10-27-2017, 05:19 AM | #46 |
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Yeah, don't do it.
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10-27-2017, 05:25 AM | #47 |
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You could use Kiwix and install it like I described there (in German):
https://www.e-reader-forum.de/ebook-...075#post376075 This allows you to open multiple Wikipedia dumps at once. Limitations: Only working with FW 4.3.9084 or 3.19.5761. You are losing automatic Wifi connection in the browser. Search only possible in browser. Last edited by nhedgehog; 11-02-2017 at 11:02 AM. |
10-27-2017, 08:39 AM | #48 | |
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error 2 opening file "/mnt/onboard/content/wikipedia_en_ray_charles_2015-06.zim The XML library file '/mnt/onboard/wikipedia/library.xml' is empty (or has only remote books). Install Kiwix-Serverinstallation. Tried the file "ray charles" from here in English. \wikipedia folder is: \wikipedia\wikipedia_en_ray_charles_2015-06.zim \wikipedia\library.xml \wikipedia\index restart, try the address 127.0.0.1, and get nothing. What did I wrong? Last edited by oren64; 10-27-2017 at 08:44 AM. |
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10-28-2017, 09:23 AM | #49 | |
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Should'nt it be possible to link the "wiki search box" within an book to the Kiwix offline wiki? |
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10-30-2017, 01:55 PM | #50 |
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Using the beta browser to read wikipedia in the eReader is utterly uncomfortable, it really should be accessible from within the book, this way you could find whichever entry seems convenient when you are reading a book, without needing to connect through wi-fi nor going through a lot of clicks and then needing to type the word you're searching for.
It was possible with an older firmware, why did they removed that useful feature? |
10-30-2017, 07:22 PM | #51 | |
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As to not using WiFi to get to Wikipedia from with a book, that's absurd. To do that, you would need all of Wikipedia on the device. And I can already search Wikipedia by selecting a word in a book. No typing necessary. Or are you talking about searching from within offline Wikipedia file? |
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10-30-2017, 08:26 PM | #52 |
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Technically, they didn't remove the feature, they just removed the menu entry that let you search it.
As to getting all of wikipedia on the device -- it's only 15G without pics, fills up half an SD card. |
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10-31-2017, 01:43 AM | #54 | ||
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However, it is certainly broken, because it won't follow links or otherwise let me browse it. But it has been that way for a very long time, which is why search was important. (~15G zim file) Quote:
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10-31-2017, 05:30 AM | #55 | |
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However, when entering host or 127.0.0.1 or localhost in the browser nothing happens. There also is no logfile in /wikipedia. I'm using kobo start menu, do I need to add something to KSM to start /.wikipedia/wikipedia.sh? Last edited by ams; 10-31-2017 at 05:31 AM. Reason: typo |
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10-31-2017, 06:10 AM | #56 | |
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file="/mnt/onboard/.wikipedia/wikipedia.sh" if [ -f "$file" ]; then ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up $file fi Last edited by tshering; 10-31-2017 at 06:25 AM. |
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10-31-2017, 07:45 AM | #57 | |
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I don't need pictures and other languages to get explanations for words i simply never have heard of (historical novels have tons of those). That's the function i meant. wouldn't it be cool if you could use it with the offline-Wiki, without the need of Wifi? Last edited by the_Pan; 10-31-2017 at 07:59 AM. Reason: kiwix url added |
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10-31-2017, 02:48 PM | #58 | |
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You did everything right but I guess in the path variable in library.xml there is an error. In your library.xml there should be one entry: path="wikipedia_en_ray_charles_2015-06.zim" indexPath="./index/wikipedia_en_ray_charles_2015-06.zim.idx" yours is probably: path="../content/wikipedia_en_ray_charles_2015-06.zim" indexPath="../index/wikipedia_en_ray_charles_2015-06.zim.idx"which points to a directory two levels up. Edit: Thanks for the browser patch, I couldn't find the function in libnickel myself. Edit2: Guess I should change the folder structure according to the one in the kiwix zip files. Last edited by nhedgehog; 11-01-2017 at 06:31 AM. |
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11-01-2017, 04:47 AM | #59 | |
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Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't aware that KSM is manipulating the rcS too. ifconfig needs root to run. Do KSM-user scripts have root permissions on the Kobos? I will update the tutorial later to avoid accidental KSM stops. Last edited by nhedgehog; 11-01-2017 at 04:59 AM. |
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11-01-2017, 05:37 AM | #60 |
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@tshering: thanks, using your suggestion in #56 I got it running. Is there an easy way to automatically run the 'start wikipedia.sh' each time KSM boots?
@nhedgehog: in Library.xml, I needed to replace indexPath="/index/..." with indexPath="./index/..." to make full text search work (using the directory structure from your example) |
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