BibleReader

This Windows application displays Bible files saved in the .usx XML-based file format.

Tyndale's translation of Matthew in BibleReader (translation from fetch.bible)

Features

• Formatted display: displays a .usx file formatted as you might find it in a Bible
• XML display: displays the underlying XML of a .usx file

Formatted and XML display modes may be toggled by pressing the XML button in the reader.

Development environment and running requirements

BibleReader is written in C# (.NET Core 8). The GUI is written with WPF. To run the application, you will need:

• Windows
• .NET runtime

Build and run

1. Download or clone the repository
2. cd BibleReader
3. dotnet run

Run the tests

1. Download or clone the repository
2. cd BibleReader.Tests
3. dotnet test

Implementation details

.usx file format

At present BibleReader implements the following subset of the .usx elements in the specification:

• <usx>
• <book>
• <chapter>
• <verse>
• <para>
• <char>

The following @style values are supported:

• mt1: main title 1
• h: heading
• id: for book titles
• c: for chapter numbers
• v: for verse numbers
• p: for paragraph text

Acknowledgements

Dependencies

The test project BibleReader.Tests relies on NUnit (MIT).

Further information

• USX specification: https://markups.paratext.org/usx/
• Windows Presentation Foundation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/wpf/overview/?view=netdesktop-9.0