Koreader running on Kobos (all of them, hopefully!)

[strowger]

Yup - most-desired feature now is working suspend.

[stasys]

Can somebody, please, point me the Koreader build which would:
1. Allow to turn reader on/off or sleep/wake
2. Allow me to turn light on/off
3. Remember the last settings for certain books type - i.e. if if I told once that I want to read epubs with my fonts and use epub css, why I shall on each epub opening to tell that again?
4. Had customizable position of bottom settings bar.
5. Had customizable tap zones - I want to be able turn pages by touching the screen in the places where now bottom bar is located.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by stasys

Can somebody, please, point me the Koreader build which would:
1. Allow to turn reader on/off or sleep/wake
2. Allow me to turn light on/off
3. Remember the last settings for certain books type - i.e. if if I told once that I want to read epubs with my fonts and use epub css, why I shall on each epub opening to tell that again?
4. Had customizable position of bottom settings bar.
5. Had customizable tap zones - I want to be able turn pages by touching the screen in the places where now bottom bar is located.

1. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=511

2. There is a button on the top of the device for that. If you are using 1. above the button won't work but there is a toggle to turn the light on and off in the frontlight settings menu.

3. It is an either/or situation, you can have it use the epub's css (with its choice of fonts) or you can tell Koreader to not use the embedded fonts. It defaults to epubs using their own embedded fonts. (I have my preferred font as well, so I feel your pain, but if it meant that much to me I would change/add the font into the epub's css.)

4.&5. would be a nice feature but might be some work to implement, if they are something you want considered by the Koreader development team you can post the issue at koreader/Github.

Luck;
Ken

I just noticed that you list no Kobo device, there is a Kindle forum that has threads on Koreader, as I understand it.

[Mike76]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

3. It is an either/or situation, you can have it use the epub's css (with its choice of fonts) or you can tell Koreader to not use the embedded fonts. It defaults to epubs using their own embedded fonts. (I have my preferred font as well, so I feel your pain, but if it meant that much to me I would change/add the font into the epub's css.)

It's not about choosing of own or embedded fonts. The problem is that you have to set ALL of the options (font/render style/hyphenation) every time when you open a new file - there are no default settings (at least nothing you can easily find).

[jlynton]

Originally Posted by stasys

Installed Koreader on Kobo Glo 2.8.1, created folder books in root, put there some fb2 and epub books and can not see any of fb2 books in Koreader (epub I see and can open). What I'm doing wrong? Or Koreader just does not read fb2 files?

I have not managed to install koreader on my glo, would you mind running through how you installed it?

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by Mike76

It's not about choosing of own or embedded fonts. The problem is that you have to set ALL of the options (font/render style/hyphenation) every time when you open a new file - there are no default settings (at least nothing you can easily find).

You could check out the files in the "Data" folder, for a possible fix for types listed. I think they amount to defaults.

Luck;
Ken

[stasys]

Ken,
1. Is not working for me. Maybe because I have also Kobopatcher 0.7

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by stasys

Ken,
1. Is not working for me. Maybe because I have also Kobopatcher 0.7

There should not be much where the two programs interact, but I guess it's possible. What Kobo device do you have?

Luck;
Ken

[stasys]

I have Kobo Glo

[Mike76]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

You could check out the files in the "Data" folder, for a possible fix for types listed. I think they amount to defaults.

Editing those .css files is not enough to change global settings (font size/font face/gamma index) for all file types. You have to edit the .lua files in 'frontend/ui/reader/' directory, but it is not really the easy way.

However, editing 'frontend/ui/reader/readerfont.lua' file you can modify 'font_face', 'font_size', 'line_space_percent' and 'gamma_index' default values - and this is more than nothing...

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by stasys

I have Kobo Glo

From the posts here the Glo users have had some trouble getting Koreader running, for some reason. From what I've seen of KoboPatcher, it is just modifying Nickel's files, not Koreader's.

Sorry;
Ken

[stasys]

Originally Posted by jlynton

I have not managed to install koreader on my glo, would you mind running through how you installed it?

I've installed first KoboLauncher from here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=201632
Installation shall be done as per instructions from here:
http://wiki.vlasovsoft.net/doku.php?..._glo_mini_aura
Then I manually restarted Glo with paperclip and checked if the Launcher is working (press on it's icon)
After that I put latest Koreader from nightly builds into .kobo directory, safely disconnected and it installed itself.
Sadly, light switch function to put reader to sleep (from here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=511) hangs Koreader, so no much use from this great program for me.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by stasys

I've installed first KoboLauncher from here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=201632
Installation shall be done as per instructions from here:
http://wiki.vlasovsoft.net/doku.php?..._glo_mini_aura
Then I manually restarted Glo with paperclip and checked if the Launcher is working (press on it's icon)
After that I put latest Koreader from nightly builds into .kobo directory, safely disconnected and it installed itself.
Sadly, light switch function to put reader to sleep (from here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=511) hangs Koreader, so no much use from this great program for me.

How is it hanging? Do you see the "Sleeping.." popup? The timing for coming out of the sleep mode using the slider has caused some confusion. Then there is a longish pause before the "Sleeping.." Pop-up disappears. It makes it hard to know if you have held the slider for the right amount of time. You have to try it and then wait and see if the Pop-up disappears.

My light switch does nothing now. The suspend/sleep works from the slider, on my AuraHD.


Luck;
Ken

[stasys]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

How is it hanging? Do you see the "Sleeping.." popup?

I can launch Koreader, but it just opens list of directories (one of them is books, which I've created and where I put my books) and then nothing happens - reader is not reacting to taping directories, not reacting to taping anyplace on the screen. Not reacting to light switch ether. Reacting only to power switch - then "Sleeping.." popup appears and stays.
Then I'm using paperclip and back to native Koboreader.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by stasys

I can launch Koreader, but it just opens list of directories (one of them is books, which I've created and where I put my books) and then nothing happens - reader is not reacting to taping directories, not reacting to taping anyplace on the screen. Not reacting to light switch ether. Reacting only to power switch - then "Sleeping.." popup appears and stays.
Then I'm using paperclip and back to native Koboreader.

Do you launch Koreader with the KoboLauncher program or do you use a png file, like the one the nightly build's KoboRoot.tgz would have installed?

Luck;
Ken