Hi, I think you answered yourself, actually. The best answer is "tough, just use Sword". And that shouldn't be too difficult, if RISC OS has GNU tools (like gmake and gcc). About all you should need to do is modify the Makefile.cfg file to set GNUBIGENDIAN as the target machine (I think that's an option, but maybe only in the CVS version) and issue a make.
Failing that, you will have to use code from Sword, which is probably more difficult. Specifically, you need the ZText class and everything it inherits and imports. Maybe someone else has a better answer, if there's another way, but I'm doubtful. :) It's not even a good idea to assume the RawText modules are ordered, because some of them may not be. --Chris
