commandment* | tables of stone & Moses will
find all verses including the word "Moses" and either
"commandment(s)" or "tables of stone".
EXAMPLE 2: tables of stone & Moses | commandment* will
find all verses including either "commandment(s)" or both
"tablets of stone" and "Moses".
Using the Cursor Keys to Recall Previous Searches
When entering search specifications, you can use the cursor keys as an
editing short cut. The cursor up key will recall the most recent
previous entry you have made. The cursor down key will recall the
oldest previous entry. The right and left keys simply move the cursor
by one character right or left.
Phrase Search
Search
┌──────────────────┐
│ Phrase Search │
│ Word Search │
│ Range for Search │
└──────────────────┘
Use this option to find all occurrences of a phrase or a combination of
phrases. A phrase is any word or sequence of words. Type the words
in response to the "Enter Search Phrase" request. The phrase can be
up to 240 characters long. On completion of the search, the first verse
found will be displayed in the Scan window and a figure at the lower
right will show the time taken for the search, the number of the verse
displayed, and the total number of matching verses. For example, "167
1/8 11" shows that the verse displayed is the first of 8 occurrences,
and the search took 1.67 seconds. The phrase occurred 11 times in the
8 verses.
Word Search
Search
┌──────────────────┐
│ Phrase Search │
│ Word Search │
│ Range for Search │
└──────────────────┘
Use this option to find all occurrences of a word or a combination of
separate words in the Bible. Type the words in response to the "Enter
Search Words" request. The program will find all the verses which
match the specification, and display the first matching verse in the Scan
window. The information at the lower right will indicate the time taken
for the search, the sequential number of the verse displayed, and the
total number of matching verses.
Range for Search
Use this option to limit the portion of the Bible which will be searched
by the Online Bible. Type the range in response to the "Enter Range"
request. The current range is shown at the bottom of the Scan window.
To select the range, specify the first and last references, separated by
"-". The following examples make this clear:
To Search: Specification: Selects this Range:
A single verse Joh 3:16 John 3:16
A single chapter Psa 90 Psalm 90
A single book Rom The book of Romans
From one book 1Joh-3Joh From 1 John 1:1 to the
to another end of 3 John
A range of chaptersJoh 21-Act 2 From John 21 to the
in sequence end of Acts 2
Psa 1-5 The first five Psalms
Everything betweenExo 1:1-1:10 Between Exodus 1:1
two specific references and Exodus 1:10
The entire Bible Bible or B Genesis 1:1 to
Revelation 22:21
The Old TestamentOt or O Genesis 1:1 to
Malachi 4:6
The New TestamentNt or N Matthew 1:1 to
Revelation 22:21
Book name abbreviations may be used. The first three characters of a
Bible book name will identify all books except for "Jude" (enter "J")
and "Philemon" (enter "P" or "Phm"). See "Book Name
Abbreviations", page :\BIBLE.DOC\MANUAL, for a list of all the abbreviations and book
names recognised by the Online Bible. Note that capitalisation is
optional.
The Display Menu
Display
┌────────────────────┐
│ Passage Display │
│ Verse List Display │
│ Note Display │
│ Word Definition │
│ Topic Display │
└────────────────────┘
Select this menu by pressing ALT and D together, or by using the
right and left cursor keys from one of the other menus.
This menu allows you to display selected verses or a particular
passage, or to review your own notes about a verse.
Passage Display
Display
┌────────────────────┐
│ Passage Display │
│ Verse List Display │
│ Note Display │
│ Word Definition │
│ Topic Display │
└────────────────────┘
This option allows you to examine any Bible passage, which will be
displayed in the Reference window.
Using this option brings up the request, "Enter Reference". Type in the
reference using the biblical book name abbreviation as mentioned in the
preceding section (see page 48). You can scroll through the passage
using the keys as described in "Command Keys", page 87.
You can also display a passage using function key F3, "Show
Passage".
Verse List Display
Display
┌────────────────────┐
│ Passage Display │
│ Verse List Display │
│ Note Display │
│ Word Definition │
│ Topic Display │
└────────────────────┘
This option brings up the current verse list in the Scan window: either
verses previously selected using the "Search" function, or verses
retrieved using the "Get Verse List" or "Cross-Reference" functions.
The bottom right corner of the screen shows the number of the verse
displayed and the total number of verses in the list. You can scroll
through the verse list using keys as described in "Command Keys" on
page 87.
Note Display
Display
┌────────────────────┐
│ Passage Display │
│ Verse List Display │
│ Note Display │
│ Word Definition │
│ Topic Display │
└────────────────────┘
This option displays your own notes for any verse. You will be asked
to "Enter Reference". Type in a single Bible reference in either full or
abbreviated form for any particular verse.
The note will appear in the "Note" window. You can scroll through the
notes, or move to the notes on adjacent verses, by using the cursor
keys and other keys as described in "Command Keys" on page 87. For
example, the right and left cursor keys will display the notes for
adjacent verses. The PgDn and PgUp keys will scroll through the
different pages of the note in the case of notes which are longer than
the note window. Once displayed, you can add or amend notes by
pressing F6 (see "Edit Note or Topic" on page 83).
You can also display the note for the current verse using function key
F8, "Note Display".
Word Definition
Display
┌────────────────────┐
│ Passage Display │
│ Verse List Display │
│ Note Display │
│ Word Definition │
│ Topic Display │
└────────────────────┘
This option allows you to examine any definition for an Englishman's
Strong's number. Enter the number and press ENTER. The Definition
window will open, displaying the definition you selected. Remember,
Old Testament numbers are prefixed with a leading zero.
You can also display a definition using the function key F4, from
either the Scan or Reference window. F5 displays the numbers in these
windows. The display for the definition of the Greek word "166" looks
like this:
┌────────────────── Strong's No. 166 (GREEK) ──────────────────┐
│ 166 aionios {ahee-o'-nee-os} │
│ │
│ from 165; TDNT - 1:208,31; adj │
│ │
│ AV - eternal 42, everlasting 25, the world began + 5550 2, │
│ since the world began + 5550 1, for ever 1; 71 │
│ │
│ 1) without beginning and end, that which always has been and │
│ always will be │
│ 2) without beginning │
│ 3) without end, never to cease, everlasting │
│ │
│ For Synonyms see entry 5801 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Each New Testament entry is composed of the following parts. This
entry is Strong's number 166, and its transliteration is "aionios". The
rough phonetic for the word is enclosed in curly braces "{ ... }".
The next line gives derivation information, Kittel page numbers and the
part of speech. This word is derived from word number 165■although
sometimes these comments are just educated guesses. Following the
first semi-colon is the key to Kittel's "Theological Dictionary of the
New Testament" (TDNT). The first entry is keyed to the ten volume
Kittel, giving the volume and page number where this word is found.
This entry is found in volume 1 page 208 of the ten volume Kittel and
page 31 of the little Kittel. Note that not all the lexicon entries are
found in Kittel. Following the second semi-colon is the part of speech.
This entry happens to be an adjective. The Old Testament lexicon is
keyed to the "Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament",
abbreviated to TWOT.
The next line gives the English usage. This word appears in the
Authorised Version 71 times and its various English renderings are
listed and tabulated.
The body of the definition follows. Three primary meanings are listed.
Lastly, some entries have synonym information. Use the down arrow
key to position the pointers to this line as shown in the above
illustration. Press ENTER to access this material. Press ESC to return
to this definition.
If you wish to augment the definition in the lexicon, use the alternate
lexicon to store your word studies. Press F2 from the definition
window to access the alternate lexicon. Edit it in the usual manner
using the function key F6. To return to the primary lexicon, press F2
again.
Topic Display
Display
┌────────────────────┐
│ Passage Display │
│ Verse List Display │
│ Note Display │
│ Word Definition │
│ Topic Display │
└────────────────────┘
This option displays your topic notes. You will be asked to enter a
number. Type in a number between 0 and 32,767 to display the topic
corresponding to that number.
The topic will appear in a "Topic" window. You can scroll through the
topic, or move to other topics, by using the cursor keys and other keys
as described in "Command Keys" on page 87. Once displayed, you can
add or amend topics by pressing F6■see "Edit Note or Topic" on page
83.
You can also display topics by pressing F5 when the Note window is
open.
We suggest that you use Topic 10000 as an index to your topics
leaving topic 0 as the main index to all the topics.
The Print Menu
Print
┌──────────────────┐
│ Passage Print │
│ Verse List Print │
│ Note Print │
│ Word Definition │
│ Topic Print │
└──────────────────┘
This menu allows you to print or save as a file any verses, verse lists,
passages or notes from the Online Bible.
Verse List Print
This option will print or save the current verse list. This verse list
might have been retrieved using "Get Verse List"; it might be the
result of a search; or it might be a list of cross-references. When
selected, you will be presented with the Print Options menu■see page
57 for details regarding this or the following sections.
Passage Print
This option will print or save a particular passage from the Bible, with
or without your own notes. Selecting this option brings up the Print
Options menu.
Note Print
This option will print or save your notes only, for a particular section
of the Bible chosen by you under the Print Options menu. This menu
will come up when you choose "Note Print".
Word Definition
This option will print or save a definition for a particular word of the
Bible chosen by you under the Print Options menu. This menu will
come up when you choose "Word Definition".
Topic Print
This option will print or save a topic of your choice. Selecting this
option brings up the Print Options menu.
The Print Options Menu
┌────────────────────────── Print Options ───────────────────────────┐
│Format Text: Yes │
│Sheet Feed: No │
│Double Space: No │
│Exegesis: No │
│Notes: No │
│Title: │
│Print File Name: PRN │
│Print Verse Range: │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Each of the Print options, when selected, brings up this further menu
entitled Print Options. The choices vary slightly depending on what
you are asking the Online Bible to print or save as a file. Use the up
and down cursor keys to move between the options. When making
selections, do not press ENTER until all the selections have been
made. In all cases, toggle between "Yes" and "No" by pressing the
right or left cursor keys.
Format Text
Selecting "Yes" causes the text to be formatted into the page layout
selected under the Define Options menu (see page 75). Selecting "No"
means output will not be formatted. Unformatted output, for "Passage
Print" or "Note Print", will result in each verse beginning a new
paragraph (in other words, each verse ends with a carriage return and
a line feed). For "Verse List Print", only the last verse in each group
of consecutive verses will end with this sequence. Apart from these
paragraph breaks, all the text in unformatted output will be on a single
line.
Generally, it is better to select formatted output if printing directly
from the Online Bible, and unformatted if saving to a file.
Sheet Feed
If printing on single sheets which you feed in by hand, rather than
using continuous stationery or a sheet feeder, answer "Yes". This
setting will be ignored if unformatted output has been selected.
Double Space
If you choose "Yes", the output will leave a blank line between each
line of text. This setting will be ignored if unformatted output has been
selected.
Exegesis
If you choose "Yes", the output will print a list of all the definitions
for all the Greek and Hebrew words in the passage.
Notes
If you choose "Yes", your verse notes will be printed after each verse.
