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Bibledit: Now translation teams can edit Scripture on any device!
Here’s a quick list of capabilities that Bibledit provides for Bible translation teams today:
* Bibledit has much of the same functionality of Paratext, but it works on any smart device— including all types of computers and tablets.
* A translation team can work with Bibledit via the Internet without installing anything. We call this the Cloud version. But for most translation team members, it will be better to install Bibledit locally. This is called the Client version. The Client version saves editing changes made by each team member to his/her device, and when they have an connection, their work will automatically be saved to the Cloud.
* Many excellent and scholarly translation resources available in Bibledit. And one can view translation resources while editing a translation on the same screen.
* Bibledit can port changes in a Bible text over to a local instance of Paratext. I think many translation team leaders will want to do this. But the opposite is also possible: Bibledit can receive Bible texts from Paratext.
* Bibledit has many powerful export options. These include creating web-ready HTML files, beautifully formatted OpenOffice files (which then can easily be turned into PDF files), and Sword modules for Bible-reading applications on all smart devices.
more Keep font consistent on press Enter in USFM editor.
Saves preferences for allowed changes in Bible editors again.
Fixed: Disabled style button cripples the Bible editors.
Fix and improve the Consistency Tool.
More detailed logging of Bibledit client connection issues.
Bible editors, Resources, Workspaces support focus groups.
5.1.047 4 Jun
No longer uses jQuery -> improves performance.
Fixed: Inserting a footnote in italic text removes the space after the footnote.
Fixed: Selecting another Bible in the chapter editor does not load that other Bible.
Fix for very long resource selection page.
Resource selection is done in one large page.
Can edit and remove workspace with backslashes in its name.
Select consultation notes on multiple statuses.
Can no longer print resources.
Supports the soft hyphen by converting the double forward slash ( // ) to that on export.
Supports the non-breaking space by converting the tilde ( ~ ) to that on export.
Can reset a style in the stylesheet editor.
The image resources were removed as too specific for a lean Bible translator system.
On systems usually without a touch screen the navigation arrows show by default.
Remove the hyphenation tool.
Can create USFM3 markers that span columns in tables.
Can delete checking results by group.
Can delete all checking results at once.
Update resource downloader to match the new NET Bible data format.
Setting for showing navigation arrows to book and chapter and verse.
Typing text in verse editor in chapter 0 has improved a bit.
The Bible editors refuse to save chapter data with incorrect chapter markup.
The visual editors no longer add closing markup like \xt when not needed.
The visual editors handle standard and custom milestones in USFM better.
Proper whitespace normalization on USFM import.
Proper application and removal of embedded character styles.
Show the character style again in the Bible editors.
List deprecated USFM markers in the info document.
5.1.036 24/12/2025
Support for USFM marker \pr Right aligned paragraph.
Fetches Studylight content securely.
Support for the \ie and \usfm markup.
Better support for the \ca markup.
If a Bible is specified in a workspace, activating that workspace sets the first Bible in that workspace as the active Bible.
The verse editor preview sets the active Bible to the Bible loaded in that editor.
The editor switcher in the Bible editors sets the active Bible to the Bible loaded in the editor.
Embed the gumbo-parser code.
5.1.025 09/05/2025
Can download and share exports.
The word-level attributes are editable in all three Bible editors.
The word-level attributes are no longer visible in the verse editor and the chapter editor.
Support importing multiple files in one go into a Bible.
Support change notifications for Bibles with one or more dots in their name.
5.1.023 24/01/2025
The app is now written in Swift.
Displays Hebrew cantillation and vowels, Greek accents, Arabic vowels and shaping, in the SWORD resources.
Fix NET Bible error "You have been blocked".
Fix errors when multiple processes generate change notifications simultaneously.
Logs every Bible/book/chapter when processing user-generated change notifications.
No more send/receive lockups due to plenty of emails to be sent off.
5.1.021 02/12/2024
Bump minimum iOS version to 13.
5.1.018 22/08/2024
Can enable or disable spell check in Bible editors.
Fix broken Javascript in rare cases, fixing a broken verse editor.
Localize the recently used styles.
