Sensei's Library On Tour

Sensei's Library On Tour (SLoT) is a little Java tool that converts a wiki dump into a set of HTML pages that can be easily converted for reading on a handheld computer or ebook reader. The tool was originally written by Hans Wiezorke but is currently being maintained by Ross Werner.

Current Features

• Layout and navigation optimized for small screens
• A set of custom, tiny gifs that make up the diagrams.
• Works well on both high-resolution color displays and older black and white screens.
• A table of contents, that lists all pages

Future Features

• A filtering mechanism, so you do not need to load the entire library
• Paths
• Works with gzipped wiki-dump

Installation Instructions

Download Sensei's Library On Tour from a Sourceforge mirror.

No installation is needed, just put the uncompressed wiki-dump.sql file in the same folder as Slot-0.8.jar. You can then run Slot by typing: java -jar Slot-0.8.jar on the command-line, or just by double-clicking Slot-0.8.jar. Then sit back and watch the "html" folder fill up with beautiful Sensei's Library pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. I have an idea for a great feature! Will you add it to Sensei's Library On Tour?

   Most likely! I’m looking for feedback on this project and I want to know what features will be most helpful to other people. So if one of the above-listed "future features" is something you really want, or you have something in mind that’s not even on the list, drop me a line!

2. How do I contact you?

The easiest way is by email: rosswerner [at] users [dot] sourceforge [dot] net. Alternatively, the Sensei's Library On Tour project page has several forums available for people to use:

• Is something broken? File a bug report.
• Can’t figure something out? Create a support request.
• Have an idea for Sensei's Library On Tour? Submit a feature request.


3. Hey, where’s the source code? I thought Sensei's Library On Tour was Open Source Software?!

   It is! Sensei's Library On Tour is licensed under the GPLv2. The JAR file that you download contains all the source files required to compile Sensei's Library On Tour. Simply unzip it with WinZip or any other utility that handles zip files (you may have to change the file extension to ".zip").

   Alternatively, you can get the code out of CVS. Instructions on how to do this can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=195439.