Title
If you require a title (of up to 50 characters) to be printed at the top of
each page of output, type it in here. Remember, do not press ENTER
until all selections have been made. You can use the DELETE,
BACKSPACE and other keys in the normal way. This setting is
ignored if unformatted output has been selected.
Print File Name
This option determines whether output is printed directly or sent to a
file for subsequent use. To print directly, ensure that the "Print File
Name" is "PRN" (or the appropriate device name, such as "LPT1",
"LPT2", "COM1", etc.).
The default "PRN" should not be altered, unless you wish instead to
save the output to disk as a file. In this case, type in the file name, and
optionally its directory, for example:
C:\MYWORD\SERMONS\LUKE-10.ASC
You must use the normal DOS format for file names. File names may
not contain spaces or certain prohibited characters. See your DOS
manual for details. Using the .ASC extension is a convenient way of
remembering that this file will be an unformatted ASCII file (unless
you decided to save it with format set to "Yes"■this will make it
harder to reformat in your word processor).
Print Verse Range
This option will only be found under the Print Option for "Passage
Print" or "Note Print". Enter the verse range in exactly the same way
as described for "Range for Search" on page 48. For example,
Joh 21:1 - Act 2:11
Print Strong's Number
This option will only be found under the Print Option for "Word
Definition". Enter the Strong's number for the Hebrew or Greek word.
For example:
0987
Print Topic Number
This option will only be found under the Print Option for "Topic
Print". Enter the number for the specific topic. For example:
5900
To print a range of topics, enter:
5900 - 5930
Printer Requirements
The output of the Online Bible uses ASCII printer control codes which
will work on virtually all printers: no special printer driver is required.
Remember, if you are having difficulty achieving the format you
require, you can save the information in a file and format it later in
your usual word processor. If printing directly from the Online Bible,
make sure your printer is:
Switched on
Set for 6 lines per inch (the default setting for most printers)
Has paper loaded and positioned at the top of a page
Ready to print (called "Ready", "Online", or the equivalent).
Printing or Saving
When you have selected all the options, pressing ENTER twice will
start the output. If you are saving to a file, and a file already exists
with the name and directory you have chosen, you will be asked
whether you wish to replace the file. If you choose "No" (by pressing
the right or left cursor key) you will be asked if you want to add to the
file: this will save the new output at the end of the existing file. If you
choose "No" again, you will be returned to the Print Options menu to
choose a new file name or directory.
The Verse List Menu
Verse List
┌─────────────────┐
│ Get Verse List │
│ Save Verse List │
│ Edit Text File │
│ List Sort │
└─────────────────┘
Select this menu by pressing ALT and V together, or by using the
right and left cursor keys from one of the other menus.
A verse list is a selection of individual verses. For example, whenever
the Online Bible makes a search, the program creates a verse list which
is displayed in the Scan window. Verse lists are displayed with the
chapter and verse reference, along with the text of the verse written out
in full. When printing a verse list directly from the Online Bible, the
full text of the verse will be printed. However, when the Online Bible
saves a verse list, the program saves an ASCII text file containing only
the Bible references. By loading a saved verse list into a word
processor or text editor, the references alone may be printed if desired.
The current verse list is the one displayed in the Scan window. To
check which verses are in the current verse list, you can use the "Verse
List Display" option described on page 51.
You can construct your own verse lists by using the search facilities of
the Online Bible and adding individual verses that interest you to a
verse list on disk. This is done using the function key F2, "Verse
List". Pressing F2 allows you to add the current verse (the verse on
which the cursor is resting) to the verse list whose file name is
displayed. You can create a new verse list by altering this file name,
and you can erase existing entries in an old verse list if you wish. See
the description of this function key on page 81.
You can delete verses from a verse list. Display the list in the Scan
window. Press DEL when the cursor is opposite the verse you desire
to delete. Use the "Save Verse List" facility to save this modified list
by setting the "Add to Verse List" prompt to "no".
Get Verse List
Verse List
┌─────────────────┐
│ Get Verse List │
│ Save Verse List │
│ Edit Text File │
│ List Sort │
└─────────────────┘
Use this option to load a previously saved verse list into the Online
Bible. When you select "Get Verse List", the Online Bible will ask for
the name of the required list. The default file name is VERSES.LST.
Type in the file name, with the full DOS directory if it is not in the
current directory, and press ENTER. The Online Bible will load the
verse list and display the first verse in the Scan window. The number
at the lower right will indicate the number of the displayed verse and
the total number of verses in the list.
Save Verse List
Verse List
┌─────────────────┐
│ Get Verse List │
│ Save Verse List │
│ Edit Text File │
│ List Sort │
└─────────────────┘
Use this option to save the current verse list. When you select this
option, the Online Bible will ask for a file name. The default file name
is VERSES.LST. Type in a convenient file name, ending with the
extension .LST or another suitable extension, for example:
SERMON.LST
If you wish to save the verse list to a directory other than the current
directory, you will need to enter the full DOS path and file name, for
example:
C:\STUDIES\LISTS\SERMON.LST
Be aware that the current verse list is that displayed by the Online
Bible, displayed in the same window as search or cross-reference
results. If you load a verse list using "Get Verse List", and then
perform a search or cross-references scan, the current verse list will be
the result of the search scan, and not the verse list you had loaded
previously.
If you are saving a verse list with a file name that already exists on
disk, the Online Bible will ask you if you wish to add to the existing
file. Select "Yes" or "No" by pressing the right or left cursor keys.
Selecting "Yes" means that the new verse list will be added to the end
of the existing file. Selecting "No" will cause the program to ask you
to confirm that you wish the old file to be replaced. Answer "Yes" to
erase the old file and save the new file in its place. Answer "No" to
end the operation without saving the file.
Sometimes adding a new verse list to an existing verse list may result
in duplicate references in the verse list file. This will not cause
problems for the Online Bible; but if you wish, you can eliminate them
by using the "List Sort" facility described on page 66.
You can use the "Save Verse List" function to save a list of verses as
cross-references for another verse. When prompted for the name of the
verse list file, do not give a file name, but instead give a verse
reference preceded by a "#" character. For example:
# Joh 1:1
This saves the current verse list in your notes file, just before your
notes for John 1:1. To use these cross-references, display John 1:1 in
the reference window, and press F10. Your cross-references will be
loaded into the Scan window for you to study.
If you wish to save a verse as a cross-reference, but prefer not to have
the reference displayed when you view your notes, use "##" instead of
a single "#" at the start of the line, for example:
## Joh 1:1
Edit Verse List
Verse List
┌─────────────────┐
│ Get Verse List │
│ Save Verse List │
│ Edit Text File │
│ List Sort │
└─────────────────┘
This option enables you to add, rearrange and delete verses from a
saved verse list. When you select this option, the Online Bible will ask
for a file name. Type in the file name, using the full DOS directory if
the list is not in the current directory, and press ENTER. The Online
Bible will bring up the text editor with the verse list loaded and ready
to edit. For details on the operation of the text editor, see "The Text
Editor" on page 91. It is also possible to create a verse list from
scratch, using the same method but entering a file name that does not
yet exist on disk.
When creating or editing verse lists, certain rules must be obeyed. All
lines in the file containing references must have "#" as the first
non-blank character. Preceding blanks are allowed, so indentation of
lines is possible. References use the same book abbreviations as
elsewhere in the Online Bible■see "Book Name Abbreviations" on
page 90 for details. They should be in the format:
2Pet 3:10
Verse lists allow an abbreviated method of expressing a sequence of
verses. For example,
Rom 4:6-8,13
includes the verses between Romans 4:6 and Romans 4:8, and also
Romans 4:13. This method differs substantially from that described in
the "Range for Search" section on page 48.
You can put several references on the same line. (Do not separate them
by anything except a blank space, a "," or a ";".) For example:
# 1Pet 5:6,Joh 1:1-3;Mat 20:20
Any lines in a verse list where the first non-blank character is not a
"#" are ignored by the Online Bible. This permits your own headings
and remarks to be inserted in the file. You may also include blank
lines. Using these together with indentation, you can construct a very
clear layout. For example:
* Verses for my sermon Sun Aug 10th
* Main point
# 1Pet 5:6
* Subsidiary point
# Joh 1:1-3
* Conclusion
# Mat 20:20 * see Greek rendering
The "*" at the start of a line serves no purpose except to beautify your
note. However, an "*" may be used to add a comment to a line of
cross-references.
If you create a verse list file with a word processor, remember to use
the mode which does not add hidden formatting characters (sometimes
called non-document, program, DOS, or ASCII mode), since these will
cause problems when read by the Online Bible. The text editor
supplied with the Online Bible is always in the right mode, so files
saved from this will be in the correct format, so long as the above-
mentioned rules have been followed.
List Sort
Verse List
┌─────────────────┐
│ Get Verse List │
│ Save Verse List │
│ Edit Text File │
│ List Sort │
└─────────────────┘
Select this option to sort the current verse list into biblical order,
eliminating any duplicate references. To see the sorted list displayed,
press ESC to exit from the Verse List menu and use the TAB key to
switch to the verse list display window, or use the "Verse List
Display" option in the Display menu.
For example, to sort a list of verses in a verse list you had prepared,
you would first use "Get Verse List" to load the verse list into the
Online Bible, and then use "List Sort". To save the sorted verse list to
disk, use the "Save Verse List" command, asking for the original file
to be replaced. Note that any remarks (lines not preceded by "#") in
your original verse list would be lost.
The Notes Menu
Notes
┌───────────────────┐
│ Export Note File │
│ Definition Export │
│ Note File Update │
│ Update Definition │
└───────────────────┘
This menu is selected by pressing ALT and N together, or by using the
left or right cursor keys from one of the other menus.
The Notes facility in the Online Bible enables text to be stored which
is linked to a specific verse in the Bible. This text can be displayed in
a "note window" alongside the biblical text by pressing F8, "Note
Display", or by selecting "Note Display" from the Display menu.
These notes can be edited, printed (with or without the Bible text) or
saved as a file for use in other documents.
Notes are stored by the Online Bible in a special format which should
not be viewed or edited from outside the program. Therefore, the
Online Bible provides facilities for editing, importing or exporting the
notes as required.
The usual method of creating or updating the notes on a particular
verse is to press F6, "Edit Note", when the cursor is on the verse for
which the note is intended. This will bring up the text editor, along
with the existing text of the note (if any). When you have finished
editing the note, save it to disk and then press F10, "Quit", to return
to the Online Bible. The program will automatically update the note
file with the changes.
It is possible for the Online Bible to store several different sets of
notes■for example, one set for each person who uses the program.
Each set of notes has its set of directories. See the "Alternate Notes"
in Appendix B on page 110 for details.
Export Note File
Notes
┌───────────────────┐
│ Export Note File │
│ Definition Export │
│ Note File Update │
│ Update Definition │
└───────────────────┘
Use this option to create a text file on disk containing the notes on a
selected verse, or a specific numbered topic. This text file can be
edited and then loaded back into the Online Bible; or it can be used in
your own documents. Remember, you can also use F6, "Edit Note" to
edit notes, and that notes can also be saved to text files using the
"Notes" option in the Print Options menu.
