SWORD and SVN Under Windows


  1. Download TortoiseSVN (http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/)
  2. Install it.
  3. Create a directory for your SVN source checkout, eg. D:\src\sword
  4. Open this folder and right-click on the background
  5. Choose the "Checkout..." option.
  6. enter the correct URL for the repository, eg. https://crosswire.org/svn/sword/trunk
  7. Choose OK and that should be it
  8. You will probably also wish to checkout the modules: 'icu-sword', and 'biblecs', which will give you everything you need to compile the windows frontend