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04-07-2011, 06:34 PM | #122 | |
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I don't have it running, but had some look among some directory. At least, if you look in /fbKindle, you will find a hidden directory and file .FBReader/config.changes <group name="Rotation"> <option name="Angle" value="-1" category="options"/> </group> <group name="Rotation"> --------- ?? Perhaps it was here, changing the -1 to a positive value ? Or did I set it to -3 ? Do some experiments. I know there was some other files that I fooled around with too - but since you probably have looked around, perhaps this hidden directory could be it. Hope this help. hmm.... for a permanent fix, you will have to find the option settings in the menu, if I recall it.. Anyway, there may be other hidden files.. guess I need some new memory cells Last edited by FethryDuck; 04-07-2011 at 06:44 PM. |
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04-09-2011, 10:50 AM | #123 |
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hahaha, Never mind Fethry. My solution works for me.
Anyway, when I look around next time and I find out I will let you know. Thanks again and have a great weekend! Rafa |
04-09-2011, 01:55 PM | #124 |
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I have a bug report and a couple feature requests. The bug is simply that the status bar does not show in landscape mode. The commands work, of course, but there's no status bar.
As for features, I'd really like it if launchpad would send the key presses to the program straight after they've been pressed, and THEN showing it in the status bar. Currently, it shows the success message and then sends the key presses. With programs like MPlayer, this results in a delay between, say, pressing the pause key combo and it actually pausing, usually around 1-1.5 seconds. Perhaps it'd be nice to be able to turn off the status bar altogether? Also, being able to add messages to display in the status bar when key combos are pressed would be awesome. Like MPlayer, pressing Shift M N goes to the next song. It's be nice if the status bar said, "Success! - Next Song" or something like that. |
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I have also suggested to make a binary to change the statusbar message: Quote:
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04-10-2011, 12:20 AM | #126 |
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Yeah, I've always wanted a battery life percentage indicator. I'm not sure why Amazon didn't include one. Come to think of it, there are many things they did not include that would be common sense to have in an e-reader. My guess is another Kindle (obviously) will be coming out later.
Anyway, I think the commands should be executed even before anything is shown, because the status bar takes a bit to come up in the first place. And sometimes, it corrupts the graphics on that bottom row, and you need to turn pages before it goes away. That's why I think we should be able to disable it. |
04-19-2011, 02:20 AM | #127 |
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Thanks for the great hack!
This is a fantastic hack!
I've been trying to make a custom keyboard for my Kindle 3 for a while now, and ran into problems turning individual pages. Turns out the main keypad's 5-way can only jump between chapters, not individual pages. The solution? Launchpad. Tonight I successfully mapped the 5-way's Left and Right buttons to turn individual pages, and the hardest part of my project is now done! Thanks to h1uke for the hack itself and everyone else in this thread/forum for the help and clarification. You guys rock. |
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accepted and that the corresponding action/command will be attempted. The success/failure message indicates the result of this attempt. The moment when this message gets shown depends on the nature of the action. For shell commands running in detached mode (xxx = !yyy &) you'll see this message immediately. If there's no & at the end of the action string, then the success/failure message will be shown only when the 'action' finishes. Making the status_message/running_action synchronous guarantees that the status message wouldn't interfere with any other screen output. And this is the main reason why it is implemented this way. Quote:
implementing a standalone "banner generator" which could be run from a command line. This will allow any custom application (including the launchpad) to effortlessly show short screen messages, when needed. |
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04-20-2011, 02:17 AM | #129 |
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The banner generator is not actually a problem.
See attached script and demo ini file: Code:
## Usage: /mnt/us/launchpad/kimesg <delay (in seconds)> <first line> [<second line>] [Actions] K M = !/mnt/us/launchpad/kimesg 0 "Hello world, this is Kindle." K D = !/mnt/us/launchpad/kimesg 2 "Hello world, this is Kindle." "More verbose, uses two lines." K S = !dbus-send --system /default com.lab126.powerd.resuming int32:1 & /mnt/us/launchpad/kimesg 5 "Content refreshed." |
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04-21-2011, 02:07 PM | #131 |
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does this work on Kindle2?
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04-25-2011, 12:13 AM | #132 |
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h1uke
Thank you for the launchpad. It is a very useful application. New Screenshot feature is cool, but can you make each screenshot file unique, not 'screenshot.bmp' always, like in native Kindle firmware. The best way is to use timestamp at the end of filename or some incrementing counter value. |
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04-28-2011, 11:53 AM | #134 |
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I used the line from kranu's post, earlier in this same thread. Basically you set up the hotkey combination Shift+[YOURKEY] (where "YOURKEY" is any key of your choosing) to send a keystroke to the system.
In my case I used the FW_Right and FW_Left keys, located on the main keypad's 5-way controller. If you want to do it in Landscape mode, my guess is that you'd use FW_Up (or maybe k3_FW_Up, I'm not sure) and FW_Down instead. When you install Launchpad, look at the keydefs.ini.default file (I'm at work right now but if memory serves, the file on your Kindle doesn't have the "default" extension, it's just "keydefs.ini"). This is where you'll get both the symbolic name and numeric command equivalent for each key. For example, we want to turn a page to the right, so that means we have to send the numeric command 191. The file servicecmds.ini contains the scripts you can launch with the hotkey combinations. "Shift" is the hotkey start button, so it's just assumed. In my case the hotkey combo was Shift + FW_Right, so I added this line to the end of the file: Code:
FW_Right = !echo "send 191">/proc/keypad Note that there are timing requirements - check the launchpad.ini file for details. Good luck! |
05-13-2011, 01:32 PM | #135 |
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does this work with kindle 3 special offers (firmware 3.2)
I download the bin files and have tried all three k3w, k3gb and k3g and I get a message saying the "Update was not successful"
Has any one got to work with Kindle 3 with special offers (firmware 3.2) |
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