Instructions for patching firmware 4.19.14123

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It doesn't work.

I do need the space as I'm 1 compressed byte short.

In that case, I'll be able to offer some better advice once I've fully understood the patch changes. It should be sometime later today (measured in hours not minutes).

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

"Custom new header/footer font"
bytes longer than old data (try removing whitespace or unnecessary css)

If Jackie allows

Add to this patch:

        - {Find: "#caption[newHeader=true][localeName=\"zh\"],\n#caption[newFooter=true][localeName=\"zh\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifZH-Simplified, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\n", Replace: "\n"}
        - {Find: "#caption[newHeader=true][localeName=\"zh-HK\"],\n#caption[newFooter=true][localeName=\"zh-HK\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifZH-Traditional, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\n", Replace: "\n"}
        - {Find: "#caption[newHeader=true][localeName=\"zh-TW\"],\n#caption[newFooter=true][localeName=\"zh-TW\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifZH-Traditional, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\n", Replace: "\n"}

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Semwize

If Jackie allows

Add to this patch:

        - {Find: "#caption[newHeader=true][localeName=\"zh\"],\n#caption[newFooter=true][localeName=\"zh\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifZH-Simplified, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\n", Replace: "\n"}
        - {Find: "#caption[newHeader=true][localeName=\"zh-HK\"],\n#caption[newFooter=true][localeName=\"zh-HK\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifZH-Traditional, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\n", Replace: "\n"}
        - {Find: "#caption[newHeader=true][localeName=\"zh-TW\"],\n#caption[newFooter=true][localeName=\"zh-TW\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifZH-Traditional, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\n", Replace: "\n"}

That worked. Thank you.

[icallaci]

Quite a few of my epubs use font-family: monospace, with no mention of Courier at all. Currently this displays on the ereader as sans-serif instead of monospace. Is there any way to force this to display Courier-whatever instead? I tried changing one of these to font-family: "Courier", monospace, but that didn't seem to work either. I tried a bunch of different things (Courier fonts side-loaded into a fonts subdirectory, no Courier fonts side-loaded, ePub, KePub, turning off the reader between each try)...nothing worked. If I have a monospace font embedded into the epub, it works, but everything else displays as sans-serif, not monospace.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by icallaci

Quite a few of my epubs use font-family: monospace, with no mention of Courier at all. Currently this displays on the ereader as sans-serif instead of monospace. Is there any way to force this to display Courier-whatever instead? I tried changing one of these to font-family: "Courier", monospace, but that didn't seem to work either. I tried a bunch of different things (Courier fonts side-loaded into a fonts subdirectory, no Courier fonts side-loaded, ePub, KePub, turning off the reader between each try)...nothing worked. If I have a monospace font embedded into the epub, it works, but everything else displays as sans-serif, not monospace.

1. Are you talking about monospace in standard epubs or kepubs?

2. What is the exact name of your sideloaded monospace font?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by icallaci

Quite a few of my epubs use font-family: monospace, with no mention of Courier at all. Currently this displays on the ereader as sans-serif instead of monospace. Is there any way to force this to display Courier-whatever instead? I tried changing one of these to font-family: "Courier", monospace, but that didn't seem to work either. I tried a bunch of different things (Courier fonts side-loaded into a fonts subdirectory, no Courier fonts side-loaded, ePub, KePub, turning off the reader between each try)...nothing worked. If I have a monospace font embedded into the epub, it works, but everything else displays as sans-serif, not monospace.

You just need a monospace font with the name starting with Courier in the fonts directory from what I gather.

[Carmelocotonto]

Originally Posted by Semwize

If Jackie allows

Add to this patch:

        - {Find: "#caption[newHeader=true][localeName=\"zh\"],\n#caption[newFooter=true][localeName=\"zh\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifZH-Simplified, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\n", Replace: "\n"}
        - {Find: "#caption[newHeader=true][localeName=\"zh-HK\"],\n#caption[newFooter=true][localeName=\"zh-HK\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifZH-Traditional, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\n", Replace: "\n"}
        - {Find: "#caption[newHeader=true][localeName=\"zh-TW\"],\n#caption[newFooter=true][localeName=\"zh-TW\"] {\n  font-family: Sans-SerifZH-Traditional, sans-serif;\n  font-style: normal;\n}\n", Replace: "\n"}

