NickelMenu: An integrated launcher for Kobo eReaders

[allanahk]

Originally Posted by isarl

Cribbing from David's answer above, I would expect this to work, but am not currently able to test:

[FeatureSettings]
ExcludeSyncFolders=\\.kobo/screensaver_old

The only real magic here is using a backslash to escape the dot to make it a literal period and not any character, and a second backslash to escape the first one so it reaches the regex engine intact.

Thanks, can confirm this works perfectly

[Aleron Ives]

I got tired of the way the font menu has sliders that give no indication of what the actual values are for each font setting, so I wrote a small script to gather this information from Kobo eReader.conf. Note that your font settings are saved across books, and changing books does not immediately update the contents of Kobo eReader.conf, so the script may provide outdated information if you switch between books and then invoke the script before using the font menu to adjust anything.

A screenshot of the script output is attached below.

# Typography Settings Aggregator 1.0 (2023-06-20) by Aleron Ives
#
# This script aggregates typography settings for Kobo e-readers,
# since the font menu doesn't tell you what the actual numbers are.
# Be sure the various typography settings are present in Kobo eReader.conf
# before using this script, as most settings are not written to the
# configuration file until you modify them at least once.
#
# You can use NickelMenu to invoke this script like so:
# menu_item :reader :Typography :cmd_output :500 :/mnt/onboard/.adds/fontcheck.sh

# Gather the typography settings

font=$(grep FontFamily "/mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" | cut -d= -f2)
size=$(grep FontSize "/mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" | cut -d= -f2)
weight=$(grep FontWeight "/mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" | cut -d= -f2)
spacing=$(grep LineHeight "/mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" | cut -d= -f2)
lmargin=$(grep LeftMargin "/mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" | cut -d= -f2)
rmargin=$(grep RightMargin "/mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" | cut -d= -f2)

# Format and display the results

echo Font: $font
echo Size: $size
echo Weight: $weight
echo Spacing: $spacing
echo Margins: $lmargin, $rmargin

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

A screenshot of the script output is attached below.

Thanks for your sample code. My own shell script skills are practically non-existent, but a bit of grep/cut googling helped me understand what you did.

I just thought I'd mention that you may need to revisit the code for FontWeight. The .conf file can contain many of these lines, one per font-family that you've ever adjusted the weight for. e.g.

[Reading]
readingFontWeight\Georgia=0.19
readingFontWeight\IBM%20Plex%20Serif=0.63
readingFontWeight\Kobo%20Nickel=0.48
readingFontWeight\Libre%20Baskerville=0.8
readingFontWeight\LinuxLibertineG=0.65

So if you only want to show the weight of the currently selected font family then you'd need to include the current value of readingFontFamily in your search term.

P.S. Weight isn't a value I'm particularly interested in seeing, so please don't do any extra work on my behalf.

[Phil_C]

Yes, this works, but the Weight line in the output popup contains a number for each font weight present in the .conf file. In my case, there are 10 weight values on one line, each separated by a space.

The numbers are the weights of each font in alphabetical order as they appear in the .conf file.

[Aleron Ives]

Interesting! I only read in Georgia, so I didn't know the configuration file would store weights for each font face. That seems like an odd choice to me, since it doesn't store the font size on a per-font basis. The quick and dirty solution is to either not parse the weight at all or to delete all of the extra weight lines from the configuration file and only keep the one for the font you actually read in. You can still change the font face, as the extra weight entries won't get created again unless you adjust the weight of the other fonts.

[DNSB]

Probably that most fonts are not that far apart in height so the same setting can be used for all fonts while the weight is more likely to be on a per font basis.

[Phil_C]

I change the font with each new book. Seems more interesting and less tiring. I use seven different fonts regularly, and once in a while another two or three. Almost every font requires its own separate weight.

And I try to keep the same number of lines per screen, so while the line height stays the same (with one exception), the font size often needs to be changed.

[hwaryun]

Hi! I tried installing this program but I just can't figure out were to write the scrips to make them work (I don't know anything about coding). I gave up so I'd like to remove the NickelMenu option from my home. Does anybody know how to completly uninstll the program? I've tried resetting the e-reader already...

[RobertJSawyer]

Removing NickelMenu:

1. Ensure your Kobo is powered on, then connect it to your computer.

2. Create a file named uninstall in .adds\nm.

3. Safely eject your Kobo, then unplug it.

4. Allow your Kobo to reboot.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by hwaryun

Hi! I tried installing this program but I just can't figure out were to write the scrips to make them work (I don't know anything about coding). I gave up so I'd like to remove the NickelMenu option from my home. Does anybody know how to completly uninstll the program? I've tried resetting the e-reader already...

If you say what it is you want to do with NickelMenu, maybe someone can help you with the configuration code.

[hwaryun]

thank you for the reply! it still won't work... I managed to understand how to make it work but now I just want to delate the NickelMenu icon next to the main one... "uninstall" doesn't do the job, do you know another method?

[hatuluang]

check PM

[Strrav]

Hello i have Kobo h2o with koreader ( wich i Relay like ) and tried to get à 7,8 inch 300 DPI e reader to try an other e reader
So i bought onyx boox tab mini c and inkpad 4 , but i préfèr Kobo with koreader wich is a much better os , much more customisable .
Tab mini c is great but thé screen is grey if you don t avec the front light . And with a mac , it s very difficult to transfer epub ( androïd transfer is a réal mess )
Inkpad 4 has a beautifull screen but the os is buggy and slow
So my question is :
on what device could we install koreader ? Only kobo device ? Every kobo ? On Kobo sage ( unless this One has week battery) ?
Thanks !

[Quoth]

Any Kobo and most eink Android and regular Android. For Android download apk from Git.

[Strrav]

Hello, I love Koreader which is for me the best alternative system, far ahead of Kobo, kindle, onyx boox, or pocketbook
there is everything we need, I can't live without it
On which e-readers can it be installed? Only Kobos?
All the kobos?
Does it work on the Kobo sage, and allows it to draw less on the battery since it seems that the sage really has a very low battery.
I'm on h2o v2 and it works great with koreader, but I would like to have a 7.8 screen and 300 DPI and the possibility of listening to audio books with small speakers, I tried the boox tab mini C which is great, but the bone is much worse, I also tried the pocket book inkpad 4, good too But the same, and in addition there are big bugs in their system
Thank you for sharing your knowledge in this forum.

Bonjour, j’adore Koreader qui est pour moi le meilleur système alternatif , loin devant Kobo, kindle, onyx boox, ou pocketbook
il,y a tout ce dont on a besoin, je ne peux plus m’en passer
Sur quelles liseuses peut on l’installer ? Uniquement les Kobo ?
Toutes les kobos ?
Marche t il sur la Kobo sage , et permet il de moins tirer sur la batterie puisqu il paraît que la sage a vraiment une batterie très faible .
je suis sur h2o v2 et ça marche super avec koreader, mais j’aimerais avoir un écran 7,8 et 300 DPI et la possibilité d’écouter des livres audios avec des petits baffles , j’ai essayé le boox tab mini C qui est super , mais l os est beaucoup moins bon , j ai aussi essayé le pocket book inkpad 4 , bien aussi Mais idem, et en plus il y a de gros bugs dans leur système
Merci à vous de partager vos connaissances dans ce forum