I wanted to let you guys know what I'm working on for the 2.11 release. According to iRex, everyone with shell access will be able to unbrick after downloading 2.11. This means that software that modifies the root file system will no longer be off limits. I've finished packaging the following programs. I'm waiting until 2.11 is released before I'll post links. If anyone who has unbricking support installed would like them sooner, PM me and I'll send you a link to the download.


FBReader Registry Hack. - Allows launching supported books in FBReader directly from the contentlister.
AbiWord easy installer. Word Processor compatible with Microsoft Word and RTF. Packaged with AbiWord Registry Hack
Gnumeric Easy Installer - Spreadsheet program compatible with Excel files. Packaged with Registry hack


I'll take a look at some other apps I've ported in the past to make an easy installer for. I could probably get gpe calendar/contacts/todo working without too much trouble.

Does anyone else have something they'd like packaged as an easy installer (like FBReader)? Any registry hack requests?

Great work you do here Adam.
If you are ever in Germany near Bonn, i'll invite you to a drink or two ;)

Great work you do here Adam.
If you are ever in Germany near Bonn, i'll invite you to a drink or two ;)

Seeing that you're about 4,200 Miles away, and I've never left North America, I don't think that'll likely happen soon. But if it does, I'll be sure to let you know. :beer:

Does anyone else have something they'd like packaged as an easy installer (like FBReader)? Any registry hack requests?
Could you recompile FBreader? I couldn't read a chm file and had to convert it to html. I sent a message to the developers and they fixed it in 0.8.4a (http://www.fbreader.org/mantis/view.php?id=17). Many thanks!

Could you recompile FBreader? I couldn't read a chm file and had to convert it to html. I sent a message to the developers and they fixed it in 0.8.4a (http://www.fbreader.org/mantis/view.php?id=17). Many thanks!

I didn't realize FBReader had made any changes that would effect the iLiad since the last port. I'll update the iLiad version and release it with the registry hack for 2.11.

Seeing that you're about 4,200 Miles away, and I've never left North America, I don't think that'll likely happen soon. But if it does, I'll be sure to let you know. :beer:

You REALLY have to go visit Europe! :D

Likewise for the UK, Adam. If you ever visit here, do let me know and we'll have a few beers together. You're the "star" of the Iliad firmament!

can you post the gqview version for the iliad, for all the people ;-)

i know that it's a little tricky about how to use it, but for all who are reading manga is big plus. to not convert to pdf only copy in the CF, and go to read

Will FBReader or any other open source reader support Epub in the future ? I know that some open-source readers for Epub are available on Linux: it should be possible to get Epub support on the iLiad too.

Adam:

I'm afraid some of these will need modifications for 2.11, especially if they do something with the registry.

We've moved away from the INI-style registry to an XML registry. As soon as you get the beta, you can do some testing.

Adam:

I'm afraid some of these will need modifications for 2.11, especially if they do something with the registry.

We've moved away from the INI-style registry to an XML registry. As soon as you get the beta, you can do some testing.

So much for things being easy. ;)

Sounds good. I'll keep an eye out.

Just saw that FBReader added initial support for Epub in its latest version. Anyone tried reading Epub on the iLiad yet ?

Adam:

I'm afraid some of these will need modifications for 2.11, especially if they do something with the registry.

We've moved away from the INI-style registry to an XML registry. As soon as you get the beta, you can do some testing.

Matthijs: I guess it is an idea to make the registry-reading a bit more failsafe? So that if a user messes up his registry the content lister reverts to a default, or something... to avoid bricked iliads :)

Hehe, that would be a good idea. Who likes a bricked iLiad anyway? :D

EPub format on the iLiad would be very good. Could you update the your port for the iLiad Adam?

Hehe, that would be a good idea. Who likes a bricked iLiad anyway? :D

The meditation thread (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6902) did :D

The meditation thread (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6902) did :D

Although he gave me very much comfort in times of need, I do not miss him. I know, thats cruel. I guess i am one of those persons who turn to frieds only when they want something. ... darn ... you woke up my conscience ... be right back.

LOL!!!

Another vote for ePub upgrade to the iLiad's FBReader...

Another vote for ePub upgrade to the iLiad's FBReader...

That definitely looks like a release worthy of a port.

Is there currently a source of free .epub books?

My iLiad's on it's way back to iRex because of screen and battery issues, so porting will be on hold for a week or so.

That definitely looks like a release worthy of a port.

Is there currently a source of free .epub books?

My iLiad's on it's way back to iRex because of screen and battery issues, so porting will be on hold for a week or so.

Feedbooks will have epub support in September. We might add it on our iLiad downloader too in this case...

With ePub you theoretically wouldn't have to format separately per device, right?

With ePub you theoretically wouldn't have to format separately per device, right?

With Epub it would be a unique file for all devices. But there's CSS and embedded fonts too in an Epub file. This mean that we'll start working on a "custom Epub" feature too, where you'll be able to select between different book templates (or even create your own template) and fonts. Unlike the current custom PDF, the custom Epub will be much faster: we won't have to generate the book again, just change the embedded font and the CSS of the file. For those of you using Mobipocket or LRF for the moment, it'll be really easy to convert our Epub files to these formats (although Epub files will look better thanks to the CSS/fonts).

With ePub you theoretically wouldn't have to format separately per device, right?

That's true for most eBook formats, isn't it? Eg, when you buy a MobiPocket book the store doesn't know whether you're going to read it on a Smartphone with a 2" screen or a PC with a 20" screen.

PDF is the only format I can think of, off the top of my head, which cares about page size.

Yes, I was comparing to pdf.

PDF is the only format I can think of, off the top of my head, which cares about page size.

That's also why it's the only format that care about proper typesetting...

I think nekokami (cat god?), asked this question because currently on Feedbooks we have different templates for the readers. It won't be the case for Epub though, but we can imagine having multiple templates for the CSS/font (some like serif fonts, some like sans serif fonts etc...).