Hello,
Finally I could jailbreak my Kindle PW5 and enjoying the great Koreader!
In the meantime I realized that most software wasn't updated for newer kindles (firmware 5.16+) So I decided to take the plunge and put my experience to the use of the community and create/update some extensions.
So, without further ado, I present you :
Gargoyle Interactive Fiction interpreter!
(Latest update: March 14)
You need a jailbroken
Kindle (
firmware 5.16.3+).
Instructions
KUAL: Unzip the attached file to the extensions folder on the Kindle. Start KUAL and choose gargoyle.
Booklet: Now copy the gargoyle_booklet.sh file to the documents/ folder on the Kindle. A Gargoyle book appears on the home page of your Kindle!
Playing
In case the keyboard disappears after opening a game, make a two finger tap on the top right corner of the screen! It will display the keyboard again!
Here are the list of gestures:
- One finger:
- Tap on input line: place cursor
- Double tap: copy word to cursor
- Swipe up/down: scroll pages
- Swipe left/right: move cursor
- Two fingers: see figure below (the table corresponds to the corners of the screen)
Configuration
To change the default folders (games, saved games), edit the
gargoyle.sh file.
To configure further Gargoyle (changing fonts and font size), edit the
garglk.ini file in the dist folder.
Troubleshooting
- Gargoyle isn't starting! -> Check that the firmware is newer than 5.16.2. Check that the files are correctly copied to the extensions folder.
- HELP! The on-screen keyboard disappeared! -> Two finger tap on the top right of the screen to display the keyboard!
- Gargoyle crashes when opening .dat files -> Rename the file to .z5 to force the glulxe interpreter instead of advsys (see this post)
Credits
This extension is based on
pete330's port, with the original
patches by baf.
Source code here:
https://github.com/kbarni/garglk/
For further instructions read the
original thread.
Your feedback is always welcome!
Please tell me also what other extensions would you like to see?