Firmware updates, dictionaries, fonts and third-party software for M92

[kodomo]

Originally Posted by Booxtor

Hi,
if you follow the link to otmf posted in the first post you can download the most current version and see the history and short release notes. I check it every week actually
I could ask the developer about sources, if you wish... But I think he reads this thread and possibly will open the sources on his own?

thx - I updated the direct link in the software wiki (the 'someone' might consider to do this himself to increase access to his recent versions )

I'd appreciate publishing of the sources in several respects
On the one hand side, there may be folks shunning full-scale GUI coding.
The barrier to contribute may be lower if they simply need to modify some existing GUI to integrate functionality.
On the other hand side, even if no one else should directly contribute to otfm itself, more examples on GUI coding and onyx API use are always good (they're somewhat scarce, right now)

I for instance hate GUI coding (simply not my thing - sorry :P )- which is why I bothered to hack the scripting_ui_primitives, so I can script my way around that issue

Cheers!

[kodomo]

Originally Posted by pvdas

When I study text on my M92 sometimes I stay on one page 15 minutes. Is there a way how to set a time on M92 to goto sleep and shutdown to longer than the 10/15 min as offered by the firmware? Could it be done that we can set any time ourselves rather then have to choose from a few options?

Thank you.

Hrm... may I suggest reading a few posts and having a look at the wiki prior to posting questions?
I'm not even talking about reading the entire thread, but I think that *cough* a couple of posts would not be too much to ask for

[kodomo]

Originally Posted by CJY

Good stuff, thanks for your explanation, much appreciated.

Very much welcome... ah! *g* And in order not to be sued by someone finding loopholes:
If you work hard enough, I think you may manage to create a similar effect with E-Ink by following below (evil) instructions:
- put on a nice looking picture in shutdown mode
- leave the device for a very long time period (days? weeks? months? no clue... *g*) out in plain sunshine and allow the sun to bleach the e-ink particles

If the electronic parts of your device don't break due to overheating, you may possibly see the difference in contrast whenever your bleached particles are used to display black pixels.

After this: enjoy your 'burned in' picture (did I mention you should pick a cool one above?).

Disclaimer: I'm not sure your warranty survives this procedure, either - but you may certainly ask Booxtor .

Cheers !

P.S.: I don't think that this procedure has yet been patented to watermark content displayed on the M92. Feel free to file a patent request, I'm not planning on capitalizing on above idea :P
(Sorry - I'm in a strange mood today - last hours of thesis writing... )

P.P.S.: If you wonder what such a patent might be used for: evidently copy protection! Burn a unique pattern into E-Ink screens, and you may not only reduce the quality of 'analog' copies, but also identify the device used.
(OK - enough now... tsk... )

[Booxtor]

Originally Posted by kodomo

thx - I updated the direct link in the software wiki (the 'someone' might consider to do this himself to increase access to his recent versions )

I'd appreciate publishing of the sources in several respects
On the one hand side, there may be folks shunning full-scale GUI coding.
The barrier to contribute may be lower if they simply need to modify some existing GUI to integrate functionality.
On the other hand side, even if no one else should directly contribute to otfm itself, more examples on GUI coding and onyx API use are always good (they're somewhat scarce, right now)

I for instance hate GUI coding (simply not my thing - sorry :P )- which is why I bothered to hack the scripting_ui_primitives, so I can script my way around that issue

Cheers!

Hi,
Could you please check this:
https://github.com/onyx-intl/public_kernel

It was recently published and I hope it is the stuff what you are missing.

If you think it is still incomplete please infom me.

Thank you for your tremendous work!!!

[slogan.maker]

I think execution ability is much important than a good idea.Because everyone has good ideas,but few people put them into practice...
slogan

[CJY]

Originally Posted by kodomo

Very much welcome... ah! *g* And in order not to be (Sorry - I'm in a strange mood today - last hours of thesis writing... )

Ha ha, that seems to be about the crux of it, mate!
But you did make me laugh, thanks.

Cheers!
CJ

[pvdas]

Originally Posted by kodomo

Hrm... may I suggest reading a few posts and having a look at the wiki prior to posting questions?
I'm not even talking about reading the entire thread, but I think that *cough* a couple of posts would not be too much to ask for

I am sorry, but I am a teacher and asking questions is something very natural for me when I don't know something. At the same time I am not an expert on the internet and don't know what to actually look for and where. Here I see so many wise people so I tried if someone knows anything about it and can help me. If you could give me answer or link where can I get the answer that would be appreciated. If you don't know it is not a problem as I can still read my books ;-)

Thank you.

[Booxtor]

Originally Posted by pvdas

When I study text on my M92 sometimes I stay on one page 15 minutes. Is there a way how to set a time on M92 to goto sleep and shutdown to longer than the 10/15 min as offered by the firmware? Could it be done that we can set any time ourselves rather then have to choose from a few options?

