Drider 3DS: Difference between revisions

Drider
Drider
General
Author	ingolemo
Type	Other Apps
Version	0.6
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2017/11/15
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Latest revision as of 04:21, 6 Mayıs 2024

Drider is a epub reader for the Nintendo 3DS. It is written in Lua using Rinnegatamante's Lua Player Plus 3DS.

Installation

Available in 3DSX and CIA formats.

CIA - Install the .cia with the CIA manager of your choice.
3DSX - Use the .3dsx provided with the Homebrew Launcher.

Put your ebooks in a folder called books at the root of your SD card.

Drider works best on text-heavy, low-formatting books such as novels.

User guide

Limitations

Does not support css or any kind of inline styling, such as <b> or <i> tags.
Text rendering on the 3DS is not very good so you will see plenty of bad kerning.
Drider can crash with books that contain large images. If the images are not important then consider disabling them (x button at the book select screen).
Does not handle non-ascii text well. If you're reading a utf-8 encoded book then it tries to translate some of the most common symbols to ascii equivalents, but the conversion is incomplete so mojibake is common.

Bookmark

If an ebook has a page bookmarked then drider will jump to that page when you load the ebook.
Only one page can be bookmarked at a time per ebook.

Controls

Selecting:

Up/Down - Choose a book to read

A - Select the book

X - Toggle loading of images

Start - Exit

Home - Return to the Home Menu (cia-only)

Reading:

Up/Down - Scroll. You can also drag the touch screen

D-Pad Left/Right - Switch pages

A - Bookmark/Unbookmark a page

Tap an image - View it more closely

Start - Exit

Select - Go back to the book selection

Home - Return to the Home Menu (cia-only)

Image viewing:

C-Pad - Pan across the image

D-Pad Up/Down - Zoom in/out respectively

B - Return to the page you were reading

Start - Exit

Home - Return to the Home Menu (cia-only)

Screenshots

Changelog

v0.6

Images now show for more than just the first page of the book.

v0.5

This release makes the scrolling much smoother and adds support for images. Other minor fixes too.

v0.4

Fixed crash bug when trying to view epubs that contain high numerical html entities (e.g. &8230;).

v0.3

CIA users no longer have to copy files to your sd card. Except the books, still have to copy those.
More pretty menu.
More stability.

v0.2

This time there should be a unique id.

v0.1

First release.

