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Old 12-19-2014, 07:47 AM   #92
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I is a bit cumbersome to edit the patch files on the kobo.
You mean using telnet and vi? :-)

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If one therefore has to involve a pc anyway
That's an interesting idea, actually... a patch selection screen on the Kobo itself? I didn't think that far. I won't be able to implement that part myself, not right away in any case; haven't figured out the frontend side of things yet.

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You can apply a patch only once. Otherwise you need a copy of the original file on the reader.
But that's the easy part. Kobo's busybox already has the necessary tools to create/apply/revert minimal binary patches that do not change size/offsets.

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it has to decide whether the current version on the reader is the original or already a patched version.
Yes, it'd probably have to track files with timestamps and checksums.

I'm aware of issues; I still think it's worth a try, so I'll see what I can come up with over the weekend.
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