When you select "Export Note File" the Online Bible asks you for a
biblical reference. You can specify a single verse or a range of verses,
using the same format as for setting "Range for Search", described on
page 48.
You can also use "Export Note File" to save topic information to disk.
When asked for a biblical reference, enter a topic number beginning
with the "#" character. For example,
# 9538
This will create a file on disk called T09538, in the current directory.
You can ensure that the current directory is convenient for you by
using F7, "DOS Gateway", to change the current directory using DOS.
If you specified a biblical passage, separate files will be created for
each verse. The file names will use the book and chapter reference,
with the verse number as the extension. For example, instructing the
Online Bible to export the note file for:
Rom 12:1 - Rom 12:6
will create six text files in the current directory, called RO12.1,
RO12.2, RO12.3, RO12.4, RO12.5 and RO12.6.
You should not alter this file name if you wish the Online Bible to
update the note file after you have edited the text. When editing and
saving these note files, ensure that the line length does not exceed 65
characters, and that the file is saved in simple ASCII form (use
"Program", "ASCII", "Non-Document", "DOS" or equivalent mode
in your word processor). The text editor in the Online Bible
automatically uses the correct mode.
Definition Export
Notes
┌───────────────────┐
│ Export Note File │
│ Definition Export │
│ Note File Update │
│ Update Definition │
└───────────────────┘
Use this option to create a text file on disk containing the definition
from the lexicon. This text file can be edited and then loaded back into
the Online Bible; or it can be used in your own documents.
Remember, you can also use F6, "Edit Note" to edit definitions, and
that notes can also be saved to text files using the "Word Definition"
option in the Print Options menu.
When you select "Definition Export", the Online Bible asks you for an
Englishman's Strong's number. You can specify any number for the
Greek or Hebrew words. Old Testament numbers are always prefixed
with a leading "0".
When you specify a number, a file will be created containing the
definition. The file names will use a five digit number prefixed with
"G" for Greek numbers and "H" for Hebrew numbers. No extension
is used. For example, instructing the Online Bible to export the
definition for:
034
will create the text file in the current directory, called H00034.
You should not alter this file name if you wish the Online Bible to
update the definition file after you have edited the text. When editing
and saving these definitions files, ensure that the line length does not
exceed 65 characters, and that the file is saved in simple ASCII form
(use "Program", "ASCII", "Non-Document", "DOS" or equivalent
mode in your word processor). The text editor in the Online Bible
automatically uses the correct mode.
Note File Update
Notes
┌───────────────────┐
│ Export Note File │
│ Definition Export │
│ Note File Update │
│ Update Definition │
└───────────────────┘
Use this option to update a note or topic file in the Online Bible with
the changes you have made to the exported note or topic files.
You will be prompted for a biblical reference. The program will look
in the current directory for the corresponding file, and will replace
your verse notes with the updated notes. Check or alter the current
directory using the function key F7, "DOS Gateway". You can specify
a range of notes to be updated, in the same way as for "Export Note
File" described above.
The note file to be updated must be in simple ASCII form with the
correct file name; see above under "Export Note File".
The correct file name format for files containing ASCII text to be
imported as a verse note is the following
abbC.V
│ │ │
│ │ └───────── Verse Number
│ │
│ └─────────── Chapter Number
│
└───────────── Book Name Abbreviation
(see page 90)
If it is a topic you wish to update, the method is exactly the same.
Instead of specifying a biblical reference, provide a topic number
beginning with the "#" character. For example:
# 9538
When updating the topic, the Online Bible will look for a file called
T09538 in the current directory. The name of this file must include the
letter "T" followed by 5 digits, so you will need to add zeros to low
numbers. For example:
T00003
Update Definition
Notes
┌───────────────────┐
│ Export Note File │
│ Definition Export │
│ Note File Update │
│ Update Definition │
└───────────────────┘
Use this option to update a definition file in the Online Bible with the
changes you have made to the exported definition file.
You will be prompted for a Strong's number. The program will look
in the current directory for the corresponding file, and will replace
your definition with the updated definition. Check or alter the current
directory using the function key F7, "DOS Gateway".
The definition file to be updated must be in simple ASCII form with
the correct file name; see above under "Definition Export". For
example:
2301
When updating the definition, the Online Bible will look for a file
called G02301 in the current directory. The name of this file must
include the letter "G" or "H" followed by 5 digits, so you will need to
add zeros to low numbers. For example:
G00003
Special Commands in Notes, Topics and Definition Files
You can highlight selected words or phrases in the note or topic or
definition. Do this by using two back slash characters together (\\).
This special combination will turn highlighting on or off. For
example, type the following in order to highlight the words "healing"
and "authority":
In this passage Jesus makes the link between \\healing\\
and \\authority\\.
When viewed in the Online Bible's note screen, these two words will
be highlighted for emphasis.
You may include commands in the notes that allow you to display
other notes. These commands are executed when you use the up or
down arrow keys to point to them and then press ENTER. These
commands must be on a line by themselves. Otherwise, use the "\\" to
highlight them when you place them with other text on a line.
Command Action
See definition ... 789Display definition number 789. To
display an Old Testament number,
prefix the number with a leading zero.
See topic ... 5901 Display topic 5901.
See note ... "Lu 1:4" Display note on the verse Luke 1:4.
The note reference must be enclosed
in quotes and use the proper Bible
book abbreviation.
See passage ... "Heb 1:1"Display the passage for Hebrews 1:1
in the Reference window. The
passage reference is the same format
as the note reference.
... 5901 Displays topic 5901.
next 8921 Display next topic 8921. This must be
the first line in the topic. This
command skips an empty range of
topics.
In these examples "..." can be any text. Using these commands you
can link your notes, topics and definitions to create a chain of up to
seven such interconnects. To return to a previous display, just press
ESC.
Cross-References in Notes and Topics
It is possible to include cross-references within notes and topics. Of
course, you can include biblical references within the text of your note
in any case; but by using a special format, the Online Bible can display
the full text of these references whenever required. Simply place the
reference or references on a separate line, and begin the line with the
"#" character. Each line can contain one or more references, separated
by spaces, "," or ';". The references can be a single verse, or a whole
passage. For example:
# joh 10.30-33 ps 45.6 is 7.14
Once included in the note, these references can be viewed in two ways.
If the references are in a note (and therefore attached to a particular
verse) the Online Bible will treat them as additional cross-references
for that verse, so they will be displayed whenever that verse is current
and you press F10 to display cross-references. Or, you can display just
those references (without the Online Bible's existing cross-references)
by displaying the note or topic, moving the arrow keys to point to the
cross-references you wish to display, and press ENTER. The Note or
Topic window will close, and your list of references will be displayed.
Press ESC to return to the note or topic window again.
If your note has several lines of cross-references and text, use the up
or down arrow keys to position to a line of cross-references. Press
ENTER to load just those references into the Scan window. Press ESC
to return to your note window.
You can use another special format to include cross-references in the
note, while hiding them from display in the Note or Topic window. To
do this, use two "#" characters together. For example:
## ps 45.6
This reference will work in just the same way, but will not be visible
in the Note or Topic window. It will still show up in the Text editor
when you press F6 to edit the note or topic.
The Options Menu
Options
┌────────────────────┐
│ Define Options │
└────────────────────┘
Select the menu by pressing ALT and O together, or by using the left
and right cursor keys from one of the other menus.
Define Options
Options
┌────────────────────┐
│ Define Options │
└────────────────────┘
Use this option to adjust the size or orientation of the scan, note and
reference windows, alter the on-screen colours, or change the layout
of printed output.
┌──────────────── Define Options ────────────────┐
│ Upper Window Size: 22 │
│ Note Window Row: 10 │
│ Note Window Size: 14 │
│ Characters/Line : 65 │
│ Lines on a Page : 59 │
│ Left Margin Size : 6 │
│ Top Margin Size : 6 │
│ Foreground Colour: Light Grey │
│ Background Colour: Black │
│ Highlight Colour: White │
│ Display Windows: Vertical │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Selecting "Define Options" causes the Define Options menu to appear.
Use the up and down cursor keys to choose the setting you wish to
change. When the cursor is on a particular setting, use the left and
right cursor keys to change its value. For numerical values, the left
cursor key decreases the value and the right cursor key increases it. Do
not press ENTER until you have made all your selections. Pressing
ENTER will exit the Define Options menu and save your changes so
that the Online Bible will remember them next time you run the
program. If you wish to exit the Define Options menu without making
any changes, press ESC.
Upper Window Size
When horizontal windows are selected, the dividing line between the
Scan and Reference windows can be moved up or down by specifying
the size of the Scan window (upper window).
The minimum size allowed is zero lines; setting the size of the scan
window to zero disables word searching and phrase searching.
The maximum size allowed is one line less than the number of lines the
screen can display. If your computer has a video card capable of
displaying more than 25 lines, the Online Bible automatically senses
the display mode in which you are running your monitor, and adjusts
the window size limit accordingly. Setting the size of the Scan window
to its maximum prevents the display of passages in the Reference
window.
Note Window Size
The note window appears when you ask the Online Bible to display
your verse notes, topics and word definitions. It overlaps all or part of
the other windows on the screen. The position and maximum size of
the note window may vary if you have a screen set to display more
than 24 lines. Adjusting the note window size independently will
lengthen or shorten the note window without moving the position of the
top row.
Characters per Line
This option sets the number of characters per line when using
formatted output (usually for printing directly from the Online Bible).
Note that this excludes the left and right margins.
Lines per Page
This option sets the number of lines per page when using formatted
output. Note that this excludes the bottom margin.
Left Margin Size
This option sets the size of the left margin (in number of characters)
when using formatted output. Note that any remaining page width after
"Characters per Line" and "Left Margin" have been established will
form the right margin.
Top Margin Size
This option sets the number of lines left blank in the top margin when
using formatted output. If you have selected a title to be printed on
each page, this will appear below the top margin, not within it. Note
that any remaining page length (after the "Top Margin" and "Lines per
Page" have been established) will form the bottom margin.
The following diagram shows the page layout, with the Online Bible
default settings.
Page Width 80 Chars
─────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Top │ │
│ │ Margin │ │
│ 6 Lines │ │
│ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ Characters per Line │ │ │
│ Left │───────── 65 chars ──────────│ Right │ │ Page
│ Margin │ │ Margin │ │ Length
│ 6 │ │ Lines per Page │ 10 │ │ 59
│ Chars │ │ 53 Lines │ Chars │ │ Lines
│ │ │ │ │
│ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ │
│ Bottom │ │
│ │ Margin │ │
│ 0 Lines │ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
This layout is suitable for printers set up for 8½ x 11 paper, with a
page width of 80 characters at 10 characters per inch (Pica), and a
page length of 59 lines at a line height of 6 lines per inch.
If you use A4 metric-sized paper (210 x 297mm), then the following
settings should prove suitable:
Left Margin: 6
Characters per Line: 65
Top Margin: 6
Lines per Page: 70
Foreground Colour
This option alters the screen colours. Most text is shown in this colour.