External links

GitHub - https://github.com/ingolemo/drider

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 {{Infobox 3DS Homebrews
-| title = Drider
+|title=Drider
-| type = Other Apps
+|image=Drider2.png
-| version=v0.6
+|description=ePub reader.
-| lastupdated = 2017/11/15
+|author=ingolemo
-| license = Mixed
+|lastupdated=2017/11/15
-| author = ingolemo
+|type=Other Apps
-| website = https://github.com/ingolemo/drider
+|version=0.6
-| download = https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrew/Drider-3DS.rar
+|license=Mixed
-| source = https://github.com/ingolemo/drider
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/drider.7z
+|website=https://github.com/ingolemo/drider
+|source=https://github.com/ingolemo/drider
 }}
-== Drider ==
+Drider is a epub reader for the Nintendo 3DS. It is written in Lua using Rinnegatamante's [[Lua Player Plus 3DS]].
-Drider is a epub reader for the Nintendo 3ds. In order to run it you will need a way to run homebrew applications on your 3ds. It is written in Lua using Rinnegatamante's [Lua Player Plus 3ds]. Drider has a few limitations:
-* It does not support css or any kind of inline styling, such as &lt;b&gt; or &lt;i&gt; tags.
+==Installation==
-* It doesn't handle non-ascii text well. If you're reading a utf-8 encoded book then it tries to translate some of the most common symbols to ascii equivalents, but the conversion is incomplete so mojibake is common.
+Available in 3DSX and CIA formats.
-* Text rendering on the 3ds is not very good so you will see plenty of bad kerning.
+* CIA - Install the .cia with the CIA manager of your choice.
-* Drider can crash with books that contain large images. If the images are not important then consider disabling them (x button at the book select screen). Despite these issues, Drider can actually be used to read things! It works best on text-heavy, low-formatting books such as novels. Put your ebooks in a folder called <code>books</code> at the root of your sd card.
+* 3DSX - Use the .3dsx provided with the Homebrew Launcher.
-== Controls ==
+Put your ebooks in a folder called books at the root of your SD card.
-Selecting:
-* Up and Down on the d-pad or circle-pad to choose a book to read.
-* A button to select the book.
-* X button to toggle loading of images.
-* Start button to exit.
-* Home button to return to the Home menu (cia-only). Reading:
-* Up and Down on the d-pad or circle-pad to scroll. You can also drag the touch screen.
-* Left and Right on the d-pad to switch pages.
-* A button to bookmark a page. Press A again on the same page to unbookmark it. If an ebook has a page bookmarked then drider will jump to that page when you load the ebook. Only one page can be bookmarked at a time per ebook.
-* Tap an image on the touchscreen to view it more closely.
-* Start button to exit.
-* Select button to go back to the book selection.
-* Home button to return to the Home menu (cia-only). Image viewing:
-* Circle-pad will pan across the image.
-* Up and Down on the d-pad will zoom in and out respectively.
-* B button to return to the page you were reading.
-* Start button to exit.
-* Home button to return to the Home menu (cia-only).
-== Building and Installing ==
+Drider works best on text-heavy, low-formatting books such as novels.
-The <code>Makefile</code> provided is for a unix-like system. You will need to have the [[3dstools 3DS]], [[bannertool 3DS]], and [[Project_CTR 3DS]] utilities available on your <code>$PATH</code> and then you can just type <code>make</code>.
-This will produce a <code>drider.cia</code> and a <code>3ds</code> folder in the <code>build</code> directory. Homebrew Launcher users should install the <code>3ds</code> directory to the root of their sd card.
+==User guide==
+===Limitations===
+* Does not support css or any kind of inline styling, such as <nowiki><b> or <i></nowiki> tags.
+* Text rendering on the 3DS is not very good so you will see plenty of bad kerning.
+* Drider can crash with books that contain large images. If the images are not important then consider disabling them (x button at the book select screen).
+* Does not handle non-ascii text well. If you're reading a utf-8 encoded book then it tries to translate some of the most common symbols to ascii equivalents, but the conversion is incomplete so mojibake is common.
-Cia users can install the cia file.
+===Bookmark===
-* [[Lua Player Plus 3DS]]
+* If an ebook has a page bookmarked then drider will jump to that page when you load the ebook.
-* [[3dstools 3DS]]
+* Only one page can be bookmarked at a time per ebook.
-* [[bannertool 3DS]]
-* [[Project_CTR 3DS]]
+==Controls==
+'''Selecting:'''
+Up/Down - Choose a book to read
+A - Select the book
+X - Toggle loading of images
+Start - Exit
+Home - Return to the Home Menu (cia-only)
+'''Reading:'''
+Up/Down - Scroll. You can also drag the touch screen
+D-Pad Left/Right - Switch pages
+A - Bookmark/Unbookmark a page
+Tap an image - View it more closely
+Start - Exit
+Select - Go back to the book selection
+Home - Return to the Home Menu (cia-only)
+'''Image viewing:'''
+C-Pad - Pan across the image
+D-Pad Up/Down - Zoom in/out respectively
+B - Return to the page you were reading
+Start - Exit
+Home - Return to the Home Menu (cia-only)
+==Screenshots==
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/drider3.png
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/drider4.png
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/drider5.png
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/drider6.png
+==Changelog==
+'''v0.6'''
+* Images now show for more than just the first page of the book.
+'''v0.5'''
+* This release makes the scrolling much smoother and adds support for images. Other minor fixes too.
+'''v0.4'''
+* Fixed crash bug when trying to view epubs that contain high numerical html entities (e.g. <code>&8230;</code>).
+'''v0.3'''
+* CIA users no longer have to copy files to your sd card. Except the books, still have to copy those.
+* More pretty menu.
+* More stability.
+'''v0.2'''
+* This time there should be a unique id.
+'''v0.1'''
+* First release.
+==External links==
+* GitHub - https://github.com/ingolemo/drider