KPV: a PDF reader for Kindle, based on muPDF, GPLv3 - Page 15

hawhill · 04-09-2012, 12:07 PM

nomnom: I've added a description to the OP. So you need to install launchpad, then follow the procedure as outlined.

BTW: Next release will be nice: CREngine is integrated, so expect upcoming support for EPUB, FB2, HTML, CHM, ... - it's working quite well!

bloor · 04-09-2012, 06:18 PM

Very nice! I have fat chm textbooks waiting

nomnom · 04-10-2012, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hawhill

nomnom: I've added a description to the OP. So you need to install launchpad, then follow the procedure as outlined.

BTW: Next release will be nice: CREngine is integrated, so expect upcoming support for EPUB, FB2, HTML, CHM, ... - it's working quite well!

Thanks a lot! Is the procedure same while updating to a newer version?

dave2008 · 04-10-2012, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nomnom

Thanks a lot! Is the procedure same while updating to a newer version?

Yes.

Or you can simply copy the new files to relevant directories to overwrite the original files. But I don't recommend this approach.

Harry_Y · 04-10-2012, 08:32 AM

I loaded this on my Kindle DXG last night.

It looks good.

I did have one issue, I have auto rotate turned on and when I turned the kindle
the screen got scrambled, upon turning it back upright it remained scrambled.
I had to power down and back up to get it to restore to a normal screen.

dave2008 · 04-10-2012, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry_Y

I loaded this on my Kindle DXG last night.

It looks good.

I did have one issue, I have auto rotate turned on and when I turned the kindle
the screen got scrambled, upon turning it back upright it remained scrambled.
I had to power down and back up to get it to restore to a normal screen.

Hi harry, just don't turn on auto rotate when you go into kindlepdfviewer, because it is not supported yet. The latest released version (Release 2012.03) even does not supports screen saver.

We are working on the screen saver issue, it's all most finished. ;P

Harry_Y · 04-10-2012, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave2008

Hi harry, just don't turn on auto rotate when you go into kindlepdfviewer, because it is not supported yet. The latest released version (Release 2012.03) even does not supports screen saver.

We are working on the screen saver issue, it's all most finished. ;P

I figured that the auto rotation was not supported yet,
but figured it was worth reporting just in case.

Overall the reader looked pretty good, and it
appeared to be much quicker in page turning etc

Now if I can only remember all the shortcuts.
(any chance of a menu or popup with the shortcuts listed?)

I appreciate the hard work of those with far more talent than I.

Thank you

eLiNK · 04-10-2012, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry_Y

...
Now if I can only remember all the shortcuts.
(any chance of a menu or popup with the shortcuts listed?)
...

I guess the listings of all the shortcuts relevant for each format will be provided in the next version (can be fired up by pressing 'H' in an open book).

dave2008 · 04-10-2012, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry_Y

I figured that the auto rotation was not supported yet,
but figured it was worth reporting just in case.

Overall the reader looked pretty good, and it
appeared to be much quicker in page turning etc

Now if I can only remember all the shortcuts.
(any chance of a menu or popup with the shortcuts listed?)

I appreciate the hard work of those with far more talent than I.

Thank you

See, thanks for the report

In fact, traycold has added a help page long time ago (just after the Release 2012.03). But the developers are so busy at adding new features that they don't even have time to stop and stabilize all these features ;P

You can refer to the download page for all these changes. But I guess the new release should be near. it seems that except for the highlight support, no major new feature is still under development.

Harry_Y · 04-10-2012, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave2008

See, thanks for the report

In fact, traycold has added a help page long time ago (just after the Release 2012.03). But the developers are so busy at adding new features that they don't even have time to stop and stabilize all these features ;P

You can refer to the download page for all these changes. But I guess the new release should be near. it seems that except for the highlight support, no major new feature is still under development.

I bought the DXG primarily to read pdf files, I looked at putting the
Kindle 3.x firmware on the DXG but all I really wanted was better PDF
support so this gives me what I want without loosing anything else.

alban · 04-12-2012, 08:54 AM

Heh Guys great work. Thanks.
The simple installation guide was a great help - got it working fine - much better than the native handling of pdf.
Just a couple of things:
How do you uninstall?
How to get rid of the list of folders that show up (but that don't contain pdfs) that appear in the list of docs pdfreader opens to (sorry, not very clear!)?

vmonkey · 04-12-2012, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alban

How do you uninstall?

Just delete the kindlepdfviewer folder in your Kindle home folder. And also kpdf.sh and kpdf.ini files placed in your launchpad folder.