Use the right and left cursor keys to cycle through the available
colours. You will be able to see the effect on the screen display as you
do so. (Do not change this setting if you have a monochrome monitor.)
Background Colour
This option alters the screen colours. The screen background is shown
in this colour. Use the right and left cursor keys to cycle through the
available colours. You will be able to see the effect on the screen as
you do so. (Do not change this setting if you have a monochrome
monitor.)
Highlight Colour
This option alters the colour of highlighted text. Use the right and left
cursor keys to cycle through the available colours. You will be able to
see the effect on the screen as you do so. (Do not change this setting
if you have a monochrome monitor.)
Scan and Reference Windows
The Online Bible gives you the choice of having the Scan window and
Reference window side by side (vertical split) or one above the other
(horizontal split). Press the right or left cursor keys to change this
setting. Note that in vertical mode, the size of the Scan and Reference
windows cannot be altered.
The Quit Menu
Quit
┌──────────────┐
│ Exit Program │
└──────────────┘
Select this option by using the right and left cursor keys from any other
menu, or by pressing ALT and Q together. Note that this second
method exits you from the Online Bible immediately, so make sure you
are ready to exit the program. This option exits from the Online Bible
completely.
The Function Keys
Various operations in the Online Bible can be carried out by means of
pressing function keys. These are explained in this section.
F1 Context Help
Pressing this key at any time brings up an on-screen explanation of that
portion of the program on which the cursor currently rests. Press ESC
to remove the help information from the screen.
F2 Verse List
Use this function key to add verses to a verse list (see page 61 for an
explanation of verse lists). Using this function will add the verse on
which the cursor currently rests to the verse list of your choice. When
F2 is pressed, the program will ask you to supply the file name of the
verse list you wish to update or create. If it is not in the current
directory, you will need to type in the full directory, for example:
C:\BIBLE\SERMON.LST
A useful short cut is to press the up cursor key, which will
automatically type in the last selected file name, if that is the file name
desired. After the proper name is in place, press ENTER. If a verse
list of that name already exists, the Online Bible will ask if you wish
to add to the verse list. "Yes" or "No" is selected using the left or
right cursor keys. Select "Yes" to add the verse to the existing verse
list. Select "No" to erase the existing verse list and make the new verse
the start of a new list.
F2 Alternate Notes
(Valid when in Note, Topic or Definition window only.) Use this
function key when you are displaying a note, topic or definition. This
key toggles to the alternate display, which allows you to view up to
four sets of notes, as well as an alternate lexicon and topics files. Press
F2 to toggle back and restore the original display. See Appendix B on
page 105 for the startup parameters needed to display multiple notes,
topics and lexicon files.
F3 Show Passage
Use this function key to display a particular passage from the Bible.
When it is pressed, the Online Bible will ask for the reference to the
passage required. Use the same format for these as described in the
"Range for Search" section on page 48.
F4 Show Definition
Use this function key to display the defintion for a Strong's number.
If you press F4 from the scan or reference window, the first number
in that window will blink. Use the cursor keys to select the number
you wish and press ENTER. Alternately, type any number you wish
and press ENTER. Press ESC to return to the previous display.
F5 Englishman's Strong's Numbers
(Valid only in Scan and Reference windows.) If your version includes
the Englishman's Strong's numbers, press F5 to display these numbers.
Press F5 to restore the display to normal.
NOTE: F5 only switches the numbers for the currently active
window, so you can select the display of Strong's numbers for
the Scan and Reference windows independently.
F5 Display Topic
(Valid when in Note, Topic or Definition window only.) Press F5 to
display a topic. You will be prompted for a topic number. Enter the
number and press ENTER. To return to the original window, press
ESC.
F6 Select Bible Version
Use this function key to switch between Bible versions. It will only
operate if you have a combined-mode text module for the Online Bible.
On first starting the combined AV-DBY, each verse will be displayed
twice, once in the AV and once in the Darby version. Press F6, and
the Online Bible will show AV only. Press F6 again for the Darby
only. Press F6 a third time to return to both versions.
NOTE: F6 only switches versions for the currently active
window, so you can select versions for the Scan and Reference
windows independently.
F6 Edit Note, Topic or Definition
(Valid from Note, Topic or Definition window only.) Use this function
key when the Note, Topic or Definition window is open to update the
text displayed on the screen. Pressing the key will bring up the text
editor, with the note on the current verse displayed in it. If you are
editing a note in the text editor, you can check the text of the verse on
which you are making a note, by pressing CTRL, holding it down,
and pressing N. Return to your note by pressing CTRL, holding it
down, and pressing B. Edit the note as required, and then press F1,
"File", followed by S, "Save", to save the note. Then press F10,
"Quit", to return to the Online Bible. The Online Bible will then
update the note file so that the amended note is always available to you
in the future.
NOTE: The facility to view the text of the verse while editing
a note works by using the text editor's Workspace feature. The
text of the current verse and the four following verses is stored
in Workspace 2. It is possible to copy text from one Workspace
to another; see page 97, "Workspaces", for further information.
See page 72 for a list of the special commands you can add to your
notes, topics or definitions.
F7 DOS Gateway
Use this function key to exit temporarily to DOS. When it is pressed,
the normal DOS system prompt will appear, for example
"C:\BIBLE>". You can now give any DOS command or run another
program within the limit of remaining DOS memory. When you have
finished, return to the DOS prompt and type:
exit
You will instantly be back in the Online Bible at the point from which
you left it.
Note: Only exit will return you to the Online Bible. If you type
av-dby or mm, the system will attempt to load the Online Bible
a second time, and probably will report insufficient memory.
Note that when you use the DOS Gateway, the Online Bible remains
in the computer's memory. There is less memory available for running
programs from the Gateway.
A very common use of this feature is to change the default DOS
directory so you do not have to specify lengthy subdirectory names to
save and retrieve files.
F8 Note Display
Use this function key to display the note window containing the note
for the verse on which the cursor is resting. You can scroll through the
note using the up and down cursor keys, or the PgUp and PgDn keys.
When the note window is displayed, pressing the left or right cursor
keys displays the notes for adjacent verses. If the note contains biblical
references in the special format (that is, preceded by a "#" character),
point the arrows at the line of cross-references you wish to see. Press
ENTER; the Note window will close and the Scan window will display
those verses.
When a note exists, an asterisk appears in the normal text display, next
to the verse number. This is a reminder that a note is available for that
particular verse.
If the verse currently has no notes, F8 will bring up an empty Notes
window. To add text to the note, press F6 to enter the text editor.
F9 Quick Print
Use this key to print or save the current verse to a file (where the
current verse is the one on which the cursor is located). If a Note,
Topic or Definition window is open, it will be printed.
The first time F9 is used, the Online Bible will ask for a file name.
The default is PRN, which will print directly to your printer. If you
type in a different filename, for example:
c:\studies\newstudy
then the information will be printed to the disk file you have specified.
The text editor will open automatically, allowing you to edit the file if
you wish. Edit and save the file in the normal way; or press F10 to
return to the Online Bible's main screen.
Subsequently, whenever you press F9 the information will be appended
to the file you have named. This method allows you easily to add
verses, topics and notes to a study file, ready for editing using the text
editor or your usual word processor.
F10 Context
Use this key when in the Scan window to display the current verse in
biblical context. You can then scroll back and forth through the Bible
as required. Press F10 again to restore the verse list.
F10 Cross-References
Use this key when in the Reference window to display cross-references
for the current verse. The cross-references will be displayed in the
Scan window, replacing any existing verse list.
F10 with Notes
The Online Bible supports up to four different sets of notes at one
time. To select the set of notes you wish as the primary set, do the
following. Press F8 to display the primary note set. Press F2 until the
set of notes is displayed that you wish to be the new primary note set.
Press F10 to make this the new primary note set. The next time you
press F8, this set of notes will be displayed.
Command Keys
The following is a summary of all special keys and their function.
Controlling Scan and Reference Windows
PgUp Scrolls back 5 verses and redisplays
PgDn Scrolls forward to next screen of verses
CTRL and PgUp (in passages) Moves to start of previous chapter
CTRL and PgDn (in passages) Moves to start of next chapter
TAB Toggles between Scan and Reference window
ESC Returns from Reference to Scan window, or from
Scan window to main menu bar (except after a
failed search request)
CTRL T Toggles display of translators' footnotes in text
Additional keys for Scan Window
ENTER Scrolls window to see next verse
Cursor right Scrolls window to see next verse
Cursor left Scrolls window to see previous verse
Cursor up Skips to start of a series of verses
Cursor down Skips to end of series of verses or scrolls window
to see next verse when a series (...) is not present
Backspace Scrolls window to see previous verse
DEL (in verse list) Deletes selected verse from list
END (in verse list) Displays last entry in list
SHIFT and TAB Copies current verse, in context, to Reference
window
Additional keys for Reference Window
Cursor up Scrolls window to see previous verse
Cursor down Scrolls window to see next verse
Controlling Note, Topic, and Definition Windows
ENTER Executes the command indicated by pointer arrow
on the screen
PgDn Displays next page of note or topic
PgUp Displays previous page of note or topic
Cursor down Scrolls window down to next line
Cursor up Scrolls window up to previous line
Cursor right Displays note for next verse, or next topic by
number
Cursor left Displays note for previous verse, or previous topic
by number
F2 Select Alternate Note, Topic, Definition window
F3 Prompts for a reference, to display that passage
F4 Prompts for a Strong's number, to display that
definition
F5 Prompts for topic number, to display that topic
F6 Edits current verse note
F8 Prompts for a reference, to display that verse note
F9 Print text in window
F10 Display cross-references in Scan window
ESC Returns to Scan or Reference window or previous
window (except after a failed search request)
Keys used when Answering Prompts
Cursor up Recalls most previous data entry
Cursor down Recalls oldest recent data entry
Cursor right Moves cursor one position to right
Cursor left Moves cursor one position to left
BACKSPACE Erases preceding character and closes the gap
automatically
TAB Moves cursor eight characters to right
SHIFT and TAB Moves cursor eight characters to left
INSERT Toggles insert and overwrite typing modes. Insert
mode is indicated by a larger cursor.
SPACEBAR Erases character under cursor without closing the
gap
DELETE Deletes character under the cursor and closes gap
END Toggles cursor to either end of line
ENTER Sends completed data line to program
ESC Aborts current operation
F1 Provides help information
F7 Enters DOS Gateway. Type exit and press ENTER
to return to the Online Bible
Main Menu Speed Keys
F1 Provides help information
F2 Prompts for a word to search for
F3 Prompts for a reference, to display that passage
F4 Prompts for a Strong's number, to display that
definition
F5 Prompts for topic number, to display that topic
F6 Selects Version to display in Scan Window
F7 Enters DOS gateway. Type exit and press ENTER
to return to the Online Bible
F8 Prompts for a reference, to display that verse note
F9 Prompts for a phrase to search for
F10 Exits the program
CTRL T Toggles display of translators' footnotes in text
Book Name Abbreviations
When you are prompted to specify the books of the Bible with which
you want to work, the Online Bible recognises abbreviations. (You can
also use the full book name, without spaces, except in the case of the
Song of Solomon). Valid abbreviations are given in the following table.
