# Starting &bibletime;

## How to start &bibletime;

### Starting &bibletime; from KDE

&bibletime; is a &kde; program and is integrated with the &kde; desktop. You can launch &bibletime; from the &kde; Start Menu in the Applications group with this icon: &bibletime; start icon

&bibletime; can also be launched from a terminal command prompt. To launch &bibletime;, open a terminal window and type:

    bibletime

### Other window managers

&bibletime; can be used with other window managers such as Gnome, BlackBox or Sawfish, providing &kde; is already installed on your computer. If your &kde; is installed in /opt/kde, then the start-up command in a terminal would be:

    export KDEDIR=/opt/kde  #your KDE directory
    bibletime

### Startup customization

From a terminal you can use &bibletime; to open a random verse in the default bible:

    bibletime --open-default-bible "<random>"

To open at a given passage like John 3:16, use:

    bibletime --open-default-bible "John 3:16"

You can also use booknames in your current bookname language.

## Startup sequence

As &bibletime; launches you may see the following screens before the main &bibletime; window opens:

Bookshelf Manager

  Modifies your Bookshelf. This dialog lets you modify your Bookshelf, add or delete works from your system. It will only be shown if no default Bookshelf can be found. Please see this sectionfor further details. If you start off with an empty Bookshelf, it will be helpful to install at least one Bible, Commentary, Lexicon and one Book to get to know &bibletime;'s basic features quickly.

Configure &bibletime; dialog

  Customizes &bibletime;. This dialog lets you adapt &bibletime; to your needs. Please see the detailed description of this dialog.

Tip of the Day

  These nifty little tips give you helpful hints for working more efficiently with &bibletime;, and also a few quotations from the Bible.