12-15-2011, 08:17 AM | #226 | |
Carpe diem, c'est la vie.
Posts: 6,433
Karma: 10773668
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Multiverse 6627A
Device: K1 to PW3
|
[This post is intended to inject a little humor and education into this thread that is relevant to recent posts. Please do not take it as any kind of criticism or contempt. Just a little advice from an "old-timer". Thanks. ]
Quote:
RTFM is considered by many to be "The First Commandment of Technology", and it may have first appeared in print in 1979 on the Table of Contents page of the LINPACK Users Guide. RTFM was in common use in the US Air Force in the early 50's as well, but nothing in print is known to have survived from that earlier time. RTFM links: http://catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFM.html http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/mugs/299a/?srp=12 http://xkcd.com/293/ http://www.readthefuckingmanual.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM A variant of RTFM is UTSL: http://catb.org/jargon/html/U/UTSL.html (Yifanlu referred geekmaster to "The Source" on the IRC channel!) [ This may be and but I think it's required knowledge at this point. ] EDIT: This is cool too (been there, done that): http://catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFB.html And, on a related note: while FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is commonly pronounced "fack", how do you pronounce the acronym for "Frequently Unanswered Questions" (in the all-too-common "me too" threads scattered across the net)? http://traevoli.com/fuq.php Last edited by geekmaster; 03-19-2012 at 08:39 PM. |
|
12-15-2011, 12:37 PM | #227 |
Enthusiast
Posts: 36
Karma: 2438
Join Date: Dec 2011
Device: Kindle DXG
|
All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you and sorry for the offtopic.
Great forum with great people who really help the rest of us (both of you :-) ) |
Advert | |
|
12-18-2011, 07:29 PM | #228 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 59
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jan 2011
Device: Kindle 1st Gen, Kindle 3 SO
|
Noob at rooting Kindles here... I gave in and installed Launchpad when I saw I could rotate the screen quickly and keep the screensaver from coming on, and I also like the idea of having the ability to record with my Kindle. So I put those in, but now I'm having an annoying problem when taking notes with the Kindle.
I keep accidentally rotating my screen and turning on my recorder while typing because I can't seem to get the timing right on the SHIFT and then letter. Is there a way for me to change the Introducer key to the ALT key instead, or will this cause problems? If so, how do I go about doing it? Keeping in mind that I can't telnet into my Kindle, and all I've tried editing so far is the ini files. I changed "Introducer = Shift" in the launchpad.ini to "Introducer = Alt", but it didn't work. I couldn't get the recorder to work until I shortened the key combo to just one letter. I've never been able to get any combination longer than SHIFT-X to work at all. My old fingers can't type fast enough or something. If changing the introducer to alt wouldn't break something else, that's what I'd prefer to do. Edit: D'oh, I've got a K3SO. Just in case anyone needs to know to help. Last edited by Tegan; 12-18-2011 at 07:32 PM. |
12-19-2011, 07:10 AM | #229 | |
Enthusiast
Posts: 42
Karma: 39432
Join Date: May 2011
Device: none
|
Quote:
|
|
12-19-2011, 10:10 AM | #230 | |
Connoisseur
Posts: 59
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jan 2011
Device: Kindle 1st Gen, Kindle 3 SO
|
Quote:
I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. Dumb it down for me? |
|
Advert | |
|
12-19-2011, 10:37 AM | #231 | |
Carpe diem, c'est la vie.
Posts: 6,433
Karma: 10773668
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Multiverse 6627A
Device: K1 to PW3
|
Quote:
You CAN assign a different introducer key for launchpad -- just not the Alt key. Alt is special. It does not even return an event showing that it was pressed, until AFTER another key is pressed, and even then, it may not return an Alt key. For example, Alt followed by Q returns only a single keycode, which is a numeric 1. Any *other* key could be used as an introducer key though. 5-way keys would require support by launchpad, and may not be supported as an introducer key. That being said, it is possible to use an Alt key as an introducer key with suitable modifications to launchpad and/or its config files, but it would add the undesirable complication that top row keys (on kindles with no numeric keys) could not be used as the second key in a hotkey sequence. Last edited by geekmaster; 12-19-2011 at 10:54 AM. |
|
12-19-2011, 10:50 AM | #232 |
Zealot
Posts: 121
Karma: 82565
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Maryland, USA
Device: dxg, k3w,k4nt,kpw
|
try to increase the hot key interval by editing [Settings] section
in launchpad.ini file. By default it is set to 0.7 second Code:
HotInterval = 700 Of course, then you have to re-read settings by pressing Code:
Shift Shift space h1uke |
12-19-2011, 08:10 PM | #233 | |
Connoisseur
Posts: 59
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jan 2011
Device: Kindle 1st Gen, Kindle 3 SO
|
Quote:
Excellent, I'll try this too. Thank you. By the way, I love Launchpad. I love being able to rotate the screen quickly, love being able to stop the screensaver from going into effect (I often sit in meetings with PDF files and need to have just one section of a PDF showing for a long time), and I really love having a possible stealth recorder, though I haven't used it much. Yet. I'm glad I risked the install with my technical inexpertise, it's been very useful. UPDATE: Changed my introducer to dot, and after a couple of weeks it's working great for me. I always pause after typing a period anyway, so it has worked out perfectly. Again, thanks for Launchpad! Last edited by Tegan; 01-02-2012 at 01:24 PM. |
|
01-10-2012, 07:35 PM | #234 |
Junior Member
Posts: 8
Karma: 10
Join Date: Apr 2011
Device: Kindle 3
|
Hi,
I've installed Jailbreak then Launchpad. These installation go flawless but shortcuts don't do anything, it just opens the searchbox when I type something. I' have a Kindle 3 EU version with the 3.3 update. Do you have clue please? |
01-17-2012, 01:51 AM | #235 |
Member
Posts: 14
Karma: 10
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: india
Device: infibeam pi
|
launchpad
I am also having same proble. My kindle is kindle keyboard 3GWifi with 3.3 firmware. The installation goes without any problem . But just opens a search box when I type launchpad shortcuts.
