K5 Remove top status bar from kindle touch?

mrlanrat · 03-14-2022, 10:16 PM

Hello,

I have a jailbroken Kindle Touch that I'm using as an e-ink dashboard to display images with the eips/fbink utilities. However after displaying the image, sometimes part of the Kindle's top status-bar gets re-drawn over the image. Is there a way to prevent this or a service/process I can kill to prevent it from happening?

Example:

Spoiler:

Thanks.

kdusr · 03-15-2022, 05:25 AM

This problem had been bothering me for a few years. I searched the entire forum and found a lot of answers, but none of them were practical， I found a solution last year accidentally

please rename the title of your app window as this format:
L:A_N:title_ID:xxxxxxx:N

I hope it works in your case

mrlanrat · 03-15-2022, 12:06 PM

Thanks for the suggestion.

How are you renaming the app window? I don't see an option to do that in fbink or eips. It looks like I might be able to use xdotool, but I'd prefer less dependencies if possible.

NiLuJe · 03-15-2022, 07:05 PM

We ship wmctrl in KOReader to do weird shit like that, c.f., https://github.com/koreader/koreader...r.sh#L251-L261

With a bit of luck, one of the links in the comments points to @eureka's post about the window naming scheme... (at least I think it was from eureka, that was way too many years ago ^^).

encol · 03-16-2022, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

With a bit of luck, one of the links in the comments points to @eureka's post about the window naming scheme...

See here for windows naming scheme

mrlanrat · 03-22-2022, 01:25 AM

Thanks for the links. This thread had all the info I need. And the tools here.

The final working options:

PHP Code:


			
# resize to hide
./wmctrl -r L:C_N:titleBar_ID:system -e '0,0,0,600,1'
# resize to unhide
./wmctrl -r L:C_N:titleBar_ID:system -e '0,0,0,600,30'
# disable
lipc-set-prop com.lab126.pillow disableEnablePillow disable
# enable
lipc-set-prop com.lab126.pillow disableEnablePillow enable

03-14-2022, 10:16 PM	#1
mrlanrat Member Posts: 15 Karma: 32 Join Date: May 2011 Device: entourage edge, Kindles	Remove top status bar from kindle touch? Hello, I have a jailbroken Kindle Touch that I'm using as an e-ink dashboard to display images with the eips/fbink utilities. However after displaying the image, sometimes part of the Kindle's top status-bar gets re-drawn over the image. Is there a way to prevent this or a service/process I can kill to prevent it from happening? Example: Spoiler: Thanks.

03-15-2022, 05:25 AM	#2
kdusr Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 13 Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Mars Device: KV,KOA2,PW5	This problem had been bothering me for a few years. I searched the entire forum and found a lot of answers, but none of them were practical， I found a solution last year accidentally please rename the title of your app window as this format: L:A_N:title_ID:xxxxxxx:N I hope it works in your case Last edited by kdusr; 03-15-2022 at 08:33 PM.

03-22-2022, 01:25 AM	#6
mrlanrat Member Posts: 15 Karma: 32 Join Date: May 2011 Device: entourage edge, Kindles	Thanks for the links. This thread had all the info I need. And the tools here. The final working options: PHP Code: `# resize to hide ./wmctrl -r L:C_N:titleBar_ID:system -e '0,0,0,600,1' # resize to unhide ./wmctrl -r L:C_N:titleBar_ID:system -e '0,0,0,600,30' # disable lipc-set-prop com.lab126.pillow disableEnablePillow disable # enable lipc-set-prop com.lab126.pillow disableEnablePillow enable` Last edited by mrlanrat; 03-28-2022 at 03:21 AM.

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03-15-2022, 12:06 PM	#3
mrlanrat Member Posts: 15 Karma: 32 Join Date: May 2011 Device: entourage edge, Kindles	Thanks for the suggestion. How are you renaming the app window? I don't see an option to do that in fbink or eips. It looks like I might be able to use xdotool, but I'd prefer less dependencies if possible.

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NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	We ship wmctrl in KOReader to do weird shit like that, c.f., https://github.com/koreader/koreader...r.sh#L251-L261 With a bit of luck, one of the links in the comments points to @eureka's post about the window naming scheme... (at least I think it was from eureka, that was way too many years ago ^^).

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