As a guide, the first three letters of a book name always work, except
for Philemon (Phm) and Jude (J). Capitalisation is optional. Do not
enter a space between the book number and the name, for example,
Second Chronicles is entered as 2ch not 2 ch. When naming a note file
for later import into the Online Bible, always use these abbreviations.
Genesis Ge
Exodus Ex
Leviticus Le
Numbers Nu
Deuteronomy De
Joshua Jos
Judges Jud
Ruth Ru
1 Samuel 1Sa
2 Samuel 2Sa
1 Kings 1Ki
2 Kings 2Ki
1 Chronicles1Ch
2 Chronicles2Ch
Ezra Ezr
Nehemiah Ne
Esther Es
Job Job
Psalms Ps
Proverbs Pr
EcclesiastesEc
Song of SolomonSo
Isaiah Isa
Jeremiah Jer
Lamentations La
Ezekiel Eze
Daniel Da
Hosea Ho
Joel Joe
Amos Am
Obadiah Ob
Jonah Jon
Micah Mic
Nahum Na
Habakkuk Hab
Zephaniah Zep
Haggai Hag
Zechariah Zec
Malachi Mal
Matthew Mt
Mark Mr
Luke Lu
John Joh
Acts Ac
Romans Ro
1 Corinthians 1Co
2 Corinthians 2Co
Galatians Ga
Ephesians Eph
Philippians Php
Colossians Col
1 Thessalonians 1Th
2 Thessalonians 2Th
1 Timothy 1Ti
2 Timothy 2Ti
Titus Tit
Philemon Phm
Hebrews Heb
James Jas
1 Peter 1Pe
2 Peter 2Pe
1 John 1Jo
2 John 2Jo
3 John 3Jo
Jude Jude
Revelation ReThe following abbreviations are provided for convenience.
Judges Jud
Canticles Ca
Song of SolomonSoMark Mk
Luke Lk
John Jno, Jn1 John 1Jno, 1Jn
2 John 2Jno, 2Jn
3 John 3Jno, 3Jn
Other undocumented abbreviations do exist; just be sure of which book
you are specifying. All the foreign language modules use the standard
set of English abbreviations. This permits you to interchange verse
notes and cross-references with any user of the Online Bible, no matter
what foreign language module he is using.
The Text Editor
The text editor supplied with the Online Bible is suitable for a wide
variety of tasks. It is used within the Online Bible for editing notes or
verse lists, or for other simple typing and printing functions as
required. It can also be used without running the Online Bible; simply
type:
UED
at the DOS command prompt to start the program. "UED" stands for
"Useful Editor". From within the Online Bible you will invoke the text
editor when you press function key F6, "Edit Note". When you have
finished working with the text editor, pressing F10, "Quit", will return
you to the Online Bible.
This text editor has a number of powerful facilities. This section
explains the functions you will use most often in editing notes, verse
lists, writing letters or sermon notes. Further on, you will find
instructions about the more advanced features. This means you can
start using the text editor once you have grasped the basic operation,
while the more advanced features are available for reference or as you
need them.
Screen Layout
The text editor uses the top 22 lines of the screen to display the text
being edited. Consider this as a window (80 columns wide and 22 lines
deep) into the text working area (workspace). This window is bordered
on the top and sides by the edge of the screen, and bounded on the
bottom by an inverse line. On the screen is a cursor.
The inverse line is called the status line. The status line contains
information about the name of the file you are editing as well as the
line and column position of the cursor.
Below the status line are the command lines. The functions available
to you are displayed on these two lines alongside the number of the
function key by which they operate.
1 Line 1 Col 8
F1 File F3 Search F5 Cut F7 Dos F9 Text Ctrl Cursor...
F2 Workspace F4 Print F6 Paste F8 Split F10 Quit Alt Delete...
Moving the Cursor
The cursor is moved by the following keys. Moving the cursor will
cause the text window to scroll when necessary.
Cursor up Moves the cursor up one line of text
Cursor down Moves the cursor down one line of text
Cursor right Moves the cursor right one character
Cursor left Moves the cursor left one character
HOME Moves the cursor to the first character on
the current line. If you are already on the
first character, it moves the cursor to
column 1
END Moves the cursor one position past the
last character on the current line
PgUp Moves the cursor up one screen of text
PgDn Moves the cursor down one screen of
text
CTRL and cursor rightMoves the cursor to the beginning of the
next word
CTRL and cursor leftMoves the cursor to the beginning of the
previous word
CTRL and G Asks for a line number, then moves the
cursor to the line number entered (such
as a "GoTo" line number)
CTRL and HOME Moves cursor to the first line of the
current file
CTRL and END Moves cursor to one line past the end of
the current file
Entering Text
To enter text, position the cursor where you want the text to be added
and then type. If you make a mistake use the BACKSPACE or
DELETE key to erase the error. The text editor has "insert" or
"overwrite" modes. You can toggle between them by pressing the
INSERT key. In insert mode (shown by the cursor appearing as a solid
block), the characters to the right of the cursor, including the one on
which the cursor rests, will advance to the right when you enter text.
In overwrite mode (shown by the cursor appearing as a flashing thin
bar), characters to the right of the cursor will be overwritten as you
type.
When you are entering text, pressing ENTER moves the cursor down
one line and positions it at the current level of indentation (see
"Indentation" below). In insert mode, a new line is created immediately
after the current line, and any text to the right of and including the
cursor character is moved down with the cursor.
Pressing TAB will move the cursor to the next tab stop. (These are set
by UEDCFG. See "Configuring the Text Editor" on page 103.) SHIFT
TAB will move the cursor to the next tab stop to the left of the present
cursor position.
You will normally find it convenient to use the "Word wrap" feature.
Press F9, "Text", followed by W, "Word Wrap", to select or deselect
this. When selected, a solid bar will appear down the right of the
screen. This line marks the right margin. Any word that is incomplete
when you reach the right margin is moved down to the next line. You
can alter the position of the right margin; see the section on "Page
Layout Options" on page 102.
You can instruct the text editor to start up with "Word Wrap" off. This
is explained in the section "Configuring the Text Editor" on page 103.
Indentation
When you press the ENTER key, the cursor moves down one line and
is positioned under the first character of the current line. This makes
it easy to enter blocks of indented text.
Similarly, when paragraphs are reformatted (see below) the program
looks at the leading spaces on the second line of a paragraph to
determine where to place the left margin. Any positive or negative
indentation on the first line will be preserved. Pressing CTRL and O
together (Outdent) moves the cursor left to the previous level of
indentation, which it determines by looking up in the workspace.
Reformatting Text
When inserting and deleting text, you will notice that the text format
becomes messy, with short and long lines appearing. After you have
made your corrections, press F9, "Text", followed by R, "Reformat
paragraph", to correct the format. A paragraph in the text editor is any
block of text separated above and below by at least one blank line.
Deletions
Characters are deleted with the following keys:
DEL Deletes the character under the cursor. Any text to
the right of that character is moved to the left to
fill the gap.
BACKSPACE Moves the cursor left one character. In insert
mode, the character to the left of the cursor is
deleted and all text from the cursor position
rightward moves to the left. Also in insert mode,
if the cursor is in column 1, the current line is
moved up and is joined to the previous line.
ALT and W (Word) Deletes the word under the cursor. If the
cursor is not on a word, the first word to the left of
the cursor, (if there is one,) is deleted.
ALT and B (Beginning of Line) Deletes all the text to the left
of the cursor. The remaining text and the cursor
move left to align with the current level of
indentation.
ALT and E (End of Line) Deletes all of the text on a line to the
right of and including the character under the
cursor.
ALT and L (Line) Deletes the line that the cursor is on.
Naming a Document
Before you save a document, it is important to give it a name. If you
have entered the text editor from the Online Bible using "Edit Note"
or "Edit Verse List", your document will already have a name which
will be used by the Online Bible to update its records. If you do not
wish to amend the Online Bible records, it will be necessary to change
the document name before you save it and return to the Online Bible.
To name or rename a document, press F1, "File", followed by N,
"Name". You will be asked to enter a name. If you are going to save
the document in a directory other than the current directory, you will
need to specify the directory as well as the file name. For example:
C:\LETTERS\LETTER.TXT
Press ENTER to give the document the name you have entered. You
can use this procedure to change the name at any time. If you enter a
name that is the same as one on your disk in the current directory, you
will be asked to verify that you really want to use that name; this is
because of the risk of overwriting a valuable document.
Saving a Document
Once you are sure that the document is correctly named, save it by
pressing F1, "File", followed by S, "Save". The document will be
saved in the current directory, or the directory you specified when
naming the document.
Loading a Document
Press F1, "File", followed by L, "Load". You will be asked to enter
the name of a file. If the document is not in the current directory, you
will need to specify the full directory as well as the file name. Text
will be merged into the workspace at the cursor position; any existing
text will be moved to make room for it. Start with an empty workspace
if you do not wish to merge with another document.
If you are unsure of a file name, pressing ENTER will provide you
with a list of all the files available in the current directory. You then
can select a file for editing by using the cursor keys and pressing
ENTER.
WARNING: Do not try to edit non-ASCII files! If you do load
a non-ASCII file by mistake, immediately, press F1, "File",
followed by C, "Clear", and try again.
Clearing the Workspace
Press F1, "File", followed by C, "Clear", to erase the contents of the
workspace.
Printing a Document
Press F4, "Print", to send the contents of the workspace to your
printer. Make sure the printer is on and ready to print. The text editor
assumes the printer is connected to the LPT1 port. Make sure the text
is formatted as you want it before printing.
Text Editor Additional Features
The preceding information is all you need to use the text editor. This
section describes the additional advanced features of the text editor.
Workspaces
You can load up to nine files into the text editor simultaneously. Each
file will have its own workspace. A workspace can be up to 1,000
characters wide and 16,000 lines deep. Each workspace is numbered
from 1 to 9, and the F2 "Workspace" key can be used to switch
between them. The number of the current workspace is shown at the
left end of the status line. You can also switch to the previous
workspace by pressing CTRL and B together (Back); and to the next
by pressing CTRL and N together (Next).
A further workspace is available: workspace 0. This is used by the text
editor as a clipboard when cut and paste operations are used (see
below). Do not work on documents in workspace 0■your document
will be deleted automatically by the first cut and paste operation you
do!
When you press F2, "Workspace", the status information regarding
workspaces is displayed as follows:
"->" This symbol appears to the left of a workspace number if
that workspace has been used at any time during the
current edit session.
"*" When this symbol appears immediately after a workspace
number it means that the workspace has been changed by
the user in some way since it was last loaded or saved.
"<-" This arrow points to the number of the workspace that is
currently being displayed in the active window.
