********************************************************* * WordRider Text Editor for Ti-89 by Ladislav Vitasek * * Web: http://wordrider.net - latest version * * Mail: info@wordrider.net - questions/suggestions * * Forum: http://wordrider.net/forum * * Last change: 31th August 2005 * ********************************************************* ================================= Content: I. What is WordRider II. System requirements III. How to run Wordrider IV. Known bugs and Limitations V. FAQ ================================= I. What is WordRider ============================ Welcome to the website dedicated to open source text editor 'WordRider' which helps with creating TxtRider's text format(HibView and uView compatible) in calculator TI-89/92+/V200. WordRider is similar to applications such as RidEdit, MadCoder's Text Editor or Okin's Word. WordRider brings full support of TxtRider view-tags and more user convenience with working TI-89/92 text format. WordRider editor is "almost" WYSIWYG. Features * you can easily change font sizes, alignments, margins, word wrap, math expressions and insert line separators or breakpoints * really easy work with breakpoints and inserting special characters * 89i, 92i, 9xi pictures support * image importer plugin - easy converting JPG, GIF,... into calc image * math expressions are distinguished by color * multilanguage environment * free software * open source code under GNU GPL license * support for Java Look&Feels and themes * always updated - checking for new version * OS platform independent * and much more... At http://wordrider.net (documentation section) you can find a list of shortcuts in Adobe PDF format and additional information. Visit the WordRider forum at http://wordrider.net/forum All suggestions are welcome! II. System requirements ============================ Recommended configuration: * Windows 2000/XP/Linux(core 2.4)* or higher operating system * Pentium 500MHz processor * min 1024x768 screen resolution * 35 MB of free RAM * 5 MB free disk space * Java 2 Platform - version at least 1.4 installed Other operating systems were not tested although I expect it will work fine elsewhere as well. III. How to run Wordrider ============================ Please make sure that you have Java 2 platform(at least version 1.4) installed. You can also obtain it at http://java.sun.com. More info can be found also in the FAQ section. * Windows users Unpack zipped file into chosen directory. Run wordrider.exe in main folder. Java binaries will be detected automatically and WordRider will start. * Linux users Unpack gzipped file into chosen directory. Java binaries should be registered in /etc/bashrc. Start Wordrider by using launch.sh. * For all operating systems You can start WordRider manually by using command line and call java binaries directly. java -jar wordrider.jar Viewing text files in the calculator ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For viewing generated text files you will have to install PreOS(kernel OS) and Hibview and/or TxtRider(text viewers - one of them) into your calculator. You can intall them easily. For beginners - see tutorials at the documentation section at http://wordrider.net IV. Known bugs and Limitations ============================== KNOWN BUGS This version has no known bugs at this time (not for long... ;-)). If you find a possible bug, please let me know at bugs@wordrider.net (or post item in the forum at http://wordrider.net/forum) as soon as possible. The correction will be included in the next release. LIMITATIONS Problem: Some characters are not displayed. Details: See our FAQ section "Why WordRider doesn't support ..." Solution: Use an alternate character. V. FAQ ============================ - Why WordRider? WordRider is a successor of applications such as RidEdit, MadCoder's Text Editor or Okin's Word. I created it because I needed an application for creating text files for my favorite calculator fast and easily. I decided to share WordRider because it can be useful to the others. - What is TxtRider? TxtRider is a text reader for Ti-89/92 written by Marc Teyssier. It views text files created in text editor(e.g. Ti-OS editor or WordRider), but is faster and allows text formats such as: underline, vector, the insertion of picture, pretty-print expression etc. - Is WordRider compatible with Hibview(the successor of TxtRider)? I can say : Yes. WordRider(since version 0.74) fully supports Hibview format. - Why doesn't WordRider support all of TxtRider's characters? WordRider is written Java which has no support for bitmap fonts (*.fon) so I had to use True Type Font. It's almost impossible to create your own True Type Font (it's really hard) so I selected TI92PlusPC (ti-92p.ttf) which is included in every installation of TI-Connect or TI-GraphLink software (distributed with every calculator). Unfortunately this font doesn't fully support all TI-89 characters (usually characters with a code < 20). Therefore if you use an unsupported character (file is saved from another application) you will see empty rectangles instead of special characters. - How do I register java binaries globally on Linux? You must place the correct path to the installed binaries in your /etc/bashrc configuration file. for example: PATH=/j2sdk1.4.2_04/bin:/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/bin:$PATH - Can I run WordRider on Microsoft's Virtual Machine? The latest version of WordRider requires at least version 1.4 of the Java 2 platform, and therefore will not be compatible with Microsoft's Virtual Machine. - Where can I find more pre-made text files? Please see the Links section at http://wordrider.net. - I see empty rectangles instead of special characters. Is it a bug? No, it isn't.See question "Why WordRider doesn't support all TxtRider's characters?" - What is "word wrap"? This feature allows automatic line returns without splitting words. - I like WordRider. Can I donate money for development? Yes, of course! :o) We are students and we must pay for domain, webhosting, bills for our girlfriends etc... so if you want to donate to WordRider please contact us at info@wordrider.net or see http://wordrider.net/donation.html.