kobopatch request thread - Page 60

RodRiquez · 11-03-2022, 05:33 PM

~ Be able to change the Night Light "bedtime" to any time.

I have to get up very early & go to bed early, 9pm as the earliest bedtime just doesn't work because the light change doesn't have time to kick in. I want to be setting that for 5pm or 6pm, so I am not reading white light well before bed.
For people who work nights etc, just let us set any time & not restrict it.

jackie_w · 11-03-2022, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RodRiquez

~ Be able to change the Night Light "bedtime" to any time.

I have to get up very early & go to bed early, 9pm as the earliest bedtime just doesn't work because the light change doesn't have time to kick in. I want to be setting that for 5pm or 6pm, so I am not reading white light well before bed.
For people who work nights etc, just let us set any time & not restrict it.

There's an existing patch for that. Customize ComfortLight settings in libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml.

Bamsdam · 11-27-2022, 01:27 PM

Hi! I have a couple of questions:

Is there any way to change the bottom menu? I like to replace the 'Discover' tap with 'My Articles', if yes, how?
And put the 'Discover' in the 'More' menu?

Is it possible to show 'My Articles' as a widget on the homescreen and replacing some of the Kobo -store widgets?

Bamsdam · 11-27-2022, 02:17 PM

So here's another one:

I noticed the patch for "Both page turn buttons go next". Is it possible to create a patch to go back to homescreen (or screen by choice) when double press on the power button?

Currently power button is used to go to sleep or long-press to turn off/on.

Curious about readers thoughts on this one.

jackie_w · 11-27-2022, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bamsdam

Hi! I have a couple of questions:

Is there any way to change the bottom menu? I like to replace the 'Discover' tap with 'My Articles', if yes, how?
And put the 'Discover' in the 'More' menu?

Is it possible to show 'My Articles' as a widget on the homescreen and replacing some of the Kobo -store widgets?

As far as I know there's no way currently to add different items to the footer navigation bar.

Have a look at libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml patch Only show Pocket SmartLink. I don't use it myself but it should make the Home screen's (row 3 column 2) position be set permanently to access Pocket articles.

Aleron Ives · 11-27-2022, 07:26 PM

Maybe you could use NickelMenu to add the menu items you want? You'd have to tap twice (once for the NickelMenu icon, and once to select the item), but it might be more direct than it is now.

AnAccountName · 11-30-2022, 05:53 PM

hi, is it possible to change the italics on the collection page (as in the name of the collection) to normal (or really any non-italic) text? if the kobo's language is one of a non-latin script it seems to be work (eg. chinese or japanese), but i cant read any of those languages :/ . thanks!!

jackie_w · 12-03-2022, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnAccountName

hi, is it possible to change the italics on the collection page (as in the name of the collection) to normal (or really any non-italic) text? if the kobo's language is one of a non-latin script it seems to be work (eg. chinese or japanese), but i cant read any of those languages :/ . thanks!!

Yes this should be possible via a new patch for nickel.yaml but such a patch does not exist at the moment.

Are you already successfully using kobopatch? If so I can probably create a beta patch for you to try.

AnAccountName · 12-04-2022, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Yes this should be possible via a new patch for nickel.yaml but such a patch does not exist at the moment.

Are you already successfully using kobopatch? If so I can probably create a beta patch for you to try.

Yes, i'm currently using kobopatch for version 4.33.19608 and would love to try the beta patch! Thank you so so much!!

jackie_w · 12-04-2022, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnAccountName

Yes, i'm currently using kobopatch for version 4.33.19608 and would love to try the beta patch! Thank you so so much!!

I've added the beta patch to the main kobopatch thread for firmware 4.34.20097, where it may get seen by more people. If you have any feedback please use that thread rather than this one.

ETA: The patch includes code to remove italics from both the Collections List and the Authors List, because the code is almost identical for each. If you're only interested in the Collections List then you can delete all the lines in Part 1.

agent531c · 12-06-2022, 12:33 PM

Just moved from Kindle to Kobo and am loving it so far. One of my only little annoyances is with how the Cover View works compared to Kindle. Is it possible to reorganize elements of the software to be close to that of a kindle?

The 'read status' badges on the cover itself and the 'more options' button on the cover itself eat up a ton of whitespace on the Cover View page, and shrink the covers a bit much for my liking. Id love to be able to remove those completely and browse by the actual cover in cover view - Even better if the elements can be rearranged to be on top of the cover in a clean way

For Reference:

Kobo Cover View

Kindle Cover View

agent531c · 12-06-2022, 01:11 PM

So, Ive written this two other times now, but I think its being removed from image links I added in the post. Hopefully its not duplicating the post, and I just can't see it.

Moved from a Kindle to Libra 2 over the weekend and am loving it so far. My only minor annoyance comes with Cover View on the Kobo compared to Kindle. Is it possible to rearrange or even remove the 'whitespace elements' of the 'Read Status' and '...' (more options) menu that are listed underneath every cover while in cover view?

Id like the cover view to be closer to the Kindle, where the covers are larger and fill up the space as much as possible, instead of losing out a lot of cover art to the White Space taken up by the two lines under each cover.

