KPV: a PDF reader for Kindle, based on muPDF, GPLv3 - Page 40

ccczzx · 07-23-2012, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by dracodoc

I want to share some hacks (most of them came from other discussion), some people may like it and use it before they are officially adopted.

Does the default font setting work? I changed it to Droid Sans Fallback, but have no effect. Plus, how to get crengine know a new font?

dracodoc · 07-23-2012, 10:50 AM

It works for me. Did you use the exact name showed in book font selection screen?
If I remembered correct, there could be different naming conventions for host fonts(font in your kindle fonthack folder) and kpv installed fonts.
I think you can at least copy a font into fonthack folder then it should be listed in book font selection screen.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccczzx

Does the default font setting work? I changed it to Droid Sans Fallback, but have no effect. Plus, how to get crengine know a new font?

ccczzx · 07-23-2012, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dracodoc

It works for me. Did you use the exact name showed in book font selection screen?
If I remembered correct, there could be different naming conventions for host fonts(font in your kindle fonthack folder) and kpv installed fonts.

Yes, the font name is exactly the same with that showed in font selection list.
Also, I added the "cre_font" option, don't work neither.

Quote:

I think you can at least copy a font into fonthack folder then it should be listed in book font selection screen.

The problem here is the CREngine just don't get the fonts list from linkfonts/fonts/. I also coped some fonts into the droid/ directory, which aren't recognized by CREngine.

I use the "kindlepdfviewer-202b6fc.zip" version.

mrevent · 08-01-2012, 04:47 AM

How do we export highlights made in kindlepdfviewer? Are they integrated with amazon's "My Clippings"? Or is there any way to see all highlights made in kpdf in one file?

If so, I am doing something wrong... My highlights in kpdf are not transferred to "My clippings" , nor are they available in another single file.

The only way I have access to highlights from kpdf is opening the lua files for each book in the documents folder.

hawhill · 08-01-2012, 08:02 AM

Nope, they aren't integrated into anything else for now. Would probably be trivial, but, well, you know, developer resources...

mrevent · 08-01-2012, 09:21 PM

I understand, thank you for the info

knc1 · 08-12-2012, 03:35 PM

@Hawhill
If you have a need to make Lua-5.1, "C" extension code work under Lua-5.2 . . . .
I have written a bit of version glue code (luaL_register for 5.2) that should ease the chore.
See:
http://hg.minimodding.com/repos/lua/lusb.hg/summary

Repo also contains the PIL(5.1) Chapter 28 examples as test cases under Lua-5.2

hawhill · 08-12-2012, 03:57 PM

Thank you! But we changed over to LuaJIT in the mean time - and it won't go to 5.2 soon (in fact I think Mike Pall stated he wants to stay compatible to 5.1 for a looooong time). BTW: LuaJIT is definitely worth a look if you hadn't yet!

dracodoc · 08-22-2012, 10:26 AM

Recently I met this problem twice: Kindle DX battery level drop to one digit suddenly. I cannot always reproduce the problem, so is there any tool or log that I can look at or submit? Does kindle DX have a battery usage log?

Yesterday it was acting weird:
1. I turned on DX and found the battery level is about 5% and need charge immediately
2. when I quit kpf back to amazon interface, I noticed that the file listed by amazon interface is the old state, which included some file I already deleted. The problem is, I had used amazon interface after the file change and at that time it already updated with the file change. So when the problem occur, the amazon interface seemed to get some old file list.

I'll do a full start and watch, probably something in amazon stuff, not in kpv.

knc1 · 08-22-2012, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hawhill

Thank you! But we changed over to LuaJIT in the mean time - and it won't go to 5.2 soon (in fact I think Mike Pall stated he wants to stay compatible to 5.1 for a looooong time). BTW: LuaJIT is definitely worth a look if you hadn't yet!

I have looked at it, both in the past and the present.

