Release of JCBR 0.8.1

Please find this version in the earlier post JCBR: Java Chinese Book Reader. In this version, the following changes are made.

• Fix a bug in the preference dialog that does not display the gestures correctly.
• Fix a bug in determining the change of background color and foreground color.

Release of JCBR 0.8.0

Please find this version in the earlier post JCBR: Java Chinese Book Reader. In this version, the following changes are made.

• Add support of Windows and Linux.
• Display the selected book name at the bottom of the bookshelves dialog.
• Make the font of the bookshelves dialog and the TOC dialog customizable.
• Allow language switching on Windows and Linux.

Release of JCBR 0.7.0

Please find this version in the earlier post JCBR: Java Chinese Book Reader. In this version, the following changes are made.

• Add gestures.

doctor - an automatic doctor scheduler

ABOUT THIS TOOL

This is an automatic doctor scheduling tool. This tool is mainly written for my wife. Hence, the basic assumptions and request types are tailored for the hospital where my wife is working.

In this tool, a hospital has branches, places, and doctors. Usually, doctors may need to be on duty in different branches on different dates. A place is a unit that belongs to some branch and needs a doctor on duty everyday. A slot is a pair of a date and a place, which is a basic unit that may require one doctor on duty. A slot is open if it really requires exactly one doctor on duty. A doctor may make requests for duty days. For example, the doctor may request for no duty days on some dates or in some branches.

All the configurations of the hospital and the schedule can be specified in a plain text file. With the configuration file as an input, this tool will try to find a satisfiable assignment. Usually not all the doctors' requests can be satisfied. It is the user's talent to adjust the requests to find a satisfiable assignment. In this tool, two real examples are included.

Release of JCBR 0.5

Please find this version in the earlier post JCBR: Java Chinese Book Reader. In this version, the following changes are made.

• Support uPDB files made by mPDB 2.5.
• Remove the encoding menu. For big5 books, the encoding is Big5-HKSCS. For unicode books, the encoding is UTF-16LE.
• The preferences are saved in ~/Library/JCBR/preference.ini such that when the user uses a newer version, the same preferences are used.
• Add menu items for exporting and importing user preferences.
• Support PDB files made by mPDB 1.7. It seems that the PDB files made by mPDB 1.7 do not conform to the format described in the Haodoo website. Since the format created by mPDB 1.7 is not available, this support may not be full.

JCBR: Java Chinese Book Reader

Name: JCBR (Java Chinese Book Reader)

Latest Version: 0.8.0

Platform: Mac OS X, Windows (since 0.8.0), Linux (since 0.8.0)

Supported Files: PDB, uPDB

Download: 0.8.1 Mac, 0.8.1 Windows/Linux

Note: This application is specially for eBooks made by mPDB.
Previous Versions: 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.7.0, 0.8.0 Mac, 0.8.0 Windows/Linux

JCBR 是最近寫的一個中文直式閱讀軟體，目前作業系統僅支援 Mac OS X ，而檔案格式僅支援由 mPDB 所製作的 PDB/uPDB 檔案。為什麼要寫這個軟體呢？由於本人一直很喜歡看武俠小說，前不久正好發現 iPhone 上的一個免費電子書軟體：cBook Lite ，透過這個軟體又發現了好讀網站。好讀網站上除了電子書以外，還有好用的中文電子書製作軟體 mPDB 與直式閱讀軟體。這些閱讀軟體有 Windows 版、WinCE 版、Palm 版、SONY CLIE 版、網頁版、iPhone 版與 Andriod 版，雖然有這麼多平台的閱讀軟體，但其中就是少了 Mac OS 。這對上個星期狠心買下 MacBook Pro 的我來說便造成一點困擾。於是花了點時間來為 Mac 寫一個對我來說還算堪用的直式閱讀軟體。