                              WORDGRINDER V0.4.1
                              ==================

                           © 2007-2013 David Given
                                 2014-04-14

                               Windows version


INTRODUCTION
============

WordGrinder is a simple, Unicode-aware word processor. It's designed to get
the hell out of your way and let you write; it does very little, but what it
does it does well.

It supports basic paragraph styles, basic character styles, basic screen
markup, a menu interface that means you don't have to remember complex
key sequences, HTML import and export, and some other useful features.

Note: WordGrinder originated as a Unix program and as such it does not behave
anything like a traditional Windows application. You Have Been Warned.



INSTALLATION
============

Run the supplied installer. It's done.

However:

WordGrinder makes heavy use of Unicode for drawing things like menus. The
default font has lousy Unicode coverage. WordGrinder will do its best, but
it'll probably look pretty ugly. You may wish to switch to use a different
font with the drop-down menu from the application icon in the top-left
corner of the screen.

Important note! To quit, you'll have to use the menus inside WordGrinder
(because the application knows nothing about the Windows window close button).
Do CTRL+Q or ALT+F, X to quit.

You can toggle full-screen mode with ALT+ENTER.



USAGE
=====

Run WordGrinder from the start menu. There's an option for the menu. Please
read it, as WordGrinder doesn't work like other Windows applications.

Press ESC to get the menu. Press ESC, F, O to open a file.


If you use WordGrinder, please join the mailing list. This will allow you
to ask questions, hopefully receive answers, and get news about any
new releases. You can subscribe or view the archives at the following page:

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wordgrinder-users



LICENSE
=======

WordGrinder is available under the MIT license. Please see the COPYING file
for the full text.

WordGrinder contains a copy of the LuaFileSystem code. This is also MIT
licensed and is © The Kepler Project. See 
http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem for more information.



REVISION HISTORY
================

WordGrinder 0.4.1: 2013-04-14: Minor bugfixes and build optimisation in aid
of the Debian package.

WordGrinder 0.4: 2013-03-24: Major overhaul: OpenDocument import/export,
new much smaller file format, a proper Windows port, updated to Lua 5.2,
switched away from Prime Mover to make (sob), much bug fixage.

WordGrinder 0.3.3: 2009-12-13: Fixed a bug when searching for or replacing
strings containing multiple whitespace characters (that was triggering the
crash handler). Thanks to lostnbronx for the report. Added RAW and PRE
paragraph styles. Cleaned up HTML import. Add customisability to HTML export.
Relicensed to MIT.
 
WordGrinder 0.3.2: 2008-11-03: Fixed a very simple and very stupid typo that
caused a crash if you tried to turn autosave on. Added a simple exception
handler to try and prevent data loss on error in the future.

WordGrinder 0.3.1: 2008-09-08: Minor bugfix revision to correct a few minor
but really embarrassing crashes problems in 0.3: no crash on HTML import, no
crash on File->New. Also some minor cosmetic fixes I noticed while doing the
work.

WordGrinder 0.3: 2008-09-07: Lots more bug fixes. Added LaTeX export; troff
export; next/previous word/character; table of contents; autosave; scrapbook;
Windows console port. Fixed some issues with key binding. Lua bytecode is now
embedded in the executable, making it self contained. --lua option. General
overhaulage.

WordGrinder 0.2: 2008-01-13: Lots of bug fixes. Added word count. Added about
dialogue.

WordGrinder 0.1: 2007-10-14: Initial release.



THE AUTHOR
==========

WordGrinder was written by me, David Given. You may contact me at
dg@cowlark.com, or visit my website at http://www.cowlark.com. There may or
may not be anything interesting there.
