NickelMenu: An integrated launcher for Kobo eReaders - Page 80

John F · 11-27-2023, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

Yes, sed is included in BusyBox, and no, I'm not going to do your work for you.

Thank you for verifying that sed is available.

Not going to the work for me, or don't know how?

JSWolf · 11-27-2023, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by John F

Thank you for verifying that sed is available.

Not going to the work for me, or don't know how?

The problem is that once you've modified the Kobo config is getting the config read again without rebooting.

I don't know if this would work. Connect the Kobo to the USB port and then disconnect. I cannot say if that would reread the config file.

John F · 11-27-2023, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The problem is that once you've modified the Kobo config is getting the config read again without rebooting.

I don't know if this would work. Connect the Kobo to the USB port and then disconnect. I cannot say if that would reread the config file.

If you will provide me with the sed command for Nicklemenu, I will test your theory.

Aleron Ives · 11-27-2023, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by John F

Not going to the work for me, or don't know how?

Both! I've had the misfortune of using sed in the past, and it would require significant research to come up with the correct incantation, as most of the Unix tools from the 70s were devised by crazy people, and I try to immerse myself in the madness as infrequently as possible.

DNSB · 11-27-2023, 09:03 PM

Not to mention that sed's regex is esoteric even by regex standards.

compurandom · 11-28-2023, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

Both! I've had the misfortune of using sed in the past [...] as most of the Unix tools from the 70s were devised by crazy people

I must be crazy enough, because I think this would be easy, and sed regex isn't that different, it's just a subset with random magic escaped differently.

However, I think it is pointless, as changing the config file won't change the light level, and there's an IOCTL that will, so why bother modifying the config file at all?

Aleron Ives · 11-29-2023, 01:54 AM

As somebody else already pointed out, if you don't commit the change to the config file, the light level will reset after waking from sleep, because sysfs/ioctl don't update the config.

JSWolf · 11-29-2023, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

As somebody else already pointed out, if you don't commit the change to the config file, the light level will reset after waking from sleep, because sysfs/ioctl don't update the config.

Which to me is perfect. If I don't turn off the light, it will go off when I next wake my Libra 2.

John F · 11-29-2023, 08:11 AM

I believe using sed would work, with a caveat.

I used a cp command to test the light level. Waking from sleep, it went back to the old light value. using cp followed by a rescan_books_full worked (the light level was right waking from sleep). The rescan caused a delay , maybe 3 seconds.

So I have the choice, for my use case, of having a couple second delay when I change night/day reading mode, or having to do 2 taps when waking from sleep. I decided to the use the latter.

Thank you everyone for the help.

-stepan- · 11-29-2023, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by John F

I believe using sed would work, with a caveat.

I used a cp command to test the light level. Waking from sleep, it went back to the old light value. using cp followed by a rescan_books_full worked (the light level was right waking from sleep). The rescan caused a delay , maybe 3 seconds.

So I have the choice, for my use case, of having a couple second delay when I change night/day reading mode, or having to do 2 taps when waking from sleep. I decided to the use the latter.

Thank you everyone for the help.

Maybe Kobo will someday add an on/off switch to the frontlight settings while maintaining a percentage, or, what’s fantastic, several user profiles for frontlight or tap zones for on/off for frontlight like at CoolReader for PocketBook (for Kobo with FL not trying this).

JSWolf · 11-29-2023, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by -stepan-

Maybe Kobo will someday add an on/off switch to the frontlight settings while maintaining a percentage, or, what’s fantastic, several user profiles for frontlight or tap zones for on/off for frontlight like at CoolReader for PocketBook (for Kobo with FL not trying this).

Coolreader ack no!

For now, NickeMmenu will work for the light setting.

Duke5127 · 12-01-2023, 07:25 AM

Is there any way to open a book in KOReader from the Nickel Library View using NickelMenu?

Frank · 12-21-2023, 09:55 AM

First of all; thank you for all your efforts. Keep up the good work. It is really appreciated.

I have a request. Perhaps I've missed it, but would it be possible to add a feature that Kobo sorts books by filename (not by book title or metadata, but just plain old filename)?

Frank

DNSB · 12-21-2023, 04:32 PM

Not really doable since Kobo uses the metadata (book title, series, collection, data added, etc.) to sort. Filenames are so 1980's.

jaceygan · 01-03-2024, 10:03 PM

Is there any way we can use this to select a random unread book from My Book?

12-21-2023, 09:55 AM	#1198
Frank Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2023 Device: Kono Libra 2	Request: sort books by filename First of all; thank you for all your efforts. Keep up the good work. It is really appreciated. I have a request. Perhaps I've missed it, but would it be possible to add a feature that Kobo sorts books by filename (not by book title or metadata, but just plain old filename)? Frank

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11-27-2023, 09:03 PM	#1190
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,168 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Not to mention that sed's regex is esoteric even by regex standards.

11-29-2023, 01:54 AM	#1192
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,688 Karma: 16307824 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	As somebody else already pointed out, if you don't commit the change to the config file, the light level will reset after waking from sleep, because sysfs/ioctl don't update the config.

11-29-2023, 08:11 AM	#1194
John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,941 Karma: 70583139 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	I believe using sed would work, with a caveat. I used a cp command to test the light level. Waking from sleep, it went back to the old light value. using cp followed by a rescan_books_full worked (the light level was right waking from sleep). The rescan caused a delay , maybe 3 seconds. So I have the choice, for my use case, of having a couple second delay when I change night/day reading mode, or having to do 2 taps when waking from sleep. I decided to the use the latter. Thank you everyone for the help.

12-01-2023, 07:25 AM	#1197
Duke5127 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 61498 Join Date: Mar 2023 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Is there any way to open a book in KOReader from the Nickel Library View using NickelMenu?

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DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,168 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Not really doable since Kobo uses the metadata (book title, series, collection, data added, etc.) to sort. Filenames are so 1980's.

01-03-2024, 10:03 PM	#1200
jaceygan Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2022 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	Is there any way we can use this to select a random unread book from My Book?

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