To move between workspaces use the following keys:
Cursor left Displays the previous (lower numbered) workspace
Cursor rightDisplays the next (higher numbered) workspace
ENTER Moves to the workspace indicated by the current
display arrow (<-).
0-9 Moves directly to the workspace for that number
ESC Returns to the workspace that was active when the
F2, "Workspace", command was pressed.
Search and Replace
Using the F3, "Search" key, allows you to find strings of text or
"patterns" within the text of the current workspace and optionally to
substitute a replacement string of your choice. The following
commands are available when you press F3:
C (Count) Displays the total number of times that the
search pattern appears in the text of the current
workspace.
F (Fix) Substitutes the replacement string for a pattern
string provided that the cursor is on a piece of text
matching the pattern (the text will be highlighted).
G (Global) Changes all instances of text in the current
workspace matching the pattern string to the
replacement string.
P (Pattern) Prompts for a search pattern. If the pattern
entered is all in lower case, searches will be case
insensitive. If any of the letters in the pattern are in
upper case, the workspace text and pattern must be
exactly the same for a match to occur.
R (Replacement) Prompts for a replacement string. The
replacement string can be empty, which has the effect
of deleting the pattern when a fix or global substitution
is applied.
PgUp Moves the cursor to the previous occurrence of the
pattern in the current workspace. If there are no more
matches, the cursor moves to the beginning of the
workspace.
PgDn Moves the cursor to the next occurrence of the pattern
in the current workspace. If there are no more
matches, the cursor moves to the end of the
workspace.
When P or R are pressed, the respective pattern or replacement string
will be cleared in anticipation of a new pattern or replacement string.
However, you will be able to restore the previous pattern or
replacement string for re-use or editing by pressing the Up Arrow at
the prompt.
Cutting and Pasting
Pressing the "F5 (`Cut') key", allows you to select a block of text
which can subsequently be deleted, copied, or moved. Text selection
begins at the current cursor position. As you move the cursor around
(using the standard cursor movement keys) the selected text is marked
by highlighting. The selection ends when you press the "Copy",
"Delete", or "Move" command keys.
How the text gets marked depends on the Cut mode that you are in.
The three Cut styles are:
B (Block) A rectangular block of text
L (Line) Whole lines of text only
R (Range) All the text from one selected position in the text to
another.
Whenever you select a block of text and copy, move, or delete it, the
selected text is copied to workspace 0. Workspace 0 thus acts as the
clipboard or cut buffer for the text editor. The former contents of
workspace 0 are lost when newly selected text is copied to it. Do not
use workspace 0 to edit documents.
Once marked, there are four operations that can be performed on the
highlighted text:
C (Copy) Copies the selected text to workspace 0.
D (Delete)Copies the selected text to workspace 0 and removes
it from the current workspace.
M (Move) Copies the selected text to workspace 0 and removes
it from the workspace. It then prompts you to position
the cursor where (within the same document
workspace) you want the text moved. When you press
ENTER to complete the operation, the selected text is
copied to the new location.
+/- Shifts the highlighted text right (+) or left (-) within
the blank space range. Text cannot be shifted over text
that is not highlighted. You will notice that the
highlighting remains. This is so that after shifting you
can perform one of the other Cut operations, or press
ESC to quit the Cut command.
To paste text which you have copied or deleted using the Cut feature,
press function key F6, "Paste". This command copies the text from
workspace 0 into the current workspace at the current cursor position.
If you are in insert mode, the workspace text is moved to make room
for the text being added. Care should be exercised when you are in
overwrite mode as the text to be pasted will completely replace the text
in that position in the current workspace. If more than two lines of text
are being pasted and you are in overwrite mode, you will be asked to
verify that you really want to paste.
Temporarily using DOS
Pressing function key F7, "DOS", exits temporarily to the DOS
prompt. It is similar in function to the DOS Gateway in the Online
Bible. To return to the text editor from the DOS prompt type:
exit
and press ENTER.
When executing this function, the text editor looks at the environment
variable COMSPEC= for the name of the secondary command
processor. This is usually COMMAND.COM. The function will fail
if:
COMSPEC= is not set in the environment
The command processor indicated by COMSPEC could not be
found
There is not enough memory to run the command processor
The Inactive Cursor
There are two cursors in the text editor. At startup, both are positioned
in the upper left hand corner. When you move the active cursor, the
inactive cursor remains where it is. You can move the active cursor to
the inactive position by pressing CTRL and F together (Flip). The
position from which you moved becomes the inactive cursor position.
The inactive cursor can be used as a marker in your text, to which you
can return very quickly. It is also important when using F8, "Split".
(See the following section.)
Viewing Two Files at Once
It is possible to view two sections of text simultaneously, either in the
same or different workspaces. Pressing function key F8, "Split", splits
the text window horizontally at the current cursor position. A second
status line appears separating the two windows. The upper window
shows the text at the active cursor, while the lower window shows the
text at the inactive cursor position. You can flip between the windows
using the CTRL F command.
Both windows can view the same workspace, or each can be positioned
on a different workspace. If they are both positioned over the same
portion of text, changes made in one will be echoed to the other. Also,
if both windows are viewing the same workspace, a change to one
window will immediately take effect in the other window, even if the
results cannot be immediately observed on the screen.
Pressing F8 a second time expands (zooms) the window containing the
active cursor to the full screen. The window containing the text pointed
to by the inactive cursor will no longer be displayed.
Page Layout Options
Pressing F9, "Text", offers some simple page layout options.
E (Enter Right Margin) Prompts for the column
that you want words to wrap at. The column
must be in the range 20 to 250. The right
margin line will appear and/or move to that
margin.
S (Set Right Margin) Places the right margin one
character position past the longest line in the
current paragraph (i.e. the one that the cursor is
on). The right margin line will appear and/or be
moved to that position.
R (Reformat Paragraph) Adjusts the text in the
current paragraph so that each line has the
maximum number of words between the
margins. The left margin is determined by
looking at the number of spaces preceding the
second line of the paragraph. The right margin
is set with one of the above commands.
W (Word Wrap) Turns the word wrap feature
"On" or "Off".
25, 28, 43, 50 (Lines) Changes the number of lines displayed
on the screen. This option is only available if
you have an EGA or VGA monitor, and is set
by using UEDCFG (see page 103).
Autoloading Files
When you load the text editor from the DOS prompt, you can autoload
files which will be immediately available for editing. Simply add the
name or names of the files as parameters. For example, type:
UED LETTER.ASC SERMON.TXT MEMO.DOC
to start up the text editor with a document called LETTER.ASC in
workspace 1, SERMON.TXT in workspace 2, and MEMO.DOC in
workspace 3. Up to nine file names can be specified on the command
line and can contain WILDCARD characters (e.g., UED *.DOC). If
the files exist on disk they will be loaded; otherwise blank files with
those names will be created by the text editor. If WILDCARD
characters are used, then all matching file names will be loaded into
separate workspaces up to the limit of nine files.
Piping to the text editor is allowed. For example, if you typed the
command:
DIR | UED
then a directory listing would be loaded into the text editor with the
filename PIPED.
Configuring the Text Editor
A separate program, UEDCFG.EXE, is provided to modify the Text
Editor with some of your own preferences. When you run this
program, you must ensure that UED.EXE is in the current directory.
Follow the prompts for the configuration program to customise UED.
APPENDIX A
Additional Online Bible Documentation
Additional documentation for the Online Bible is stored in the topics
files. Since this information is not of general interest, it is not included
in this manual. See topic 9901 for an index to this documentation.
These topics include the following:
Books you should have in your library
Preparation of Englishman's Strong's Numbers
Software Distribution Procedure
Using MS-DOS 5.0 Effectively
Licensing Online Bible Material for Commercial Use
APPENDIX B
Startup Parameters
Most users of the Online Bible will not require any special parameters.
However, the program can be fine-tuned to meet special needs by using
the optional parameters described below when starting from the DOS
command line.
The Online Bible recognises these command line parameters:
Abbrev.Parameter Description
BB Bulletin BoardBulletin Board Operation
BI BIOS Screen BIOS option
BW Black & WhiteForce Black and White displays
L Lexicon Directory for lexicon files
2L 2Lexicon Alternate lexicon files
M Memory Amount of memory to leave free
N Notes Directory for primary notes files
2N 2Notes Directory for alternate set of notes files
T Topics Directory for primary topics files
2T 2Topics Directory for alternate set of topics files
V VI Visually-impaired option
Bulletin Board Operation (BB)
The optional parameter "bb" on the startup command line invokes the
Bulletin Board Option. This protects the host computer when the
Online Bible is used through a "door" on a bulletin board. The user
cannot create any files on the host system, nor escape to DOS. All
function keys are mapped to ASCII control keys. All extended ASCII
characters are remapped for display on a dumb TTY terminal. If your
bulletin board software requires all screen output using the BIOS, use
the following option:
av-dby bb bi
Screen BIOS Option (BI)
The optional parameter BI on the startup command line invokes the
Screen BIOS Option. This forces the Online Bible to perform all screen
I/O through the BIOS. Some of the "screen readers" used by visually-
impaired persons may require this option to work correctly.
Black and White (BW)
The optional parameter BW forces black and white displays on colour
adapters. The startup procedure automatically supplies this if you
specify you have a black and white display. On most portables with
LCD screens, this parameter significantly improves the readability of
the screen displays.
Lexicons (L)
The optional parameter L on the startup line specifies the path to the
drive and directory which contains your lexicons. These five directories
are normally under the BIBLE directory. You must move them all if
you wish to use this parameter. These directories are called:
GREEK.000, GREEK.030
HEBREW.000, HEBREW.030, HEBREW.060
Do not store your word studies in these lexicons otherwise you will
lose your studies when the lexicon is replaced.
Alternate Lexicons (2L)
The optional parameter 2L on the startup line specifies the path to the
drive and directory which contains your alternate lexicons. These five
directories are normally under the BIBLE directory. You must move
them all if you wish to use this parameter. These directories are called:
2GREEK.000, 2GREEK.030
2HEBREW.000, 2HEBREW.030, 2HEBREW.060
Use these directories to store your word studies. They are accessed by
pressing F2 in the Definition window. Do not store your word studies
in the primary lexicon otherwise you will lose them when you update
the lexicon with a newer version.
Amount of Memory to Leave Free (M)
The optional parameter M (or MEM) on the startup command line
specifies how much memory the Online Bible will leave free while
running. Without this parameter, the program pre-loads as many of its
own files as possible into memory, so it can operate as quickly as
possible. However, if you want to run another program in the DOS
Gateway there must be sufficient free memory to do so■usually, at
least 64K.
EXAMPLE: to make the free memory 64K, use the following
command line for starting the Online Bible:
mm mem=64
If you specify too large an amount of free memory, this will leave
insufficient memory for the Online Bible itself to run and it will abort
during start up. The program will also run more slowly if there is
insufficient memory to load its index files into memory.
To obtain the absolute maximum amount of free memory, specify
mem=999 and no program files will be loaded into memory. You are
unlikely to need this option if you have a 640K computer and use the
supplied text editor.