Quote:

Originally Posted by alban

How to get rid of the list of folders that show up (but that don't contain pdfs) that appear in the list of docs pdfreader opens to (sorry, not very clear!)?

By default you see a list of files/folders in Kindle's /mnt/us/documents folder (or simply documents folder when you connect Kindle to PC). You may move/delete/create files/folders as you like on your PC.

hawhill · 04-12-2012, 09:24 AM

Hi alban, thanks for the friendly feedback!
I'll add uninstalling notice to the OP in a short moment.

As for "empty" folders showing up: There's no method yet, inspecting every folder before displaying it is most probably too expensive in terms of computing (we would effectively have to scan all the subfolders). I guess the easiest would be to create a dedicated folder for documents you want to read with this viewer and point the path in kpdf.ini (in the launchpad folder) to it. So the solution I'm suggesting here is to change the folder that gets displayed by default. In the original version, that's always the /mnt/us/documents folder (or simply "documents" in USB drive mode) to ease the transition from the native viewer.

Edit: thanks vmonkey, you beat me to it :-)

montalex · 04-12-2012, 05:42 PM

I was enjoying this, until it froze my Kindle. I was in PDF Reader in 90 degree rotation, when it went into standby. The even the screen saver was a blur of lines, and there was no way to go into Kindle without a hard restart.

Actually, I was able to enter PDF reader by re-entering Shift-P-D, but I could not get back to Kindle from there.

Still, much great work here.

Thanks.

hawhill · 04-12-2012, 06:28 PM

I think the amazon framework really gets irritated under some circumstances. The next release will be more stable in that regard, but I managed to bring it to show similar symptoms you describe. However, restarting the framework worked well for me. So for those cases when the amazon framework gets messed up we might just add a launchpad keyboard shortcut for a framework restart (/etc/init.d/framework restart).

04-12-2012, 08:54 AM	#221
alban Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3	Just to say Thanks Heh Guys great work. Thanks. The simple installation guide was a great help - got it working fine - much better than the native handling of pdf. Just a couple of things: How do you uninstall? How to get rid of the list of folders that show up (but that don't contain pdfs) that appear in the list of docs pdfreader opens to (sorry, not very clear!)?

04-12-2012, 09:24 AM	#223
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	Hi alban, thanks for the friendly feedback! I'll add uninstalling notice to the OP in a short moment. As for "empty" folders showing up: There's no method yet, inspecting every folder before displaying it is most probably too expensive in terms of computing (we would effectively have to scan all the subfolders). I guess the easiest would be to create a dedicated folder for documents you want to read with this viewer and point the path in kpdf.ini (in the launchpad folder) to it. So the solution I'm suggesting here is to change the folder that gets displayed by default. In the original version, that's always the /mnt/us/documents folder (or simply "documents" in USB drive mode) to ease the transition from the native viewer. Edit: thanks vmonkey, you beat me to it :-) Last edited by hawhill; 04-12-2012 at 09:30 AM.

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04-09-2012, 12:07 PM	#211
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	nomnom: I've added a description to the OP. So you need to install launchpad, then follow the procedure as outlined. BTW: Next release will be nice: CREngine is integrated, so expect upcoming support for EPUB, FB2, HTML, CHM, ... - it's working quite well!

04-09-2012, 06:18 PM	#212
bloor Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kindle DXG 3.2.1	Very nice! I have fat chm textbooks waiting

04-10-2012, 08:32 AM	#215
Harry_Y Addict Posts: 305 Karma: 704492 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NY Device: Kindle 3, Kindle DX, Galaxy Tab 2	I loaded this on my Kindle DXG last night. It looks good. I did have one issue, I have auto rotate turned on and when I turned the kindle the screen got scrambled, upon turning it back upright it remained scrambled. I had to power down and back up to get it to restore to a normal screen.

04-12-2012, 05:42 PM	#224
montalex Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1283268 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: KindleDX,Kindle 4, Kindle Keyboard 3G	I was enjoying this, until it froze my Kindle. I was in PDF Reader in 90 degree rotation, when it went into standby. The even the screen saver was a blur of lines, and there was no way to go into Kindle without a hard restart. Actually, I was able to enter PDF reader by re-entering Shift-P-D, but I could not get back to Kindle from there. Still, much great work here. Thanks.

04-12-2012, 06:28 PM	#225
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	I think the amazon framework really gets irritated under some circumstances. The next release will be more stable in that regard, but I managed to bring it to show similar symptoms you describe. However, restarting the framework worked well for me. So for those cases when the amazon framework gets messed up we might just add a launchpad keyboard shortcut for a framework restart (/etc/init.d/framework restart).