The SWORD Project
http://www.crosswire.org/sword/
Latest news & updates to The SWORD Project free & open source Bible softwareen-usWed, 10 Dec 2008 01:10:50 MSTsword-support@crosswire.org (Sword Support)720The SWORD Project for WindowsThu, 26 Jun 2008 10:39:47 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/images/news/windows.gif"><br/>
<p>CrossWire is happy to announce the immediate availability of The SWORD Project for Windows, v1.5.11. This update includes many bug fixes, the addition of fast indexed searching, image support, and improved locale functionality.</p>
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Get it here:
<a href="http://crosswire.org/sword/software/biblecs">http://crosswire.org/sword/software/biblecs</a>
</p>Scribehttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id134BibleCSSWORD 1.5.11 ReleasedSat, 24 May 2008 06:32:04 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/images/news/sword.gif"><br/>
<p>The newest revision of The SWORD Project is now available.
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End users should check their favorite frontends for updates soon. Developers, download the source code here:
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<a href="http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.5">http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.5</a>
<br/><a href="ftp://crosswire.org/pub/sword/source/v1.5">ftp://crosswire.org/pub/sword/source/v1.5</a>
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Have a look at the <a href="http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.5/sword-1.5.11/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>.
</p>Oskhttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id133SwordProjectRSS News FeedTue, 1 Apr 2008 07:30:55 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/images/news/crosswire.gif"><br/>
<p>CrossWire is happy to announce the immediate availability of an <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/sword.rss.jsp">RSS news feed</a>, compatible with all of the most popular news readers like Google Reader and the readers built into popular browsers like Firefox, IE7, and Opera. You can use thew new feeds to stay informed about the latest updates to CrossWire releases. You should find a link to the RSS feed in the left menu panel.
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(If you aren't familiar with RSS, you can read a semi-technical explanation at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)">Wikipedia</a> OR you would watch this explanation of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU">RSS in Plain English</a> over at YouTube.)</p>Oskhttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id131CrossWireSWORD 1.5.10 ReleasedTue, 16 Oct 2007 06:30:14 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/images/news/sword.gif"><br/>
The newest revision of The SWORD Project-- supporting all the latest new and cool modules, and touting fabulously useful new features-- is now available for public consumption.<br/><br/>
End users, you should see your favourite frontend updated and available soon. Developers, download the source code here:<br/><br/>
<a href="http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.5">
http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.5
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<a href="ftp://crosswire.org/pub/sword/source/v1.5">
ftp://crosswire.org/pub/sword/source/v1.5
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Have a look at the <a href="http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.5/sword-1.5.10/ChangeLog">
ChangeLog</a>.
scribehttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id130SwordProjectBibleDesktop 1.0.7Sun, 1 Jul 2007 11:02:31 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop/images/logo.gif"><br/>
<a href="http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop/">BibleDesktop</a>, the portable JSword-based Bible study tool, for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, now supports Parallel Bibles. And as an added bonus, you can visually compare 2 or more Bibles of the same language. See the <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/change.html">JSword Change Log</a> for more details and other improvements.<br/><br/>
You can download it from <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop/download.html">here</a>.DM Smithhttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id129BibleDesktop/JSwordBibleDesktop 1.0.6Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:58:51 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop/images/logo.gif"><br/>
Happy Easter!<br/><br/>
<a href="http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop/">BibleDesktop</a>, the portable JSword-based Bible study tool, for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, has been improved!!! This release completes our support for all Sword modules, except Personal Commentary. See the <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/change.html">JSword Change Log</a> for more details.<br/><br/>
You can download it from <a href="http://www.crosswire.org/bibledesktop/download.html">here</a>.DM Smithhttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id128BibleDesktop/JSwordBibleTime 1.6.3bSun, 4 Feb 2007 02:36:43 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/images/news/kde.gif"><br/>
BibleTime 1.6.3b has been released today. It contains several important bugfixes.
Binary packages for Fedora, Mandriva and SuSE are available at <a href="http://www.bibletime.info/">www.bibletime.info</a>.Joachimhttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id127BibleTimeGnomeSword 2.2Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:43:29 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/images/news/gnome.gif"><br/>
Merry Christmas from the GnomeSword development team! <br><br>
Release 2.2 (STABLE) of GnomeSword Bible study software is available. GnomeSword builds on the support of Crosswire Bible Society's cross-platform open source tools for scriptural study, to provide a high-quality study environment for those working within the GNOME desktop.
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This stable release is the culmination of the extended 2.1.x unstable/development period.
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<a href="http://gnomesword.sf.net">Check it out here</a>teehttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id126GnomeSwordNET Bible AvailableMon, 23 Oct 2006 11:18:48 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/images/news/books.gif"><br/>
<p>We are pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.bible.org">bible.org</a> has produced a SWORD module of their NET Bible and is offering both a free version with limited notes, and a for-pay version with their complete note set.
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<p>These modules are distributed directly from bible.org. You can find instructions to add these modules to your SWORD library by visiting the <a href="http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=4360">bible.org SWORD NET Bible page</a>.</p>
<p>To find out more about the NET Bible, visit the <a href="http://www.bible.org/index.php?scid=3">bible.org NET Bible page</a>.</p>
scribehttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id125ModulesThe SWORD Project for Windows 1.5.9Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:52:22 MST<img src="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/images/news/windows.gif"><br/>
<p>CrossWire Bible Society is pleased to announce the long awaited release of The SWORD Project for Windows version 1.5.9.</p> <p>This new version utilizes the latest SWORD engine to provide access to the exciting new Bible releases from CrossWire. Many bugs have also been fixed. Some of the more noticeable new features include:</p><ul><li>the ability to create a search index on a text which will allow very fast and more powerful searching.</li><li>quick access toolbar buttons to show and hide features of a text</li><li>chapter and book introductions are diplayed when present in a text</li></ul>
<p>Download the latest software here: <a href="http://crosswire.org/sword/software/biblecs/">http://crosswire.org/sword/software/biblecs</a></p>scribehttp://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp#id124BibleCS