Kobo Firmware 3.5.0 - Page 14

mahtin · 07-18-2014, 06:01 AM

After doing a factory reset on my aura HD this morning, and after it updated, I found I was still on 3.3.
OK, it's a long long way to Canada, but still... thanks for the link and instructions for DIY.

Anak · 07-18-2014, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bartveld

Been following this widows/orphans discussion. Whenever I convert an epub I always put in this

p, body{
widows: 0;
orphans: 0;
}

at the tab Extra CSS in the Look and Feel section. Somebody advised this somewhere sometime. So should I change the 0's to 1's?

Don't know. The value of "0" worked and was een excepted value in CSS2.x but not anymore.
I suppose all books that are defined with a value "0" for these properties will be ignored and fall-back to the default value of 2.

If you use these properties in your own books then I would change these values to 1 for all future books that need customization and leave the old books untouched and/or only make changes on a individual basis.

anacreon · 07-18-2014, 10:42 AM

Before 3.5.0, any time I modified the font (including size) in a book, it was chosen also for all books open afterwards, but not to those opened previously.
Now it applies to all books, which is very annoying: I have many books opened simultaneously, and it is very annoying to have to remember what suits every book best. I have many "complete works" which have their own requirements (notably poetry), and I might wish for a starker font when reading conditions are poor (or my eyes tired), without wanting it to apply to all.

Does anyone know how to work around this?

jackie_w · 07-18-2014, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anacreon

Before 3.5.0, any time I modified the font (including size) in a book, it was chosen also for all books open afterwards, but not to those opened previously.
Now it applies to all books, which is very annoying: I have many books opened simultaneously, and it is very annoying to have to remember what suits every book best. I have many "complete works" which have their own requirements (notably poetry), and I might wish for a starker font when reading conditions are poor (or my eyes tired), without wanting it to apply to all.

I'm not seeing this

It's working the same way it always did for me.

davidfor · 07-18-2014, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

I'm not seeing this

It's working the same way it always did for me.

Same here. And I have played with the fonts a bit testing some things with 3.5.0 to see that it is working correctly.

DNSB · 07-18-2014, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

I'm not seeing this

It's working the same way it always did for me.

Add me to the list of those who haven't noticed any change from the old applies to all books opened after the font change rule.

Regards,
David

Rev. Bob · 07-18-2014, 04:46 PM

Yeah, I don't remember Kobo ever supporting per-book font settings except through the books' CSS sheets. The GUI has always been for global settings, to the best of my knowledge.

jackie_w · 07-18-2014, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rev. Bob

Yeah, I don't remember Kobo ever supporting per-book font settings except through the books' CSS sheets. The GUI has always been for global settings, to the best of my knowledge.

The per-book font settings (family, size, line-height, margins) are stored in the Kobo database's content_settings table. The font thickness/sharpness settings are stored (per-font-family, not per-book) in the .kobo/Kobo eReader.conf config file.

Rev. Bob · 07-18-2014, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

The per-book font settings (family, size, line-height, margins) are stored in the Kobo database's content_settings table. The font thickness/sharpness settings are stored (per-font-family, not per-book) in the .kobo/Kobo eReader.conf config file.

If we're truly on the same wavelength here, then the reported "bug" seems more like a "fix" to me, turning an undocumented per-book feature into a more intuitive global feature. After all, the GUI says nothing about adjusting font settings "for this book."

Not that per-book would be a bad thing to have, but it's inconsistent with the current interface.

GeoffR · 07-18-2014, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anacreon

Before 3.5.0, any time I modified the font (including size) in a book, it was chosen also for all books open afterwards, but not to those opened previously.
Now it applies to all books, which is very annoying: I have many books opened simultaneously, and it is very annoying to have to remember what suits every book best. I have many "complete works" which have their own requirements (notably poetry), and I might wish for a starker font when reading conditions are poor (or my eyes tired), without wanting it to apply to all.

Does anyone know how to work around this?

The per-book aettings are still working for me in 3.5.0, but:

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

The per-book font settings (family, size, line-height, margins) are stored in the Kobo database's content_settings table. The font thickness/sharpness settings are stored (per-font-family, not per-book) in the .kobo/Kobo eReader.conf config file.

and so if the database was corrupt, the per-book settings might not be loaded/saved, while the global settings would still be loaded/saved from the config file.

jackie_w · 07-18-2014, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rev. Bob

If we're truly on the same wavelength here, then the reported "bug" seems more like a "fix" to me, turning an undocumented per-book feature into a more intuitive global feature. After all, the GUI says nothing about adjusting font settings "for this book."

I'm not sure we are on the same wavelength because the reported "bug" is not being seen at all by several of us who have replied.

