PRS+: Enhanced firmware for Sony Reader, Folders, Games & more

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by Analogus

Custom build for 950 - here we go:
PRSP_950 (CB 14.01.2012)

Not tested!

Thanks,

Update: Tested, works fine.

[Mark Nord]

Originally Posted by Seyprs

First, thanks for your answer Mr Nord,

It's Mark

My PRS+ is in French and i don't want to change this, but my problem is to display chinese Fonts coming from an epub, buy on internet (an chinese grammar book) so some of the text is in chinese, some of in french.

Strange, then it should already have a embedded chines-font, and probable another problem will arise: the book might use DRM. Which needs to be removed before using any of the font-tweaks.

So if i have understood, this following link is the case i need
=> http://code.google.com/p/prs-plus/wiki/InstallGuide

You will have to install CustomFirmWare, PRS+ (or any of the russification-packs)

if i have right understood, i create a file in my root (H: in my case)
H:\Fonts\"a chinese font.ttf" (i have found some chinese fonts)
Now, i write in the H:\database\system\PRSPlus\epub\
a file "style.css" wich is written (with the name of the chinese font of course)
in the link =>http://code.google.com/p/prs-plus/wiki/InstallGuide

Don't call it style.css as this will be overwritten every time.
Call it >myChines.css< or something like that.
You can have as many *.CSS files in this folder.
The PRS+ function "custom EPUB style" lets you choose out of these files, and will copy it over style.css, which is the only one recognised by patched ADE-viewer binary.

In this directory i already have a FntsAsInLRF.css, must i delete this?
Must i add another font or another line in the style.css for a latin font as times, arial etc...

see above

Can the reader understand that this book will contain 2 fonts?

It should already be pre-formated like that, which makes me wonder again, why no foreign font is included/used.
Practicaly it would depend on the CSS styles used in this particular epub.

So your best chance is to remove DRM (if any) open up in Sigil (huge forum here at MR) and check the styles

[raiderkilo]

"Analogus"
Thanks,but not working error in image - size not match.

[Analogus]

I made a second custom build.

Give it a try if you want:

http://erhartc.bplaced.net/ereader/

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[Mark Nord]

Originally Posted by raiderkilo

"Analogus"
Thanks,but not working error in image - size not match.

Originally Posted by Analogus

I made a second custom build.
A.

Will fail again.
Technically FSK.img is exceeding max. allowed size of 8.650.752 bytes.

This is due to added PRS+ binary support-files in opt/sony/ebook/application/resources/prsp/

issue #266 filed

[Analogus]

Thanks - removed link for PRS300.

Custom builds including my 'special edition' for the 350 and some easy-ready-made-font-CSS-packages are available there:
http://erhartc.bplaced.net/ereader/index.php

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[JSWolf]

Can PRS+ be made such that we don't actually have to use any of the buttons on the x50 (especially a 650)? Right now, we still need to use some of them. This way, even if the buttons wear out or break as long as the touch is working, the Reader can still be used.

So we'd need to have a way to call up the home screen, the size menu & the options menu.

[Analogus]

Yes, you can (more or less) tweak the newest version (custom build) that way you need no button.

It depends of course of your way of using the reader. I see no way to use ALL functions of PRS+ without button. But it's possible to read books, go back to the home menu, alter font size, open the options menu without using any button.
Even send the reader into standby mode. 99% of all you ever nead I think.

But you cannot not use the POWER BUTTON. It's a must for switching the reader on. The only weak point.

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[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Analogus

Yes, you can (more or less) tweak the newest version (custom build) that way you need no button.

It depends of course of your way of using the reader. I see no way to use ALL functions of PRS+ without button. But it's possible to read books, go back to the home menu, alter font size, open the options menu without using any button.
Even send the reader into standby mode. 99% of all you ever nead I think.

But you cannot not use the POWER BUTTON. It's a must for switching the reader on. The only weak point.

A.

Actually, can't you just plug the 650 into the USB of the computer and it will wake-up/turn-on from there?

I'm not talking of all the fuctions of PRS+. But a way to replace HAVING to use the home button, the size button and the options button. I know you can map to other buttons but that's not the point. The point is to get these three buttons to be mapped to the touch screen.

Can this be done?

[BenChen]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Actually, can't you just plug the 650 into the USB of the computer and it will wake-up/turn-on from there?

I'm not talking of all the fuctions of PRS+. But a way to replace HAVING to use the home button, the size button and the options button. I know you can map to other buttons but that's not the point. The point is to get these three buttons to be mapped to the touch screen.

Can this be done?

Hi there,

Yes. In 2.1.x you can assign actions to the four corners of the touch screen. This is (I think) what Analogus was referring to. You can therefore map home, size and options to three of the four corners, with another action of your choice in the fourth corner. You can also map up and down swipes to two other actions, assuming that the left and right swipes are being used for page turns.

Sincerely,
Ben.

[Analogus]

As Ben says, there are new actions in the latest version (CB). So yes, you can. More or less.

My setup for example is like that:

• Open book: touch as always
• Close book: touch on right upper corner of the book once
• Paging: swipe as always; forward additionally tab once on right lower corner
• Change font size of book: make one upward swipe in the book. This calls the zoom dialog
• Change CSS-file for fine grained font size altering: tab one in the lower left corner
• Zoom-In with panning funcion: tab once on the upper left corner. Alter zoom-level with double-tab or single tab. Leave zoom mode with X.
• Goto sleep mode: make one downward swipe in a book

What is missing? Option-mode for books.
So I could alter PRS+-setup to do this say instead of the CSS-changing.

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[Analogus]

Bug with position of dictionary:

I rather should not report it cause I like the behaviour of this bug ;-)

Observation:There are situations, when the dictionary is on the TOP of the screen, not on the BOTTOM. Of course without the option "no overlapping popups" enabled.

I made some experiments and found out:

1) Enable the option "no overlapping popups"
2) Double-tab on a word on the lower part of the screen to call dic on the top
3) Go to options and deactivate "no overlapping popups"
4) Double-tab on a word to call the dic --> it will appear on the TOP of the screen

Conclusio: The last location of the dic with option "no overlapping popups" enabled is stored somehow. When you disable the option this location will be used in future until enabling the option again.

For me that's ideal! So man can chose the location of the dic!

Request: it would be nice to have a black line at the bottom of the dic when it appears at the top of the page for better distinguishing between dic and book-text.

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[quisvir]

That is indeed a bug. Thanks for reporting it, Analogus. I'll see if I can change the option to a more general one, letting the user choose between top/bottom/avoid selection. The line is a bit trickier, but I'll take a look at that as well.

/edit: fixed and added in Revision 17c67c17da.

[Analogus]

Quisvir you are a genius!
Working. With black line.

Thanks!

[nemiere]

I tested a custom build today in my 650 and I have found that Book History is seemingly broken: not found in "More", and an empty list in Home page at Book View configured by last books read.

Also, in Games folder there are only 2.