Can remove a Bible with trailing spaces in its name.
Support for USFM marker \sup for superscript text.
5.1.016 09/08/2024
Outputs a blank line for the \b style for web export.
Outputs the chapter number also for one-chapter books.
The start of a line of poetry no longer overlaps a chapter number in drop caps in web export.
Marks USFM table cells with a vertical bar in the Bible editors.
5.1.009 15/10/2023
5.1.002: Can display the OSIS tags, like Strong's numbers, in the SWORD resources.
5.1.002: Support for the new Studylight website so it displays the Studylight resources again.
5.0.997: Fixed: The French user interface gives Javascript errors in the Bible editors.
5.0.994: Being able to set a stylesheet for a Bible is now a privilege that can be assigned to roles lower than a manager.
5.0.993: Displays the Easy English Bible Commentary lots better.
5.0.990: Space below the focused verse in the verse editor now has no visible height anymore.
5.0.989: Clarify code 426 in the Journal to mean that the client should upgrade to https when connecting to the Cloud.
5.0.989: Can create a Translated resource based on a Bible Gateway resource.
5.0.988: Can set the paragraph style for the \fig marker for Bible figures.
5.0.988: Client downloads list of comparative resources from Cloud and can select from those.
5.0.988: Better checking on internet address, port number, and credentials, when connecting to the Cloud.
5.0.987: The number prefixed to the filenames of the exported books of a Bible now depends on the book order set for that Bible.
5.0.986: Disable autocorrect and autocapitalize for username and search entries.
5.0.984: Fixed: Bible editors did not use the selected font.
5.1.002 24/06/2023
5.0.984: Sub-pages from Settings in basic mode have a back arrow to return to the Settings.
5.0.984: Can select active Bible on search pages.
5.0.984: Removes word-level attributes in the editor preview.
5.0.984: Removes word-level attributes when exporting a Bible.
5.0.981: Can set from which Bibles to get the change notifications.
5.0.984 31/07/2022
5.0.980: Fixed: Prints only the first page of the search results.
5.0.980: Can read and set numeric value of color of a style in the styles editor.
5.0.980: The Bible editor preview scrolls to the focused verse.
5.0.979: Fixed: Clicking the button to create a note several times results in multiple identical notes.
5.0.979: Can set the date format in consultation notes.
5.0.979: Can set automatic note citations in export to OpenDocument.
5.0.979: Note citations in Bible editor follow settings in stylesheet.
5.0.979: Check on space before final note or cross reference markup.
5.0.979: Advanced search results can be limited to Old or New Testament books.
5.0.978: Fixed: Rich divider cannot go to website at link within workspace.
5.0.983 17/07/2022
Fixed: Cannot view exported files.
Can not do zipped exports.
Better placement of cursor after pasting text in the notes editor.
Better handling of pasted text in the Bible editors.
The three Bible editors collapse multiple spaces into one space.
Includes the Easy English Bible Commentary as a resource.
Does not cache resources during Cloudflare DDoS protection.
Fix editable clipboard in the Bible editors.
Well-formed USFM check on note or cross reference without content.
Well-formed USFM check on opening markup followed by closing markup without text.
Fixed: Clicking a passage in a checking result goes to the beginning of the Bible.
USFM check on the \fig markup.
All editing anomaly emails now display the book and chapter.
5.0.978 09/02/2022
Keep the navigation history for two weeks.
A long press on the arrows for going back and going forward brings up the history menu.
Can left-align verse numbers in poetry in exports to OpenDocument.
Better spacing while inserting footnotes and cross references.
Support for the USFM fig markup in export to html and OpenDocument.
On going to another verse the Resources page always scrolls to the top position.
The Bible settings is now the location where to set the stylesheet for export.
Clearer links for dismissing change notifications.
Entry of workspace width defaults to using percents
Passage history buttons available in basic mode.
Html export with footnotes showing on hover.
Displays better text from StudyLight.
Better book interpretation for Ctrl-G fast passage switcher.
Displays footnotes of BibleGateway resources.
A client can display and cache a comparative resource.
