Instructions for patching firmware 4.19.14123

[snarkophilus]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

This is my kobopatch.yml file.

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files:
  src/hyphenDicts/hyph_en.dic: usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/hyph_en.dic

Not quite sure why I hadn't thought of this before, and I don't recall seeing it mentioned in the forums anywhere, but I was happy to discover that pointing to a source file outside the patch folder works just fine. I've now got this

files:
  ../../dictionaries/hyph_en.dic: usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/hyph_en.dic

in my kobopatch.yaml file and I don't have to copy the hyphen dictionary into a new release of the Kobo patches.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by Semwize

try

Spoiler:

Increase headlines font:
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: |
      Increase the font size in My books, Activity, Bookstore...
      See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3520879&postcount=42
  - FindZlib: "#tabContainer > N3TabItem"
  - ReplaceZlib:
      Find:    "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsTrilogy=true] {\n  font-size: 16px;\n}"
      Replace: "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsTrilogy=true] {\n  font-size: 28px;\n}"
  - ReplaceZlib:
      Find:    "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsPhoenix=true] {\n  font-size: 20px;\n}"
      Replace: "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsPhoenix=true] {\n  font-size: 36px;\n}"
  - ReplaceZlib:
      Find:    "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsDragon=true] {\n  font-size: 28px;\n}"
      Replace: "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsDragon=true] {\n  font-size: 42px;\n}"
  - ReplaceZlib:
      Find:    "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsStorm=true] {\n  font-size: 32px;\n}"
      Replace: "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsStorm=true] {\n  font-size: 46px;\n}"
  - ReplaceZlib:
      Find:    "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsDaylight=true] {\n  font-size: 36px;\n}"
      Replace: "#tabContainer > N3TabItem[qApp_deviceIsDaylight=true] {\n  font-size: 50px;\n}"

Originally Posted by FrozenTrout

That did it, thanks! I guess it was just never updated to support the Libra's font size. It should be added into the next release.

(for those confused, until it's fixed, add the 3 highlighted lines into the shown place inside src/nickel.yaml)

I'm still none the wiser about what patch Increase headlines font does. Is someone going to give me a clue?

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

I'm still none the wiser about what patch Increase headlines font does. Is someone going to give me a clue?

Increases Headings

[dmapr]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Sunlite asked about updating the dictionaries, if I correctly understood ...

files:
  dict/dicthtml-de.zip: mnt/onboard/.kobo/dict/dicthtml-de.zip

The regular dictionaries don't need patches to be installed AFAIK, so it didn't even occur to me

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Increases Headings

Spoiler:

I've committed your suggested LibraH2O change to nickel patch 'Increase headlines font'. It should be included as standard from the next release.

Thanks for the image. I've updated the link in the patch's description to point to your post #183 which should be more helpful than the previous link was.

Rather than hosting the image at Imgur, I do think it would be preferable, for the long-term, if you attached this image to your post (using the Manage Attachments paperclip) so that it's visible as a thumbnail.

ETA: If you do this, you'll probably need to reduce the image size to comply with MR guidelines about images.

[Edemen]

Originally Posted by droopy

Related to this, could you create a patch to lock the orientation. What I mean by this is when I choose "Portrait", I want it locked to "Buttons by right hand" portrait. Can you do this, geek1011?

It is possible?

[poczynek]

Originally Posted by droopy

Related to this, could you create a patch to lock the orientation. What I mean by this is when I choose "Portrait", I want it locked to "Buttons by right hand" portrait. Can you do this, geek1011?

Yes would love that too. I find the Forma to be very trigger happy to flip the screen at the slightest orientation change.

[NiLuJe]

The "hidden" Developer settings menu has advanced tilt settings for the Forma/Libra gyro.

I've never felt the need to tweak it myself, but it might be worth looking into.

[poczynek]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

The "hidden" Developer settings menu has advanced tilt settings for the Forma/Libra gyro.

I've never felt the need to tweak it myself, but it might be worth looking into.

Yes have tried that and doesn't work very well unfortunately.

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[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

The "hidden" Developer settings menu has advanced tilt settings for the Forma/Libra gyro.

I've never felt the need to tweak it myself, but it might be worth looking into.

Like @poczynek, I've played with this, but I also can't get it to do what I want. A 'handedness lock' patch would be great, if at all possible.

[jxall]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

if you no longer read poorly converted PDF (most PDF converted is very poor), then turn on hyphenation. It really does help with the gaps. Personally, I do not like gaps.

I can see where you're coming from on ePub vs. KePub. But go for ePub is you are reading regular fiction or books without footnotes or crappy graphics.

How do you cope with terrbily slow highlighting in regular EPUBs?

I bought my Kobo just recently, and I had to switch to KEPUBs already on my second day of use because the procedure was extremely slow and I could never manage to make the highlight end where my finger was pointing at. KEPUBs are flawless in this as well.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jxall

How do you cope with terrbily slow highlighting in regular EPUBs?

I bought my Kobo just recently, and I had to switch to KEPUBs already on my second day of use because the procedure was extremely slow and I could never manage to make the highlight end where my finger was pointing at. KEPUBs are flawless in this as well.

I don't highlight except for errors to fix later. So I'm OK with ePub highlighting. But ut has gotten better. I cannot say f it's good enough for you or not.

[LucyOne]

I've just patched my Clara again after a long time, so I'm not quite up to date with all the new patches. Is there a patch to customize the "Back to home" that shows up at the top? I'd like to unbold it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by LucyOne

I've just patched my Clara again after a long time, so I'm not quite up to date with all the new patches. Is there a patch to customize the "Back to home" that shows up at the top? I'd like to unbold it.

There is no such patch. But maybe someone will create one for you.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by LucyOne

I've just patched my Clara again after a long time, so I'm not quite up to date with all the new patches. Is there a patch to customize the "Back to home" that shows up at the top? I'd like to unbold it.

That should be able to be done with a CSS patch. If nobody else wants to do it, I'll probably get around to it by next weekend.

P.S. This type of post belongs in the request thread.