Kobalt: an alternative reader app for Kobo devices - Page 23

JSWolf · Yesterday, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

Heh. At this rate, soon there won't be any difference between Kobalt and KOReader...

That's why I called it bloat. IMHO, we really need to keep the unnecessary features limited.

JSWolf · Yesterday, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

I'm looking forward to trying Kobalt out when it gets to 1.0 - the 'exclude end matter' feature is useful for those who read a lot of non-fiction, for sure.

It's still bloat. For those who do not, it's not needed. I'd rather not have Kobalt become too large considering it runs within Nickel.

JSWolf · Yesterday, 05:49 PM

How granular is the line height setting? With the patches, I have the line height have some settings less then 1. So I'm hoping Kobalt is granular enough to have a number of setting below 1.

Sirtel · Yesterday, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

How granular is the line height setting? With the patches, I have the line height have some settings less then 1. So I'm hoping Kobalt is granular enough to have a number of setting below 1.

Yes, it does. I also use line-height less than 1 in Nickel and I was able to set more or less the same height in Kobalt.

Schwiney · Yesterday, 08:26 PM

Is it possible to add integration with nickel-screensaver? I feel like that would be a great addition for people using it, especially since it mirrors the screensaver-over-text function that KOReader does. Other than that, I love it! It's a crap ton better than the default KoboOS, and the amount of customization and the speed is 100 percent an upgrade. Thank you so much for this!

howyoudoin · Today, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

How granular is the line height setting? With the patches, I have the line height have some settings less then 1. So I'm hoping Kobalt is granular enough to have a number of setting below 1.

That's just bloat. We don't need those options taking up space.

rantanplan · Today, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's why I called it bloat. IMHO, we really need to keep the unnecessary features limited.

Keep in mind that this is not your personal app.

MrSilverstrike · Today, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Schwiney

Is it possible to add integration with nickel-screensaver? I feel like that would be a great addition for people using it, especially since it mirrors the screensaver-over-text function that KOReader does. Other than that, I love it! It's a crap ton better than the default KoboOS, and the amount of customization and the speed is 100 percent an upgrade. Thank you so much for this!

Yes, screensaver-over-text already kinda works in Kobalt (see the custom option in Settings > System), but it doesn't integrate with existing wallpapers or NickelScreensaver yet.

That's something I'd need to look into -- Kobalt and NickelScreensaver likely conflict with one another a bit.

fogice · Today, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MrSilverstrike

You need to copy identical files on both devices (so either kepub or epub) if you want them to sync with binary document matching.

(You may want to wait until beta 6 to try again as there were some issues with sync positions with some providers, and kosync.eu was one of them...)

This is on me. Calibre and the KoboTouch driver make a bunch of modifications to the file when uploading. I'll need to reassess a bunch of workflow stuff on my side, it might be enough that syncing won't work for me.

JSWolf · Today, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

Yes, it does. I also use line-height less than 1 in Nickel and I was able to set more or less the same height in Kobalt.

Thanks. Once I get the new firmware installed and patched and Beta 6 is out, I'll give Kobalt a go.

JSWolf · Today, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by rantanplan

Keep in mind that this is not your personal app.

If the program is too large, it could cause problems with the limited memory on out Readers.

rantanplan · Today, 01:01 PM

That's interesting:

Does Kobalt send book metadata to the kosync server?

MrSilverstrike · Today, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rantanplan

Does Kobalt send book metadata to the kosync server?

Nope, it's just plain KOSync. Shouldn't be too hard to make it work with CrossPoint Sync given how easy it was to add KOSync.

As an aside: beta 6 should also make books without DRM work with Kobo Cloud (Kobo Stack) with firmware 6.0.

rantanplan · Today, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSilverstrike

Nope, it's just plain KOSync. Shouldn't be too hard to make it work with CrossPoint Sync given how easy it was to add KOSync.

Crosspoint sync isn't the only server that accepts metadata. Kosync.eu does the same.

MrSilverstrike · Today, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rantanplan

Crosspoint sync isn't the only server that accepts metadata. Kosync.eu does the same.

Right, I checked and that's not built into Kobalt right now (yet).

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Yesterday, 05:49 PM	#333
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 85,540 Karma: 154365185 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	How granular is the line height setting? With the patches, I have the line height have some settings less then 1. So I'm hoping Kobalt is granular enough to have a number of setting below 1.

Yesterday, 08:26 PM	#335
Schwiney Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2026 Device: Kobo Libra Colour	Is it possible to add integration with nickel-screensaver? I feel like that would be a great addition for people using it, especially since it mirrors the screensaver-over-text function that KOReader does. Other than that, I love it! It's a crap ton better than the default KoboOS, and the amount of customization and the speed is 100 percent an upgrade. Thank you so much for this!

Today, 01:01 PM	#342
rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 1,430 Karma: 13580110 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Kobo Clara BW, Tolino Shine Color, Kindle 2026, reMarkable PaperPro	That's interesting: Does Kobalt send book metadata to the kosync server?