Terminal Mode

Terminal Mode

Terminal mode is a command line mode where all input and output is text based. It does not require users to install Qt graphical library, like PySide6, PySide2, or PyQt5. It runs locally without setting up a server. Users do not need a client to access UBA.

It is the simplest way of running UBA on a device. You can even run terminal mode on Android via Termux or iOS via iSH App.

Read https://github.com/eliranwong/UniqueBible/wiki/UBA-Run-Modes for running UBA in different modes.

Requirements

Install python library and git command first

Set up

1. Download UBA, launch a terminal and run:

git clone https://github.com/eliranwong/UniqueBible

2. Run UBA:

cd UniqueBible

python3 uba.py terminal

Run with an Initial Command

You can run with an initial command, e.g. John 3

python3 uba.py terminal John 3

UBA commands

Terminal mode takes UBA commands to display content.

To get help, enter ".help" to read available commands.

Command Keyword Auto-completion

Terminal mode supports command keyword auto-completion as users type.

What is

Entering '.help' command displays a full list of command description.

To display description about a single command keyword, use _whatis::: command keyword, for example:

_whatis:::BIBLE

Quit or Restart

Enter ".quit" to quit UBA

Enter ".restart" to restart UBA

Update

Close UBA first, by entering ".quit".

Run in terminal:

git pull

Change VLC playback speed

To support VLC playback, make sure you have vlc installed.

For examples, to install vlc on macOS, run:

brew install vlc

to install vlc on Termux (Android), run:

pkg install vlc

To change vlc playback rate, e.g. to 2.0, run:

_setconfig:::vlcSpeed:::2.0

Restart to save the settings, run:

.restart