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Frontlight works well.
There are currently some problems with touch input in non-Aurahd models, 2.8.1 sort of screws it up. So on Glo with 2.8.1, it should work, but with some caveats (swipe left not working, as an example). I'm waiting to advertise the nightly builds on the first post for that problem to be solved. |
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@giorgio
For what I've read it's a very promising project for PDF and EPUB. But it's also quite young, namely regarding its adaptation to Kobo. So, thanks for providing these infos. I'll be keen to try it as a very average user it once we get your green light but I honestly prefer waiting some weeks -even months- rather than run into problems... ![]() ![]() |
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Has anyone else noticed that the history folder seems to include the whole ebook file inside the .lua file that is there for each history entry? At least going by the file sizes.
I do like that with this latest version, it looks like all your settings are being saved with the history item. I just don't see why they would need all the ebook as well. I have plenty of storage in my AuraHD, but that history listing grows pretty fast. Luck; Ken In my backup, on my PC, all the history folder entries are 1KB. I checked on my AuraHD again and they are all 1KB now. Last edited by Ken Maltby; 09-01-2013 at 09:39 AM. |
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DJVU-files work!
While koreader crashed, I was pressing the frontligthbutton: Auto restore! After restoring it upgraded to version 2.8.1 and after installing 1-Step-Hack it was able to handle djvu-files.
I copied koreader version 483 and it still is able to handle djvu-files! Apparently sometimes it is better to start from scratch. ![]() |
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Also, the main strength of this program is not ePub, but DjVu and much better than "built-in" PDF support. Using koreader for ePub files is, imho, a bit strange as the standard built-in reader is presumably adequate for that. I don't know, I don't read ePub files --- when I need to read ebooks then MOBI is my preferred format and Kindle Keyboard preferred hardware. (MOBI format itself is actually very inefficient, but Amazon's free 3G + 5GB cloud storage accessible from anywhere compensates for this). But for PDF, DjVu and FB2 files, koreader (and kindlepdfviewer on Kindle) is an ideal tool. The eInk devices normally sold as "ebook readers" are actually much much more than just "ebook readers", namely they are "real book readers", i.e. can read not only ebooks (FB2, MOBI, ePub, RTF, etc) but also real typeset or scanned books (PDF or DjVu, respectively). Unfortunately, many people don't understand the difference between glyphs and characters which leads to the difference between books and e-books and this causes some confusion. |
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But have you tried non-bitonal (COMPOUND) DjVu files? As my code for the rendering mode selection has not yet been ported from kindlepdfviewer to koreader I expect them to be quite unreadable. This is important because most DjVu files available from archive.org are actually not BITONAL, so in kindlepdfviewer I always have to select the render-mode B&W to read them properly. But alas, this is not yet possible in koreader. |
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"To each, his own", the addition of Koreader to my high definition ereader has other benefits that, from my point of view, are much more important than an improved PDF or DJVU rendering. In fact, I have a 10.1" tablet, if I need to have portable viewing of such documents. (The PDF document format makes for lousy ebooks, IMHO.)
For me, the addition of the ability to read ebooks contained in PDB files, is of much greater value. The fact that Koreader uses a simple File Manager and can be set to read hidden files (so my large file structure can avoid Nickel's processing) are the critical factors, again "in my humble opinion". The ability to browse through an organized listing of books and find what I feel like reading, is of value to me. Luck; Ken Last edited by Ken Maltby; 08-31-2013 at 10:07 AM. |
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-- DjVu page rendering mode (used in djvu.c:drawPage()) Would this enable you to switch to B&W?-- See comments in djvureader.lua:DJVUReader:select_render_mode() DRENDER_MODE = 0 -- 0 is COLOUR As for non-bitonal DjVu-files: The cover image of "Rene Descartes The Philosophical Writings of Descartes Volume I 1985" is in color and it gets rendered without problems. Does that answer your question? |
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And a tablet is not really an option when reading for longer than 30 minutes. Last edited by Markismus; 08-31-2013 at 10:28 AM. |
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hi everyone,
i have a little problem. I was going to install the KOreader on my kobo glo, but unfortunately i had the bad idea to use the latest nighly-build for kobo from https://code.google.com/p/koreader-p...downloads/list. Now my kobo is stucked, i see the FileManager witch shows some direktorys but i can't do anything, exept to reboot through using the pinhole and turn on and off the light. After reboot it is the same picture, also with holding the light button during reboot. Usb connection don't work, "dmesg" shows nothing..... ![]() Hope you can help me, Robin |
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Did you place the KoboRoot.tgz file in the ".kobo" directory? Then safely eject your Glo from your PC? Did you see the Glo display an "Updating" message?
Do you have KoboLauncher or fmon installed as well? https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=201632 What happens when you use the home icon in the dropdown menu, (poke the "File Manager" text)? Luck; Ken Last edited by Ken Maltby; 09-01-2013 at 09:20 AM. |
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Hi, I've tryed to install koreader (old version) on my kobo aura hd (with kobo launcher installed)... but now it goes in an infinite loop restarting... I've pressed the reset button for ten secondo also, but it doesn't do nothing...
even if it is plug in into pc it doesn't do nothing...How can I do???? |
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