Directories Containing Notes (N)
The optional parameter N on the startup command line specifies the
path to the drive and directory which contains your primary verse
notes. The installation automatically adds this value to the MM.BAT
batch file, so you should not normally need to specify it.
Because it lets you select the drive, this option allows you to keep your
notes on floppy disks■useful if your hard drive is quite full or if you
keep your notes on a different hard drive partition from that of the
basic Online Bible operating files.
This parameter on the startup command line allows several people to
have their own personal notes for each verse. Otherwise, everyone's
notes for the same verse would be mixed together.
Full details for using this parameter are found on page 110 under
"Alternate Notes".
Alternate Notes Directories (2N)
You can access up to four different sets of notes from the Online Bible.
The parameter "N" specifies the primary note set. The optional
parameter "2N" specifies the paths to the drives and directories for up
to three secondary note sets. When you display a verse note, you may
examine the alternate notes by pressing F2. The alternate notes will
display in the notes window, and the name of the notes set will display
as part of the notes window title.
Full details for using this parameter will be found on page 110 under
"Alternate Notes".
Topics (T)
The optional parameter T on the startup command line specifies the
drive and directory of your topics directories. The installation
automatically adds this parameter to the MM.BAT file, so you should
not normally need to specify it.
Alternate Topics (2T)
The optional parameter "2T" specifies a path to the drive and directory
containing an alternate set of topics files. This is intended for foreign
language topics, so you should not normally need to specify it.
Full details for using this parameter are found on page 110 under
"Alternate Notes".
Visually-impaired option (VI)
The optional parameter VI on the startup command line invokes a
slightly different operation of the Online Bible:
It suppresses most of the special characters (such as borders)
that normally appear on screen displays, so that reading devices
will not mistake them for text and attempt to read them.
It uses highlighting rather than reverse video for status
information.
It displays text in the Scan and Reference windows one verse at
a time, suppressing the context verses so the reading devices do
not keep repeating them every time you scroll the window one
verse forward. To allow the full context, press F10 when the
cursor is in the Scan window. This then switches both Scan and
Reference windows to display the context verses.
These changes make the Online Bible more compatible with add-on
systems which can read the screen to assist the visually-impaired. Some
of these systems also require that all programs must use the BIOS for
screen I/O. If that is the case, specify the BIOS option also on the
startup line, as in this example:
mm vi bios
OLB Environment Variable
You can set parameters using the DOS environment variable OLB
rather than specifying them each time you start the Mini-Menu. At the
DOS prompt, issue the command:
set olb=bios 2n tsk
This causes all output to be redirected through the BIOS and the second
note set to the "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge" notes. Do not place
an "=" between "2n" and "tsk". When you start the Mini-Menu, the
Online Bible will use these parameters.
You may wish to add this SET command to your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file. Then each time you start your computer these parameters will be
used by the Online Bible. If you specify parameters on the Mini-Menu,
these new values will replace the ones you defined with the SET
command. These new values will not be changed until you issue a new
SET command or invoke the Mini-Menu with different parameters.
Alternate Notes, Topics and Lexicons
You can examine up to four different sets of notes. If you installed the
optional "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge", this is automatically
added as an alternate notes by the Online Bible. When you display a
verse note, press F2 to select an alternate note. The note identifier is
displayed as part of the title for the note window screen. To redisplay
your original note, press F2 until it reappears.
You can create another set of notes with which to work. If several
people are using the Online Bible, each could have a separate set of
notes. Also, if you are working on several different projects, you can
have separate notes files for each project. You will need to create a
new set of notes directories.
If you do not understand the following instructions, ignore this section,
or ask someone familiar with DOS to carry them out for you. Notes
are stored in eleven directories, which are sub-directories of the
directory where the Online Bible program is stored. To create a new
set of directories, exit the Online Bible by quitting the program. Make
the current directory the directory where the Online Bible is
stored■usually a directory called BIBLE. You need to run a batch file
called NOTES.BAT to create these. For example, type:
NOTES * MARY
at the DOS prompt to create a set of notes directories in the same
directory as the Bible program with the prefix "Mary". The new set of
notes can be made active automatically when starting up the Online
Bible. Instead of just typing MM, start the program by typing:
mm 2n=mary
where "Mary" is the new note prefix. You can access these by pressing
F2 from your notes window. Alternatively, you can set the OLB
environment variable to automatically add these values to the Mini-
Menu.
The "2n" parameter can be used to specify up to three different sets of
alternate notes. Suppose you created a note set for "mary", "tsk" and
"project2". Type the following:
mm 2n=mary 2n=tsk 2n=project2
Use F2 in the note window to toggle between these note sets.
The set of alternate lexicon directories is automatically created for you
by the install procedure. Use these to store your word studies. Then,
when we update the lexicon, you will not lose your word studies. Use
F2 to toggle between the regular definitions and the alternate lexicon
entries.
For foreign languages, we have alternate topic modules. The install
procedure will automatically create the topic directories for you.
Specify the alternate topics module on the Mini-Menu using the "2t"
parameter.
Example: for the topics module, "IBS", specify:
mm 2t=ibs
Appendix C
Installing the Online Bible as a TSR
By installing the Online Bible as a TSR, you can have biblical passages
typed automatically into your usual word processor without having to
exit the word processor to run the Online Bible.
To install the Online Bible as a TSR, add the following line to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
call $AV-DBY
For DOS 3.2 and earlier add this line instead.
command/c $AV-DBY
The next time you reboot your computer system, the batch file called
$AV-DBY.BAT will be run and the Online Bible will be installed as
a TSR.
When the TSR loads, it asks you to press a key combination which will
be used to activate the TSR. You will need to choose a key
combination that does not conflict with key combinations already used
by your word processor. This means that function keys are not
suitable, as most word processors use all of these for other purposes.
It is best to choose a combination of ALT or CTRL with a letter of
your choice, for example:
ALT M
The TSR will then display an internal code for the key you have
specified. For example, ALT-M on some keyboards has the number
2098.
You can avoid being prompted for this "hot key" every time the TSR
loads. Simply add the code for your hot key to the line in
AUTOEXEC.BAT which starts the TSR, for example:
call $AV-DBY 2098
Using the TSR
To copy a biblical passage into your word processor text, press the
chosen key combination to activate the TSR. A window will open
prompting you for the verse range to copy. Specify the range (using
the usual Online Bible format) and press ENTER. The window closes
and the passage will be typed into your word processor for you.
By default, the version copied will be the AV. If you require the Darby
text, then type:
/DBY
before specifying the passage. Then, the Darby text will be copied.
The following would copy John 1:1 to verse 5 into the text:
/DBY jo 1.1-5
Copying Text with Footnotes and Alternate Readings
To include the translators' footnotes with the passage, John 1:12, from
the AV, add a "+" after the version as follows:
/AV+ jo 1:12
To include the variant readings in the passage, John 1:12 from the AV,
add a "=" after the version as follows:
/AV= jo 1:12
To include both, specify "+=" or "=+" after the version as follows:
/AV+= jo 1:12
Problems with the TSR
Adding a Delay
Some Word Processors (including Professional Write) need a delay
before the TSR is activated in order for the TSR to operate correctly.
What the delay is depends on the computer system you use. To specify
a delay, add it to the end of the TSR command in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For example:
$AV-DBY 2098-5
This examples adds a delay of 5. If there are still problems, try
increasing the delay.
MS-DOS 5.0
If you have problems running the TSR under DOS 5.0, add the
following parameter to your CONFIG.SYS file:
stacks=16,128
Note that the TSR does not work with the MS-DOS 5.0 editor.
Graphic Word Processors
Some word processors display text information in graphics mode
instead of text mode. The TSR does not switch the video adapter into
text mode to display its "Enter Passage: " prompt. In such cases, when
you press your hot key, enter the passage even though you cannot see
the prompt on the screen. The TSR will type that passage into your
word processor. If this does not work, try using the TSR with the
UED editor to verify you have installed the TSR correctly.
Other Problems
Because of the way TSR's operate, there is always a possibility that
your particular word processor may conflict in some way with the
Online Bible TSR. This facility thus may not be available to you.
However, it has been successfully tested with many different word
processors on different computer systems.
God's Simple Plan of Salvation
My friend: I am asking you the most important question of
your life. Your joy or your sorrow for all eternity depends upon
your answer. The question is: Are you saved? It is not a question of
how good you are, nor if you are a church member, but are you
saved? Are you sure you will go to Heaven when you die?
God says in order to go to Heaven, you must be born again. In
John 3:7, Jesus said to Nicodemus, "Ye must be born again."
In the Bible, God gives us the plan of how to be born again which
means to be saved. His plan is simple! You can be saved today. How?
First, my friend, you must realise you are a sinner. "For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
Because you are a sinner, you are condemned to die. "For the
wages [payment] of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). This includes eternal
separation from God in Hell.
"... it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment" (Hebrews 9:27).
But God loved you so much he gave his only begotten Son, Jesus,
to bear your sin and die in your place. "For he hath made him
[Jesus, who knew no sin] to be sin for us ... that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him" (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Jesus had to shed his blood and die. "For the life of the flesh is
in the blood" (Leviticus 17:11) "... without shedding of blood is no
remission [pardon]" (Hebrews 9:22).
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were
yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
Although we cannot understand how, God said my sins and your
sins were laid upon Jesus and he died in our place. He became our
substitute. It is true. God cannot lie.
My friend, "God ... now commandeth all men every where to
repent" (Acts 17:30).
This repentance is a change of mind that agrees with God that one
is a sinner, and also agrees with what Jesus did for us on the cross.
In Acts 16:30-31, the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas: "...
`Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' And they said, `Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved... .'"
Simply believe on him as the one who bore your sin, died in your
place, was buried, and whom God resurrected.
His resurrection powerfully assures that the believer can claim
everlasting life when Jesus is received as Saviour.
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" (John 1:12).
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved" (Romans 10:13).
Whosoever includes you. Shall be saved means not maybe, nor can,
but shall be saved.
Surely, you realise you are a sinner. Right now, wherever you are,
repenting, lift your heart to God in prayer.
In Luke 18:13, a sinner prayed: "God be merciful to me a sinner."
Just pray:
"Oh, God, I know I am a sinner. I believe Jesus was my substitute
when he died on the cross. I believe his shed blood, death, burial, and
resurrection were for me. I now receive him as my Saviour. I thank you
for the forgiveness of my sins, the gift of salvation and everlasting life,
because of your merciful grace. Amen."
Just take God at his word and claim his salvation by faith.
Believe, and you will be saved. No church, no lodge, no good works
can save you. Remember, God does the saving. All of it!
God's simple plan of salvation is: You are a sinner. Therefore,
unless you believe on Jesus who died in your place, you will spend
eternity in Hell. If you believe on him as your crucified, buried, and
risen Saviour, you receive forgiveness for all of your sins and his gift
of eternal salvation by faith.
You say, "Surely, it cannot be that simple." Yes, that simple! It is
scriptural. It is God's plan. My friend, believe on Jesus and receive
him as Saviour today.
