NickelMenu: An integrated launcher for Kobo eReaders

[hatuluang]

I'm sorry, I'm not a tech guy,

I think without Nickelmenu, you still need to reboot your device after
you tick/toggle on Invert at Reading setting.

The reboot will update ".kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" since the
"InvertScreen=false" when you are in normal mode. Your device needs a reboot to update Kobo eReader.conf (to become "InvertScreen=true")

That's why we need NM to make the process easy.

[asettico]

Originally Posted by hatuluang

I think without Nickelmenu, you still need to reboot your device after you tick/toggle on Invert at Reading setting.

Before I installed NM the very first time, that path worked without need to reboot, I simply changed the option and the effect was visible since closing the setting page.

Now that I installed and uninstalled NM, the behavior is no more the original one.

[John F]

This is what I did to toggle dark mode and set a light level:

   menu_item :reader   :Dark Mode On       :nickel_setting     :enable :dark_mode
                         chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 10
   menu_item :reader   :Dark Mode Off       :nickel_setting    :disable :dark_mode
                         chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 30

and it works.

I get 2 messages when I click on an entry. I tried getting rid of the messages by using ":quiet", but then the light level was set and I didn't get the messages, but dark mode was not turned on/off. How can I make these quiet?

Thank you.

[hatuluang]

Originally Posted by asettico

Before I installed NM the very first time, that path worked without need to reboot, I simply changed the option and the effect was visible since closing the setting page.

But before that, you made changes manually to Kobo eReader.conf (InvertScreen=true) before using the patch (thick invert) in order to make the invert work. Isn't?

[-stepan-]

Originally Posted by John F

This is what I did to toggle dark mode and set a light level:

   menu_item :reader   :Dark Mode On       :nickel_setting     :enable :dark_mode
                         chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 10
   menu_item :reader   :Dark Mode Off       :nickel_setting    :disable :dark_mode
                         chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 30

and it works.

I get 2 messages when I click on an entry. I tried getting rid of the messages by using ":quiet", but then the light level was set and I didn't get the messages, but dark mode was not turned on/off. How can I make these quiet?

Thank you.

Wow! It's what i want Thank you!

Some edit for me:
menu_item :reader :Frontlight On :nickel_setting :disable:dark_mode
chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 18
menu_item :reader :Frontlight Off :nickel_setting :disable :dark_mode
chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 0

Ok, i don't need Dark Mode, but if it's the only possible option to simply turn on the frontklight to 18% and turn it off altogether, without using the slider, then so be it. Kobo Nia work fine

[hatuluang]

Originally Posted by John F

This is what I did to toggle dark mode and set a light level:

   menu_item :reader   :Dark Mode On       :nickel_setting     :enable :dark_mode
                         chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 10
   menu_item :reader   :Dark Mode Off       :nickel_setting    :disable :dark_mode
                         chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 30

and it works.

Hi, I tried to change a bit with toggle options to only have one command as below:

menu_item :reader   :Dark Mode on/off     :nickel_setting :toggle :dark_mode
     chain_success :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 10
     chain_success :skip :2
     chain_failure :dbg_toast :Dark Mode switch!
     chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 30

It works, hope that the syntax is correct.

Note:
- the slider indicator didn't move according to the level of brightness setup.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by asettico

Before I installed NM the very first time, that path worked without need to reboot, I simply changed the option and the effect was visible since closing the setting page.

Now that I installed and uninstalled NM, the behavior is no more the original one.

If you open the Kobo config file, .kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf in a good text editor (e.g. Notepad++ on Windows) I think you'll probably find that you have 2 lines with InvertScreen=true (or false).

One of them is left over from your experiments with NM so you need to manually delete it. I think it's the one which appears under the [FeatureSettings] section header.

The old patch (which you want to go back to) was a bit of a hack which worked by replacing one of the rarely used options which gets stored under the [Reading] section header in the config file. I think this is the one you need to keep.

If that doesn't work manually delete all InvertScreen lines and after rebooting the Kobo go back to Settings to start again.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by hatuluang

Hi,
To do invert, I think you should reboot your device to make it work.

I use the below command in nickelmmenu configuration:

menu_item :main :Invert :nickel_setting :toggle :invert
chain_success :nickel_orientation :swap

the invert works without rebooting the device, but you should set again your portrait/landscape mode.

the other command is below and it will reboot your device in order to do the invert:

menu_item :main :Invert :nickel_setting :toggle :invert
chain_success ower :reboot (edit colon power :reboot)

Hope it helps.

Put your code in a code block and you;ll get the correct spaces and no smileys.

[hatuluang]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Put your code in a code block and you;ll get the correct spaces and no smileys.

thanks!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by -stepan-

Wow! It's what i want Thank you!

Some edit for me:
menu_item :reader :Frontlight On :nickel_setting :disable:dark_mode
chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 18
menu_item :reader :Frontlight Off :nickel_setting :disable :dark_mode
chain_always :cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 0

Ok, i don't need Dark Mode, but if it's the only possible option to simply turn on the frontklight to 18% and turn it off altogether, without using the slider, then so be it. Kobo Nia work fine

This is all you need.

menu_item : reader : Frontlight On : cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 18
menu_item : reader : Frontlight Off : cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 0

[akadaedalus]

Originally Posted by John F

I'm not looking for a direct control thru NM, or the GUI to be accurate, but the talk of sysfob and ioctl and this post:

Seems to the lay person that it can be done?

Having been quoted here I'm going to say this isn't quite the "layperson" activity, I have worked with similar operating systems in the past, and have been a software developer of some number of decades.

This is a YMMV situation. It may or may not work for your particular device. I do just fine with gestures on my Kobo Libra 2.

I was only trying to do something else with ioctl and adjusting the frontlight setting was a quick way to test its functionality. Alas bluetooth is much, much more complicated.

[-stepan-]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

This is all you need.

menu_item : reader : Frontlight On : cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 18
menu_item : reader : Frontlight Off : cmd_spawn : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 0

Thanks! It's perfect work for me.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by -stepan-

Thanks! It's perfect work for me.

I changed the value to what I want. I knew there had to be a way to run a command on it's own.

Glad it works. It's just what I want as well.

[JSWolf]

@-stepan- try the following code. If I am correct, it will not display the code number.

menu_item : reader : Frontlight On : cmd_spawn : quiet :ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 18
menu_item : reader : Frontlight Off : cmd_spawn : quiet : ioctl /dev/ntx_io 241 -v 0

[John F]

Originally Posted by akadaedalus

Having been quoted here I'm going to say this isn't quite the "layperson" activity, I have worked with similar operating systems in the past, and have been a software developer of some number of decades.

This is a YMMV situation. It may or may not work for your particular device. I do just fine with gestures on my Kobo Libra 2.

I was only trying to do something else with ioctl and adjusting the frontlight setting was a quick way to test its functionality. Alas bluetooth is much, much more complicated.

I was referring to myself as a layperson (not you).