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* Does not support css or any kind of inline styling, such as <b> or <i> tags. | * Does not support css or any kind of inline styling, such as <nowiki><b> or <i></nowiki> tags. | ||
* 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. | * 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. | ||
* Text rendering on the 3DS is not very good so you will see plenty of bad kerning. | * Text rendering on the 3DS is not very good so you will see plenty of bad kerning. | ||
Revision as of 11:04, 5 December 2021
| Drider | |
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| General | |
| Author | ingolemo |
| Type | Other Apps |
| Version | 0.6 |
| License | Mixed |
| Last Updated | 2017/11/15 |
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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.
- 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.
- 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).
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