NickelMenu: An integrated launcher for Kobo eReaders

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by marp68

Thanks
I now copied the whole text into the file I created and named Config. Then I removed the # for the two things I wanted.

menu_item :reader :Invert Screen :nickel_setting :toggle :invert
menu_item :reader :Invert Orientation :nickel_orientation :invert

I then saved the file and unmounted the reader, but when I press the Nickel icon nothing happens. I have read the document. What did I miss?

The two lines are part of the ... menu when you are in the reading app with a book loaded.

[marp68]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The two lines are part of the ... menu when you are in the reading app with a book loaded.

Aha, thanks. Thought I would do it from the Nickel menu.

[babygau]

Originally Posted by marp68

Aha, thanks. Thought I would do it from the Nickel menu.

yes, just change `:reader` to `:main`

[marp68]

Originally Posted by babygau

yes, just change `:reader` to `:main`

In the config file, I suppose?

And will it make it possible to Invert both when I am in the main/home page and when reading a book?

[compurandom]

Originally Posted by marp68

In the config file, I suppose?

And will it make it possible to Invert both when I am in the main/home page and when reading a book?

Duplicate the line so there's a copy each with :main and :reader it if you want it in both places.

[marp68]

Love the nightmode feature. Much easier then before.

I would also like to rotate the screen to lanscape, but I only find an Invert orientation option, which rotates it 180 degrees.

What did I miss?

[NiLuJe]

@marp68: https://github.com/pgaskin/NickelMen...3/res/doc#L114

[marp68]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@marp68: https://github.com/pgaskin/NickelMen...3/res/doc#L114

Thanks

Do you mean this line:
swap (4.13.12638+) - Toggles between portrait/landscape (preserves inversion) (this will not work if used in a chain with invert)

I tried it, but get an error message, "configuration error". And that it has to do with using it in chain..."

How can I use it correctly? Is it not working with the Invert/nightmode feature? That's the only other menu feature I have added.

[NiLuJe]

I can't tell you anything if you don't show me what *exactly* you've done .

[marp68]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

I can't tell you anything if you don't show me what *exactly* you've done .

I copied the whole script into a new file that I call "Config". It's a .txt-file. Then I removed the # for line 170 and added a line to be able to invert in main mode as well:

menu_item :reader :Invert Screen :nickel_setting :toggle :invert
menu_item :main :Invert Screen :nickel_setting :toggle :invert

I then got the Invert feature in both main mode and reader mode. Worked well.

I then removed the # for line 114:

swap (4.13.12638+) - Toggles between portrait/landscape
(preserves inversion) (this will not work if used in a chain with invert)

But when pressing the Nickel menu in main mode I get the Config error message and when pressing this I get the error description:

"parse config files: file /mnt/onboard/.adds/nmconfig.txt: line 114: field 1: unknown type 'swap (4.13.12638+)) - Toggles between portrait/landscape (preserves inversion) (this will not work if used in a chain with invert)' (src/config.c:279) (src/config.c761)"

[NiLuJe]

Emphasis on *show* .

But, this isn't how the documentation works: it's a documentation, not an example. There happens to be a few examples at the tail end of it, but that's besides the point.

Read it, grok the syntax, then write a *new* config *from scratch*, chances are, things will only get better from there .

[marp68]

Thanks for forcing me to think again
Figured it out finally... and ended up with this:

menu_item :main :Invert Screen :nickel_setting :toggle :invert
menu_item :reader :Invert Screen :nickel_setting :toggle :invert
menu_item :main :Portrait/landscape :nickel_orientation :swap
menu_item :reader :Portrait/landscape :nickel_orientation :swap

And it worked...

[fer1803]

I don't know if it's possible what I'm asking, but would it be possible to open a book directly in koreader from nicklel? adding an option in the book's context menu to the style of how it's done on android?

[NiLuJe]

@fer1803: Potentially, yes, but it's a terrible idea because we don't run concurrently with Nickel. We murder it with fire on startup.

And even that theoretical is only that, highly theoretical, would need quite a bit of work, and the UX would be terrible.

TL;DR: No.

[Elektron]

Hmm. Does NM have dual functions (do 2 actions with 1 menu item)? That would be useful.