Native FBInk: Another small tool to print crap on your screen! - Page 14

PoP · 02-17-2019, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PoP

Since then, on v1.6.2 fbink -c '' (with null string, not even a single space) works fine on the K3, and it looks more logical to me. +1 Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Turns out that was an actual side-effect of clear being essentially broken on einkfb devices before that

.

(I was slightly confused because without a clear, '' *will* get you shouted at, but the clear makes it safe).

In the mean time between 1.6.2 and 1.10.3, somewhere in the twilight zone...

Code:

[root@kindle us]# fbink -c ''
[FBInk] Enabled Legacy einkfb Kindle quirks
[FBInk] Clock tick frequency appears to be 100 Hz
[FBInk] Screen density set to 167 dpi
[FBInk] Variable fb info: 600x800, 4bpp @ rotation: 0 (Upright, 0°)
[FBInk] Fontsize set to 16x16 (IBM base glyph size: 8x8)
[FBInk] Line length: 37 cols, Page size: 50 rows
[FBInk] Fixed fb info: ID is "eink_fb", length of fb mem: 483328 bytes & line length: 300 bytes
[FBInk] Pen colors set to #000000 -> #FFFFFF for the foreground and #FFFFFF -> #000000 for the background
Printing string '' @ column 0 + 0px, row 0 + 0px (overlay: N, no BG: N, no FG: N, inverted: N, flashing: N, centered: N, halfway: N, left padded: N, right padded: N, clear screen: Y, dithered: N, skip refresh: N, font: 0, font scaling: x0)
[FBInk] Cannot print an empty string!
Failed to print that string!

...broken again?

NiLuJe · 02-17-2019, 12:10 PM

Yes, on purpose this time

.

I have to think of a better way to handle that special case though, because it's been bugging me too ;p.

NiLuJe · 02-17-2019, 06:12 PM

It'll be fixed in the next version (where in fact, fbink -c will also be enough to do that

).

NiLuJe · 02-21-2019, 04:15 PM

Released v1.11.1!

A minor rounding fix to progress bars that affected some devices, fixed the CLI tool to allow a clear screen without specifying a string (hi @Pop!

), and a few new fonts

.

parkerlreed · 02-21-2019, 06:11 PM

I see the K3 and K5 in the archive. Is K4 supported at all?

NiLuJe · 02-21-2019, 07:36 PM

@parkerlreed: Yes, with the K5 binary (and the K3, too, technically).

c.f., this handy table if you're unfamiliar with the crappy naming scheme I'm using for the TCs

.

PoP · 02-21-2019, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

(hi @Pop!

)

All flavors of clearing:

Spoiler:

Code:

[root@kindle root]# fbink -c
[FBInk] Clock tick frequency appears to be 100 Hz
[FBInk] Screen density set to 300 dpi
[FBInk] Variable fb info: 1072x1448, 8bpp @ rotation: 3 (Counter Clockwise, 270°)
[FBInk] Fontsize set to 24x24 (IBM base glyph size: 8x8)
[FBInk] Line length: 44 cols, Page size: 60 rows
[FBInk] Vertical fit isn't perfect, shifting rows down by 4 pixels
[FBInk] Fixed fb info: ID is "mxc_epdc_fb", length of fb mem: 6782976 bytes & line length: 1088 bytes
[FBInk] Pen colors set to #000000 for the foreground and #FFFFFF for the background
indeed did clear the screen, with no message
[root@kindle root]# fbink -c ''
[FBInk] Clock tick frequency appears to be 100 Hz
[FBInk] Screen density set to 300 dpi
[FBInk] Variable fb info: 1072x1448, 8bpp @ rotation: 3 (Counter Clockwise, 270°)
[FBInk] Fontsize set to 24x24 (IBM base glyph size: 8x8)
[FBInk] Line length: 44 cols, Page size: 60 rows
[FBInk] Vertical fit isn't perfect, shifting rows down by 4 pixels
[FBInk] Fixed fb info: ID is "mxc_epdc_fb", length of fb mem: 6782976 bytes & line length: 1088 bytes
[FBInk] Pen colors set to #000000 for the foreground and #FFFFFF for the background
Printing string '' @ column 0 + 0px, row 0 + 0px (overlay: N, no BG: N, no FG: N, inverted: N, flashing: N, centered: N, halfway: N, left padded: N, right padded: N, clear screen: Y, dithered: N, skip re)
[root@kindle root]# fbink -c ' '
[FBInk] Clock tick frequency appears to be 100 Hz
[FBInk] Screen density set to 300 dpi
[FBInk] Variable fb info: 1072x1448, 8bpp @ rotation: 3 (Counter Clockwise, 270°)
[FBInk] Fontsize set to 24x24 (IBM base glyph size: 8x8)
[FBInk] Line length: 44 cols, Page size: 60 rows
[FBInk] Vertical fit isn't perfect, shifting rows down by 4 pixels
[FBInk] Fixed fb info: ID is "mxc_epdc_fb", length of fb mem: 6782976 bytes & line length: 1088 bytes
[FBInk] Pen colors set to #000000 for the foreground and #FFFFFF for the background
Printing string ' ' @ column 0 + 0px, row 0 + 0px (overlay: N, no BG: N, no FG: N, inverted: N, flashing: N, centered: N, halfway: N, left padded: N, right padded: N, clear screen: Y, dithered: N, skip r)
[root@kindle root]# fbink -c ""
[FBInk] Clock tick frequency appears to be 100 Hz
[FBInk] Screen density set to 300 dpi
[FBInk] Variable fb info: 1072x1448, 8bpp @ rotation: 3 (Counter Clockwise, 270°)
[FBInk] Fontsize set to 24x24 (IBM base glyph size: 8x8)
[FBInk] Line length: 44 cols, Page size: 60 rows
[FBInk] Vertical fit isn't perfect, shifting rows down by 4 pixels
[FBInk] Fixed fb info: ID is "mxc_epdc_fb", length of fb mem: 6782976 bytes & line length: 1088 bytes
[FBInk] Pen colors set to #000000 for the foreground and #FFFFFF for the background
Printing string '' @ column 0 + 0px, row 0 + 0px (overlay: N, no BG: N, no FG: N, inverted: N, flashing: N, centered: N, halfway: N, left padded: N, right padded: N, clear screen: Y, dithered: N, skip re)
[root@kindle root]# fbink -c " "
[FBInk] Clock tick frequency appears to be 100 Hz
[FBInk] Screen density set to 300 dpi
[FBInk] Variable fb info: 1072x1448, 8bpp @ rotation: 3 (Counter Clockwise, 270°)
[FBInk] Fontsize set to 24x24 (IBM base glyph size: 8x8)
[FBInk] Line length: 44 cols, Page size: 60 rows
[FBInk] Vertical fit isn't perfect, shifting rows down by 4 pixels
[FBInk] Fixed fb info: ID is "mxc_epdc_fb", length of fb mem: 6782976 bytes & line length: 1088 bytes
[FBInk] Pen colors set to #000000 for the foreground and #FFFFFF for the background
Printing string ' ' @ column 0 + 0px, row 0 + 0px (overlay: N, no BG: N, no FG: N, inverted: N, flashing: N, centered: N, halfway: N, left padded: N, right padded: N, clear screen: Y, dithered: N, skip r)
[root@kindle root]#

