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    <desc>How to manage modules.</desc>

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    <revision pkgversion="4.1.0" date="2018-04-24" status="draft"/>
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    <title type="text">Xiphos</title>

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      <name>Andy Piper</name>
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    <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
      <name>Pierre Benz</name>
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    <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
      <name>Dr Peter von Kaehne</name>
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    <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
      <name>Karl Kleinpaste</name>
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    <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
      <name>Matthew Talbert</name>
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  <!-- Introduction To Module Manager -->

  <title>Introduction To The Module Manager</title>

  <p>The "module" is the unit of content in <app>Xiphos</app>, and Sword
  generally; a Sword module is a resource available for viewing in Sword
  applications.  There are several varieties: Most importantly, Bible texts, as
  well as dictionaries and lexicons, commentaries, and general books, any of
  which may include image content (e.g. atlases).  They are installed either
  from a local directory structure (typically on removable media, such as a
  CDROM distribution) or remotely via ftp from a repository such as Crosswire,
  which is the home of Sword, and from which all officially Sword-sanctioned
  modules are available.  Also, many other modules are available from
  non-Crosswire repositories.  In particular, there is the Xiphos repository,
  containing a variety of otherwise-unofficial modules produced primarily by
  contributors to <app>Xiphos</app> itself.</p>

  <p>If you have other Sword applications installed, they will all share the
  same set of Sword modules that you install through the Module Manager.</p>
  <media style="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/module.png"/>

  <p>Notice the <gui>View Intro</gui> button above. You may see an introductory
  explanation of Module Manager operation at any time.</p>
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