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Old 06-21-2026, 04:04 PM   #46
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Device: Sony PRS-350; Kobo Clara HD; Kobo Clara 2E; Kobo Clara BW
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Originally Posted by MrSilverstrike View Post
@Phil_C: I got this working. You can try out the feature on the preview at:
https://kp-dev.nicoverbruggen.be

It's accessible via the "Advanced" section below the patch selector.

You normally need to put in the destination path for the files manually, but fonts are automatically detected and the path is prefilled for an easy "sideload fonts to the system partition" experience.

(I've successfully used it to patch in some of my own fonts, which seems to work fine. If you want to undo it, removing these patched files still needs to happen via telnet or SSH, as you can only zero out patched files to "disable" them.)
This is looking really great. One more request and a question:

I have a hyphenation dictionary that is installed by the Files section of kobopatch.yaml (like the fonts). This sends the dict to usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/. If this could be added to your Web flow, it would take care of my only remaining need.

I created the patch zip without connecting the Kobo, so it seems I would have to start from scratch if I want to do some new tweaking via the Web UI. True? But is it also true that if I connect the Kobo next time, my previous settings would be picked up from the .json that was copied to the device from the first effort?

Thanks for your work on this. It's super easy to use.

EDIT: Never mind! I did some more fiddling and answered my own questions. You mentioned that a path for additional files could be entered manually, but I missed it. I've experimented with multiple updates to one device and everything is working well. Another device will follow. Excellent!

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