Cool Reader for Kobo

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by MicaOlaAdams

I'm trying to connect via OPDS to my calibre server.
Name: calibre
Url: http://192.168.1.89:8080

I get only errors. Any ideas what went wrong?

How is it working in KOReader? How it works, or not, there might give us a hint as to the problem. It would help if you listed the error msgs.

Luck;
Ken

[MicaOlaAdams]

Hi Ken,

OPDS connection with KOReader to calibre works.

With CoolReader at first I got an Error message (Error!). After playing around with the wifi settings, the error message disappeared and for an instant I can see a loading message (Loading...), but no entries are shown just a blank page.

Any ideas?

Mica

[Ken Maltby]

I don't see anywhere that Sergey is allowing the user to enter the access data/passwords for a access point/router. Maybe, like KOReader used to do, it is relying on what is set by Nickel? You might want to check that Nickel can access your local wireless network, or even re-setup Nickel's access to create a new file.

Luck;
Ken

[MicaOlaAdams]

I can access the internet per wifi with KSM8s Wifi-Menu. If I don't enable wifi in KSM8 CoolReaders OPDS search gives me a network/wifi error. With wifi turned on in KSM8 I get no such error. That's why I assumed Coolreader can actually connect with my router and calibre.

edit:
I just found a opds.xml file with the xml set for calibre. Now I assume CoolReader is not displaying that xml file correctly.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by MicaOlaAdams

I can access the internet per wifi with KSM8s Wifi-Menu. If I don't enable wifi in KSM8 CoolReaders OPDS search gives me a network/wifi error. With wifi turned on in KSM8 I get no such error. That's why assumed Coolreader can actually connect with my router and calibre.

I guess the most recent version of PBChess was published long before the Kobo Ara One was available, and therefore does not know the path to the modules necessary to use wifi. You can try to make the following changes to vlasovsoft/wifi_on.sh:

Delete or comment out

PLATFORM=ntx508

Replace

lsmod | grep -q dhd || insmod /drivers/$PLATFORM/wifi/dhd.ko

with

lsmod | grep -q ${WIFI_MODULE} || insmod /drivers/${PLATFORM}/wifi/${WIFI_MODULE}.ko

In wifi_off.sh replace

/sbin/rmmod -r dhd

with

/sbin/rmmod -r ${WIFI_MODULE}

Note: use a unix style editor!

[MicaOlaAdams]

Turning wifi On works now. Many thanks. CoolReader does download the calibre xml file but it fails to display it. I suppose it has something to do with the KA1s screen and the way CoolReader handles the stylesheet. I just get an empty page.

[MicaOlaAdams]

Sergey solved my problem. The proper URL has to be:

Url: http://192.168.1.89:8080/opds

[crimsonsnow]

Hello,

I am perfectly happy to read epubs with Coolreader until now, but lately I can't help but wonder whether it's possible to list files not alphabetically (by date added or date read, for example) in "Open file" menu. Is there any tweak I can probably do to make this possible or alphabetically is the default and unchangeable?

[MicaOlaAdams]

I dont't this is possible right now. But you can make a Feature Request on Sergeys Forum.

[crimsonsnow]

Originally Posted by MicaOlaAdams

I dont't this is possible right now. But you can make a Feature Request on Sergeys Forum.

Thank you for this. Hmm, maybe I'll try to request this, it'll be beneficial to have this when I don't remember the titles of the books I last put.

[MicaOlaAdams]

I'm not sure my question belongs in this thread, nonetheless:

I would very much like to understand how CoolReader's code works and maybe play around with it. I understand I can get the source code from the Wiki page: http://wiki.vlasovsoft.net/doku.php?id=en:coolreader

What kind of environment do I need to build the app from source code?
I don't have much experience with setting up such an environment and would be very thankful for any help.

Many thanks

Mica

[tberty]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

First Google result.

Luck;
Ken

I don't know why but the link doesn't work.

Found an alternative.

[stevenam]

Changed my comment: How do I get Coolreader to recognize duo languagues in 1 book?

For example, I'm using the font Bookerly, and theoritically, any Unicode font should display well. When I read the book in my native language Vietnamese, everything is fine. But when the book contents the Chinese character, all character changed into ???. So, how to fix it?

When I used KOReader, it could display both Vietnamese and Chinese characters seamlessly.
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Nevermind, found a solution myself. So I share here for anybody who did not know it yet.

1. If you also install KOReader on your Kobo, you should be able to find a font called "Noto San CJK" inside the .kobo/koreader/fonts folder. I guess CJK means Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Then this solution should work for Japanese and Korean as well.
2. Copy it to .kobo/vlasovsoft/fonts
3. Open and edit by Notepad++ the file .kobo\vlasovsoft\cr3\data\cr3.ini, line 14

From

crengine.font.fallback.face=DejaVu Sans

To

crengine.font.fallback.face=Noto San CJK SC

4. Save the file
5. Unplug the Kobo
6. ... Profit!!!

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And until Coolreader can handle PDF with reflow, then I can forget about KOReader.

[kaznelson]

usbnet.sh for Mark6 (Glo HD, Aura One, Aura Edition 2)

Replace it:

PLATFORM=ntx508
if [ $DEVICE == TOUCH ]; then
	PLATFORM=freescale
fi

...with that:

if [ $DEVICE == GLOHD -o $DEVICE == TOUCH2 -o $DEVICE == AURAONE ]; then
	PLATFORM=mx6sl-ntx
else
	if [ $DEVICE == TOUCH ]; then
		PLATFORM=freescale
	else
		PLATFORM=ntx508
	fi
fi

[tshering]

@kaznelson
Woudn't it be easier (and better) to simply remove

PLATFORM=ntx508
if [ $DEVICE == TOUCH ]; then
	PLATFORM=freescale
fi

and use the values of PLATFORM as they are exported by rcS? The code above does not take into account all models of the Touch anyway.