I don't know if its possible to completely remove them, enlarge the covers, and maybe even add the '...' menu button as a button on the book cover itself like Kindle does, but an improved cover view with a focus on the Cover Art would be amazing.

jackie_w · 12-06-2022, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agent531c

Just moved from Kindle to Kobo and am loving it so far. One of my only little annoyances is with how the Cover View works compared to Kindle. Is it possible to reorganize elements of the software to be close to that of a kindle?

The 'read status' badges on the cover itself and the 'more options' button on the cover itself eat up a ton of whitespace on the Cover View page, and shrink the covers a bit much for my liking. Id love to be able to remove those completely and browse by the actual cover in cover view - Even better if the elements can be rearranged to be on top of the cover in a clean way

For Reference:

Kobo Cover View

Kindle Cover View

That would be more of a GUI re-write than a patch!

I haven't looked in detail, but based on the existing patch to increase cover size on the Home screen it *might* be possible to increase the cover widths in MyBooks Cover View by a couple of millimetres by reclaiming some of the wide left/right page margins but it's not possible to change the basic layout of 8 books in 2-rows x 4-columns. So you'll never get a worthwhile size increase to match the Kindle's 3-column layout.

As for combining the cover image with its caption - I think that's a non-starter for a patch.

geek1011 · 12-08-2022, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rtiangha

One more question then:

Going with the patching zh-HK approach, both it and the original HeaderSmallElidedLabel section both have a font-size property; running the patch would mean it would appear twice in default.qss. Clearly, the patched one takes precedence (otherwise the patch wouldn't work in the first place), but in general, if the same situation were to occur, which version would take precedence? Whichever one appears later in the file? Or is it determined another way? I assume qss is similar to css in that the last instance overrides everything else before it, but I don't really know QT enough to be confident in how stuff works.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/...SS/Specificity

yur · 12-24-2022, 02:58 PM

I’m having the issue of images and titles in kepubified kepubs have left aligned headers, images and dividers where they should be centred, which ultimately ruins the design of those books. i’m wondering if this could be fixed with patches. i would love to have one for forcing images to centre in kepubs for example.

11-03-2022, 05:33 PM	#886
RodRiquez Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2020 Device: Clara HD	~ Be able to change the Night Light "bedtime" to any time. I have to get up very early & go to bed early, 9pm as the earliest bedtime just doesn't work because the light change doesn't have time to kick in. I want to be setting that for 5pm or 6pm, so I am not reading white light well before bed. For people who work nights etc, just let us set any time & not restrict it. Last edited by RodRiquez; 11-03-2022 at 05:35 PM.

11-27-2022, 02:17 PM	#889
Bamsdam Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Power button double press So here's another one: I noticed the patch for "Both page turn buttons go next". Is it possible to create a patch to go back to homescreen (or screen by choice) when double press on the power button? Currently power button is used to go to sleep or long-press to turn off/on. Curious about readers thoughts on this one.

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11-27-2022, 01:27 PM	#888
Bamsdam Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Hi! I have a couple of questions: Is there any way to change the bottom menu? I like to replace the 'Discover' tap with 'My Articles', if yes, how? And put the 'Discover' in the 'More' menu? Is it possible to show 'My Articles' as a widget on the homescreen and replacing some of the Kobo -store widgets?

11-27-2022, 07:26 PM	#891
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,668 Karma: 16307824 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Maybe you could use NickelMenu to add the menu items you want? You'd have to tap twice (once for the NickelMenu icon, and once to select the item), but it might be more direct than it is now.

11-30-2022, 05:53 PM	#892
AnAccountName Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2021 Device: Kobo Libra 2	hi, is it possible to change the italics on the collection page (as in the name of the collection) to normal (or really any non-italic) text? if the kobo's language is one of a non-latin script it seems to be work (eg. chinese or japanese), but i cant read any of those languages :/ . thanks!!

12-06-2022, 12:33 PM	#896
agent531c Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Just moved from Kindle to Kobo and am loving it so far. One of my only little annoyances is with how the Cover View works compared to Kindle. Is it possible to reorganize elements of the software to be close to that of a kindle? The 'read status' badges on the cover itself and the 'more options' button on the cover itself eat up a ton of whitespace on the Cover View page, and shrink the covers a bit much for my liking. Id love to be able to remove those completely and browse by the actual cover in cover view - Even better if the elements can be rearranged to be on top of the cover in a clean way For Reference: Kobo Cover View Kindle Cover View

12-06-2022, 01:11 PM	#897
agent531c Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	So, Ive written this two other times now, but I think its being removed from image links I added in the post. Hopefully its not duplicating the post, and I just can't see it. Moved from a Kindle to Libra 2 over the weekend and am loving it so far. My only minor annoyance comes with Cover View on the Kobo compared to Kindle. Is it possible to rearrange or even remove the 'whitespace elements' of the 'Read Status' and '...' (more options) menu that are listed underneath every cover while in cover view? Id like the cover view to be closer to the Kindle, where the covers are larger and fill up the space as much as possible, instead of losing out a lot of cover art to the White Space taken up by the two lines under each cover. I don't know if its possible to completely remove them, enlarge the covers, and maybe even add the '...' menu button as a button on the book cover itself like Kindle does, but an improved cover view with a focus on the Cover Art would be amazing.

12-24-2022, 02:58 PM	#900
yur Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2019 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	I’m having the issue of images and titles in kepubified kepubs have left aligned headers, images and dividers where they should be centred, which ultimately ruins the design of those books. i’m wondering if this could be fixed with patches. i would love to have one for forcing images to centre in kepubs for example.