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Old 01-11-2020, 06:23 PM   #211
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Can someone else check whether font bolding works in standard epubs before I report it at GitHub.
Yes, that is right. The item menu is. But changing the font weight in fact does not work.
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Old 01-11-2020, 06:39 PM   #212
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Yes, that is right. The item menu is. But changing the font weight in fact does not work.
Thanks for checking. I have an old AuraHD on v4.19.14123 which is completely unpatched. Even with the built-in fonts the font bolding doesn't work in epubs. The menu & slider work but it has no effect in the book.

I'll raise an issue on geek1011's GitHub but I do wonder whether this is fixable at all, other than by Kobo?

Given how popular this patch is, I'm a bit surprised no-one discovered this before now.
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Old 01-11-2020, 06:43 PM   #213
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Сan try to adapt the old version for this firmware. But I would wait for the answer geek1011
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Old 01-11-2020, 06:50 PM   #214
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Thank you both for checking this one out, I was sure I was doing something wrong.

I'm guessing not many have tried the slider or switched fonts to see that the advanced control doesn't work in epubs. At least for my book, it seems how the font weight was set before I upgraded the firmware and patched, is exactly how it stayed. So unless you needed to change it or swap fonts, you wouldn't notice anything not working, it all looked exactly as it should.
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Old 01-11-2020, 07:08 PM   #215
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The only other issue then, should the bottom menu that comes up when you click anywhere in the page, should that really a full inch in height even with the above patches enabled?
Sorry, forgot to answer this one in the kerfuffle.

Yes, it's meant to be that big. It's now a 'scrubber' (whatever that means) rather than a simple menu. It needs room for more buttons. See screenshots in this post.
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Old 01-11-2020, 08:16 PM   #216
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code was completely overhauled in this firmware version, so everything broke.
Apparently, the old version can not even look.
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If possible, I would like to have Back to Home patched to My Books if that's possible (for both ePub and KePub). I can go home from My Books if I want. Thanks.
Sorry. That's not going to happen, as there are too many layers of pointers I'd need to fix, and although I could automate it, I frankly don't think it's worth the time (~30 mins per update, or ~3 hours to automate).

But, if I come across a back function which isn't referenced somewhere else, I can probably patch it to always use that function, then change that function to point somewhere else. I won't be actively looking for one, though (it's just if I come across it when updating the patches or testing stuff).
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Old 01-11-2020, 08:53 PM   #218
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Thank you both for checking this one out, I was sure I was doing something wrong.

I'm guessing not many have tried the slider or switched fonts to see that the advanced control doesn't work in epubs. At least for my book, it seems how the font weight was set before I upgraded the firmware and patched, is exactly how it stayed. So unless you needed to change it or swap fonts, you wouldn't notice anything not working, it all looked exactly as it should.
Yes. I doubt this will help much, but I'm curious as to if the preview box in the advanced font dialog still works when an EPUB is opened (both patched and unpatched).

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Apparently, the old version can not even look.
Yes. It was a mess of old replacements on top of old ones, and basically none of them exist in this firmware. It's a lot easier to do it the current way anyways.
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Old 01-11-2020, 09:23 PM   #219
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Yes. I doubt this will help much, but I'm curious as to if the preview box in the advanced font dialog still works when an EPUB is opened (both patched and unpatched).
The preview box does work when patched. I might update another Glo HD and I can check it before patching it, unless someone else beats me to it.

Actually, I believe jackie_w did test it unpatched and said it does work above:
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Thanks for checking. I have an old AuraHD on v4.19.14123 which is completely unpatched. Even with the built-in fonts the font bolding doesn't work in epubs. The menu & slider work but it has no effect in the book.

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Old 01-12-2020, 07:17 AM   #220
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On my Aura H2O, I can confirm that the Advanced Font Control does not work with ePub.

It has nothing to do with the clock as I do not have it installed.
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I just had a play around with the Advanced Font Controls and they do sort of work with ePub. The font weight value is being changed with the slider. That does work. But the new value is not being read until a reboot.

Does anyone have an unpatched Kobo with 4.19.14123 to try the Advanced Font Control with built-in fonts and ePub? Maybe this is a bug in the firmware.
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I just had a play around with the Advanced Font Controls and they do sort of work with ePub. The font weight value is being changed with the slider. That does work. But the new value is not being read until a reboot.

Does anyone have an unpatched Kobo with 4.19.14123 to try the Advanced Font Control with built-in fonts and ePub? Maybe this is a bug in the firmware.
Just tested one of my devices, and that's what happened. So, a bug in the firmware.
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Does anyone have an unpatched Kobo with 4.19.14123 to try the Advanced Font Control with built-in fonts and ePub? Maybe this is a bug in the firmware.
Yes. See post #212.
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Just tested one of my devices, and that's what happened. So, a bug in the firmware.
At least a reboot is a working workaround.
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Would there be someway to kill nickel and restart it so the new font weight value can be read without having to reboot?
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