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wallcraft · 07-07-2008, 02:56 PM

The reader software is FBReader. It reads FB2 ebooks, but also many other formats. See FBReader 0.8.4 for the version with menus. It is slow to turn pages, but I continue to use it as my main reader on the iLiad.

There is a problem going from v0.8.14 back to v0.8.4. You need to completely uninstall v0.8.14 first before installing v0.8.4, but there isn't an uninstaller included with 0.8.14. So I did this from a mrxvt window, I think all is required is a single command but I don't remember the exact command I used.

The registry support is a separate issue. If you uninstall 0.8.14, the registry will still want to invoke that version of FBReader for .fb2 files (say). There is a registry installer for 0.8.4 at FBReader Registry installer for 2.11, but it may not work if the registry already includes entries for 0.8.14. I use FBReader's built in file manager and library, so I have not tried getting the Registry setup for 0.8.4. It should be easier to do now that iliad-regutils is available.

07-07-2008, 02:56 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The reader software is FBReader. It reads FB2 ebooks, but also many other formats. See FBReader 0.8.4 for the version with menus. It is slow to turn pages, but I continue to use it as my main reader on the iLiad. There is a problem going from v0.8.14 back to v0.8.4. You need to completely uninstall v0.8.14 first before installing v0.8.4, but there isn't an uninstaller included with 0.8.14. So I did this from a mrxvt window, I think all is required is a single command but I don't remember the exact command I used. The registry support is a separate issue. If you uninstall 0.8.14, the registry will still want to invoke that version of FBReader for .fb2 files (say). There is a registry installer for 0.8.4 at FBReader Registry installer for 2.11, but it may not work if the registry already includes entries for 0.8.14. I use FBReader's built in file manager and library, so I have not tried getting the Registry setup for 0.8.4. It should be easier to do now that iliad-regutils is available.