Looking for testers for NickelMenu and some of my mods on Kobo software 5.18+

[MrSilverstrike]

Originally Posted by rantanplan

Are you going to bring all that to the KoboPatch WebUI?

Yes, at some point in the future, when it's more clear if 5.x updates are going to be breaking the mods or not.

4.x releases have been mostly stable in terms of hookability, if that isn't the case with, say, the next 5.x update (a hypothetical 5.19, let's say) I'm not sure what the plan will be.

[beedaddy]

Hmm, I can't find any source code. Is it available anywhere?

[MrSilverstrike]

Originally Posted by beedaddy

Hmm, I can't find any source code. Is it available anywhere?

I still have to make the repository public at some point, so no, not available at this time. Not yet, at least.

Some folks in the modding community (like the author of NickelMenu/NickelHook) already have access to the toolchain and my experiments. But I don't think it's ready for a public release yet. The reason is fairly simple: I want to make sure I'm not publishing anything that can be built and accidentally brick devices because I didn't do my due diligence and an update broke things.

(Because the OS is also still in early access, I'd rather wait until I know if I can publish something that will be somewhat stable across 5.x updates...)

If there's anything you'd like to know in the meantime, feel free to ask. I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

[beedaddy]

That's ok. I just hesitate to install a kind of a blackbox.

[Falkor]

Originally Posted by MrSilverstrike

(Because the OS is also still in early access, I'd rather wait until I know if I can publish something that will be somewhat stable across 5.x updates...)

So funny. For Kobo users it's "Early Access", while for Tolino users it's what they've been living with for over two years. I guess it's a public beta after all. It certainly feels like it

Originally Posted by jackie_w

If you're a Kobopatch user, one of the oldest patches for libnickel.so.1.0.0, Un-Force user text-align in div,p tags in KePubs, lets you change the override to:

body { text-align: %1 !important; }

i.e. a less severe override. This matches what default Nickel does for standard epubs in the Adobe renderer.

The same would be nice to have for the user font. TENG overrides every single font, RMSDK only the one set in the body tag. I prefer the latter.

Originally Posted by MrSilverstrike

Well... here you go, for 5.x I tentatively named it NickelReaderFix: Attachment 225959

Thanks, that seems to be workig well.
Is there any way to toggle this on and off with nickel menu? That would make it easier to compare the differences.

On a Mac this won't unzip properly, btw—unless one uses terminal.

[JSWolf]

MacOS handles ZIP files poorly.

[Falkor]

Originally Posted by Falkor

So funny. For Kobo users it's "Early Access", while for Tolino users it's what they've been living with for over two years. I guess it's a public beta after all. It certainly feels like it




The same would be nice to have for the user font. TENG overrides every single font, RMSDK only the one set in the body tag. I prefer the latter.



Thanks, that seems to be workig well.
Is there any way to toggle this on and off with nickel menu? That would make it easier to compare the differences.

On a Mac this won't unzip properly, btw—unless one uses terminal.

Oh, I just some of these comments belonged on the other thread..

[rantanplan]

Nico, I think you should put your donation link somewhere in this thread, your work deserves a dinner or so

https://donate.stripe.com/4gM28q0s247U8Rte7c3sI02

[eBookLuke]

Just a quick thank-you to everyone working on NickelMenu and its firmware 5.x compatibility.

KoboOPDS uses NickelMenu as its launcher inside the standard Kobo interface: it handles the interactive Wi-Fi connection, starts the local OPDS service, opens the modal Nickel browser, and provides a manual library-rescan fallback. NickelDBus then handles automatic post-download import and restores Wi-Fi to off after closing KoboOPDS when it was off before launch.

KoboOPDS: https://effecta.duckdns.org/files/koboopds/

Thank you for creating and maintaining such a useful and flexible tool—KoboOPDS would not integrate nearly as cleanly with Nickel without it.

[rantanplan]

Did you publish an update for KoboOPDS that supports firmware 5.18? I seem to have missed that.

[eBookLuke]

Originally Posted by rantanplan

Did you publish an update for KoboOPDS that supports firmware 5.18? I seem to have missed that.

virtually KoboOPDS vorks with Kobo firmware 5.x, but I will confirm it only when my Kobo will be updated

[enderdobra]

Originally Posted by MrSilverstrike

EDIT: I've removed the link to the pre-release versions of the mods as a newer update has been released by Rakuten (v6.x now!).

Oh bummer, I wanted to test it. Anyways thanks a lot for your incredible work.

[MrSilverstrike]

Originally Posted by enderdobra

Oh bummer, I wanted to test it. Anyways thanks a lot for your incredible work.

These pre-release versions are tagged to work specifically with only one version to avoid crashes/bootloops. I'll hopefully have a new one ready in a few hours after I finish work. Shouldn't take too long.

[JSWolf]

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[MrSilverstrike]

All right, here's an update for testers.

This has been tested primarily against v6.0 but should also work on v5.18 and supports Tolino devices too (tested on Tolino software after converting 6.0 firmware to Tolino mode).

Link here: NickelMods for software v6.0.zip

Included:

• NickelMenu for Qt6
• NickelHome for Qt6
• NickelDissolve for Qt6

New in NickelHome: you can now customize it on-device via More > Settings > NickelHome settings.

The mods may deactivate themselves if they should causes crashes or if they stop being compatible with future updates, as was the case with the previous mods I released earlier, although these should be a little more resilient.

Experimental but I'm confident it's fairly stable. Test at your own risk, I cannot guarantee things won't break as Kobo release new updates.

Like I probably mentioned in the original post: have backups first! Enjoy.