Moon+ reader pro idiot guide please

[eischech]

I just loaded Moon+Reader Pro v4.1.2 on a new Galaxy Tab S2 running Android 6.0.1. On my old tablet, under Android 4.2.2, I had my library stored on an external SD card. I want to do the same thing on the new one. On the new tablet, Android's "My Files" shows the external card and the folder I created in it for ebook files. But...

Moon+Reader's Local Files list on the old tablet has /sdcard/books, /sdcard/ /mnt/extSdCard, /storage, Gdrive, and dropbox. But Local Files on the new tablet has only /sdcard, Gdrive, and Dropbox. How can I get Local Files to recognize the external card so I can navigate to it?

Thanks --

[eischech]

Solved!

With Moon+Reader Pro 4.1.2 and Android 6.0.1, go to My Files in Moon+Reader and select Local Files. Navigate to the root directory (/), then to Storage, and then to [name of your external SD card -- mine is 3209-EF9D]. Then you can go to wherever you put your ebook library.

This was suggested by Purple Lady's 4/21/2013 reply to a similar question. With the Moon+Reader and Android versions that were current then, the path was Local Files > root > mnt > ExtSDcard. That's different from the path for the current versions, but it was enough of a clue for me to find my books. Thanks, Purple Lady!!

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by eischech

Solved!

With Moon+Reader Pro 4.1.2 and Android 6.0.1, go to My Files in Moon+Reader and select Local Files. Navigate to the root directory (/), then to Storage, and then to [name of your external SD card -- mine is 3209-EF9D]. Then you can go to wherever you put your ebook library.

This was suggested by Purple Lady's 4/21/2013 reply to a similar question. With the Moon+Reader and Android versions that were current then, the path was Local Files > root > mnt > ExtSDcard. That's different from the path for the current versions, but it was enough of a clue for me to find my books. Thanks, Purple Lady!!

You're welcome! That certainly was an old post.

[Negativo]

Hello, I´m a new user.
I wanna know if there´s any way to change the bottom Percentaje information into pages left.
I just want the tipical "page 453/866" data, not the "77.3%"

Thanks>¨

[jackie_w]

delete. Sorry completely wrong thread.

[stumped]

Originally Posted by Negativo

Hello, I´m a new user.
I wanna know if there´s any way to change the bottom Percentaje information into pages left.
I just want the tipical "page 453/866" data, not the "77.3%"

Thanks>¨

No
pages are counted only for the opened chapter, and change as you change preferences. There ie no fixed page count. In Moon, one page is one screen of your current display settings

[Negativo]

Originally Posted by stumped

No
pages are counted only for the opened chapter, and change as you change preferences. There ie no fixed page count. In Moon, one page is one screen of your current display settings

Thank you very much Stumped, I won´t be stocked there anymore, I just love the personalization. I´ll keep on reading Dan Simmons.

BTW... What any other good dictionary is compatible with this app?? I´m not liking Color Dict at all...

[VelvetElvis]

Originally Posted by Negativo

Hello, I´m a new user.
I wanna know if there´s any way to change the bottom Percentaje information into pages left.
I just want the tipical "page 453/866" data, not the "77.3%"

Thanks>¨

No, and it's one of the reasons I stopped using it. Sent a request to the author a couple of years ago, but no interest on his part it seems.

[Negativo]

Originally Posted by VelvetElvis

No, and it's one of the reasons I stopped using it. Sent a request to the author a couple of years ago, but no interest on his part it seems.

So, which one are you using now? I´ve tried FBreader before...

Thanks }<

[VelvetElvis]

Originally Posted by Negativo

So, which one are you using now? I´ve tried FBreader before...

Thanks }<

I've tried a ton of readers, but keep going back to Cool Reader. It's more responsive than FBreader, I find, particularly in page turns. Oddlly, it crashes on my GF's Samsung tablet from time to time, but has been no issue on either of my Asus tablets.

I used AlReader for a few months, but as with many of the readers, documentation is sparse.

[ChronoVlad]

Hey guys what resolution needed for the "Custom Book Cover" when viewing my books because the default covers generated by Moon Reader looks so bad

Screenshot:

[stumped]

Originally Posted by eischech

... How can I get Local Files to recognize the external card so I can navigate to it?

Thanks --

i will point out one glitch, which I raised & discussed in the calibre companion section; moon+ likes to use a path containing /sdcard/ , an android sym link, when referring to internal storage. It will on-the-fly replace /emulated/0... with /sdcard/ when you browse for files, which makes it impossible to have the same internal storage file path in both CC and moon+
It does not affect actual sdcard storage, apart form being confusing.

I moved my books to actual external storage & had to do a one off select root to grant permissions thing[ android 6 ] in order for delete file from within moon to work.

dictionaries- if that is still under discussion - seems to be a weak point compared with , say, Bookari, where i can use google, Wikipedia... as optional defaults. colour dict + the needed data file seems an obsolete way of doing things, and a fiddly 2 or 3 part set up, but I've not dug deep as I don't have a huge need for integrated dictionary

book covers - all of mine are a thumbnails of the real covers, not those silly built in defaults. you can set side of how they display in recent, shelf, bookmarks etc in preferences. I think moon+ extracts the cover thumbnail from the book when you first open or import it ? is stores those in a hidden folder with the other metadata.

[stumped]

http://phandroid.com/2017/01/06/moon...id-dictionary/

some options here- please leave feedback if you try them

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by stumped

http://phandroid.com/2017/01/06/moon...id-dictionary/

some options here- please leave feedback if you try them

I've use Colordict for years. It can use Stardict dictionaries but takes some setup work.

Sent from my XT1528

[barryem]

I found Colordict to be a pretty good dictionary but the app is clumsy and, even though I've set it up on a number of devices, I never can seem to get it quite right. It always works. It's just clumsy in different ways on each device.

Barry