NickelMenu: An integrated launcher for Kobo eReaders

[compurandom]

The doc file *is* a working sample config file. Just everything is commented out.
Just make a copy of it to a different name, and delete everything you don't want, and uncomment things you do want a few at a time until you understand what works.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by anki

Can somone please upload a working sample config file? I don't really understand what to change in that DOC file. I know that i must save as config in de directory but i get config error on the Kobo.

I see well the icon NickelMenu on the right corner.

You can actually can (and should) name config files whatever you want.

The doc file contains examples of what can go in it and more information for other things you can put in it

[RobertJSawyer]

@anki, here's mine. I call it config-nickel-menu.txt -- with the .txt extension, you can actually read it (but not edit it) on your Kobo. This makes all my favourite options available at each type of screen; the ">" signs at the front of some entries are just there to group related options together neatly on screen:

https://sfwriter.com/config-nickel-menu.txt

All best wishes!

[blackwalrus]

@geek1011

Hello

I added lines to NM to disable / enable the screensaver (rename):

menu_item :reader :Screensaver on         :cmd_spawn :quiet: mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver
    chain_success              :dbg_toast :<i>Screensaver on</i>
menu_item :reader :Screensaver off        :cmd_spawn :quiet: mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old
    chain_success              :dbg_toast :<i>Screensaver off</i>

It works.

How do I make the on / off toggle? That is, you press once - on, the second-off. I tried it and it doesn't work.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by blackwalrus

@geek1011

Hello

I added lines to NM to disable / enable the screensaver (rename):

menu_item :reader :Screensaver on         :cmd_spawn :quiet: mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver
    chain_success              :dbg_toast :<i>Screensaver on</i>
menu_item :reader :Screensaver off        :cmd_spawn :quiet: mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old
    chain_success              :dbg_toast :<i>Screensaver off</i>

It works.

How do I make the on / off toggle? That is, you press once - on, the second-off. I tried it and it doesn't work.

Untested:

menu_item :reader :Toggle screensaver :cmd_output :500:quiet:test -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old
    chain_success :skip :3
        chain_failure :cmd_output :500:quiet:mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver
        chain_success :dbg_toast :<i>Screensaver on</i>
        chain_always :skip :-1
    chain_success :cmd_output :500:quiet:mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old
    chain_success :dbg_toast :<i>Screensaver off</i>

[blackwalrus]

Originally Posted by geek1011

Untested:

menu_item :reader :Toggle screensaver :cmd_output :500:quiet:test -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old
    chain_success :skip :3
        chain_failure :cmd_output :500:quiet:mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver
        chain_success :dbg_toast :<i>Screensaver on</i>
        chain_always :skip :-1
    chain_success :cmd_output :500:quiet:mv /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver /mnt/onboard/.kobo/screensaver_old
    chain_success :dbg_toast :<i>Screensaver off</i>

Unfortunately, this doesn't work

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by blackwalrus

Unfortunately, this doesn't work

What does it say?

[blackwalrus]

Originally Posted by geek1011

What does it say?

There was no reaction at all and no inscriptions.

[blackwalrus]

Still, how do I do it? Would not like to have extra lines in the menu, clutter up.

[DNSB]

I suspect toggling the screensaver directory name is likely to need adding an exclusion to keep the screensaver_old directory from being scanned and it's contents imported.

I also got a "could not run process: process exited with status 1 (src/action_cc.cc:849)" error message.

[blackwalrus]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I suspect toggling the screensaver directory name is likely to need adding an exclusion to keep the screensaver_old directory from being scanned and it's contents imported.

I added immediately.

ExcludeSyncFolders=\\.(?!kobo(?!/screensaver_old)|adobe).*?

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I also got a "could not run process: process exited with status 1 (src/action_cc.cc:849)" error message.

I'll put something together and test it tomorrow.

[blackwalrus]

Originally Posted by DNSB

could not run process: process exited with status 1 (src/action_cc.cc:849)" error message.

I got this error when I tried to replace "-e" with "-d". Which is probably more correct (not sure).

Without changing - there were no errors, but there were no effect.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by blackwalrus

I got this error when I tried to replace "-e" with "-d". Which is probably more correct (not sure).

Without changing - there were no errors, but there were no effect.

-d should be file exists and is a directory. However, I got that error message with -e (file exists, don't care if it is a file or directory).

What of things I found interesting is that it seems as if renaming screensaver to screensaver_old works but the rename back to screensaver does not.

[blackwalrus]

Kobo, it is unclear who and to my great regret, did not add the ability to switch to the menu. So it seemed right to add this feature to Nickel Menu.

Originally Posted by DNSB

What of things I found interesting is that it seems as if renaming screensaver to screensaver_old works but the rename back to screensaver does not.

In two lines (on / off) everything works, but it clutters the menu, incorrectly and ugly.