PRS+: Enhanced firmware for Sony Reader, Folders, Games & more

[pssquirrel]

Originally Posted by quisvir

v2.0 final will be released first, and after that it will probably be some time before the first public beta of v2.1 is released.

I hear true landscape mode has been achieved for x50s and changing CSS stylesheets will no longer require closing/re-opening a book to take effect.

Can you tell us if these features will make it into v2.0 final?

As always, to all the PRS+ developers for all your great work!

[Analogus]

Originally Posted by Frankr

How do I install your custom build. There is not exe? Thanks

Very simple:

Extract the ZIP-file. Inside you will find a folder named PRSPInstaller. Copy this folder on your reader. Not on a specific place, just on the reader-flash-drive itself.
Restart your reader completely.
Ready!

A.

[Mark Nord]

Originally Posted by pssquirrel

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Can you tell us if these features will make it into v2.0 final?

You are welcome,

these mentioned features will definitely NOT make it into 2.0.x release.
2.0.x release will, except of the option to stretch the standby-image to fullscreen, not differ from 2.0.17RC3 - feature-wise.

But you might try the nigthly-build kindly provided by Mik77, installation instructions by Analogus.

[quisvir]

Originally Posted by sengian

I think you are a little bit harsh, custom build are running smoothly most of the time with a very occasional blocking bug.

Well, I think it's only fair to warn people in advance. And though the more tech savvy users might not mind running into bugs, other people might become annoyed or worried when that happens.

The current repository does seem to be relatively stable, but any future change could quickly undo that

[Seyprs]

people hi,

I'm the owner of a PRS350, but i can't read chinese font, i try to read the forum, but i don t really understand something, may i have some help?

it seems to be that i must rewrite something in the installer.sh, but i dont see where i can put a chinese font in this file


thanks in advance

[Mark Nord]

Seyprs,

there are two types of fonts used
A) System-fonts used to render the UI (UserInterface), text, rft and lrf located in the firmware path: opt/sony/ebook/FONT
files are: tt0003m_.ttf; tt0011m_.ttf, tt0419m_.ttf
neither the original Sony, nor the PRS+ fonts support chinese.
To enable chines you have to replace the fw-font folder with another one holding at least one with a extended font.
This font has to meet several "formal aspects" (read *VERY* detailed guide on changing default Reader fonts)
To "mount" your file you need to put a boot-script "prsp.sh" into database/system/PRSPlus (folder should already exist, otherwise create it. Attention all case-sensitive)
prsp.sh needs *nix-line break and should look something like that:

cp /Data/FONT /tmp
mount --bind /tmp/FONT /opt/sony/ebook/FONT

or if your font-files are realy huge try mounting it direct from IM

mount --bind /Data/FONT /opt/sony/ebook/FONT

(where /Data/ referes to the IM, so you will see just the folder /FONT in explorer)

Note: by only putting these three files into /FONT you will find that dictionary will show up blank. This is due to a missing symlink, but this is another story.

B) filetypes which can handle embedded or external fonts
These are PDF (for embedded fonts) and epub supporting both - probably the easier way
To save me typing this twice please read ahead here

HTH
Mark

PS: I know this is somewhat confusing and my English isn't the best too.
And eventually we should compile all this infos and steps into the WIKI.

PPS: in case of emergency: There is PRS+ "Safe Mode":
If the reader is started while connected to USB, PRS+ will not start, and the startup-script (prsp.sh) will not be executed, too. So if anything goes wrong, reset your reader, connect to USB, restart. Edit/remove prsp.sh. Restart once again.

[Analogus]

Concerning system fonts under (A):

As wrote in this thread, you need 4 fonts. That's the thing with the 'other story'. Otherwise you could get much troubles.

What I don't understand is (B):

What kind of fonts will be used for an say EPUB without embedded fonts?
When I does verything allright under (A) and mount other system fonts, in epubs without embedded fonts some other font is used. I have no glue which one... And how to change this font permanently. Maybe it's hardcoded in the adobe-viewer.

A.

