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Old 10-22-2020, 02:59 PM   #608
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Thanks a lot for making this
You're welcome.

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I have a few questions that I cannot figure out for now and would appreciate some generous guidance:
1. Is there an option to save the highlights and annotations/notes to the PDFs and ePub files?
There isn't: I'll have to learn the details of how annotations are implemented in each format first.

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2. Is there a way I can see all my highlights and notes/annotations of a particular file?
There isn't but it shouldn't be too hard to implement: just like the TOC, the annotations could be turned into an in-memory HTML document. In-memory documents (e.g. System Info) can be saved.

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3. How can I extract my highlights and notes/annotations?
You'd have to rely on .metadata.json and .reading-states/*.json.

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It seems like what I make on files on Plato stays inside Plato and are only viewable when I read the files on Plato…
Not exactly (see above).

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Some novice feedback that I could provide:

1. I really miss the feature on Nickel that I can slide on the left side to adjust the backlight brightness.
I'll look into it.

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2. The current annotation/note field is limited to one single line, which can be hard to read and adjust when you write longer texts.
Multi-line input fields are planned.

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I also hesitated a bit if I had to hit ‘Return’ on the keyboard or just press anywhere outside the pop-up to save the note; wondered if my note would be saved or discarded.
The current behavior, which was introduced in response to #72, is to discard the input when tapping outside of the keyboard and input field. Maybe it would make more sense to only close empty input fields?

Would it be less confusing if the keyboard had Validate and Cancel keys?

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3. For some reason when I type capital letters and/or punctuations in note/annotation, Plato starts to slow down its response. The delay becomes increasingly apparent even after this annotation/note window has been closed. It eventually froze my Kobo (Libra H2O running Plato 0.9.6) as I continue my reading, highlights and annotation. I had to reboot thrice for reading and noting sparingly a PDF of just 19 pages. :-/
Unfortunately, I can't reproduce.

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4. I kept digging around for a Setting page at the beginning for customisation and realised there is not really one. Which is fine since all the available options are actually in the menu/navigation most of the time. I was just expecting to have some settings, e.g. on lock screen display.
For now, there's just a Settings.toml.
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