MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Koreader running on Kobos (all of them, hopefully!)

duckface · 01-24-2015, 07:56 PM

Hi,

I just installed StartMenu and Koreader on an H2O. The installation was easy.

I want to read technical/academic Pdfs. For this, the built-in Kobo reader has very poor file/search capabilities (for my workstyle). It also displays math greek letters with an offset sometimes, which is a minor aesthetic issue.

On the other hand, the built-in reader actually has very workable controls for reading dense pdfs. Double-tap to zoom in to a column, and then 1-finger scrolling on the edges slides the window to different parts of the text. (The text is readable on the H2O zoomed out, but just barely)

I've heard that Koreader is the solution. Koreader gives access to the file system, and displays maths correctly.

Problems:
1. It seems that there is no way to zoom in to a 2-column pdf?
There are fit-to-width, fit-to-content options, which display the whole page, but I can't find anything else, so the maximum zoom is about 120% rather than 200% or more?
2. Minor, it displays something (a navigation bar?) right at the bottom of the page, that appears to be partially covered by the bezel. Since it is small and possibly partially covered, I'm not sure what it is or how to use it.

I'm hoping that there are some options or gestures that I haven't tried.

01-24-2015, 07:56 PM	#2029
duckface Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: irex1000	Koreader on H2O for technical Pdfs Hi, I just installed StartMenu and Koreader on an H2O. The installation was easy. I want to read technical/academic Pdfs. For this, the built-in Kobo reader has very poor file/search capabilities (for my workstyle). It also displays math greek letters with an offset sometimes, which is a minor aesthetic issue. On the other hand, the built-in reader actually has very workable controls for reading dense pdfs. Double-tap to zoom in to a column, and then 1-finger scrolling on the edges slides the window to different parts of the text. (The text is readable on the H2O zoomed out, but just barely) I've heard that Koreader is the solution. Koreader gives access to the file system, and displays maths correctly. Problems: 1. It seems that there is no way to zoom in to a 2-column pdf? There are fit-to-width, fit-to-content options, which display the whole page, but I can't find anything else, so the maximum zoom is about 120% rather than 200% or more? 2. Minor, it displays something (a navigation bar?) right at the bottom of the page, that appears to be partially covered by the bezel. Since it is small and possibly partially covered, I'm not sure what it is or how to use it. I'm hoping that there are some options or gestures that I haven't tried.