patch top margin ?

[sautecambre]

I have got an Aura HD, and unfortunately the top part of the screen is now no more functional (drop from 20cm on the floor, am I unlucky or is Aura HD fragile ?). It means that approx 1.5cm on the upper part of the screen does not work properly (line ...). I want to keep the e-reader and do not throw it to the garbage. So I used Calibre in order to put an additional margin (70 pixels) at the top and I use the patch developped to reduce greatly the bottom margin, in order to get maximum height for the text. It works. But I am wondering if I can add some lines in the patch or an additionnal patch in order to add a top margin, thus I would not need to reformat all my epub books ?
Thanks in advance

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by sautecambre

... am I unlucky or is Aura HD fragile ?

Both I'd say. All current eink readers are fragile.

Originally Posted by sautecambre

But I am wondering if I can add some lines in the patch or an additionnal patch in order to add a top margin, thus I would not need to reformat all my epub books ?

I think the patch labelled
patch_name = `ePub fixed/adjustable top/bottom margins`
should do the trick. You'll need to uncomment the replace_string line in the section:

# Optional replacement value: Uncomment for a fixed top margin size in px,
# default 25px. Replacement value is margin size, two digits separated by \0
# (Leave commented out for an adjustable top margin.)
#replace_string = C99F1E, `%\01`, `2\05`

and experiment if the default of 25px is not enough.

[sautecambre]

I tested the pacth, there is no error but it doesn't change the top margin, even if I increased it up to 99 pixels ... Any other idea ?

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by sautecambre

I tested the pacth, there is no error but it doesn't change the top margin, even if I increased it up to 99 pixels ... Any other idea ?

On the Aura HD 99px is less than 1cm. You could uncomment the two optional replace_string lines in the `ePub fixed/adjustable top/bottom margins` patch but change the first one from:

replace_string = C99F1E, `%\01`, `2\05`

to:

replace_string = C99F1E, `%\01\0p\0x`, `1\05\0m\0m`

to get a top margin of 15mm and bottom margin of zero. (this is for firmware 3.12.1, but the same change will work in later versions too.)

[sautecambre]

It works !!! cool, thank you very much !