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sherman · 12-12-2020, 04:14 PM

Hi all.

It's been a very, very long time coming, but I am pleased to announce that Kobo UNCaGED v0.5.0v0.5.1 has finally been released.

This is a major overhaul of the software with many changes and new features.

You can download the release from GitHub.

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From the github release notes:

This is a major new release of Kobo UNCaGED.

Compared 0.4.x, this release has the following changes and features:

NickelMenu is now the preferred and only supported method of launching KU
Better integration with Nickel for importing content, and displaying messages via NickelDBus
New web based interactive UI, delivered by the Kobo web browser
Graphical settings page. No more configuration via ku.toml
Added option to directly connect to host instead of autodiscovery. Useful for unsual network environments, or overloaded WiFi environments
Can choose multiple Calibre instances if they are found on the network
Passwords are now entered (and saved per Calibre instance) via the UI, when required
Ability to populate the Kobo subtitle field with the contents of a standard or custom field, with formatted text

Upgrading from 0.4.x or earlier

Kobo UNCaGED now uses NickelMenu for launching. kfmon/fmon support has been deprecated. Please install NickelMenu first before installing KU. You should remove Kobo-UNCaGED.png and .adds/kfmon/config/kobo-uncaged.ini, or even completely uninstall kfmon if no longer required
NickelDBus is automatically installed on first run if you do not already have it installed. Be aware that your Kobo will automatically reboot if this needs installing
Your existing ku.toml file will be ignored. You can reset your settings via the UI, and they will be saved
You may wish to complete delete the .adds/kobo-uncaged directory before installing the new version, although it is not strictly required

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Also take note of the readme for updated installation and running instructions.

For those who like tweaking, the Web UI is written in vanilla HTML, Javascript and CSS. The CSS and Javascript can be found in the .adds/kobo-uncaged/static directly, and the HTML can be found in the .adds/kobo-uncaged/templates/kuPage.tmpl file. This is a Go template file, but there is very little templating.

There is no need to install any web frameworks or tools. You just need a text editor.

A huge thanks to @NiLuJe and @geek1011 for their assistance with this release! It wouldn't have been possible without them.

12-12-2020, 04:14 PM	#69
sherman Guru Posts: 865 Karma: 2676800 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Taranaki - NZ Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	v0.5.0 released! Hi all. It's been a very, very long time coming, but I am pleased to announce that Kobo UNCaGED v0.5.0v0.5.1 has finally been released. This is a major overhaul of the software with many changes and new features. You can download the release from GitHub. ------------- From the github release notes: This is a major new release of Kobo UNCaGED. Compared 0.4.x, this release has the following changes and features: NickelMenu is now the preferred and only supported method of launching KU Better integration with Nickel for importing content, and displaying messages via NickelDBus New web based interactive UI, delivered by the Kobo web browser Graphical settings page. No more configuration via ku.toml Added option to directly connect to host instead of autodiscovery. Useful for unsual network environments, or overloaded WiFi environments Can choose multiple Calibre instances if they are found on the network Passwords are now entered (and saved per Calibre instance) via the UI, when required Ability to populate the Kobo subtitle field with the contents of a standard or custom field, with formatted text Upgrading from 0.4.x or earlier Kobo UNCaGED now uses NickelMenu for launching. kfmon/fmon support has been deprecated. Please install NickelMenu first before installing KU. You should remove Kobo-UNCaGED.png and .adds/kfmon/config/kobo-uncaged.ini, or even completely uninstall kfmon if no longer required NickelDBus is automatically installed on first run if you do not already have it installed. Be aware that your Kobo will automatically reboot if this needs installing Your existing ku.toml file will be ignored. You can reset your settings via the UI, and they will be saved You may wish to complete delete the .adds/kobo-uncaged directory before installing the new version, although it is not strictly required ------------- Also take note of the readme for updated installation and running instructions. For those who like tweaking, the Web UI is written in vanilla HTML, Javascript and CSS. The CSS and Javascript can be found in the .adds/kobo-uncaged/static directly, and the HTML can be found in the .adds/kobo-uncaged/templates/kuPage.tmpl file. This is a Go template file, but there is very little templating. There is no need to install any web frameworks or tools. You just need a text editor. A huge thanks to @NiLuJe and @geek1011 for their assistance with this release! It wouldn't have been possible without them. Last edited by sherman; 12-13-2020 at 06:31 PM.