parkerlreed · 02-21-2019, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@parkerlreed: Yes, with the K5 binary (and the K3, too, technically).

c.f., this handy table if you're unfamiliar with the crappy naming scheme I'm using for the TCs

.

Ahh thanks. Will definitely give this a shot.

parkerlreed · 02-21-2019, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@parkerlreed: Yes, with the K5 binary (and the K3, too, technically).

c.f., this handy table if you're unfamiliar with the crappy naming scheme I'm using for the TCs

.

https://my.mixtape.moe/mvueoh.jpg

NiLuJe · 03-09-2019, 05:26 PM

Released v1.12.1!

Some corner-cases fixes when the CLI is called from a non-interactive SSH session (#32), and added the possibility of choosing the waveform update mode used when showing an image (mostly useful to enforce A2, for instance).

NiLuJe · 03-27-2019, 01:48 AM

Released v1.12.2!

A small maintenance release with a few minor fixes peppered across the code, as well as many changes to the fbdepth tool used by KOReader

.

NiLuJe · 03-28-2019, 07:37 PM

PSA: I broke < K5 support (again

) in 1.12.2, this will be fixed in 1.13.0

.

NiLuJe · 03-29-2019, 01:18 PM

Released v1.13.0!

Mainly introduces the dump/restore API

.
Also has a small performance boost for unprocessed image blitting to !legacy Kindles.
And, speaking of, unbreak legacy Kindle support

.

PoP · 03-29-2019, 03:28 PM

1.13.0

My K3 thanks you again!

Just curious, probably an intentional optimization; but the effect I was attempting with:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#glow v0.10 2019-03-29 ==============================
#Display glowing "GLOW" using NiLuJe's fbink color features
# ʇɟǝןʎdoƆ (ↄ) PoP under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
#Usage: glow
# currently using fbink 1.13.0

#keep the Kindle quiet
lipc-set-prop com.lab126.powerd preventScreenSaver 1  #disable screen saver
killall -stop cvm #stop framework

n=1 #repetition number
i=0 #starting color number
j=1 #color increment

while :; do

  case $i in
    0) COL="BLACK" ;;
  15) COL="WHITE" ;;
    *) COL="GRAY""$(printf  "%1x" $i)" ;;
  esac

  fbink -S 5 -F BLOCK -C $COL -O -M -m "GLOW"
#screenshot
  usleep 500000 

  i=$((i+j))
  if [ $i -gt 15 ] || [ $i -lt 0 ]; then j=$((-j)); n=$((n+1));  i=$((i+j+j)); fi
  if [ $n -eq 3 ]; then break; fi  #after glowing n times

done

#restore Kindle verbosity
lipc-set-prop com.lab126.powerd preventScreenSaver 0 #enable screen saver
killall -cont cvm #restart framework

... is ruined. The text was supposed to "glow" like this:

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But fbink seems to write the text in two pass, first it writes the text in black, then it updates the color map to the specified color. I couldn't smoothly fade-out / fade-in my text.

NiLuJe · 03-29-2019, 05:17 PM

@PoP: Just to double-check: did it ever work as you wanted it with earlier versions?

EDIT: Okay, tried it, no, don't think that's doable, that's an artifact of how eInk handles the update. I'll see if I can fiddle with different waveform modes

.

EDIT²: Yep, it's a byproduct of GC/GL waveform update modes

. And those that don't work like that do not support so 'many' colors

.

02-21-2019, 04:15 PM	#199
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Released v1.11.1! A minor rounding fix to progress bars that affected some devices, fixed the CLI tool to allow a clear screen without specifying a string (hi @Pop! ), and a few new fonts . Last edited by NiLuJe; 02-21-2019 at 07:37 PM.

03-29-2019, 05:17 PM	#210
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@PoP: Just to double-check: did it ever work as you wanted it with earlier versions? EDIT: Okay, tried it, no, don't think that's doable, that's an artifact of how eInk handles the update. I'll see if I can fiddle with different waveform modes . EDIT²: Yep, it's a byproduct of GC/GL waveform update modes . And those that don't work like that do not support so 'many' colors . Last edited by NiLuJe; 03-29-2019 at 07:00 PM.

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