Yes, it works. Adding that to "Custom new header/footer font:" patch. Thanks Semwize.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by rtiangha

Would it be possible to have the 4.18 sickel patch get updated too?

try

Spoiler:

sickel reboot timeout (20 sec):
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: increases sickel reboot time if no ping from 10s to 20s
  - PatchGroup: sickel reboot timeout
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035E0, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 44 F6 20 61}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035F2, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 44 F6 20 61}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x00383E, FindH: 44 F6 20 61, ReplaceH: 49 F6 40 41}
      
sickel reboot timeout (30 sec):
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: increases sickel reboot time if no ping from 10s to 30s
  - PatchGroup: sickel reboot timeout
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035E0, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 47 F2 30 51}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035F2, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 47 F2 30 51}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x00383E, FindH: 44 F6 20 61, ReplaceH: 4E F6 60 21}

[jiminrussell]

I see that after rewriting the patch for "Freedom to advanced fonts control" it has also been renamed to "Enable advanced settings for all fonts", tripped me up as I knew it had been rewritten but didn't know it had been renamed, had to update my kobopatch.yaml override to use the new name before I could get this to work.

Thanks Patrick for getting these out so fast!

[icallaci]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

1. Are you talking about monospace in standard epubs or kepubs?

2. What is the exact name of your sideloaded monospace font?

1. I tried both epubs and kepubs (I didn't expect it to work with kepubs).

2. Courier Prime, Courier Prime-Bold, Courier Prime-Italic, and Courier Prime-BoldItalic. All ttf.

I was trying things one after another, so it's entirely possible that I did something incorrectly. I'll give it another try this morning. I assume I need to side-load the Courier Prime fonts into the /fonts subdirectory on the Kobo, and that this only works for epubs. Is that correct?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Semwize

try

Spoiler:

sickel reboot timeout (20 sec):
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: increases sickel reboot time if no ping from 10s to 20s
  - PatchGroup: sickel reboot timeout
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035E0, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 44 F6 20 61}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035F2, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 44 F6 20 61}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x00383E, FindH: 44 F6 20 61, ReplaceH: 49 F6 40 41}
      
sickel reboot timeout (30 sec):
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: increases sickel reboot time if no ping from 10s to 30s
  - PatchGroup: sickel reboot timeout
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035E0, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 47 F2 30 51}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035F2, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 47 F2 30 51}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x00383E, FindH: 44 F6 20 61, ReplaceH: 4E F6 60 21}

Where does the sickle patch belong? Thanks.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by icallaci

1. I tried both epubs and kepubs (I didn't expect it to work with kepubs).

2. Courier Prime, Courier Prime-Bold, Courier Prime-Italic, and Courier Prime-BoldItalic. All ttf.

I was trying things one after another, so it's entirely possible that I did something incorrectly. I'll give it another try this morning. I assume I need to side-load the Courier Prime fonts into the /fonts subdirectory on the Kobo, and that this only works for epubs. Is that correct?

You may need to reboot after installing the fonts.

[icallaci]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You may need to reboot after installing the fonts.

I did reboot. But the only time it displays correctly is if I change the property in the epub's stylesheet from font-family: monospace to font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace. Then it displays correctly on both epub and kepub. But if I change it to anything else (I tried font-family: Courier, monospace as well as font-family: "Courier", monospace), it displays as sans-serif. I really don't want to change all my stylesheets with font-family: monospace to font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace, especially if I decide to change my default monospace font to something other than "Courier Prime." Is there any way to force font-family: monospace to use whatever monospace font is installed?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by icallaci

I did reboot. But the only time it displays correctly is if I change the property in the epub's stylesheet from font-family: monospace to font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace. Then it displays correctly on both epub and kepub. But if I change it to anything else (I tried font-family: Courier, monospace as well as font-family: "Courier", monospace), it displays as sans-serif. I really don't want to change all my stylesheets with font-family: monospace to font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace, especially if I decide to change my default monospace font to something other than "Courier Prime." Is there any way to force font-family: monospace to use whatever monospace font is installed?

I'll give it a try here and let you know if it works.

[ZodWallop]

Does the swap header/footer still require both header and footer to be displayed to work correctly?