Instructions for patching firmware 4.34.20097

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by DNSB

And multiple authors are separated by a , so you send "LN, FN", the result is that your Kobo thinks you have two authors.

I.e. "Ringo, John & Sherrer, Lydia" give you Ringo as one author, John & Sherrer as the 2nd author author and Lydia as the 3rd author. Whereas "John Ringo, Lydia Sherrer" gives you two authors with a first and last name.

Yes. As I prefer LN, FN and & in my Calibre library, I keep a separate library for the books I send to my Kobos (a tenth or so of my whole library at the moment). It can probably be done with metadata plugboards, but I like a separate smaller library for connected devices. I never connect my Kobos to my main library.

[retro]

Originally Posted by DNSB

And multiple authors are separated by a , so you send "LN, FN", the result is that your Kobo thinks you have two authors.

I.e. "Ringo, John & Sherrer, Lydia" give you Ringo as one author, John & Sherrer as the 2nd author author and Lydia as the 3rd author. Whereas "John Ringo, Lydia Sherrer" gives you two authors with a first and last name.

No wonder I get such a strange list! Thanks for explaining that.

I'm glad kobo sorts correctly on the books pages.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Yes. As I prefer LN, FN and & in my Calibre library, I keep a separate library for the books I send to my Kobos (a tenth or so of my whole library at the moment). It can probably be done with metadata plugboards, but I like a separate smaller library for connected devices. I never connect my Kobos to my main library.

Why not hide Author(s) and display Author Sort then?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Why not hide Author(s) and display Author Sort then?

AFAIK you can't display Author Sort in the library list. Do you know a way?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

AFAIK you can't display Author Sort in the library list. Do you know a way?

I created a custom column to display the Author Sort. See the image. It can be referred to as #author_sort.

[Aleron Ives]

Is it possible to sort by filename in the Kobo Collections UI?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

Is it possible to sort by filename in the Kobo Collections UI?

Filename is not a sort option.

[dreambeat]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Following a request in the kobopatch request thread here is a beta patch for anyone who would prefer to see the names in the MyBooks Authors List and/or Collections List without the italics. I've tested in the current firmware, 4.34.20097, but it should work equally well in any firmware released in 2022.

If you decide to try it please leave any comments in this thread. I'll use any feedback (or lack thereof) to decide whether to include it in the standard kobopatch pack for future firmwares.

Copy into your copy of nickel.yaml (or wherever you normally store your customised nickel.yaml patches).

Spoiler:

beta Customise Authors List and Collections List names:
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: Change font style of MyBooks Authors/Collections names
  
  # Part 1: Authors List name
  - FindZlib: "AuthorsListWidget" # qss/AuthorsListWidget.qss
  - ReplaceZlibGroup:
      Replacements:
        # #hTitle Author name label to non-italic
        - Find:    "#hTitle {\n  qproperty-maxNumLines: 1;\n}"
          Replace: "#hTitle {\n  qproperty-maxNumLines:1; font-style:normal;\n}"
  
  # Part 2: Collections List name
  - FindZlib: "GenericListWidget" # qss/GenericListWidget.qss
  - ReplaceZlibGroup:
      Replacements:
        # #hTitle Collection name label to non-italic
        - Find:    "#hTitle {\n  qproperty-maxNumLines: 1;\n}"
          Replace: "#hTitle {\n  qproperty-maxNumLines:1; font-style:normal;\n}"

Thanks for this - the italics in the menus have been bothering me for a while. I just installed it, and it looks great.

[minsik]

sorry cant locate how to remove all patch system. Is it safe just to install a new software or reinstall the original 4.24.20097.

thanks.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by minsik

sorry cant locate how to remove all patch system. Is it safe just to install a new software or reinstall the original 4.24.20097.

thanks.

It's not a good idea to go back that far without first doing a reset.

Why would you want to go back to 4.24?

[minsik]

oops, i meant 4.34.20097 just before the latest one.
aha after searching all over i found the otiginal readme describes just reinstall software over whats there. sounds simple enough! Famous last words.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by minsik

oops, i meant 4.34.20097 just before the latest one.
aha after searching all over i found the otiginal readme describes just reinstall software over whats there. sounds simple enough! Famous last words.

Yes, you can reinstall the same firmware as the one you've patched in order to remove all of the patches.