Thank you.

Hi,

First of all you can set standby time to "Never"

Alternative
Tiny File Manager allows changing sleep and shutdown times easily

Cheers

[PF4Mobile]

Originally Posted by pvdas

I am sorry, but I am a teacher and asking questions is something very natural for me when I don't know something. At the same time I am not an expert on the internet and don't know what to actually look for and where. Here I see so many wise people so I tried if someone knows anything about it and can help me. If you could give me answer or link where can I get the answer that would be appreciated. If you don't know it is not a problem as I can still read my books ;-)

Thank you.

Sorry to have to do what I hate the most in a thread: to digress.

Unless you are a retired teacher, what you are saying above sounds frightening. The new generations should have teachers who should know their way in Internet other ways they will have to change the places with their students. As student you should have the natural habit to ask others, that is less characteristic for a teacher! A teacher must be independent in this respect.

[mSSM]

Originally Posted by PF4Mobile

Sorry to have to do what I hate the most in a thread: to digress.

Unless you are a retired teacher, what you are saying above sounds frightening. The new generations should have teachers who should know their way in Internet other ways they will have to change the places with their students. As student you should have the natural habit to ask others, that is less characteristic for a teacher! A teacher must be independent in this respect.

That is bull. Please be quiet.

Usually I agree that first one should try to find the answer to a problem by yourself. However, in this case it is not apparent where to look for the answer. It is not mentioned anywhere that the M92 is covered en detail in the mobileread wiki (and no, it's not obvious that the wiki would even have a detailed entry on the M92). Furthermore, the problem as such is not mentioned in the wiki either (please point me to the respective entry; I searched for "change", "sleep", and "stand" (as in stand-by) on the wishlist page, and there is nothing about that.
And last, you can't seriously expect somebody to read all the entries in this humungous thread.

If I didn't know that the problem exists and can't be easily fixed (apart from loading Tiny File Manager into the firmware archive), I wouldn't know where to look at myself.

[PF4Mobile]

Originally Posted by mSSM

That is bull. Please be quiet.

Usually I agree that first one should try to find the answer to a problem by yourself. However, in this case it is not apparent where to look for the answer. It is not mentioned anywhere that the M92 is covered en detail in the mobileread wiki (and no, it's not obvious that the wiki would even have a detailed entry on the M92). Furthermore, the problem as such is not mentioned in the wiki either (please point me to the respective entry; I searched for "change", "sleep", and "stand" (as in stand-by) on the wishlist page, and there is nothing about that.
And last, you can't seriously expect somebody to read all the entries in this humungous thread.

If I didn't know that the problem exists and can't be easily fixed (apart from loading Tiny File Manager into the firmware archive), I wouldn't know where to look at myself.

I do not think that you understood my point of view but that is OK, I will be quiet

[Mono]

Guys, you both are right in a way.

It is hard to find info about changing sleep time. On the other side there is info in the manual, that it is possible to use Never in sleep mode. So, pvdas might solve the problem by reading the manual.

But OK, our tools are becoming quite complex. Not everyone is IT specialist and not beeing a good IT specialist does not necesarily mean not beeing a good teacher. The most 'stupid' question is the question not being asked (because of hesitation)....

As a software dedeloper I realized users of my software do not understand it and do not use many of features. I decided instead of improving programs by adding new features to improve it by removing not/least used features. And it works. Optimal simplicity rules.

[pvdas]

Originally Posted by Booxtor

Hi,

First of all you can set standby time to "Never"

Alternative
Tiny File Manager allows changing sleep and shutdown times easily

Cheers

Thank you Booxtor. I had it on 'never' but it was not ideal for me. Now I installed the Tiny file manager and set the times to my optimum.

Thanks to all who helped, I appreciate it.

BTW those who wants to know I teach in bhaktivedantaacademy.com. Not a traditional school though

[Booxtor]

Upd:
We will try to migrate from the /root to /media/flash. We also need to think about copy the old scribbles and notes in /root to new locations.

[janek]

Originally Posted by Booxtor

could you please check it?

I can't claim even a fraction of kodomo's competence, but to my eye this script does just what he described as a bad idea - it monitors free space on /root/ and if there is less than 1024 bytes left it recursively deletes one of the files/directories defined in "root_files" - including notes. So now the chance that user notes are deleted drops a little (depending on which file the free space condition is met - if user's note-taking activity causes free space to drop below 1024 bytes, then notes are lost), but still is not eliminated (why doesn't the script try to copy the notes to some other partition first?). This solution really looks like an attempt to punish the user for taking notes. I also don't like how conditional statement is written - in an unlikely event df, grep or awk commands fail to produce a meaningful result, user notes may be deleted as well.