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Old 02-07-2015, 04:52 AM   #100
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As to how to prepare the patch, I basically take the patch files of the previous version, try to identify the css codes in nickel and libnickel.so.1.0.0 of the new FW package and change the addresses ("position=xxx") accordingly.
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Try opening the files with hex-editor.
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I open the binary with a hex/binary editor and watch for things that look like css code. Then I try to guess for which element this code is used. I modify the code, load the file to the Kobo reader, and see whether my guess was right.

I apologize for my ignorance, but I do not understand how to update patches. I open the libnickel with a hexadecimal editor but not how to locate the new values of the patches

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