NickelClock: Show time while reading

[jackie_w]

Firmware 4.23.15505 is even older (Aug 2020).

@sherman would need to confirm, but I'm going to take an educated guess that all development/testing of NickelClock was done on fw 4.32.xxxxx or 4.33.xxxxx.

A lot has changed with headers/footers in the last few years.

[Ned]

Hi again
Just to confirm that my Aura H2O is now on 4.34.20097 with all my usual patches.
Nickel clock works perfectly - as shown in the following screenshot
(ps I switched the clock to left and battery to right while I was at it, so it's different from my last screenshot)

Thanks again @sherman and sorry to be a bother

[sherman]

Thanks everyone for the investigations!

My development was indeed on a recent firmware, Going back to older firmware versions
is a PITA, so I don't do it very often.

As to what I'm doing QSS wise, NickelClock Copies the embedded ReadingFooter.qss, removes the stuff before the font settings, changes #caption to my own ID, and applies the new stylesheet. I obviously need to devise a more robust solution...

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by sherman

Thanks everyone for the investigations!

My development was indeed on a recent firmware, Going back to older firmware versions
is a PITA, so I don't do it very often.

As to what I'm doing QSS wise, NickelClock Copies the embedded ReadingFooter.qss, removes the stuff before the font settings, changes #caption to my own ID, and applies the new stylesheet. I obviously need to devise a more robust solution...

I think every single line of ReadingFooter.qss is patched by one or other of 2 existing patches.

1. Reduce new header/footer height patches ReadingFooter min-height and max-height
2. Custom header/footer captions patches #caption font-size and (optional) #caption font-family. Also ReadingFooter qproperty-footerMargin

I use both of those patches myself, but NickelClock seems to be working OK for me on Libra2, ClaraHD, AuraOne and Forma. This sounds like a minor miracle based on what you said about how NickelClock works.

[sherman]

Ah, I don't actually modify the original, I just use it as a template. The idea being that it should work with the patches.

[sherman]

Also, @jackie_w do you have a copy of ReadingFooter.qss from an older firmware? It may be possible for me to come up with a solution without having to reach for an actual QSS/CSS parser.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by sherman

Also, @jackie_w do you have a copy of ReadingFooter.qss from an older firmware? It may be possible for me to come up with a solution without having to reach for an actual QSS/CSS parser.

I've attached ReadingFooter.qss from fw 4.25.15875. How far back did you want to go?

ETA: The file from fw 4.23.15505 is exactly the same as 4.25.15875

[sherman]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

I've attached ReadingFooter.qss from fw 4.25.15875. How far back did you want to go?

ETA: The file from fw 4.23.15505 is exactly the same as 4.25.15875

Thanks, probably no need to go too far back.

I may just need to remove the [newHeader=true] and [newFooter=true] selectors for those firmwares to work. Or add those properties to my labels (which might be the easiest thing to do).

[sherman]

If anyone is still running an older firmware like 4.2x, feel free to give this version a go.

WARNING: Entirely untested by me (I don't have time right now), but I don't foresee any issues.

Test version removed. v0.3.0 now released.

[KL Wong]

Sherman,

Thank you for spending the time to make nickel clock compatible with older firmware.

I tested the new version nickel clock with 4.23 firmware. The battery font size becomes normal. However, I notice in 4.23 firmware, the clock font size is slightly bigger than the clock in home pages (both old and new nickel clock version). This does not occur in new 4.34 firmware. However, I regard the new nickelclock is completely acceptable in old firmware.

I uploaded a comparsion picture as attchement for your reference.

All test are done without any patch on my Forma.

Thanks.

Allen

[sherman]

Originally Posted by KL Wong

Sherman,

Thank you for spending the time to make nickel clock compatible with older firmware.

I tested the new version nickel clock with 4.23 firmware. The battery font size becomes normal. However, I notice in 4.23 firmware, the clock font size is slightly bigger than the clock in home pages (both old and new nickel clock version). This does not occur in new 4.34 firmware. However, I regard the new nickelclock is completely acceptable in old firmware.

I uploaded a comparsion picture as attchement for your reference.

All test are done without any patch on my Forma.

Thanks.

Allen

I've attached another test version. Hopefully it solves the time label issue as well (I had to implement the same fix as I did for the battery).

WARNING: Once again, entirely untested by me, but I don't foresee any issues.

Test version removed. v0.3.0 now released.

[KL Wong]

Sharman,

I believe you got it. The time and battery font size are the same for both new and old firmware.

Thanks.

Allen

[sherman]

At long last, I've published a new release of NickelClock. This is the same as the test version I posted yesterday, just officially released.

You can download the release HERE.

[sdothum]

Thank You!

Works like a charm.

[Ned]

Originally Posted by sherman

At long last, I've published a new release of NickelClock. This is the same as the test version I posted yesterday, just officially released.

You can download the release HERE.

Can I just install it over the top of the earlier version I have (which works fine on my firmware) ?