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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
First, The KOreader Project is NOT something that I created. It is a project that includes contributions of a number of posters here at MR (but not me) that include some who were the original authors of the project at GitHub.
I did post and try to maintain an install guide that, I hope, makes it easier to add KOreader (and some other programs) to The Kobo E-readers. The installation process has evolved in a number of ways, but I try to keep the guide reflecting ways to have the programs working as the user might wish.
There are several ways to "Launch" Koreader now, with The Kobo Start Menu and Advboot as well as the older "fmon" method that starts in the Nickel UI.
With the Start Menu or Advboot, you select to start Nickel OR KOreader, so the Nickel UI need not be started to use KOreader. (This also prevents a number of background processing routines that Nickel keeps running, from using resources while Koreader is running.)
When KOreader starts it is in its File Manager where you can indeed find and select a PDF that will open the PDF in the Reader. You can also have KOreader "Start with last opened file." If you use calibre to add your ebooks to your device, you can do a search on the metadata and have a listing of ebooks that have metadata that match the search terms. You can also "Browse Series" or "Browse Tags". With KOreader's OPDS support and a wireless connection, you can also browse the online catalogs, such as at "Project Gutenberg", "Feedbooks", "ManyBooks", the Internet Archive, or a Local calibre catalog. You can also add others like the Bean Freecatalog.
So, there are a number of ways to select books to read, with KOreader.
I am always suspect when terms that suggest that anything is "Always" something, or "never" something, are used. One of the great benefits of this sort of software development is that it "evolves", with improvements being made over time. But while there are some of us who may fiddle with one aspect or another, the basic functionality of the program is such that Plenty of "Casual Users" use it all the time.
Luck;
Ken
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Ken, what you're saying is fine, but it doesn't change the fact that the OP is trying to see if the attached PDF causes the same behavior in the STOCK reader. For me, if a device doesn't do what I need it to do without hacking it, then I won't use the device. I spend too much time in my job tweaking and adjusting and "hacking" software packages to make them work in a client's environment. I do NOT want to do it for my entertainment.
I understand that you (and others) enjoy modifying your readers. Please respect those of us who don't, and stop trying to push the mods on us after we say we're not interested. It gets really annoying.
Shari