Navigation through Ctrl-G now supports navigation history.
Move consultation note editors from NicEdit to Quill.
Can keep the resources cache for an extended period of time.
The chapter editor is now live-updatable and no longer does a complete text reload.
Better focus handling of the verse editor within a workspace.
Bibledit editors accept text growth always regardless of the settings for the maximum allowed change in the editors.
Updated default values for several personal preferences making things easier for new users.
Abbott-Smith's Manual Greek Lexicon was added.
A comparative resource displays the difference between two resources.
Studylight resources display again.
Rich divider with text and link and colour.
Dividers in Resources are shorter in height.
Update mbedTLS to version 2.25.
The settings for Accordance are no longer visible in basic mode.
The USFM editor can load text in corrupted encoding and save it as valid UTF-8 Unicode.
Allows a space at the end of a line in the verse editor to exist multiple seconds before the editor trims it away.
Information about connecting to a GitHub repository was updated with an example of using a personal access token.
Can check on invalid UTF-8 text in a verse.
Exporting invalid UTF-8 text gets recorded in the journal.
Transpose and fix double spaces in footnotes and cross references.
Translate standardized focused verse from Paratext to local verse mapping.
Forwards Bible from editone to editone2 in a workspace.
Optionally coloured note status labels.
Moves notes from the non-editable prefix to the very end in the verse editor.
Updates the non-editable parts of the verse editor.
More robust handling of user-initiated deletion of critical footnote content in verse editor.
5.0.964 31/10/2021
Verse editor no longer reloads text, but updates existing text instead.
Fix: Tapping a non-focused verse focuses that verse in the verse editor.
Insert footnote template without the | separator(s).
Better sorting of consultation notes order.
Slightly larger arrows for going a verse back and a verse forward.
Fixed: Pasting text into the chapter editor causes loss of focus.
The "Text reloaded" message was disabled in the chapter editor.
Fixed: Note text after a new line in a footnote disappears.
A working beta version of live updatable verse editor.
The timed "Text reloaded" messages no longer pop up in the Bible editors.
The Quill editing library was updated to version 1.3.6.
Fixed: Bad network connection causes "Text reloaded" messages in Bible editors.
A setting for using a dot or a colon as the verse separator for Bible notes entry.
Fixed: Chapter poller timing caused the "Text reloaded" message to appear at a chapter switch.
When navigating to another chapter the Bible editor no longer displays "Text reloaded".
Inserting a cross reference in the verse and chapter editors no longer adds a keyword.
Send/receive on a client no longer removes a space from new footnotes.
If a Bible editor has focus, and its text is reloaded, it will be read-only for some seconds.
If a Bible editor has focus, it shows a notification when the text is reloaded.
Entering a cross reference adds the reference, the keyword, and the cross reference text.
Entering a footnote adds the reference, the keyword, and the footnote text.
Fixed: Displays an alert about "text reloaded" while saving text in the verse editor.
Type Ctrl-G to enter the passage to focus through the keyboard.
The USFM editor positions the editing cursor after going to another chapter and verse.
Fixed: Second USFM editor in a workspace does not move the focused verse into view.
5.0.922 06/12/2020
Fixed: Focused verse in USFM editor jumps to next verse if there's a space at the end of the verse text.
The chapter editor honours the setting for the initial vertical position of the cursor.
Fixed: The second Bible editor at times was not read-only leading to unexpected caret jumps.
A translator can now edit the summary of a consultation note.
Fix applying "vp" style in Bible editors.
Fixes BibleGateway resources display.
Puts a space between the note caller and the cross reference text following it in OpenDocument.
Fixed: Pasting text in a footnote leads to a repeating \ft.
Clicking on a note at the bottom of the verse editor no longer focuses verse 0.
Only one Bible editor can be editable in a workspace.
5.0.893 10/06/2020
The Bible editors given an alert on text reload preventing typing.
While saving the verse editor merges its own text with what's already stored.
If a Bible editor saves text, and the text on disk differs from what the editor loaded, an email will be sent to the user.
Provide information to make people think twice before disconnecting from the Cloud.
The client can no longer send and receive Bibles every 20 seconds.
