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Forma in landscape- surprinsgly useful
Up until now, I've never read in landscape mode on any of my ereaders. It just is not practical. I don't think it was possible anyway on any of my Kobos outside of using KOReader.
With the Forma, CoG is lower when reading in landscape mode and the balance is really nice as well. I have both buttons set to go "next". Reading in landscape mode is very nice on the Forma. Something I never thought I would do. Last edited by issybird; 12-20-2019 at 07:05 AM. Reason: Oversize images. Please read the guidelines regarding image size. |
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That's very interesting! And I can see in your photo that the famous Kobo Forma light stripe on the button edge is now behind the page footer, making it much less obtrusive.
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My wife uses her Forma in landscape mode and likes it that way.
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Interesting! I am going to give it a try.
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In config file, add the following lines:
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[DeveloperSettings] ForceAllowLandscape=true |
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@davidfor tnx! I can switch to landscape from nickel, but is there a way to force landscape mode for KSM aswell as KOReader? So as soon as the device starts it should be in landscape mode..
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I don't use KOReader, so I have no idea. There is a subforum dedicated to KOReader, so I would suggest asking there.
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@posixx: Is your "Device" block up to date?
Because the Libra has a gyro, so I'm not quite sure why you're trying to reinvent the wheel here ^^. In any case, KOReader supports the Libra's gyro, and supports all four possible orientations when reading (c.f., first tab of the bottom menu in a book, tapping the current orientation switches to its invert). The File Manager is portrait only, though (but will switch to Inverted Portrait (i.e., for lefties) *if requested by the gyro*). Plato supports all four orientations pretty much everywhere, IIRC. |
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