

Note the effects this has on the links shown in the Map view: the only link from this new writing space takes you back to about, and that link is shown as the default link in the map.Ĭlick/tap or press Return to follow that plain link back to about, and you can repeat this with the other text links from there, watching how the Map view responds. So when you click on the blue text This book, you are transferred to the writing space named book introduction. On the Map view, the plain link (which takes you down to outro) is shown with less frequent breaks in its line, the text links with more frequent breaks, so that you can distinguish them.

The about writing space has two types of links leading from it: there are five text links, which take you from the blue text to their respective linked writing spaces, and a plain or default link which is followed when you click/tap elsewhere, or press Return.

Storyspace reader archive#
Keep its original Zip archive for the moment.Īdjust the contents of the Map view until the upper section of tiles is comfortably visible in the view, then click/tap anywhere in the text view, or press the Return key, to move on to the about writing space as shown. Open the Storyspace Reader app, and using the Open command in its File menu, open the example document named TreesInTheLandscape3.tbx which you have just unzipped. When you have downloaded and unzipped them, move the app into your Applications folder, and the document(s) into your ~/Documents folder, or a folder somewhere within it. To try this tutorial for yourself, you will need a copy of Storyspace Reader, available with the previous tutorial file here: falloficarusĪnd the additional example document here: TreesInTheLandscape3 This tutorial follows up on navigation, showing you advanced techniques for dealing with more complex hypertext in the Map view.
Storyspace reader how to#
My first two tutorials should have given you a good idea of how to use Storyspace Reader’s tools, how to work your way through a hypertext document, and how to customise its settings.
