Using a non-U.S. English keyboard?If so, this will be a vital note. EWriter, by default, produces plain (ascii) text, character codes from 0 to 127. Use the Alt+NumPad# for a number over 0127 and nothing happens. If you type on that non-U.S. English keyboard, you may think your language is not supported. However, on the Edit menu you will find two items that activate the 128-255 character codes. One causes them to be typed as characters and the other causes them to be typed as html/xml escape codes. Starting with 0.Cb, the chosen setting is persistent between sessions if you save settings. |
Starting with eWriter 0.Cb (zero point twelve-b), you must expend just a little more effort. If you set up c:\ewriter as your directory and unzip ewriter.zip into it, you will see a zip file named ehelp.zip. The file is for a frameset ebook and to keep from flooding the ewriter directory with htm files, you put that extra effort into creating a sub-directory named ehelp. Unzip the ebook into that directory.
When you open eWriter, one of your first pencil-sharpening tasks will be to go to the Tools menu and put at least one browser into Tools/Browsers. You may use Tools/Pathfinder to find a browser and transfer its path\file into the Browsers selection box. (When you close eWriter after the session, be sure to Save Settings.)
Then, go to the Help menu. Click eWriter's eHelp and enter this path\file in the input box:
c:\ewriter\ehelp\ehelp.htm
Remember to Save Settings when you close eWriter, but first, click on Getting eWriter Ready for some more pencil sharpening advice.
Gene Fowler
June, 2001