NickelMenu: An integrated launcher for Kobo eReaders

[isarl]

Originally Posted by DNSB

While a powerful utility, NickelMenu is not really a firmware patch tool and that seems to be what people are wanting. A way to patch Kobo's firmware to set the minimum light level to 1% or alternately, the ability toggle between 0% and 1% as the minimum light level.

I agree with your post here. But if I may circle back to the original request:

Originally Posted by ksuuu

I wish I could have had a feature in the NickelMenu that allows me to set the brightness to 1% directly from the menu.

There was admittedly more after the bit I quoted which may have sent people off on a wild goose chase (in the context of NickelMenu), but to me the actual literal request reads as not the ability to change the minimum brightness, but simply the current brightness. I hesitate to make assumptions as somebody with zero familiarity with how NickelMenu works under the hood, but this request seems like it might be more in NM's wheelhouse than, as you point out, fiddling with the minimum brightness level.

Though perhaps I've misinterpreted their request.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by isarl

There was admittedly more after the bit I quoted which may have sent people off on a wild goose chase (in the context of NickelMenu), but to me the actual literal request reads as not the ability to change the minimum brightness, but simply the current brightness. I hesitate to make assumptions as somebody with zero familiarity with how NickelMenu works under the hood, but this request seems like it might be more in NM's wheelhouse than, as you point out, fiddling with the minimum brightness level.

Though perhaps I've misinterpreted their request.

I had read the original request as wanting to set the minimum light level to 1% so the frontlight could not be completely turned off. This would help if the user slid their finger too far down the left side so the light would not be completely disabled.

[John F]

Originally Posted by DNSB

How are you turning the light off if the gesture is disabled? Tapping in the middle of the screen, tapping on the light icon to open the light controls and dragging the slider all the way to the left is a bit of a hard thing to do by accident. At least when I tested this on my Sage, it took multiple taps to get to the Brightness slider and when I slid it, the light level didn't change until I released it so even if I dragged it to 0, I have the chance to see and correct this before lifting my finger. If you are suffering from issues that prevent a smooth hold and slide, you could always use the buttons at either end of the slider to change the brightness level in 1% steps.

Though what this has to do with NickelMenu is a bit hard to understand.

I'm not sure, but it happens. Maybe I'm impatient, and the I don't pay attention to the number: in general I know where I want the slider, but probably tap on 0 instead of 3. Or maybe I have fat fingers, and if I use the stepper on the end to adjust, I miss the button and tap on zero.

[John F]

Originally Posted by isarl

I agree with your post here. But if I may circle back to the original request:



There was admittedly more after the bit I quoted which may have sent people off on a wild goose chase (in the context of NickelMenu), but to me the actual literal request reads as not the ability to change the minimum brightness, but simply the current brightness. I hesitate to make assumptions as somebody with zero familiarity with how NickelMenu works under the hood, but this request seems like it might be more in NM's wheelhouse than, as you point out, fiddling with the minimum brightness level.

Though perhaps I've misinterpreted their request.

The request has been made before, pursued, and abandoned.

https://github.com/pgaskin/NickelMenu/issues/3

[isarl]

Originally Posted by John F

The request has been made before, pursued, and abandoned.

https://github.com/pgaskin/NickelMenu/issues/3

Aha perfect, thank you! From the comments on that issue, looks like it was just too buggy to pursue, with complicated memory leaks and the like. Too bad!

[Cootey]

Originally Posted by jiminrussell

Can't you slide a finger up on the left side of the screen to turn the brightness back up?

Yes, you can, but in the dark it is my experience that I’ll likely create a highlight instead. The swipe zone can be finicky.

When you can’t afford a mistake because you share a bed, it’s better to use the GUI to adjust the brightness down to 5% then tap on the left side of the slider to incrementally get it down to 1%.

[abanks]

Is there a way to make nickelmenu execute something without tapping a menu item?

[isarl]

Originally Posted by abanks

Is there a way to make nickelmenu execute something without tapping a menu item?

Can you perhaps share more details about what you're hoping to accomplish? At its core, NickelMenu is about creating custom menu entries so the short answer to your question would seem to be, “No.” But there are, for example, chain-type actions which depend not on the user pressing a menu entry, but on the result of a previous action. However, each chain of actions still does ultimately start with a menu entry that the user must press. (…So far as I understand.)

[abanks]

Originally Posted by isarl

Can you perhaps share more details about what you're hoping to accomplish? At its core, NickelMenu is about creating custom menu entries so the short answer to your question would seem to be, “No.” But there are, for example, chain-type actions which depend not on the user pressing a menu entry, but on the result of a previous action. However, each chain of actions still does ultimately start with a menu entry that the user must press. (…So far as I understand.)

Im hoping to find some way to auto start koreader after a period of no interaction. Say if a button is not pressed in 10 seconds or if a file is not deleted in 10 seconds etc. I dont even need such safety if im being honest, factory resetting the thing is not a big deal if something goes wrong.

Ive been scouring this forum for couple months now and ive run in to dead ends. KSM seems to be a no go because koreader depends on some stuff done by Nickel. Couldnt figure out rc scripts either.

Gonna be bit of a rant but I keep finding comments like "its not safe" or "no one needs that" and thats just insanely frustrating. I dont particularly care about the safety of an ereader never minding how unlikely it is for it to crash in a way thats recovery function is inaccessible, and most importantly im not a frequent reader and i have adhd. On the lucky days that i feel like sitting down and reading each extra tap and second of waiting makes it that much more likely for me get distracted with something else.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by abanks

Gonna be bit of a rant but I keep finding comments like "its not safe" or "no one needs that" and thats just insanely frustrating. I dont particularly care about the safety of an ereader never minding how unlikely it is for it to crash in a way thats recovery function is inaccessible, and most importantly im not a frequent reader and i have adhd. On the lucky days that i feel like sitting down and reading each extra tap and second of waiting makes it that much more likely for me get distracted with something else.

Maybe NickelMenu is not for you. I can assure you that the generous folk who created and shared it care very much about the safety of an ereader, if only because they don't want to waste their life on these forums responding to people who accidently bricked their device. If you're smart enough to create something less safe, but better suited to you, then perhaps that's what you should do.

[JSWolf]

What is the command for setting the light to a specific level? Thanks.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What is the command for setting the light to a specific level? Thanks.

See the link in John F.'s post #965 in this thread.

[NiLuJe]

Jon just appears to have a very short memory.

[Etruj]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Warmth is set via sysfs knobs, not the ntx_io ioctl. c.f., KOReader's HAL for more details.

Note that the same caveats as above apply; this will not be in sync with Nickjel's UI.

(You'll notice that you can *also* set the brightness via sysfs knobs on those devices, but this wasn't true for older devices, hence prefering the ioctl for that).

(As for the answer to your actual question; it's in the kernel headers: https://github.com/koreader/KoboUSBM...ms.h#L185-L189

Is there a way to call the sysfs knobs? I searched the forums for more about these knobs and how to maybe call them and set new values and it just circled back to an earlier time you referred to them. Any tips would be appreciated!

[NiLuJe]

@Etruj: Assuming your device block is correct, and you are indeed using a Libra, first of its name: echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/lm3630a_led/color

The range is [0, 10], but I can never remember which end is warm and which is cold ;p.

(You should be able to stick that in a cmd_spawn NM action, much like the ioctl call discussed earlier for brightness).