Fixed: Link to font uploader.
Export to OpenDocument no longer has an extra space after the \vp markup.
Properly handles the \vp published verse marker.
Exports bold Asian and complex scripts to OpenDocument properly.
Web export can display a link for giving feedback by email.
Bible export to Web format has quick navigators for going to the previous and the next chapter.
Gives information about how to copy a stylesheet.
5.0.812 01/02/2020
Can move link to sort the change notifications to the top.
Can go to the passage of a change notification as soon as one has loaded.
Can sort the change notifications on author.
Updated warnings in case of a delayed send/receive action.
Can send and receive Bibles every 20 seconds.
Fixed: The author of a consultation note cannot edit the note content.
Fixed: Translator cannot change stylesheet.
Fixed: A member role cannot disconnect from the Cloud.
Check on well formed embedded markers.
Updated typesetting information.
Fixed: Suppresses NET Bible Warning Message.
Fixed: Escapes special XML characters in export to OpenDocument.
5.0.777 19/06/2019
Translators can set the status of consultation notes.
Localized file names of Bible exports.
Localized Bible web export.
Exports footnotes and cross references to QuickBible .yet file.
Better hyperlinks in night mode.
Information about typesetting in Scribus.
Use whitespace and bold for more readable notes discussions.
Upon connection to the Cloud, a client emails changes made in Bibles while it was disconnected from the Cloud.
Night mode.
Set the font name for export to OpenDocument.
The exported Bibles are accessible from one menu entry, rather than from two.
Clarify limited scope of typesetting capabilities.
5.0.698 15/12/2018
show focused verse text during note creation.
Swipe Resources into another order.
Translators can export Bibles.
More robust consultation notes verse focusing.
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible updated to version 1.4.
Removes USFM word level attributes from the visual exports.
Upon opening, the USFM editor scrolls the text cursor into view.
A translator can do some bulk operations on consultation notes.
Can display the Bible selector for the change notifications at the top.
Additional standard orders for the Bible books.
The notes display can show the note status.
Can set the stylesheet per Bible.
More natural order of the books in the exports.
Organize the change notification by Bible.
The list of consultation notes can display the Bible a note refers to.
Check on multiple « in French citation style.
Imports books with id INT.
The default style for markers va and vp is in superscript.
A USFM chapter label \cl in the text switches off drop caps output.
Select the type of space to add after a verse number in the Bible exports.
Fixed: Resources not showing properly.
Fixed: A consultant cannot see the translation in basic mode.
Gradually convert consultation notes to the new storage format.
Checks on the presence of the \toc[1-3] markers.
Improved stability of downloading transfer tarballs.
Client also exports one installed resource per tarball.
Client no longer caches resources while the Cloud is being upgraded.
Loads all change notifications despite shaky network connection.
'Please wait' feedback when first connecting to the Cloud.
The setup is now "updating" instead of "installing".
Tabbed mode is the default setting on relevant devices.
More practical order of the tabs in tabbed mode.
Fixed: Confusing Preferences > Maximum difference categories.
Displays an unlimited amount of change notifications at once.
Bible editors save changes after one second rather than after five.
Fixed: The setting for tabbed mode was visible in advanced mode.
Fixed: The screen with change notifications stays blank for longer than expected on low power devices.
Fixed: USFM chapter editor page unload fails to save unsaved text.
Fixed: Phillips NT won't display everywhere.
5.0.547 10/07/2018
Fixed: Menu Settings / Accounts was visible in disconnected client.
Can enable a control for quickly editing the content of a consultation note.
Fixed: The app has a blank screen right after app install.
Export the entire Bible to a single OpenDocument file.
Localized stylesheets.
Check for no-break space at French punctuation.
Cloud shell wrapper no longer can start multiple Cloud instances.
Fixed: Phillips NT won't display everywhere.
Fixed: USFM chapter editor page unload fails to save unsaved text.
Fixed: The screen with change notifications stays blank for longer than expected.
Fixed: The setting for tabbed mode was visible in advanced mode.
Bible editors save changes after one second rather than after five.
