Koreader running on Kobos (all of them, hopefully!)

[embryo]

Originally Posted by xor_

I just checked it out with the latest nightly build (20150808), and it still works. Cheers.

Thanks for sharing this.
I was thinking about the shut down option myself, but I couldn't ask for something just to avoid one extra click.
Thank god I'm not the only lazy person here.

So I check them, found some icons for them (attached) and also some glitches ...

If I turn the light off, the menu selects the light entry.
If I don't select another entry and just open and close the menu a few times, it opens and closes the light.
If I select something else on the menu, the opening - closing doesn't affect the light.

As for the power off, I use a custom picture (with KSM).
When I press the button, for a while the shut down picture is displayed as it should but then at the end, the koreader menu appears at the top and stays there.

I have 3.8.0 firmware (no real need for update there), KSM_07 and koreader-nightly-20150808.

[kwokhin]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

No freezes or highlighting problem in .epub, but I start Koreader with the external SD card remounted as read-write, that might be a factor? I never figured out how to continue a highlight from one page to the next, the only thing I could do is make it two separate highlights.

You could try, in KSM7, using "Tools">external sd.msh>remount sd rw.sh, to see if then Koreader's highlighting works better. If that works, you can add a line to the script that starts Koreader.

Luck;
Ken

Hello Ken! Thanks for the reply. I didn't mean that I could continue a highlight from one page to the next; I meant highlight a lot of texts in a page. It's fine. I can just highlight texts multiple times. But when I am reading epub or mobi in koreader, it always freezes! Like always! I now try to read them in kernel. It's an okay alternative though.
Thanks

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by kwokhin

Hello Ken! Thanks for the reply. I didn't mean that I could continue a highlight from one page to the next; I meant highlight a lot of texts in a page. It's fine. I can just highlight texts multiple times. But when I am reading epub or mobi in koreader, it always freezes! Like always! I now try to read them in kernel. It's an okay alternative though.
Thanks

What Koreader and KSM7 versions are you using? The 2014.11-249 was the first to support the Glo HD there have been six more releases after that. As it is a new device, the more recent releases will have the benefit of more experience with the new device.

Luck;
Ken

[xor_]

Originally Posted by embryo

I was thinking about the shut down option myself, but I couldn't ask for something just to avoid one extra click.
Thank god I'm not the only lazy person here.

Yes, an extra click here and there seems minor, but they do add up over a lifetime. And since I have a serious RSI problem from too much computer work, I try to reduce them wherever I can. And I'm also lazy.

If I don't select another entry and just open and close the menu a few times, it opens and closes the light.

Yes, as long as the light icon was the last menu item used, menu access toggles the light. Not sure if we want to change that.

Another thing that just came to me (sometimes I'm real slow), we should probably not even use an extra light icon. Just add this toggle functionality to the original icon?

When I press the button, for a while the shut down picture is displayed as it should but then at the end, the koreader menu appears at the top and stays there.

Yes, I've also seen that. Not sure why that is. And it hasn't bothered me because I have it in its closed cover after shutdown. Guess we could try to nuke koreader before we shutdown, or something like that.

I do sense that these adjustments are more individual workflow hacks than an issue of larger concern. So there's probably no point in trying to integrate them into the official koreader release.

I mean, I've always felt that the light toggle is buried a bit too deep in the menu structure. But that doesn't really matter since most devices have a hardware light button. It only started annoying me on the H2O, which doesn't.

So, thanks for the icons, if I make an update, I will use one or both.

[johnnyb]

Am I the only one currently having problems with Evernote? Cant seem to be able to log in on the previous two nightlies at least... The authentication plugin always shows a "temporary failure in name resolution"...
Also, whats the state of the note-taking feature?
On a more positive note: koreader seems to have improved considerably with the latest builds although that may be because I have finally gotten behind the quirks in KSM...

[roger64]

Originally Posted by johnnyb

Am I the only one currently having problems with Evernote? Cant seem to be able to log in on the previous two nightlies at least... The authentication plugin always shows a "temporary failure in name resolution"...
Also, whats the state of the note-taking feature?
On a more positive note: koreader seems to have improved considerably with the latest builds although that may be because I have finally gotten behind the quirks in KSM...

I am sorry it will not help you but I have quite a recent build (end of June) and the Evernote plugin works as expected (that is very well). I am a Linux user.

[johnnyb]

Originally Posted by roger64

I am sorry it will not help you but I have quite a recent build (end of June) and the Evernote plugin works as expected (that is very well). I am a Linux user.

It appears to be broken with the July builds... It worked fine before...

[Alan_S]

Originally Posted by xor_

Anyway, I've made two minor interface adjustments that I find useful for the way I use the device.