If his plan is not perfectly clear, read this tract over and over,
without laying it down until you understand it. Your soul is worth
more than all the world.
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul?" (Mark 8:36).
Be sure you are saved. If you lose your soul, you miss Heaven and
lose all. Please! Let God save you this very moment.
God's power will save you, keep you saved and enable you to
live a victorious Christian life. "There hath no temptation taken you but
such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you
to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it" (1 Corinthians
10:13).
Do not trust your feelings. They change. Stand on God's
promises. They never change. After you are saved, there are three
things to practise daily for spiritual growth: Pray■you talk to God.
Read your Bible■God talks to you. Witness■you talk for God.
You should be baptised in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ, as
a public testimony of your salvation, and then unite with a Bible-
believing church without delay. "Be not thou therefore ashamed of the
testimony of our Lord ..." (2 Timothy 1:8).
"Whosoever therefore shall confess [testify of] me before men, him
will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven" (Matthew
10:32).
Additional Helpful Verses
John 3:16, 1 Peter 2:24
Isaiah 53:6, James 1:15, Romans 10:9-10
Ephesians 2:8-9, Proverbs 27:1
1201 Corinthians 15:3-4, John 10:27-31, 1 John 5:13
If you are saved through reading this tract,
send us word so we may rejoice with you.
Lifegate Inc.,
Box 1771,
Martinsville, IN,
46151-0771.
INDEX
"..." 45, 73 Black and White 105, Cursor Keys 11, 21,
"+" 22, 113 106 30, 37, 40, 43,
"*" 44, 45, 65, 98 Bulletin Board 44, 47, 50, 51,
"=" 23, 110, 113 Operation 105 53, 57, 61, 63,
"&" 45 Capitalisation 44, 49, 67, 75, 78-82,
"@" 46 90 84, 96
"|" 45 Characters per Line 15, Cut buffer 100
Abbreviations 26, 49, 76, 77, 78 Cutting and Pasting 99
64, 90 Clearing 96 Darby 9, 20, 21, 34,
Active Cursor 101, 102 Clipboard 97, 100 35, 83, 113
Active window 22, 82, Colours 15, 17, 75, 78 DBY 17, 20, 34, 35,
83, 98 Command Keys 43, 50, 83, 84, 106,
Additional Features 97 51, 54, 87, 99 112, 113, 114
Adonai 29 COMMAND.COM 101 Define options 22, 57,
Alternate Notes 39, 67, COMSPEC 101 75, 76
82, 108-111 Concordance 2, 9 Deleting Text 94
Ampersand 27 CONFIG.SYS 14, 114 Device drivers 16
AND NOT operator 46 Configuring 93, 94, Display Menu 36, 38,
AND operator 45, 46 103 40, 50, 66, 67
ASCII 32, 59-61, 65, Context 9, 21, 22, 81, DOS 5.0 104, 114
69, 70, 71, 96, 85, 87, 109 DOS Gateway 11, 34,
105 Count 98 68, 70, 71, 84,
Asterisk 27, 33, 85 Cross-references 9, 17, 89, 101, 107
Authorised Version 2, 22, 39, 40, 55, Double Space 24, 30,
9, 20, 40, 53 63, 65, 73, 74, 31, 57, 58
AUTOEXEC.BAT 14, 84, 86, 88, 90 Duplicate references
20, 110, 112, Cross-references in 63, 66
113, 114 Notes and Edit Note 51, 54, 67,
Autoloading Files 103 Topics 73 68, 69, 83, 91,
AV 17, 20-23, 26, 34, CRT25 15 95
35, 36, 40, 41, Current directory 20, Edit Verse List 33, 64,
52, 83, 84, 106, 62, 63, 64, 68, 95
112, 113, 114 69, 70, 71, 81, EGA 14, 15, 103
AV-DBY 17, 20, 34, 95, 96, 103, EGA43 15
83, 84, 106, 111 Environment Variable
112, 113, 114 Cursor 11, 20-26, 28, 101, 110, 111
Background Colour 78 30, 35-37, 40, Export Note File 67,
Biblical References 10, 43, 44, 47, 50, 68, 69-71
26, 73, 84 51, 53, 57, 60, F1 23, 32, 34, 36, 37,
BIOS 105, 106, 109, 61, 63, 67, 75, 41, 43, 81, 83,
110 78, 79-82, 84, 89, 92, 95, 96
85, 87, 88, 91,
92, 93-96, 98,
99, 100-102,
109
F1 Context Help 81 Function Keys 23, 42, Note Display 50-53,
F10 21-23, 32, 36, 37, 81, 105, 112 67, 84
39, 63, 67, 73, Get Verse List 51, 55, Note File Update 38,
83, 85, 86, 88, 62, 63, 66 67, 68-71
89, 91, 92, 109 Global 98, 99 Note Prefix 111
F10 Context 85 God 2, 27, 29, 35, 36, Note Print 55, 57, 59
F10 Cross-references 38, 39, 40, 44, Note Window 24, 36,
86 45, 115-117 51, 54, 67, 74,
F10 with Notes 86 Help 11, 20, 24, 34, 76, 84, 85, 110,
F2 34, 39, 53, 61, 81, 41, 43, 81, 89 111
82, 86, 88, 89, Highlight Colour 78 Note Window Size 76
92, 97, 98, 107, Highlighting 72, 99, Notes 10, 15, 20, 24,
108, 110, 111 100, 109 30, 31-34, 37,
F2 Verse List 81 Inactive Cursor 101, 38, 39, 40, 50,
F3 34, 50, 82, 88, 89, 102 51, 53, 55, 57,
92, 98 Indentation 64, 65, 93, 58, 63, 64, 67,
F3 Show Passage 34, 94, 95 68, 69-73, 76,
82 Insert mode 88, 93-95, 82, 84-86, 90,
F4 34, 40, 52, 82, 88, 100 91, 105, 108,
89, 92, 97 Installation 11, 12, 14, 109, 110, 111
F4 Show Definition 82 16, 17, 18, 20, Notes Menu 38, 67
F5 34, 40, 52, 54, 82, 108 NULL operator 46
83, 88, 89, 92, Left Margin Size 75, OLB 110, 111
99 77 OR operator 45
F5 Englishman's Lexicon 2, 13, 53, 69, Overwrite mode 93,
Strong's 82, 105-107, 100
Numbers 82 111 Page Layout 57, 77,
F6 23, 34-37, 39, 51, Lexicons 106, 107, 110 94, 102
53, 54, 67-69, Lines per Page 77, 78 Parameters 82, 103,
74, 83, 85, 88, List Sort 61-64, 66 105, 110
89, 91, 92, 100 Loading a Document Parsing 41
F6 Edit Note, Topic or 96 Passage Display 50-53
Definition 83 Lord 29, 40, 44, 116, Passage Print 24, 30,
F6 Select Bible Version 117 55, 57, 59
83 Margins 32, 76, 102 Pattern 98, 99
F7 34, 68, 70, 71, 84, Memory 13, 16, 20, Phrase Search 20, 26,
89, 92, 101 84, 101, 105, 27, 44-48
F7 DOS Gateway 34, 107 Piping 103
84 Mini-menu 10, 11, 19, PREFIX operator 45
F8 23, 24, 34, 39, 52, 110, 111 Print File Name 24,
67, 84-86, 88, MM 17, 19, 84, 107, 30, 31, 33, 57,
89, 92, 101, 108, 109, 111 58
102 Mouse 11 Print Menu 24, 30, 33,
F8 Note Display 84 Multi-word studies 9 55
F9 32, 85, 88, 89, 92, Names of God 29 Print Options Menu 30,
93, 94, 102 Naming a Document 95 31, 55-57, 60,
F9 Quick Print 85 Note 15, 20, 21, 23-26, 68, 69
Fix 98, 99 29, 31, 34, 36, Print Verse Range 24,
Footnotes 22, 23, 87, 38-40, 46, 49, 25, 30, 31, 57,
89, 113 50, 51-55, 57, 59
Foreground Colour 78 59, 65-77, 79, Printer Requirements
Format Text 24, 25, 80, 82-86, 88, 60
30, 31, 32, 57 89, 90, 91, 95, Printing 2, 10, 17, 24,
Free memory 107 108, 110, 111, 30, 32, 57,
114 58, 60, 61,
76, 91, 97
Printing a Document 97 Text editor 10, 15, 23, Word processor 15, 17,
Problems with the TSR 32, 36, 37, 42, 30, 31-33, 59,
114 61, 64, 65, 67, 60, 61, 65, 69,
PROXIMITY 27, 46 69, 70, 74, 83, 70, 85, 112,
PROXIMITY operator 85, 91, 93-95, 113, 114
46 97, 100, 101, Word Search 20, 26,
Punctuation 44 103, 107 27, 28, 33, 34,
Quit Menu 80 Tilde 27 38, 44, 46-48
Range for Search 20, Title 24, 25, 30, 31, Word wrap 93, 94, 103
26, 28, 44, 47, 57, 58, 77, 108, Workspaces 84, 97, 98,
48, 59, 65, 68, 110 101, 103
82 Top Margin Size 75,
Reference Window 21, 77
22, 23, 35, 40, Topic Display 36, 38,
50, 52, 63, 72, 50, 51-53
76, 79, 82, 86, Topic Print 55, 56, 59
87, 88 Topic Window 35-37,
Reformatting Text 94 39, 73, 74
Replacing 86 Topics 2, 13, 34-38,
Save Verse List 33, 38, 53, 54, 60, 72,
61, 62-64, 66 73, 76, 82, 84,
Saving a Document 96 85, 104, 105,
Scan and Reference 108, 109-111
Windows 21, TSR 15, 16, 112-114
35, 76, 79, 82, Two-version mode 34
83, 87, 109 UED 2, 19, 91, 103,
Scan Window 21, 22, 114
34, 35, 36, 40, UEDCFG 15, 93, 103
41, 47, 48, 51, Upper Window Size
61, 62, 63, 74, 75, 76
76, 79, 85-89, Useful Editor 2, 91
109 Verb Parsing 41
Screen Colours 15, 17, Verse list 20, 24, 32,
75, 78 33, 34, 38-40,
Search and Replace 98 44, 50, 51, 52,
Search Menu 20, 26, 53, 55, 57,
38, 44 61-66, 81, 85,
Search Operators 27, 86, 87, 95
44 Verse List Display 50,
Searches 26-28, 38, 44, 51, 52, 53, 61,
45, 47, 98 66
Sheet Feed 24, 30, 31, Verse List Menu 33,
57, 58 38, 61, 66
Split 79, 92, 101 Verse List Print 33, 55,
Stacks 114 57
Startup Parameters 82, Vertical bar 27
105 VGA 14, 15, 17, 103
Strong's Numbers 2, VGA28 15
34, 40, 41, 82, 104 VGA50 15
SUFFIX operator 45 Viewing Two Files 101
Temporarily using DOS Visually-impaired option
101 105, 109
WILDCARD 27, 28,
44, 103