Glo Kindlepdfviewer running on Kobo Glo!

[KevinShort]

I would take a look at getting KOReader running on the Glo myself, but I have other stuff on my plate right now. Hopefully someone will step up.

[giorgio130]

I noticed the official release and thought I'll do it sooner or later, but if someone manages to mainline the support before I find the time, that's better for everyone

[dave2008]

nice! We have created a wiki page that might be helpful for porting:
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/porting

Looking forward to your Pull Request

[paola]

Originally Posted by giorgio130

Are you using the attachment tailored to mini and touch? I updated the first post with a build which should not have this issue of the offset for the different screen resolution. Maybe you're using the glo build... If it is not so, I don't know what could be causing it.

Hi Giorgio,
I am now trying this one, but when I launch it using the tweaks nothing happens - yet other commands work. Any suggestions? Here is my kobotweaks.ini file

[Global]
compatFirmware=2.4.0
scriptSocket=true
dumpLayout=false
24hourClock=true

[Tweaks]
hideWishList=true
hideKoboShop=true
showCustomCmds=true
directShelvesAccess=true
directLibraryAccess=true

[Reader]
tweakFooter=true
showProgress=true
showClock=true

[CustomCommands]
Reboot=tweaks.executeSystemCmd(\"/bin/busybox reboot\")
KPV=tweaks.executeSystemCmd(\"/mnt/onboard/.kobo/kindlepdfviewer/kpdf.sh /mnt/onboard\")
Scribble=tweaks.scribble()
Launcher=tweaks.executeSystemCmd(\"/mnt/onboard/.kobo/KoboLauncher/KoboLauncher.sh\")
Sleep=tweaks.sleep()
Reading Life=tweaks.readingLife()

Any suggestions as to what I could be doing wrong?

[giorgio130]

Hi paola, I don't really know what could be the cause. Please have a look if in the kindlepdfviewer folder there's a file called crash.log; if that's the case paste the content.
Thanks for testing!

[paola]

Originally Posted by giorgio130

Hi paola, I don't really know what could be the cause. Please have a look if in the kindlepdfviewer folder there's a file called crash.log; if that's the case paste the content.
Thanks for testing!

interesting: there is no kindlepdfviewer folder
so obviously something goes wrong in the installation. Mind you, I tried it at least four times. I will try again and report back.

EDIT: my mistake, I had unwittingly created another directory, so the command could not find it. After palying around it with a bit, let me say it is GREAT, and the offset problem has gone. Only real snag is, I cannot reach the "x" to exit the programme from the filebrowser, and the programme just freezes there (I have to reboot the device to solve the problem), though I do have to wait a fair number of minutes, otherwise the device is completely unresponsive).

EDIT2: sorry, short memory - this was an issue from the beginning, as well as the landscape mode not working. Still, it is really good, and wiht just the landscape and the exit menu (as I think is the case in the new release) it would be really perfect. Thanks a million Giorgio!

[mastnacek]

Hello i have problem with KPV. I cannot close this progam.
And seccond question, has anybody ported Koreader?
I have Kobo Mini.

[dave2008]

Hi luksurious,

welcome to join kpv and koreader community We maintain our documents in the wiki:
https://github.com/koreader/koreader-base/wiki
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki

you can find out guide on build environment setup in the wiki. Also I would recommend you develop on Linux machine (even a VM will be very helpful).

As for Lua, no worry, most of the Koreader developers, me included, learn Lua halfway through hacking ;p

PS: we add gettext support to koreader recently, and it now shipped with Turkish and Chinese translation. If you want to start other translations, feel free to send request to https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/koreader/

EDIT: never mind, I missed some new replies and seems that luksurious already got the dev environment set up, great

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by mastnacek

Hello i have problem with KPV. I cannot close this progam.
And seccond question, has anybody ported Koreader?
I have Kobo Mini.

we have added the close button in koreader. there were lots of changes recently, feel free to contact us if any Glo hacker needs help ;p

[mastnacek]

Now I make czech translation for Koreader, but I cant compile Koreader for Kobo Mini.

[Lucas Malor]

What are the differences between Kindle and Kobo pdf viewer?

[Lucas Malor]

^ up. I'm asking it because I installed it but I've not noticed any additional feature (apart the continuos reading). Maybe can it open Kindle proprietary formats?

[giorgio130]

This is not the pdf reader commonly found in kindles, it's an alternative document viewer originally developed for kindles. The biggest advantage over the built-in viewer is obviously reflow, but there are others, like the thing that it uses the entire screen without fiddling with zoom etc. Many other features are planned or already implemented in "KOReader", which is the latest release, but I haven't found the time to port that yet.

[Lucas Malor]

Thank you!

[valex]

Hi
Do you think the ported koreader will work on the new Aura HD? I have been holding on to my Kindle keyboard because the new features Amazon was coming up with were not appealing enough to upgrade (I convert everything to kindle-formatted PDF and use kpdfreader all the time). Now, 30% bigger screen is a major enhancement but it would be worthless for me if it doesn't support the kpdfreader/koreader.

Thanks,
Alex