Thanks for modifications, they look useful. I'd like to suggest that you include installation instructions within zip file, so we can have everything in one place.

Now I downloaded zip file and created text file with same name and copied instructions from your forum post, but for many (including myself) it would be much easier if everything is already in zip file.

[xor_]

I've made an update to my little light-toggle and shutdown mod. It should fix the glitches, and it uses embryo's icons.

- after shutdown the top menu shouldn't show anymore in addition to the screensaver image
- after using the light toggle, the next menu access doesn't automatically toggle the light anymore. Instead the last menu tab index is set to the settings tab
- by request I added a readme file with instructions from my previous post.

I've decided against attaching the toggle functionality to the pre-existing settings tab, since that addresses several other functions besides the frontlight. And we don't want a toggle whenever we access that menu item.

Shutdown currently presupposes KSM's script. But that would be easy to replace.

Based on the latest koreader nightly as of right now: 20150808

Rationale for doing this is here

Cheers.


Edit:

See updated version here

[Ken Maltby]

A neat way to add a feature to an existing script based program. As long as it is simple additions, and what it calls doesn't get changed, merging over an updated readermenu.lua, should keep it working after a Koreader update. It might even survive an update, as you normally just merge the new koreader folder over the existing one.

Not sure if everyone at GitHub will be accepting about this approach, but if it does address the power consumption issue that has been so hard to verify and pin down, they should welcome it as at least a temporary measure.

Luck;
Ken

[kwokhin]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

What Koreader and KSM7 versions are you using? The 2014.11-249 was the first to support the Glo HD there have been six more releases after that. As it is a new device, the more recent releases will have the benefit of more experience with the new device.

Luck;
Ken

I'm using KSM07 with update003 and koreader-nightly-20150808. Turning pages and highlight are definitely slower than nickel.
New problems here and I just want to say that I really appreciate your help along the way since I've purchased the Glo HD

1. I tried to log in to evernote but the vertual keyboard doesn't have numberpad. I can't enter my numbers These are the four options I can have.


2. Is there a way to eliminate all those dates? (picture taken from Github)

Thank you Ken

[Ken Maltby]

Numbers are at "Sym">"up arrow"/shift. The same for the two slashes (/&\), the shift key lets you find the other. It's actually a great little onscreen keyboard, once you get used to it.

I took a quick look at an evernote I made, in koreader, on my Aura HD, using the Evernote program on my PC and couldn't find an option to not show those dates. I expect they consider that essential identification information for the highlight.

There is a new version of KSM (KSM8) coming sometime soon. KSM7 w/update4 is the current version.

Luck;
Ken

[kwokhin]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

Numbers are at "Sym">"up arrow"/shift. The same for the two slashes (/&\), the shift key lets you find the other. It's actually a great little onscreen keyboard, once you get used to it.

I took a quick look at an evernote I made, in koreader, on my Aura HD, using the Evernote program on my PC and couldn't find an option to not show those dates. I expect they consider that essential identification information for the highlight.

There is a new version of KSM (KSM8) coming sometime soon. KSM7 w/update4 is the current version.

Luck;
Ken

Thank you Ken! It worked and now I can finally type numbers.
Oh, that's okay. Actually it's not a big deal. I can always do it manually over Microsoft Word.
Really?! I'm excited to update to KSM8!
Thank you again for helping me Have a nice day sir

[Alan_S]

Originally Posted by xor_

- by request I added a readme file with instructions from my previous post.

Thank you. At the moment I can't affect your karma.

Downloaded new version also.

[embryo]

Originally Posted by xor_

I've made an update to my little light-toggle and shutdown mod. It should fix the glitches, and it uses embryo's icons.

- after shutdown the top menu shouldn't show anymore in addition to the screensaver image
- after using the light toggle, the next menu access doesn't automatically toggle the light anymore. Instead the last menu tab index is set to the settings tab
- by request I added a readme file with instructions from my previous post.

I've decided against attaching the toggle functionality to the pre-existing settings tab, since that addresses several other functions besides the frontlight. And we don't want a toggle whenever we access that menu item.

Shutdown currently presupposes KSM's script. But that would be easy to replace.

Based on the latest koreader nightly as of right now: 20150808

Rationale for doing this is here

Cheers.

Thank you for the update.
Much better for me now.

Since I have a Glo, I don't use the light toggle, so I comment out the light's lines in the script.

Perhaps it would be convenient for other users of Glo, AuraHD and even Touch (no light there) who don't fiddle with the script, to add one version with just the power off function.
It is a little crowded in the smaller displays, and since these devices have a button ...