|
01-19-2012, 06:39 AM | #236 |
Junior Member
Posts: 1
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Russia, Moscow
Device: k3g
|
Just a quick hint, if you've disabled Amazon updates via "mv /etc/uks /etc/uks.disabled", all 3rd party .bin packages installation will fail too. Took me some tries to realize that simple fact.
|
01-20-2012, 10:22 PM | #237 | |
Nameless Being
|
Quote:
This version will transcode recorded audio directly into MP3 format on-the-fly using the LAME encoder, using about 40-43% CPU and ~100mA extra in the process. The resultant file is encoded as a 128kbits/s 44.1KHz mono MP3 in the format [2012-01-21]-[14.08.55].mp3 Currently, you will need to have installed Optware for the Kindle and then the LAME package for this version to work. I may make a .bin installer for this if there is enough interest. |
|
01-27-2012, 11:00 AM | #238 |
Member
Posts: 15
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jun 2011
Device: K3
|
This seems nice and all, but how the heck do you install it? There doesn't seem to be any real installation instructions in the README or the first post. How the heck do I get to /mnt/us? Do I need to install another hack, if so what?
|
01-27-2012, 12:59 PM | #239 | |
Carpe diem, c'est la vie.
Posts: 6,433
Karma: 10773668
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Multiverse 6627A
Device: K1 to PW3
|
Quote:
To answer your first question about how to install a it: There are dedicated wiki pages for the K4NT and the Touch, but this hack refers to the Launchpad hack that only runs on Kindles with keyboards (K3 and earlier). It also needs optware, but to use that you need to learn a little about linux loop mounts, and general command line shell usage. And to install a package such as LAME, you need to use ipkg. There is also an opkg alternative package manager available on this forum. Or you could install apt-get and install packages from the full Debian ARM package repository. But beware -- you can fill a 2GB loop mount rather quickly if you try to install all the cool stuff you find in the package repositories. To answer your second question about locating /mnt/us: /mnt/us is the same location as the USB Drive you see when connect to a host PC in USB Drive mode. For example, if your Kindle is mounted in Windows as drive K:, then any references to /mnt/us/folder/README.TXT translate to K:\folder\README.txt If your Kindle is mounted on Ubuntu Linux, then any references to /mnt/us/folder/README.TXT translate to /media/Kindle/folder/README.txt Some Kindle hack installation instructions assume that you are using an SSH or telnet shell on your Kindle with a USB networking or Wi-Fi connection, so you will need to translate any paths using one of the methods provided above, if you wish to install them in USB Drive mode. Last edited by geekmaster; 01-27-2012 at 01:20 PM. |
|
01-27-2012, 02:54 PM | #240 |
Member
Posts: 15
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jun 2011
Device: K3
|
Thanks geekmaster! I'm actually familiar with Linux and have even read the whole 18 pages of the Duokan thread, but it left me with more questions than answers. Different versions of Kindles and Duokan each requiring different installations and all the instructions are not just pretty vague, but scattered in different posts of different threads and sometimes even in Chinese!
I mean apparently I have to install a couple hacks... then install an old version of Duokan, then install Duokan Lite, then install Duokan 2012, just to get the latest Duokan installed on on My K3 keyboard v3.3 611680021. From what I can tell they're cool projects, but the documentation could use some work. BTW If I jailbreak does it void the warranty and is there a way to unjailbreak it? Last edited by esunk; 01-27-2012 at 03:17 PM. |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Firmware Update Kindle Collection Manager for Windows | acolegate | Amazon Kindle | 378 | 02-17-2012 05:22 AM |
WHAT'S CONNECTION MANAGER | liyiwen | iRex | 0 | 04-20-2009 10:12 AM |
Best E-Book Manager | Himitsu Seixi | Sony Reader | 1 | 03-31-2009 11:34 AM |
Ebook Manager | astrodad | Reading and Management | 2 | 12-08-2008 12:27 PM |