Resurrecting the Kobo Easter Eggs?

rtiangha · 11-27-2019, 03:35 AM

I was looking through Kobo's Github account and noticed they posted the code for the blackjack, poker and chess games they used to ship on their devices. For anyone with a cross compile environment, I'm curious: Since the code is open source, would it be possible to compile the binaries and use something like KFmon or KSM to launch them with an appropriate script? Or is the firmware or hardware too new to execute them in 2019? Solitare's fun, but I do enjoy a hand of poker or 21 sometimes too. :P

geek1011 · 11-27-2019, 10:53 AM

Yes, this is possible. NiLuJe and I have been working on this sort of thing. We were intending to make it public a month ago, but the firmware changes caused that time to be spent on the patches instead (and now I'm taking a break). Basically, all we have left to do is figure out the new status bar stuff so you don't get the reading scrubber and menus showing on top of plugins.

If you have a GitHub account, I can add you to the repo so you can try it. For cross compiling, I have a Docker image with NiLuJe's toolchain: geek1011/kobo-toolchain.

rtiangha · 11-27-2019, 01:10 PM

I do (https://github.com/rtiangha) and wouldn't mind at least looking at the code because in the far future, I'd love to be able to code or compile other apps for this thing (certainly custom kernels) so the more sample code, the better, but I'd probably need to clear off some hard drive space first to actually start compiling things. About how much space does the Docker image take up, and how much working space needed for the compilation?

geek1011 · 11-27-2019, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rtiangha

I do (https://github.com/rtiangha) and wouldn't mind at least looking at the code because in the far future, I'd love to be able to code or compile other apps for this thing (certainly custom kernels) so the more sample code, the better, but I'd probably need to clear off some hard drive space first to actually start compiling things. About how much space does the Docker image take up, and how much working space needed for the compilation?

~600mb should be enough. I've sent you an invitation to the repo. Feel free to comment/ask questions on the commits (I suggest you read the existing comments on all of them, as that's where most of the useful info is).

droopy · 11-27-2019, 05:00 PM

geek1011/Patrick,
You asked for the epub of the book so that u could examine the CSS, and I sent it to you as a link in a PM. But you haven't replied yet.

geek1011 · 11-27-2019, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by droopy

geek1011/Patrick,
You asked for the epub of the book so that u could examine the CSS, and I sent it to you as a link in a PM. But you haven't replied yet.

Sorry, I missed that. But, isn't this the wrong thread? I think the issue is to do with the precedence of the class selectors. Try removing all font-family rules from the CSS and repacking the EPUB. If that doesn't work, I'll take a closer look.

droopy · 11-27-2019, 06:31 PM

Thanks for your response, geek1011. Sorry, but i'm not a coder. I don't know how to remove "all font-family rules from the CSS and repack the epub". shouldn't your patch take precedence with regard to font over anything an epub may force the reader to use?

geek1011 · 11-27-2019, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by droopy

Thanks for your response, geek1011. Sorry, but i'm not a coder. I don't know how to remove "all font-family rules from the CSS and repack the epub". shouldn't your patch take precedence with regard to font over anything an epub may force the reader to use?

Those patches are for the epub reader, not the kepub reader. Also, I didn't make those patches, so I don't know the details of how they work.

And, can a mod move these posts to the original thread?

forster01 · 01-20-2020, 01:39 PM

I there any news on easter eggs?

DNSB · 01-20-2020, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by droopy

Thanks for your response, geek1011. Sorry, but i'm not a coder. I don't know how to remove "all font-family rules from the CSS and repack the epub". shouldn't your patch take precedence with regard to font over anything an epub may force the reader to use?

If you want to PM me with a link to the book, I can take a quick look at it.

Scaledish · 03-17-2020, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geek1011

Yes, this is possible. NiLuJe and I have been working on this sort of thing. We were intending to make it public a month ago, but the firmware changes caused that time to be spent on the patches instead (and now I'm taking a break). Basically, all we have left to do is figure out the new status bar stuff so you don't get the reading scrubber and menus showing on top of plugins.

If you have a GitHub account, I can add you to the repo so you can try it. For cross compiling, I have a Docker image with NiLuJe's toolchain: geek1011/kobo-toolchain.

any updates? I would love to try it. I'm on GitHub as "scaledish"

11-27-2019, 03:35 AM	#1
rtiangha Evangelist Posts: 496 Karma: 356531 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: 'burta, Canada Device: Kobo Glo HD	Resurrecting the Kobo Easter Eggs? I was looking through Kobo's Github account and noticed they posted the code for the blackjack, poker and chess games they used to ship on their devices. For anyone with a cross compile environment, I'm curious: Since the code is open source, would it be possible to compile the binaries and use something like KFmon or KSM to launch them with an appropriate script? Or is the firmware or hardware too new to execute them in 2019? Solitare's fun, but I do enjoy a hand of poker or 21 sometimes too. :P

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11-27-2019, 10:53 AM	#2
geek1011 Wizard Posts: 2,758 Karma: 6990705 Join Date: May 2016 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Aura Edition 2 v1, Clara HD	Yes, this is possible. NiLuJe and I have been working on this sort of thing. We were intending to make it public a month ago, but the firmware changes caused that time to be spent on the patches instead (and now I'm taking a break). Basically, all we have left to do is figure out the new status bar stuff so you don't get the reading scrubber and menus showing on top of plugins. If you have a GitHub account, I can add you to the repo so you can try it. For cross compiling, I have a Docker image with NiLuJe's toolchain: geek1011/kobo-toolchain.

11-27-2019, 01:10 PM	#3
rtiangha Evangelist Posts: 496 Karma: 356531 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: 'burta, Canada Device: Kobo Glo HD	I do (https://github.com/rtiangha) and wouldn't mind at least looking at the code because in the far future, I'd love to be able to code or compile other apps for this thing (certainly custom kernels) so the more sample code, the better, but I'd probably need to clear off some hard drive space first to actually start compiling things. About how much space does the Docker image take up, and how much working space needed for the compilation?

11-27-2019, 05:00 PM	#5
droopy Guru Posts: 833 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	geek1011/Patrick, You asked for the epub of the book so that u could examine the CSS, and I sent it to you as a link in a PM. But you haven't replied yet.

11-27-2019, 06:31 PM	#7
droopy Guru Posts: 833 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	Thanks for your response, geek1011. Sorry, but i'm not a coder. I don't know how to remove "all font-family rules from the CSS and repack the epub". shouldn't your patch take precedence with regard to font over anything an epub may force the reader to use?

01-20-2020, 01:39 PM	#9
forster01 Groupie Posts: 195 Karma: 82624 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Aura One, Kobo Aura HD, Kindle, Amazon Fire HD	I there any news on easter eggs?

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