[bastringue777]

Originally Posted by DNSB

You must have the matching firmware installed on your Kobo before installing the patches for that firmware version. Once that is done, you can either edit the .yaml files in the src directory to enable the patches you want to use or you can add to the overrides section in kobopatch.yaml. Personally, I use the overrides section and keep the overrides in another file as well so I can recycle them easily after a firmware upgrade.

Sample for overrides is (wrapped in spoiler and code tags):

Spoiler:

## You can put lines in the following section to override the enabled state of patches.
## The indentation matters! Each override should be indented by 4 spaces. Add to the 
## section below. This section can be copy and pasted into newer patch versions to
## keep your selections.
##
## Example of how it should look:
## overrides:
##   src/nickel.yaml:
##     Custom synopsis/details line spacing: yes
##     Whatever the yaml is called: no
##   src/libadobe.so.yaml:
##     You get the idea: yes
overrides: 
  src/libadobe.so.yaml: 
    Remove PDF map widget shown during panning: no 

  src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml: 
    Both page turn buttons go next: no 
    Both page turn sides go next: no 
    Replace adobe page numbers toggle with invert screen: no 
    Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading: no 
    Allow USB storage even when device locked: no 
    Hide browser from beta features: no 
    Disable all tutorial dialogs: no 
    Remove beta features not supported text: no 
    Remove recommendations (row1col2) from home screen: no 
    Rename new home screen footer: no 
    Change Browse Kobo home screen link target - Activity: no 
    Change Browse Kobo home screen link target - Articles: no 
    Set visible SmartLink: no 
    Only show Pocket SmartLink: no 
    Only show stats SmartLink: no 
    Never show Kobo Plus, wishlist, and points SmartLinks: no 
    Hide top-left menu item - Dropbox: no 
    Hide top-left menu item - Pocket: no 
    Hide top-left menu item - Store: no 
    Hide top-left menu item - Recommended: no 
    Hide top-left menu item - Wishlist: no 
    Hide top-left menu item - Activity: no 
# PATCH GROUP - DON'T ENABLE MORE THAN 1 
    Increase TOC level indentation: no 
    Increase TOC level indentation and fix extra indentation bug: no 
# END GROUP 
    Allow showing info panel on random screensaver: no 
    Larger Sleep/Power-off timeouts: no 
    Allow rotation on all devices: no 
    Don't uppercase header/footer text: no 
    Custom header/footer page number text: no 
    Don't uppercase header/footer text and change page number text: no 
    Swap reading header/footer: no 
    Enable advanced settings for all fonts: no 
    Customize ComfortLight settings: no 
    Remove title from reading header/footer: no 
    FeatureSettings - BookSpecificStats: no 
    FeatureSettings - ShowFacebookShare: no 
    FeatureSettings - FullScreenBrowser: no 
    FeatureSettings - MyWords: no 
    FeatureSettings - ExportHighlights: no 
    DeveloperSettings - AutoUsbGadget: no 
    PowerSettings - UnlockEnabled: no 
# PATCH GROUP - DON'T ENABLE MORE THAN 1 
    My 10 line spacing values: no 
    My 24 line spacing values: no 
# END GROUP 
    Custom left & right margins: yes 
    Custom font sizes: no 
    ePub fixed top/bottom margins: no 
    ePub disable built-in body padding-bottom: no 
    Custom kepub default margins: no 
    Block WiFi firmware upgrade: no 
    Custom Sleep/Power-off timeouts: no 
    Set KePub hyphenation: no 
    Force user line spacing in KePubs: no 
    Force user line spacing in ePubs (part 1 of 2): no 
    Un-force font-family override p tags (std epubs): no 
    Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 1 of 2): no 
    ePub constant font sharpness: no 
    KePub constant font sharpness: no 
    Un-Force user text-align in div,p tags in KePubs: no 
    Un-Force user font-family in KePubs: no 
    Un-force link decoration in KePubs: no 
    KePub stylesheet additions: no 
    Allow searches on Extra dictionaries: no 
    Ignore .otf fonts: no 
    ePub uniform font scale: yes 
    Set font scale factor: no 
    Dictionary text font-family/font-size/line-height: no 
    Custom navigation menu page number text: no 
    Shorten dictionary entry not found message: no 
    Change Wikipedia search language: no 
    Cyrillic Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2): no 
    Greek Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2): no 
    Don't grab exclusive access to event0: no 

  src/librmsdk.so.1.0.0.yaml: 
    Disable orphans/widows avoidance: yes 
    Default ePub serif font (Amasis): no 
    Default ePub sans-serif font (Gill Sans): no 
    Default ePub symbol font (Symbol): no 
    Force user line spacing in ePubs (Part 2 of 2): no 
    Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 2 of 2): no 
    Ignore ePub book Adobe XPGT stylesheet (page-template.xpgt): no 
    Ignore ePub book CSS and Adobe XPGT stylesheets: no 
    Ignore ePub TOC navpoints: no 

  src/nickel.yaml: 
    Show all games: no 
    Hide all games: no 
    Remove forgot pin button from lock screen: no 
    Increase size of kepub chapter progress chart: no 
    Reduce top/bottom page spacer: no 
    Custom synopsis details line spacing: no 
    Custom synopsis font size: no 
    Increase home screen cover size: no 
    Dictionary pop-up - increase available text area: no 
    Increase Book Details synopsis area: no 
    Increase library cover size: no 
    Custom collection/author header title font: no 
    Reduce new header/footer height: no 
    Custom new header/footer font: no 
    Custom page navigation scrubber: no 
    Increase headlines font: no 
    New home screen subtitle custom font: no 
    Remove footer (row3) and increase cover size on new home screen: no 
    Remove footer (row3) on new home screen: no

Basically, just change the 'no' on patches you want to 'yes' and 'yes' to 'no' to disable patches you don't want, run the .bat/.sh file. No menu since you are making the changes on your computer. In the sample, I've set Custom left and right margins, ePub uniform font scale and Disable orphans/widows avoidance to yes. All others are no.

Thanks...

If I understand correctly, all I have to do is open one of the file in Notepad and switch "no" for "yes" for the patch I like?

Frankly, I really like my Kobo and wouldn't change a thing, except this: whenever I have some footnote, the number is so small that it may take 5-6 times trying to click it correctly, and then the same number of times to click it back to get back to the right page. If there was a patch for this that's all I'd need I think.