Displays an unlimited amount of change notifications at once.
Fixed: Confusing Preferences > Maximum difference categories.
More practical order of the tabs in tabbed mode.
Tabbed mode is the default setting.
The setup is now "updating" instead of "installing".
'Please wait' feedback when first connecting to the Cloud.
Loads all change notifications despite shaky network connection.
Client no longer caches resources while the Cloud is being upgraded.
Client also exports one installed resource per tarball.
Improved stability of downloading transfer tarballs.
Remove deprecated visual editors.
The tool to transfer cross references was removed as too complex.
5.0.321 17/10/2017
Cannot apply a character style to a verse number.
Additional versification systems.
Fixed: Cannot apply style to a partially selected word in the new visual editors on touch screens.
Hover over a link in a lexicon to see the definition.
Embedded styles work in the new visual editors.
Fixed: Moving journal link on send/receive page.
Flags a space at the end of a verse.
A client lists selected resources first in the resource settings.
Improved support for USFM 3.0.
Partial support for \ca ...\ca* in USFM 3.
Fast styles cache.
The menu in advanced mode always shows all four Bible editors.
The preferences for the Bible editors apply to the fast editor switcher only.
Logs the browser's user agent.
Fixed: Logout link in client app.
Fixed: Inaccurate focused verse when typing at the end of a verse in the USFM chapter editor.
User privilege whether to use advanced mode in the Cloud.
Localized output of the mechanical checks.
Improved parsing of emailed responses to consultation notes.
Improved search and replace in texts with notes.
Client opens external website in the system browser.
Client keeps Bible books it created before connecting to the Cloud.
Client cannot install an embedded resource.
The Bible editors no longer give a warning when the user has not sent to and received from the Cloud for a while.
The resource viewer scrolls to the same position it had at the last page display.
Offline transfer of Bibles and resources from one client to another.
Shows the number of your changes, plus the number of changes of the whole team.
Can put the controls for dismissing change notifications at the top of the page.
Fixed: User can remove all passages from a consultation note.
Can grant privilege to users to be able to delete consultation notes.
The caret in the visual verse editor no longer jumps to the start of the verse on verse reload.
Clients can create OpenDocument files.
Offline transfer of consultation notes from one client to another.
The USFM verse editor was removed.
Tabbed view in the app.
5.0.176 11/05/2017
Fixed: Client did not use installed SWORD resources.
New visual chapter editor.
Static chapter preview pane.
Easier consistency check.
Displays resources from BibleGateway.
The p style is left aligned by default rather than justified.
Clearer labels for left align and for right align.
Improved indentation of the editable verse in the visual verse editor.
New improved visual verse editor.
Cannot remove the verse number in the visual verse editor.
Gives feedback on operations on the workspaces.
Paste plain text in the new visual editors.
Fixed: Crash on saving Hebrew in the visual verse editors.
The mechanical checks take better notice of the allowed punctuation.
More context sensitive paragraph capital and punctuation check.
Fixed: Clicking a note adds duplicate passage history.
Fixed: Clicking in poetry at times goes to verse 0.
1.0.663 04/01/2017
Downloads notes in bulk for faster download.
Embedded SQLite library, no longer an external dependency.
Support for IPv6.
The menu for the USFM chapter editor always remains in view.
Selecting a passage immediately hides any open desktop menu rather than allowing it to slowly fade it out.
Members and consultants and translators run in basic mode after first login.
In basic mode the main menu is visible by default.
Can enable menu item for Changes in basic mode.
Any user with any role can change the language on a client.
The Desktop was renamed to Workbench.
Menu item Personalize was renamed to Preferences.
Fixed: Client failed to cancel the last resource it was installing locally.
All Bible editors save much faster.
The page for send and receive displays the status.
USFM \b now works correctly in the visual verse editor.
Better caret positioning in the visual verse editor.
Image resources spanning multiple verses do not reload.
1.0.607 07/11/2016
Fixed: Cannot add resources to the consistency tool.
Can paste the search results straight into the passages of the consistency tool.
Fixed: Caret jumping in visual chapter editor.
