kobopatch request thread

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by droopy

Someone who read my thread suggested I post on this kobopatch request thread.

Currently, all hyperlinked text in my Kobo Forma kepubs appear as gray. I reckon that's how the Forma "converts" purple/blue" hyperlinks. I'd prefer the hyperlinks to have greater contrast (i.e. be darker or black). So rather than graying hyperlink text, I'd rather have some other signifier of hyperlinks, say, dotted underlines. Is something like this available?

Are you transferring your books as kepubs or as standard epubs?

If it's the former I could post a beta patch (for libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml) that you could experiment with to customise your kepub <a> tag styling to your own taste.

[droopy]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Are you transferring your books as kepubs or as standard epubs?

If it's the former I could post a beta patch (for libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml) that you could experiment with to customise your kepub <a> tag styling to your own taste.

As kepubs

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by droopy

As kepubs

Because you're posting in this thread I'm assuming you already know how to use the kobopatch system , so try this for starters...

Add this new patch to the .yaml file where you're storing all your other patches for libnickel.so.1.0.0

KePub stylesheet anchor style:
  - Enabled: yes
  - Description: Customise style of kepub hyperlinks
  - FindBaseAddressString: "a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active {"
  - ReplaceString: 
      Find:    "a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active { border-bottom: 1px dotted black !important; color: #696969 !important; }"
      Replace: "a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active { border-bottom: 3px dotted black !important; color: inherit !important; }"
      MustMatchLength: yes

Here's a screenshot of how it looks on my Forma. You can see the 2 hyperlinks at the bottom of the page.

You can customise the style in the Replace string however you like as long as you keep it exactly the same length as the Find string, e.g. if it's too wishy-washy try dashed instead of dotted or increase the 3px.

Good luck

[droopy]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Because you're posting in this thread I'm assuming you already know how to use the kobopatch system

Unfortunately, jackie, I have no idea. Can you point me to instructions on how to use the kobopatch system?

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by droopy

Unfortunately, jackie, I have no idea. Can you point me to instructions on how to use the kobopatch system?

Post #1 in this thread is the starting point if your Kobo is running firmware 4.15.12920. There will be a similar thread every time a new firmware is released.

However, be aware that this is not going to be a 5-minute job if you've never patched your Kobo before. So my advice would be to wait until you've got the time and the inclination before embarking on a patching project.

[droopy]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Post #1 in this thread is the starting point if your Kobo is running firmware 4.15.12920. There will be a similar thread every time a new firmware is released.

However, be aware that this is not going to be a 5-minute job if you've never patched your Kobo before. So my advice would be to wait until you've got the time and the inclination before embarking on a patching project.

Thanks. What are the downsides to patching my Kobo Forma? I mean, after I patch the Forma, what would the downsides be?

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by droopy

Thanks. What are the downsides to patching my Kobo Forma? I mean, after I patch the Forma, what would the downsides be?

I'm absolutely the wrong person to ask All my Kobos are heavily patched and I wouldn't want them any other way. I don't upgrade to any new firmware until I know the patches will work.

So many major and minor improvements on offer for those who want them. You pick and choose which ones you want to enable. Every patch has a built-in description to help you decide whether it's of any interest.

[droopy]

Does patching slowdown the reading experience (e.g., speed of power on/off; sleep; page turns)?

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by droopy

Does patching slowdown the reading experience (e.g., speed of power on/off; sleep; page turns)?

Nope.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by droopy

Someone who read my thread suggested I post on this kobopatch request thread.

Currently, all hyperlinked text in my Kobo Forma kepubs appear as gray. I reckon that's how the Forma "converts" purple/blue" hyperlinks. I'd prefer the hyperlinks to have greater contrast (i.e. be darker or black). So rather than graying hyperlink text, I'd rather have some other signifier of hyperlinks, say, dotted underlines. Is something like this available?

Check your CSS.. It sounds like a color is be applied to the link and that would make it a grayish color. Get rid of the color for <a> in CSS and it will be back to being black.

[droopy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Check your CSS.. It sounds like a color is be applied to the link and that would make it a grayish color. Get rid of the color for <a> in CSS and it will be back to being black.

Many of my kepubs are like that. Do I have to do that for every book?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Check your CSS.. It sounds like a color is be applied to the link and that would make it a grayish color. Get rid of the color for <a> in CSS and it will be back to being black.

Originally Posted by droopy

Many of my kepubs are like that. Do I have to do that for every book?

I would disagree with Jon there. I seem to remember the default colour for hyperlinks in epub on a Kobo is blue and for kepub is a mid-grey so you need to override that with your CSS.

If you look at jackie_w's patch, you can see the !important directive to override. The supplied patch code changes the "color: #696969" (mid-grey?) for hyperlinks to "color: inherit". The inherited colour is likely to be black.

[MGlitch]

Changing the CSS was suggested in the post that lead to the request here, and was dismissed by someone wiser in the ways of messing with all that stuff than I am.

Plus changing the CSS for each book vs patching the Kobo so it's overridden as a standard, well I know which I'd prefer.

[droopy]

Originally Posted by MGlitch

Changing the CSS was suggested in the post that lead to the request here, and was dismissed by someone wiser in the ways of messing with all that stuff than I am.

Plus changing the CSS for each book vs patching the Kobo so it's overridden as a standard, well I know which I'd prefer.

I prefer the same, mglitch so do I just do as jackie suggested with .yaml file?

[MGlitch]

Originally Posted by droopy

I prefer the same, mglitch so do I just do as jackie suggested with .yaml file?

Yes, follow the instructions in the patch thread Jackie linked to, and just add the patch she created into the .yaml file she indicated then keep following the instructions from the patch thread.

It really sounds harder than it is.