KPV: a PDF reader for Kindle, based on muPDF, GPLv3

[ondasalfa]

already applied the patch to the DX (G) and everything works fine until now, they look great icons in the list of books

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by NuPogodi

1. Actually, there were mostly lua-sources, png-icons and one ttf-font. No executables...

2. I still experience serious misunderstanding how to work with Github. Each quite simple operation requires so much efforts which are enough to rewrite 5-6KB of code. So, for testing purposes I give a link for more fresh update (19.05.2012) (not zip, but 7z).

3. What 's new?
Some cosmetics:
- long lines (filenames in 'Document Info') are now splitted in more human-readable way (by spaces, dots, slashes or some other characters - see screenshot)
- the selection of fonts in filemanager (key 'F' or 'Aa') looks now more user-friendly
- fixed too long strings in most menues (TOC, Bookmarks, Fonts...) and in the popup with the reading progress (called by key 'Menu')


A couple of bug fixes and new features:
- the position inside the cr-documents (epub, mobi...) now remain nearly the same after rescaling the document (i.e. changing the font face, size, boldface and interline distance)
- when you open TOC-menu or Fonts Menu, it highlights the current item (i.e. current chapter and current fontface).
- i've a bit changed the way to read the battery level values, it might now work even without Amazon Kindle framework.

PS I apologize, but Github is the real pain in my ass!

Good job NuPogodi

dpavlin has add some more patches based on your version, if your current code base is not under control with Git, remember to check those patches out before further hacking

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by aliabbasjp

I tend to press the home button by mistake and it exits kpdfvier is there a way to lock my kindle to kpdfviwr?

Yes, but you need to do some modifications on the code by yourself.

Open filechooser.lua and find following two lines(at the end of the file):

elseif ev.code == KEY_BACK or ev.code == KEY_HOME then
return nil

Delete these two lines should be able to keep you in kpv.

[aliabbasjp]

Originally Posted by dave2008

Yes, but you need to do some modifications on the code by yourself.

Open filechooser.lua and find following two lines(at the end of the file):

elseif ev.code == KEY_BACK or ev.code == KEY_HOME then
return nil

Delete these two lines should be able to keep you in kpv.

THANKS,what if i want a very hard combination of keys to go back to kindle os, say shift DEL SYM?

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by aliabbasjp

THANKS,what if i want a very hard combination of keys to go back to kindle os, say shift DEL SYM?

The new UI framework introduced by hawhill can easily support arbitrary key combinations. But current UI framework only supports shift and alt combo (you can still implement arbitrary key combinations, but the code will look very ugly). So if you want to use shift+home to exit kpv, you can try change the two lines I mentioned to:

elseif ev.code == KEY_BACK or ev.code == KEY_HOME then
	if Keys.shiftmode == true then
		return nil
	end
end

Or you can wait for the integration of new UI framework.

[reprep]

Originally Posted by NuPogodi

...and changing the font via 'Fonts Menu' does not help? I've experienced similar problem with cyrillic glyphs. I suspect that (in absense of the epub-embedded fonts) the crengine uses default font which probably has no support for unicode glyphs. I've solve this task by direct defining the fontface in ./data/epub.css - say, i've just wrote the crengine has to use Droid Sans. You may try already edited version of epub.css or, alternatively, edit it by yourself.

I encountered a strange behaviour. In the previously mentioned epub (the one which i can't see unicode characters), i can't change the font. When i press "F" and change the font, "redrawing with bla bla" is displayed but the font still stays the same and of course the characters stay the same unchanged (displayed as ?).

I opened another epub and it displays these characters fine and i can change the font. Of course some fonts don't display the unicode characters but the others work fine.

I also replaced the epub.css with the one you posted, still no change on the first epub.

I can send the problematic epub file to you if you need further research, if you can PM your email address to me.

Also i can now say kindle pdf viewer is the perfect solution for all files. I used to use coolreader (mobi,epub) + duokan (pdf) now i use only kindle pdf viewer.

