Kio-Sword 0.2 review

Kio-Sword project is a kioslave for the KDE environment

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 120K Developer: Luke Plant

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Kio-Sword project is a kioslave for the KDE environment. KDE uses kioslaves to access files from many different sources or protocols. For example, the file:/ protocol is used for all local file access, http:/ is used for web access, and the help:/ protocol/ioslave is another way to access the help files in the KDE Help Center.

Kio-Sword adds the sword:/ protocol to your system for easy access to Sword modules. Just type sword:/ in Konqueror's location bar, and you'll be presented with a list of modules you can browse as a web page. If you know exactly where you want to go, you can get there quicker - e.g. type sword:/KJV/John 3:16 for John 3:16 in the King James version.

Kio-Sword features hyperlinked cross references (for example in commentary modules) and hyperlinked Strongs numbers and morphological tags (in modules that include them). Basic search functionality is also included, as well as the ability to customise the page using various options, and by providing your own CSS file.

Requirements:
KDE 3
Sword 1.5.7
for compiling from source, the header files for the above, libraries are also needed.
Sword modules installed (kio-sword isn't very useful without them)

What's New in This Release:
Better support for Bibles in RTL languages (Arabic, Hebrew)
Supports localised names for books of the Bible
New, simplified page design using cleaner and better HTML (no tables, semantic HTML)
Settings propagate in URLs, so you can turn a setting on and it stays on (and this works even if multiple kio_sword processes are spawned)
Access keys for navigation and toggling formatting settings
Title of the page is meaningful (much better for browsing history in Konqueror)
New shortcut for Bible verses: e.g. sword:John 3:16 (note there is no forward slash after "sword:") to go to your default Bible
Lots of cleaning up of the code, including a new system for settings and output of HTML, using namespaces nicely and naming classes sensibly :-)
Search page pre-selects the default Bible as the module to search
Various bug fixes