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smg · 11-02-2024, 04:16 PM

Thank you so much for the feedback... I read your post on a separate thread (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=357729) where you explained what the KoboRoot.tgz file was, and I felt confident put it in the .kobo folder manually after making a backup of the stock .kobo folder.

I really appreciate both everyone on this forum doing all the heavy lifting for the rest of us, and in particular your taking the time to lend a hand to someone who knows less than you do... Very cool.

I got this done, but I put the Kobo eReader.conf file at the root directory... I will have to check if this "took" or not. Any thoughts here? I remember reading somewhere in this 78 page thread someone saying that it could go in the root directory. Or maybe that was a conversation I had on the topic with ChatGTP??

I've been playing with koreader for a while and am quite pleased... For me there are two principal benefits 1) being able to change the orientation to use the 6" screen in landscape... This is a game changer as my landscape screen width is now wider than a 7" e-reader in portrait mode (much more pleasant experience imo), and also 2) being able to reflow pdfs... I haven't played with this yet, but it will come in very handy. (Trying to find a book named "Tom Paine and Revolutionary America by Eric Foner in epub, but I have only been able to find it in PDF)

I'm no power user by any stretch of the imagination, but these features are more valuable to me than all the others combined. That said, do you perchance know if Plato allows changing the orientation by gesture? I currently have mine set to two finger swipe diagonally up to the right (or down to left) to flip orientation (ie. landscape with left handed hold or right handed hold), and two finger swipe diagonally down to the right (or up to the left) to toggle landscape with portrait...

If Plato allowed this, and is a cleaner, simpler interface, I might prefer that to koreader for general reading sessions and then use koreader when I have/want to read a pdf...

Also, I heard of kobopatch? -- is that something that gives some extra features on top of the stock reader? If so, for the same purpose, a gesture (or similar) driven orientation changer would make the stock reader far more appealing to me.

Again, my hat is off to those who are so generous with their time and energies, I do truly appreciate it.

11-02-2024, 04:16 PM	#1164
smg Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2024 Device: Kobo Clara BW	Thank you so much for the feedback... I read your post on a separate thread (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=357729) where you explained what the KoboRoot.tgz file was, and I felt confident put it in the .kobo folder manually after making a backup of the stock .kobo folder. I really appreciate both everyone on this forum doing all the heavy lifting for the rest of us, and in particular your taking the time to lend a hand to someone who knows less than you do... Very cool. I got this done, but I put the Kobo eReader.conf file at the root directory... I will have to check if this "took" or not. Any thoughts here? I remember reading somewhere in this 78 page thread someone saying that it could go in the root directory. Or maybe that was a conversation I had on the topic with ChatGTP?? I've been playing with koreader for a while and am quite pleased... For me there are two principal benefits 1) being able to change the orientation to use the 6" screen in landscape... This is a game changer as my landscape screen width is now wider than a 7" e-reader in portrait mode (much more pleasant experience imo), and also 2) being able to reflow pdfs... I haven't played with this yet, but it will come in very handy. (Trying to find a book named "Tom Paine and Revolutionary America by Eric Foner in epub, but I have only been able to find it in PDF) I'm no power user by any stretch of the imagination, but these features are more valuable to me than all the others combined. That said, do you perchance know if Plato allows changing the orientation by gesture? I currently have mine set to two finger swipe diagonally up to the right (or down to left) to flip orientation (ie. landscape with left handed hold or right handed hold), and two finger swipe diagonally down to the right (or up to the left) to toggle landscape with portrait... If Plato allowed this, and is a cleaner, simpler interface, I might prefer that to koreader for general reading sessions and then use koreader when I have/want to read a pdf... Also, I heard of kobopatch? -- is that something that gives some extra features on top of the stock reader? If so, for the same purpose, a gesture (or similar) driven orientation changer would make the stock reader far more appealing to me. Again, my hat is off to those who are so generous with their time and energies, I do truly appreciate it.