Edit: What is meant with '*nix-line break'?

[jackie_w]

@Analogus,

As far as I know the font files used by epub are different (and always have been) from those used by txt/lrf/rtf. Overriding epub fonts is done by creating one or more .css files (containing lots of @font-face statements) in the folder /database/system/PRSPlus/epub which can be accessed and changed via PRS+ as desired.

I think '*nix-line break' means each line ending in the file is Unix/Linux style LF only rather than the Windows CRLF or the Mac CR

Edit: To use the same set of fonts for everything, the wiki (last section) gives an outline

[Analogus]

jackie_w:

Thanks.
In case of the 2 caracter sets I know WHERE the fonts for LRF etc. are stored:
/opt/sony/ebook/FONT

But where are the system fonts for EPUB stored? If you use your own fonts, everything is clear of course.

Reason for asking:

I love Caecilia as default-reading-font. Sometimes my custom CSS-files dont work with specific EPUBS (which don't have embedded fonts). Of course I could change the internal CSS-file of the book. But wouldn't it be elegant when my own default font would be used instead of this (hidden?) font?

A.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by Analogus

I love Caecilia as default-reading-font. Sometimes my custom CSS-files dont work with specific EPUBS (which don't have embedded fonts). Of course I could change the internal CSS-file of the book. But wouldn't it be elegant when my own default font would be used instead of this (hidden?) font?

When you have a misbehaving epub, look in the epub css and find out why it's not working. Once you know what the problem is you can sometimes add extra code to your Caecilia custom css which will avoid the problem in future.

For example, if a lot of your epubs have been converted from an MSWord-created RTF or an old LIT (which are also often sourced from MSWord) then it is quite possible that your epub is full of statements like font-family: "Times New Roman". Unless you take evasive action in your custom css all this text will display as Sony default.

I don't know what you currently have but something like

@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman", "Caecilia", serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; src: url(res:///Data/fonts/Caecilia_LT_67_Cond_Medium.ttf);}
...and similar for the other 3 @font-faces

may handle a few extra epubs without needing to edit the epub css.

If the problem is an epub which already contains a set of fully-embedded fonts (e.g. Charis in many DRM'd epubs) then the Calibre 'Modify Epub' plugin has an option to remove them for you.

[Seyprs]

First, thanks for your answer Mr Nord,

My PRS+ is in French and i don't want to change this, but my problem is to display chinese Fonts coming from an epub, buy on internet (an chinese grammar book) so some of the text is in chinese, some of in french.

So if i have understood, this following link is the case i need
=> http://code.google.com/p/prs-plus/wiki/InstallGuide

if i have right understood, i create a file in my root (H: in my case)
H:\Fonts\"a chinese font.ttf" (i have found some chinese fonts)
Now, i write in the H:\database\system\PRSPlus\epub\
a file "style.css" wich is written (with the name of the chinese font of course)
in the link =>http://code.google.com/p/prs-plus/wiki/InstallGuide

In this directory i already have a FntsAsInLRF.css, must i delete this?
Must i add another font or another line in the style.css for a latin font as times, arial etc...

Can the reader understand that this book will contain 2 fonts?


Thanks for your help and your time

[raiderkilo]

Can someone post custom build for PRS-300?
(with changelog)
Or how to build custom for 300?

THX

[Analogus]

here we go PRS+ custom build from 'now':

NA
But be warned - I didn't test it.

jackie_w:
Thanks. But I don't want to alter something in my CSS-files. The idea is to do it in 2 ways: CSS AND custom system fonts to be on the save side.

Edit: CB not working for PRS300. Will be available in future on http://erhartc.bplaced.net/ereader/

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by Analogus

here we go PRS+ custom build from 'now':

PRS+ for PRS300
But be warned - I didn't test it.

If at some point you have the time to put up a 950 build I would appreciate it.

[Analogus]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

If at some point you have the time to put up a 950 build I would appreciate it.

Custom build for 950 - here we go:
PRSP_950 (CB 14.01.2012)

Not tested!

A.