[valex]

Originally Posted by dpavlin

I don't know about crengine to have a clue why. Can you provide sample of such file?

Here is one example of .mobi file which does not work

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...8&d=1235212371

The file works in native Kindle viewer (but no images are shown).

[aliabbasjp]

It becomes very difficult to highlight text as one needs to move the cursor one line \word at a time testing your patience! . I suggest a solution to increase the granularity of the cursor movement such that it becomes very easy to directly access any spot on the screen using just 2 key presses. This can be done by mapping the screen to a 9x10 grid and assigning the first two rows of the keyboard as indexes to the grid cells. As shown below if the user need to reach the middle point of the screen he just needs to press T and G!. After aligning the cursor one can highlight and also invoke a probable note taking feature.
Is anybody out there to implement this feature?

Q W E R T Y … P
A

S
D
F
G T,G=center of screen
…
L P,L=right corner

[lesen54321]

Hello,

so rry, i am a little bit confused.

Which link should i use to downlaod this for my kindle 3.2.1 ?

There are so many links, i do not know, which one i have to take.

Thank you for your advice.

Kind regards lesen54321

[dave2008]

@aliabbasjp, I have replied your issue in the project page

Originally Posted by lesen54321

Hello,

so rry, i am a little bit confused.

Which link should i use to downlaod this for my kindle 3.2.1 ?

There are so many links, i do not know, which one i have to take.

Thank you for your advice.

Kind regards lesen54321

All the download link is in:
https://github.com/hwhw/kindlepdfviewer/wiki/Download

New release will always be inserted to the top of the page. Current stable version is Release 2012.04.2 (the second link on the download page). The test build kindlepdfviewer-eaaff0d.zip is for users who want to try new features and help with testing.

NuPogodi also released a hacked version that has better file management features. We are still integrating his patch so far.

[lesen54321]

Hello,

Thank you!

Kind regards

lesen54321

[lesen54321]

Hello,

sorry, i have other questions before i do it:
I do not want to shut down my kindle

I downloaded now the latest version and unzipped it.
Now i have to folders:



Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Now i do not know surely, what i shall copy in which folder at the kindle, i do not see a folder on my kindle which is named “customupdates”


Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Uploaded with ImageShack.us


And afterwards it is told.
Press Shift-Shift-I sequence on the Kindle for installing (if this is the first time ]you use launchpad: you only have 0.7 secs for the sequence!)

Do i have to press:
Shift, again Shift and what means the I?

And when shall i press this:
Press Shift-Shift-Space sequence on the Kindle to reload launchpad

The space one is it the long one at the bottom down?

Sorry about my question!!!

I can write a german translation after i have don it successfully – if somebody is interested in.

Sorry, my english is a long time ago and thank you so much!

Kind regards

lesen54321

[hawhill]

You don't need to unzip it.
You should jailbreak your Kindle first, if you did not already.
Also, you should probably install launchpad then (it doesn't seem you did yet, since there is no "launchpad" directory on your kindle).
You can create the "customupdates" directory manually if it doesn't exist.
You just put the downloaded ZIP file into that "customupdates" directory.

Yes, the keys are to be pressed in sequence. They need to be pressed _fast_. Space is the "Leertaste" (german), so yes, the "long" empty bar. The "I" is the letter between the "U" and the "O" on your keyboard :-)

[lesen54321]

Hello,

thank you. I seem to be silly.

My kindle has been jailbreaked before today.

Now i have created a folder with customupdates and put the whole zip file into in it without unzipping it.
I did nothing more.

Then I ejected my kindle from the PC to do the shift, shift, I thing, to install the launchpad which was included in the zip/rar files.

I switched the kindle on, entered, shift, shift, I afterwareds., but nothing happened, it showed me only the I down, what did i made wrong?

Thanks.

Kind regards

lesen54321

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by lesen54321

Hello,

I switched the kindle on, entered, shift, shift, I afterwareds., but nothing happened, it showed me only the I down, what did i made wrong?

hi lesen,

You have to install launchpad first.

Regards,
Qingping