Updating and settings.reader.lua
The method for updating Koreader on the Kobo differs from the one I used on the Kindle which is more automated. I do not know though if it is the "recomended" one..
To update Koreader on a Kobo Glo, I changed the
koreader folder in .adds for the new one coming from the latest nightly. My new version of Koreader is v2015.11-318-g8c4c274.
However, before I did that, after comparing side by side the two
koreader folders, I copied a lot of things from the older
koreader folder into the new one in order not to lose them:
- data (mainly for installed stardict dictionaries)
- fonts (for side-loaded fonts)
- history
- statistics (which was missing from the new folder)
- files :
defaults.persistent.lua
I also realized I had a
settings.reader.lua file that I also copied. Here is the beginning of this file.
Spoiler:
-- we can read Lua syntax here!
return {
["floating_punctuation"] = 1,
["ota_channel"] = "nightly",
["copt_css"] = "./data/epub.css",
["filemanagermenu_tab_index"] = 2,
["footer"] = {
["progress_bar"] = false,
["disabled"] = false,
["toc_markers"] = false,
["battery"] = true,
["pages_left"] = false,
["all_at_once"] = true,
["page_progress"] = true,
["time"] = true,
["percentage"] = false
},
["fm_screen_mode"] = "portrait",
["frontlight_intensity"] = 20,
["lastfile"] = "/mnt/onboard/Lee,Harper-Ne_tirez_pas_sur_l_oiseau_moqueur.epub",
["reader_footer_mode"] = 1,
["copt_font_size"] = 24,
["cre_font"] = "Buenard",
["show_advanced"] = true,
["statistics"] = {
["is_enabled"] = true,
["min_sec"] = 5,
["max_sec"] = 90
},
["lastdir"] = "/mnt/onboard",
["evernote"] = {
As you can see under
footer, it can save my former mini-bar settings. When I opened the updated Koreader, the mini-bar settings had effectively been kept.
This post relates to a question I asked yesterday on the Kindle Koreader thread about the possibility of saving the mini-bar customized settings.