The font GUI is only available when in a book so it's always seemed implicit (to me) that it means "for this book". Of course, because the latest per-book settings are also stored globally in the config, they are also applied to all future books which don't yet have their own per-book settings. So I can see why people may get confused

jackie_w · 07-18-2014, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

and so if the database was corrupt, the per-book settings might not be loaded/saved, while the global settings would still be loaded/saved from the config file.

On the couple of occasions I've had a corrupt database, my device has gone into a death-spiral quite quickly so I don't think I've experienced a partially-working Kobo for any length of time. Is this what you think is most-likely causing anacreon's problem?

GeoffR · 07-18-2014, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

On the couple of occasions I've had a corrupt database, my device has gone into a death-spiral quite quickly so I don't think I've experienced a partially-working Kobo for any length of time. Is this what you think is most-likely causing anacreon's problem?

It's the only thing I could think that would cause the effect anacreon saw, but I'm not going by experience, I've never had a corrupt database.

davidfor · 07-18-2014, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

It's the only thing I could think that would cause the effect anacreon saw, but I'm not going by experience, I've never had a corrupt database.

Yes, this behaviour could be explained by the content_settings table or an index being corrupted. If it was just that table, then most things would work. If it is, then as jackie_w said, it usually means a death spiral until it dies completely.

anacreon: Run a check on the database to see if it has any problems. You can do this from a SQLite manager, or the Kobo Utilities plugin in calibre.

anacreon · 07-19-2014, 12:52 AM

Thank you all for your inputs. I've just checked the database with kobo utilities, and it is ok.

@rev bob: the way it worked was perfect for me and needs no fix IMO. I have worked on Georgia for instance to make it blacker, and would not like to have to redo it every time I choose Georgia.

Since everyone else has no problem, I might try a reset, but it is a long and painful process which I will wait to be back home to try. Also in other cases (wifi for instance), it didn't work for me. OTOH, I feel like it is not a bad thing to do now and then, just like defragmenting my computer, considering all the to and fro-ing I do.

EDIT: I just checked on the aura 6" (I wouldn't go 3 weeks on holidays far away from a bookshop without a spare), and it is as before. I gather it is a problem on the HD, even though the data base checks ok. Definitely a case for a reset.
Sorry not to have done this before - I learned things about the fonts management from Jackie_w though, and might try to save the config file.

07-18-2014, 10:42 AM	#198
anacreon Guru Posts: 978 Karma: 3475832 Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Device: Elipsa, Sage, Libra 2	modified: application of font change to all books Before 3.5.0, any time I modified the font (including size) in a book, it was chosen also for all books open afterwards, but not to those opened previously. Now it applies to all books, which is very annoying: I have many books opened simultaneously, and it is very annoying to have to remember what suits every book best. I have many "complete works" which have their own requirements (notably poetry), and I might wish for a starker font when reading conditions are poor (or my eyes tired), without wanting it to apply to all. Does anyone know how to work around this?

07-19-2014, 12:52 AM	#210
anacreon Guru Posts: 978 Karma: 3475832 Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Device: Elipsa, Sage, Libra 2	Thank you all for your inputs. I've just checked the database with kobo utilities, and it is ok. @rev bob: the way it worked was perfect for me and needs no fix IMO. I have worked on Georgia for instance to make it blacker, and would not like to have to redo it every time I choose Georgia. Since everyone else has no problem, I might try a reset, but it is a long and painful process which I will wait to be back home to try. Also in other cases (wifi for instance), it didn't work for me. OTOH, I feel like it is not a bad thing to do now and then, just like defragmenting my computer, considering all the to and fro-ing I do. EDIT: I just checked on the aura 6" (I wouldn't go 3 weeks on holidays far away from a bookshop without a spare), and it is as before. I gather it is a problem on the HD, even though the data base checks ok. Definitely a case for a reset. Sorry not to have done this before - I learned things about the fonts management from Jackie_w though, and might try to save the config file. Last edited by anacreon; 07-19-2014 at 01:03 AM.

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07-18-2014, 06:01 AM	#196
mahtin google this Posts: 63 Karma: 12646 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Asia Device: kobo h2o2, bookeen muse frontlight, resurrected. Fire HD8.	After doing a factory reset on my aura HD this morning, and after it updated, I found I was still on 3.3. OK, it's a long long way to Canada, but still... thanks for the link and instructions for DIY.

07-18-2014, 04:46 PM	#202
Rev. Bob Wizard Posts: 1,760 Karma: 9918418 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Here on the perimeter, there are no stars Device: Kobo H2O, iPad mini 3, Kindle Touch	Yeah, I don't remember Kobo ever supporting per-book font settings except through the books' CSS sheets. The GUI has always been for global settings, to the best of my knowledge.