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{{Infobox homebrew
{{Infobox DS Homebrews
| title       = DSwiki
|title=DSwiki
| image       = [[File:Dswiki.png]]
|image=Dswiki2.png
| type       = Utility
|description=Offline Wikipedia Reader.
| version     = 0.3 Alpha 2
|author=OlliPolli
| licence    = Mixed
|lastupdated=2009/03/20
| author      = OlliPolli
|type=Utilities
| website     =  
|version=0.3 Alpha 2
| download    = Media:DSwikialpha2ds.zip
|license=Mixed
| source     = http://code.google.com/p/dswiki/
|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew2/dswiki_0.3alpha2.zip
|website=http://code.google.com/p/dswiki
|source=http://code.google.com/p/dswiki
}}
}}
DSwiki is an offline viewer for Wiki markup, for example for the Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wiktionaries. It is NOT a web browser.
DSwiki is an offline viewer for Wiki markup, for example for the Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wiktionaries. It is NOT a web browser.


This homebrew is optimal for all people with a Nintendo DS that like to have their information "portable", but cannot access the Internet directly. So far, no Program was very good in displaying the Wikipedia on the DS. NewDictS can display an uncompressed dump, but this dump is outdated, and the Wikipedia has grown dramatically since then, so compression was absolutely necessary. In addition, most homebrew programs can't handle UTF-8.
This homebrew is optimal for all people with a Nintendo DS that like to have their information "portable", but cannot access the Internet directly. So far, no Program was very good in displaying the Wikipedia on the DS. NewDictS can display an uncompressed dump, but this dump is outdated, and the Wikipedia has grown dramatically since then, so compression was absolutely necessary. In addition, most homebrew programs can't handle UTF-8.


It was ranked 6th in the NEO Spring Coding Compo 2009, APP section.  
It was part of the NEO Spring Coding Compo 2009 (NDS App).  


==Features==
==Features==
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==Installation==
==Installation==
Download and extract file, [http://chishm.drunkencoders.com/DLDI/ DLDI patch] it if needed and copy it to the root directory of the card.
Download and extract file, [[DLDI|DLDI]] patch it if needed and copy it to the root directory of the card.


Create a folder in the root of your card called /dswiki.
Create a folder in the root of your card called dswiki.


Create a dump of the wiki site you want to use, [http://code.google.com/p/dswiki/wiki/Dumps pre-made dump].
Create a dump of the wiki site you want to use, [http://code.google.com/p/dswiki/wiki/Dumps pre-made dump].
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==User guide==
==User guide==
Take the tutorial at the first start, or start it any time later from the menu. A random article will be loaded at the start.
Take the tutorial at the first start, or start it any time later from the menu.  


[[File:Dswiki2.png]]
A random article will be loaded at the start.


==Controls==
==Controls==
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Select - Choose another available wiki  
Select - Choose another available wiki  


'''Loading Articles:'''
'''Load Articles:'''


A - Go to another random article
A - Go to another random article


Stylus - Follow a link on the bottom screen  
Stylus - Follow a link on the bottom screen  
==Screenshots==
https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/dswiki2.png


==Changelog==
==Changelog==
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Thanks to beloved wife.
Thanks to beloved wife.


<br>
==External links==
[[Category:DS homebrew applications]]
* Google Code - http://code.google.com/p/dswiki
[[Category:Utility homebrews on DS]]
* NeoFlash - [https://web.archive.org/web/20210207055212/https://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=5519.0 https://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=5519.0] (archived)
 
 
[[Category:NEO Spring Coding Compo 2009]]

Latest revision as of 12:38, 20 August 2024

DSwiki
Dswiki2.png
General
AuthorOlliPolli
TypeUtilities
Version0.3 Alpha 2
LicenseMixed
Last Updated2009/03/20
Links
Download
Website
Source

DSwiki is an offline viewer for Wiki markup, for example for the Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wiktionaries. It is NOT a web browser.

This homebrew is optimal for all people with a Nintendo DS that like to have their information "portable", but cannot access the Internet directly. So far, no Program was very good in displaying the Wikipedia on the DS. NewDictS can display an uncompressed dump, but this dump is outdated, and the Wikipedia has grown dramatically since then, so compression was absolutely necessary. In addition, most homebrew programs can't handle UTF-8.

It was part of the NEO Spring Coding Compo 2009 (NDS App).

Features

  • Get the complete Wikipedia on a Nintendo DS (English edition fits on a 4GB storage device, German edition is 1.2GB).
  • Quite good handling of internal links.
  • Alternative display text and appended letters are supported to create the same look as in the online version.
  • Subpage links are supported.
  • Very good Unicode/UTF8-Support.
  • Fast and easy searchable index.
  • Bookmarks.

Installation

Download and extract file, DLDI patch it if needed and copy it to the root directory of the card.

Create a folder in the root of your card called dswiki.

Create a dump of the wiki site you want to use, pre-made dump.

Copy all the files ifo, idx, ao1, ao2 and db? to the folder you created.

User guide

Take the tutorial at the first start, or start it any time later from the menu.

A random article will be loaded at the start.

Controls

Navigation:

Up/Down - Scroll one line backward/forward

Left/Right - Scroll one page backward/forward

L/R - Go one page back/forward in history

Select - Choose another available wiki

Load Articles:

A - Go to another random article

Stylus - Follow a link on the bottom screen

Screenshots

dswiki2.png

Changelog

Version 0.3 alpha 2

  • Fixed some issues with the translation from wiki-markup to XML. That results in a significantly higher number of pages to display correctly.
  • Percent indicator updates to show the progress while processing the DOM.
  • Slightly reformulated the textbrowser-part of the tutorial.
  • Doubled the memory space for caching font data, resulting in a better performance with non-standard languages.

Credits

DSwiki is based on:

Thanks to Markus Kuhn + some other fonts + Titlegraphic.

Thanks to beloved wife.

External links

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