Plato: A document reader for PDF, ePUB, DjVu, etc.

[drawson1]

No luck with the latest (0.9.33) on my new Clara2E. I'm on (patched) firmware 4.34.20097 and am launching from NickelMenu

- The "hamburger" menu (top right) turns solid black when clicked. Nothing else happens - no menu appears
- The top bar (battery, backlight, etc) items don't respond
- None of the labels on the navigation bar are clickable
- Clicking on a book on the shelf doesn't open it; it brings up a menu with Remove/Rename....Select Parent. Clicking on items on that menu turns them solid, but nothing else happens.

I'm also using 0.9.33 on my Libra H20 and it's working great.

Thanks!

Dan

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by baskerville

The current firmware patch works fine on 4.33.19608.

You are better off on 4.34.20097 as it's more stable then 4.33.19608.

[baskerville]

I've released Plato 0.9.34.

[drawson1]

@baskerville - Thanks! This is now working correctly on my Clara2E

Do I have to update "allowed kinds" in Settings.toml for the TXT files to import correctly? New text files show up if I'm in filesystem mode, but not in database mode.

[baskerville]

Originally Posted by drawson1

Do I have to update "allowed kinds" in Settings.toml for the TXT files to import correctly?

Yes, but you won't be able to open text files (support is planned).

[drawson1]

OK, thanks .....

[quoc187]

Hi baskerville, im looking for a way to add a new dictionary to plato from one of these types of dictionary file:
.mobi
.epub
.zip
.dsl.dz
Source here: https://github.com/catusf/tudien/releases/tag/v.2.2

[quoc187]

and .txt format

[baskerville]

Originally Posted by quoc187

https://github.com/catusf/tudien/releases/tag/v.2.2

Just download the all-stardict.zip archive and extract it in the dictionaries directory (Plato might take a long pause converting the dictionaries during startup but it'll only happens once for each StarDict dictionary).

[Tattvadarzin]

I am just trying Plato out.

From the manual, what does "Top left/right multi-corner: go to the previous/next annotation or highlight" mean with respect to "multi-corner"?

I think Plato needs a drag position line to go to places in a book. Page numbering of my epubs is irregular; I would far rather drag a blob along a line like the font size. (By the way the line is unnecessary; who needs fine tuning of font size? A drop down menu of sizes is perfect.)

Bookmarks need improvement. I have visual problems and have difficulty seeing the little marker dot. What is wrong with the turned down corner marker? I also want to see a list of bookmarks and be able to choose one.

As a user interface I find swiping difficult as I have arthritis in my hands. I much prefer a pop up menu. For example refreshing a page by grasping the device in both hands and trying to get my thumbs in the right position is painful.

Might I suggest a pop up menu option for everything that can be done by swiping? Say double tap in the centre section.

I have found books where justify does not justify, and line gap distance does not change. They work fine in the normal reader I think.

I seem to start every book with the same margin, font etc. Is there a way of setting defaults?

I like the simplicity of Plato especially in contrast to KOReader's powerful UI. However I need a good bookmark/annotation system, a quick way of going to a rough position in a book and a UI that involves menus, simple touching or simple swiping. I loathe the complex swiping in Plato.

Perhaps you might consider a UI suited to the visually impaired and arthritic ereader users, so we can enjoy your application more.

I will carry on trying with Plato as it does seem faster, but at my age speed isn't everything :-)

[baskerville]

Originally Posted by Pokemod97

So I've twice now gotten a reset as the only option screen on libra 2 4.33 with the standalone package.

I was able to reproduce on my Glo HD by repeatedly selecting the Reboot entry in the main menu. On the third (or forth?) reboot I was met with a screen I had never seen before: an e-reader displaying a warning sign and a reboot button underneath. The only outcome it would seem is to tap the reboot button. The device then reboots and goes straight into the firmware restore procedure. I was stuck in an hilarious loop during the device setup: downloading the latest firmware would always fail. I then tried the WiFi-less option and the only thing that didn't fail was the initial attempt at downloading the latest firmware (the sign-in part would always be interrupted with a network error! By typing very fast I managed to submit the sign-in form but it led me to an access forbidden page!). I had to force-kill Kobo Desktop. After I ejected the user partition, the device rebooted and installed the latest firmware and then the WiFi based setup worked…

[baskerville]

Originally Posted by Tattvadarzin

From the manual, what does "Top left/right multi-corner: go to the previous/next annotation or highlight" mean with respect to "multi-corner"?

Since you abhor complex swipe sequences, I'm not sure you'll want to know the answer.

Originally Posted by Tattvadarzin

I think Plato needs a drag position line to go to places in a book. Page numbering of my epubs is irregular; I would far rather drag a blob along a line like the font size.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by Tattvadarzin

Bookmarks need improvement. I have visual problems and have difficulty seeing the little marker dot. What is wrong with the turned down corner marker?

Nothing. I'll try to fix that.

Originally Posted by Tattvadarzin

I also want to see a list of bookmarks and be able to choose one.

There should be a Bookmarks entry in the book menu (tap the book's title in the top bar).

Originally Posted by Tattvadarzin

As a user interface I find swiping difficult as I have arthritis in my hands. I much prefer a pop up menu. For example refreshing a page by grasping the device in both hands and trying to get my thumbs in the right position is painful.

Might I suggest a pop up menu option for everything that can be done by swiping? Say double tap in the centre section.

It could be a good idea.

Originally Posted by Tattvadarzin

I have found books where justify does not justify, and line gap distance does not change. They work fine in the normal reader I think.

I think the normal reader uses a heuristic to find the default text style, and then injects some rules to override it.

Originally Posted by Tattvadarzin

I seem to start every book with the same margin, font etc. Is there a way of setting defaults?

Yes, in the reader section of Settings.toml.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by baskerville

I was able to reproduce on my Glo HD by repeatedly selecting the Reboot entry in the main menu. On the third (or forth?) reboot I was met with a screen I had never seen before: an e-reader displaying a warning sign and a reboot button underneath. The only outcome it would seem is to tap the reboot button. The device then reboots and goes straight into the firmware restore procedure. I was stuck in an hilarious loop during the device setup: downloading the latest firmware would always fail. I then tried the WiFi-less option and the only thing that didn't fail was the initial attempt at downloading the latest firmware (the sign-in part would always be interrupted with a network error! By typing very fast I managed to submit the sign-in form but it led me to an access forbidden page!). I had to force-kill Kobo Desktop. After I ejected the user partition, the device rebooted and installed the latest firmware and then the WiFi based setup worked…

A repeated reboot without Nickel successfully loading is one way of triggering a factory reset on a Kobo. See the Kobo Touch 2.0 factory reset for Kobo's description.

[baskerville]

Originally Posted by DNSB

A repeated reboot without Nickel successfully loading is one way of triggering a factory reset on a Kobo.

Thanks, I'm aware of that.

I'm describing a specific scenario which involves a modified /etc/init.d/rcS and a non-cancellable firmware restore screen.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by DNSB

A repeated reboot without Nickel successfully loading is one way of triggering a factory reset on a Kobo. See the Kobo Touch 2.0 factory reset for Kobo's description.

Originally Posted by baskerville

Thanks, I'm aware of that.

I'm describing a specific scenario which involves a modified /etc/init.d/rcS and a non-cancellable firmware restore screen.

Once you have triggered a factory reset by multiple restarts without Nickel loading to reset the flag, it is not cancellable so that result is not unexpected. One of the several reasons that I have preferred starting alternate renderers from NickelMenu.