Introduction
BibleWorks provides Bible-related resources.
Bibledit can send references to BibleWorks. This means that when the
translator is working in Bibledit on e.g. Mark 1:10, then BibleWorks will show
Mark 1:10 too. When the translator then goes to the next verse, BibleWorks will
do the same.
In menu Preferences - Reference exchange, there is an option for this.
Bibledit sends these references through Bibledit Windows Outpost. Therefore
this program needs to be installed too.
You can use the search functionality in BibleWorks, save the list of
references to file, and then open that file in Bibledit. In this way Bibledit
takes advantage of the searching capabilities of BibleWorks.
Installation
Ensure that Wine has been installed
properly.
Insert the first CD-ROM in the drive and ensure the drive has been
mounted.
In the terminal type
wine /media/cdrom/autorun.exe
supposing that /media/cdrom is your cdrom drive.
Follow the installation instructions on the screen and complete the
installation. When it asks you to insert another disk, unmount the cdrom drive,
swap disks, and mount the drive again.
To configure BibleWorks in wine, type
winecfg
Wine Configuration starts at the Applications tab. Click button Add
application, and navigate to drive_c, Program Files, BibleWorks 6 (or
BibleWorks 7), and select bw600.exe (or bw700.exe), and choose Open. Set the
Windows version to either Windows 2000 or Windows XP. This is needed to prevent
a crash when BibleWorks shuts down. For BibleWorks 8 Vista works better.
To run BibleWorks, in the terminal type
wine "c:/Program Files/BibleWorks 8/bw800.exe"
(or c:/Program Files/BibleWorks 7/bw700.exe).
BibleWorks 6 runs fine.
BibleWorks 7 runs rather well, and most of the things work. Only the main
toolbar does not draw, and using Unicode in the editor seems difficult. Same
applies to BibleWorks 8.