I am using 5.2 to avoid building/distributing/loading the binopt external library.

KindleTatsch · 08-25-2012, 08:48 PM

Please get this for Kindle Touch working, if possible. We Touch Users could really need better PDF support too. Reading PDFs on the Kindle is no joy, as it is now.

knc1 · 08-26-2012, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KindleTatsch

Please get this for Kindle Touch working, if possible. We Touch Users could really need better PDF support too. Reading PDFs on the Kindle is no joy, as it is now.

Have you tried the JBPatch and its set of reader utilities?

techiemonkey · 08-26-2012, 07:14 AM

I too vote for a kindle touch port.

knc1 · 08-26-2012, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techiemonkey

I too vote for a kindle touch port.

Don't vote, send money.

hawhill · 08-26-2012, 07:28 AM

While this is a nice suggestion and money is always welcome, it wouldn't buy me time, unfortunately... I guess the same is true for the others involved. So: send programmers, not money :-P

08-01-2012, 04:47 AM	#589
mrevent Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 87300 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: kindle 3w, dxg, 5, Kv	How do we export highlights made in kindlepdfviewer? Are they integrated with amazon's "My Clippings"? Or is there any way to see all highlights made in kpdf in one file? If so, I am doing something wrong... My highlights in kpdf are not transferred to "My clippings" , nor are they available in another single file. The only way I have access to highlights from kpdf is opening the lua files for each book in the documents folder. Last edited by mrevent; 08-01-2012 at 05:05 AM.

08-12-2012, 03:35 PM	#592
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	@Hawhill If you have a need to make Lua-5.1, "C" extension code work under Lua-5.2 . . . . I have written a bit of version glue code (luaL_register for 5.2) that should ease the chore. See: http://hg.minimodding.com/repos/lua/lusb.hg/summary Repo also contains the PIL(5.1) Chapter 28 examples as test cases under Lua-5.2 Last edited by knc1; 08-12-2012 at 03:41 PM.

08-22-2012, 10:26 AM	#594
dracodoc Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 322 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle DXG, Sony T1	Recently I met this problem twice: Kindle DX battery level drop to one digit suddenly. I cannot always reproduce the problem, so is there any tool or log that I can look at or submit? Does kindle DX have a battery usage log? Yesterday it was acting weird: 1. I turned on DX and found the battery level is about 5% and need charge immediately 2. when I quit kpf back to amazon interface, I noticed that the file listed by amazon interface is the old state, which included some file I already deleted. The problem is, I had used amazon interface after the file change and at that time it already updated with the file change. So when the problem occur, the amazon interface seemed to get some old file list. I'll do a full start and watch, probably something in amazon stuff, not in kpv. Last edited by dracodoc; 08-22-2012 at 10:51 AM.

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08-01-2012, 08:02 AM	#590
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	Nope, they aren't integrated into anything else for now. Would probably be trivial, but, well, you know, developer resources...

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mrevent Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 87300 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: kindle 3w, dxg, 5, Kv	I understand, thank you for the info

08-12-2012, 03:57 PM	#593
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	Thank you! But we changed over to LuaJIT in the mean time - and it won't go to 5.2 soon (in fact I think Mike Pall stated he wants to stay compatible to 5.1 for a looooong time). BTW: LuaJIT is definitely worth a look if you hadn't yet!

08-25-2012, 08:48 PM	#596
KindleTatsch Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	Please get this for Kindle Touch working, if possible. We Touch Users could really need better PDF support too. Reading PDFs on the Kindle is no joy, as it is now.

08-26-2012, 07:14 AM	#598
techiemonkey Tech Geek Forever Posts: 230 Karma: 568824 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: USA Device: Kindle Touch hacked	I too vote for a kindle touch port.

08-26-2012, 07:28 AM	#600
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	While this is a nice suggestion and money is always welcome, it wouldn't buy me time, unfortunately... I guess the same is true for the others involved. So: send programmers, not money :-P