11-01-2010, 04:12 PM | #31 |
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This is the only hack I need. Now I don't have to run everything through Calibre just to get rid of full justification. Thanks so much. (I used EditPadLite - free.)
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11-29-2010, 01:16 AM | #32 |
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I was hoping that
ALLOW_READING_INDICATOR = false would remove the reading indicator at the bottom of the screen. No such luck, or I didn't have the magical incantation required. My justification toggle setting is still there but this didn't stick. Personally I would like the reading indicator to go away like the status bar at the top, and give me the whole screen to read on (in PDF mode also). MENU button could reveal both. |
02-08-2011, 12:58 AM | #33 |
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Hi,
I have no problem modifying the reader.pref file. It saves fine and what not, but every time I restart the Kindle or the framework, it reverts back to how it was before, and all of my settings are deleted. Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong? |
02-08-2011, 10:24 AM | #34 |
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Kranu:
I had the same problem - did it about three times a while back and each time it reverted and that line was missing. About a week ago, I tried again after someone posted about justification in another thread. I don't recall what I did but I believe that I rebooted and did not open anything on the kindle, edited that file and rebooted again. I think one has to be careful that the kindle does not re-write that file if the kindle is in some "active" state where it writes back its cached (or similar stored file) version. |
02-08-2011, 12:31 PM | #35 |
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I know this has been said before elsewhere, but the Kindle should be on the home page before plugging usb in to edit reader.prefs. Then, after ejecting, go immediately to the settings menu and restart. If you do anything else, reader.prefs will revert to setting made before your changes. Also note that if you change the words per line setting in Aa menu, your margins will revert back to default.
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02-08-2011, 03:26 PM | #36 |
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Cool!!
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02-08-2011, 05:43 PM | #37 |
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I've tried this three times with 3.1 and failed to get it to work. It did work with previous versions. Amazon may have changed something with 3.1 that breaks this. Or I'm doing it wrong.
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02-09-2011, 01:50 AM | #38 | |
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I used Programmer's Notepad for editing, just because I already had it. Oh - and yes, I do have ver 3.1 installed. |
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02-11-2011, 05:11 PM | #39 |
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Anybody else tested this with the new 3.1 update? I'd hate to lose the ability to toggle justification off.
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02-11-2011, 06:24 PM | #40 |
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02-11-2011, 07:05 PM | #41 |
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when I open reader.pref I only see this
#User preferences for Reader Booklet #Fri Feb 11 19:04:17 GMT-05:00 2011 FONT_SIZE=25 LINE_SPACING=3 DICTIONARY=The New Oxford American Dictionary JUSTIFICATION=full HORIZONTAL_MARGIN=40 LAST_BOOK_READ=/mnt/us/documents/News/BBC News (fast)_2011-2-11.mobi FONT_FAMILY=serif |
02-11-2011, 11:10 PM | #42 | |
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02-12-2011, 01:18 AM | #43 |
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03-16-2011, 05:04 PM | #44 |
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Thanks for this hack! It works great, but as mentioned some books have full-justification hard-coded, and this toggle won't override that
I'm using a K3 with Kindle OS 3.1. For people where this didn't seem to work, I had the same problem, but that was because I didn't IMMEDIATELY restart the Kindle as indicated in the instructions. First I tried to use the switch, that seems to reset the config file so you lose your changes (as montalex mentioned above) So it works for me. I sent a note to kindle-feedback asking why this wasn't just plain available and why we have to tap-dance to bend it to our will! Thanks again. -Eric |
03-24-2011, 12:02 AM | #45 |
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I have the opposite problem of many of you - I have a book that is left justified which I want to make full justified. I don't see the system folder, though. What am I missing?
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