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*   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: 29th December 2004                     *
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Content:
  I.   What is WordRider 
 II.   System requirements 
III.   How to run Wordrider 
 IV.   Known bugs and Limitations
  V.   FAQ
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I. What is WordRider
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WordRider is open source text editor 'WordRider' which helps with creating 
TxtRider's text format in calculator TI-89.

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-89text 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 pictures support
    * drag and drop support
    * 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.

Visit the WordRider forum at http://wordrider.net/forum

II. System requirements
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Recommended configuration:

    * Windows 2000/XP/Linux(core 2.4)* or higher operating system
    * Pentium 500MHz processor
    * 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
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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 our 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

IV. Known bugs and Limitations
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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
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- Why WordRider?
WordRider is a successor of 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-89text format. 
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. Unfortunately, there are several differences between TxtRider and Hibview (such as a different way of processing &/# tags) so the resulting text styles might be different. 
WordRider was only tested with TxtRider. Support for Hibview is planned for future versions.

- 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 sections.

- 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.

- To-do list is large. When will a new version released?
It depends on many things. I have many ideas on how to enhance WordRider. 
Unfortunately I am very busy. 
I also work on other Java/PHP/C++ projects and my free time is VERY limited (yeah, I make it in my free time ;-) ). 
I need motivation for creating a new version, so if I get enough positive responses from users I will make WordRider a higher priority ;-)... 
I promise that I will correct all reported bugs.

- 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 .