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The yw-viewer Python script is a quick viewer for yWriter projects.

Usage

The included installation script prompts you to create a shortcut on the desktop.

You can either

• launch the program by double-clicking on the shortcut icon, or
• launch the program by dragging a yWriter project file and dropping it on the shortcut icon.

The file viewer opens yw7 project files. If no yWriter project is specified by dragging and dropping on the program icon, the latest project selected is preset. You can change it with Project > Open.

Operation

Open a yWriter project

• If no yWriter project is specified by dragging and dropping on the program icon, the latest project selected is preset. You can change it with File > Open or Ctrl-o.

Close the ywriter project

• You can close the project without exiting the program with File > Close.
• If you open another project, the current project is automatically closed.

Exit

• You can exit with File > Exit of Ctrl-q.

Context menu (Windows only)

Under Windows, you optionally can launch yw-viewer via context menu.

After installation, you can add the context menu entry by double-clicking add_context_menu.reg. You may be asked for approval to modify the Windows registry. Please accept.

• On right-clicking a .yw7 file, a View option appears.

You can remove the context menu entry by double-clicking rem_context_menu.reg.

Please note that this context menu depends on the currently installed Python version. After a major Python update you may need to run the setup program again and renew the registry entry.

Configuration file

The latest yWriter project selected is saved in a configuration file.

On Windows, this is the file path:

c:\Users\<user name>\.pywriter\yw-viewer\config\yw-viewer.ini

You can safely delete this file at any time.

Installation path

The setup script installs yw-viewer.pyw in the user profile. This is the installation path on Windows:

c:\Users\<user name>\.pywriter\yw-viewer