It is now easier to edit empty verses in the visual verse editor and in the visual chapter editor.
Morphology for Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible.
Fast Bible editor switching.
Fetching resources in series instead of in parallel, for better response on iOS.
The journal displays the date for an entry.
Clearer explanation of clearing the change notifications.
If there's many change notifications, they expire sooner.
Improved merging of Bible texts.
More specific emails about merge failures.
The Cloud logs all data from Bible updates received from clients and how it was merged into the Bible.
Warning when pending changes in the Bible have not yet been sent to the Cloud for some time.
Warning when it has not received Bible data from the Cloud for some time.
Email message when saving Bible text fails due to too many changes.
When Bible data sent by a client is merged with Bible data in the Cloud, a mail will be sent to the user with the details.
The caret position pointer was removed from the USFM chapter editor.
Resources can display related passages.
Can dismiss matching change notifications for all users.
Can paste text in an empty verse in the verse editor without the protection for maximum allowed difference kicking in.
Reordering books now works on touch screens.
The Cloud confirms successful receipt of a Bible chapter.
When a client does not get confirmation of Bible data it sent, it will resend it.
The visual chapter editor's menu always remains in view.
Fixed: USFM chapter editor says "Nothing to save" when switching to it within a desktop.
Fixed: USFM verse editor says "Don't know where to save" when switching to it within a desktop.
Clearer information about the checks.
Checks on matching pairs.
The email about a merge irregularity indicates the chapter and book.
The email about the merge irregularity clarifies the difference between what a client sent and what the Cloud now has.
Fixed: Swipe operations no longer worked on touch screens.
Swipe a change notification to the right to expand it.
The Bible editor in basic mode is now the visual verse editor.
The user can configure the active Bible editors.
The visual verse editor puts all non-editable notes at the bottom of the chapter.
The controls of the visual verse editor are always at the top of the window.
The visual verse editor has a preview of the chapter.
The menu labels for the editors adapt themselves to the available active Bible editors.
Setting for whether to display the styles button in the visual Bible editors.
The settings for the permitted change in the Bible editors adapt to the enabled editors.
Keyboard shortcut Ctrl-\ to cycle through the available Bible editors.
Fixed: Connection to the embedded webserver could fail in case of no network connection.
1.0.566 26/09/2016
Client mails Bible save irregularity to the user via the Cloud.
The nightly exports have only one record in the journal rather than many records.
Description of the six ways in which Bibledit records and displays changes in the Bible texts.
On expansion of a change notification it displays the date that change was made.
Removes underscores from the name of new or copied Bibles.
Fixed: Cannot add resources to the consistency tool.
Can paste the search results straight into the passages of the consistency tool.
Better automatic detection of the user-facing URL of a Cloud instance.
Fixed: Caret jumping in visual chapter editor.
It is now easier to edit empty verses in the visual verse editor and in the visual chapter editor.
Morphology for Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible.
Unicode support for export to e-Sword.
Fast Bible editor switching.
Cloud can notify users about software updates.
Exports to the Quick Bible app.
Fetching resources in series instead of in parallel, for better response on iOS.
No longer reads Bible data from the git repository by default.
The journal displays the date for an entry.
Simplified git repository linking.
Clearer explanation of clearing the change notifications.
If there's many change notifications, they expire sooner.
Improved merging of Bible texts.
More specific emails about merge failures.
The Cloud logs all data from Bible updates received from clients and how it was merged into the Bible.
Warning when pending changes in the Bible have not yet been sent to the Cloud for some time.
Warning when it has not received Bible data from the Cloud for some time.
Email message when saving Bible text fails due to too many changes.
When Bible data sent by a client is merged with Bible data in the Cloud, a mail will be sent to the user with the details.
The caret position pointer was removed from the USFM chapter editor.
1.0.512 25/07/2016
Keep font consistent on press Enter in USFM editor.
Saves preferences for allowed changes in Bible editors again.
Fixed: Disabled style button cripples the Bible editors.
Fix and improve the Consistency Tool.
More detailed logging of Bibledit client connection issues.
Bible editors, Resources, Workspaces support focus groups.
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