kobopatch request thread

[p0k3m0n]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

In nickel.yaml, there is a patch that may allow you to change the footer font. The patch is Custom header/footer captions:

 - FindZlib: "ReadingFooter" # qss/ReadingFooter.qss
  - ReplaceZlibGroup:
      Replacements:
        # Part 1: Customise font-family
        # #caption
        # The only custom font-family values now likely to have any effect are Georgia, Avenir
        #   and possibly(?) some of the built-in CJK fonts
        # Un-comment and customise ONLY ONE of the following to change header/footer font-family
        #- {Find: "font-family: Avenir;", Replace: "font-family: Georgia;"}
        - {Find: "font-family: Avenir;", Replace: "font-family: Georgia; background:transparent;"}

Fore some reason it doesn't work - at all, I dont see any changes from this whole patch.

[rogerinnyc]

Which device do you have and running which software? Avenir has been discontinued on the newer models/software, so you should (I believe) substitute in "DefaultSansSerif" for it and then specify your substitute font (e.g., Rakuten Serif). this worked on my Clara Colour.

[p0k3m0n]

Originally Posted by rogerinnyc

Which device do you have and running which software? Avenir has been discontinued on the newer models/software, so you should (I believe) substitute in "DefaultSansSerif" for it and then specify your substitute font (e.g., Rakuten Serif). this worked on my Clara Colour.

Aura + AuraHD.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by p0k3m0n

Aura + AuraHD.

There's some confusion here.

The patch code you referenced in post #1216 is Custom header/footer captions. Any font-family change you make will only be seen in the header/footer captions when reading a book.

Your photo above is showing the TOC title for the current chapter. If this is the font-family you're trying to change you need the nickel patch named Custom page navigation scrubber, section 1b, i.e.

        # 1b. Customise other font properties of these 3 buttons (all models):
        #     - font-family. The only custom font-family values now likely to have any effect
        #       are Georgia, Avenir and possibly(?) some of the built-in CJK fonts
        #     - font-weight (bold or normal)
        #     - font-style  (italic or normal)
        - Find:    "{\n  font-family: Avenir;\n  font-weight: bold;\n  font-style: normal;\n}"
          Replace: "{font-family:Avenir; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;}"
        # Users with CSS knowledge can add extra style properties as desired,
        # e.g. to make them look more like buttons and less like labels,
        #      use this Replace instead. If it can be done with CSS you can do it here.
          #Replace: "{font-family:Avenir; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; background-color:#ddd;}"

[p0k3m0n]

Perfect. It works. Big thank you. Avenir font in my language is totally messed up, small special characters are written in capitals - the whole thing looks weird, impossible to read.

[m_pluto]

In the synopsis details could a tag be added for styling the <p> tag? There are patches editing for the font size overall, and line spacing, but the default styling for the <p> tag seems to be:

p {margin: 1em 0} [or maybe margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;?]

and I'd like the ability to change that to

p {margin: 0; text-indent: 1.5em}
p:first-of-type {text-indent: 0rem;}

edit: don't know if this matters, but I have a Libra Color

[naidje]

I wonder, would it be possible to hide text that shows the time remaining for kepub files on the My Books screen? I've never been much for reading stats personally, and thankfully it's easy to not really engage with those features, but the My Books screen is the only place that I can't turn them off or hide them.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by naidje

I wonder, would it be possible to hide text that shows the time remaining for kepub files on the My Books screen? I've never been much for reading stats personally, and thankfully it's easy to not really engage with those features, but the My Books screen is the only place that I can't turn them off or hide them.

If a patch can be made and until it is, you can stop reading KePub and read ePub. You won't get a display for time remaining in My Books.

[naidje]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If a patch can be made and until it is, you can stop reading KePub and read ePub. You won't get a display for time remaining in My Books.

True. I mostly read epub for exactly this reason. Still kepubs have nicer performance, especially for image heavy books and it would be nice to be able to use them without having the reading stats annoyance in my book list.

[AsherMaximum]

Originally Posted by naidje

I wonder, would it be possible to hide text that shows the time remaining for kepub files on the My Books screen? I've never been much for reading stats personally, and thankfully it's easy to not really engage with those features, but the My Books screen is the only place that I can't turn them off or hide them.

You can do this by changing this patch in nickel.yaml to have it update the color to white (#fffff) instead of black (#000000). Comment out the rest of the patch that you don't want to use

New home screen subtitle custom font:
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: |
      On the Home screen:
        Change upper label font-size
        Change subtitle (lower label) font size and/or font colour.
      Upper label example is the black text caption
      - 'x% Read' - top row
      - 'My Books' - middle row
      Subtitle (lower label) examples are the grey text captions containing:
      - 'x HOURS TO GO' for kepubs (not shown for epubs) - top row
      - 'x BOOKS' under 'My Books' - middle row
      Works best when used with with patch `Increase home screen cover size`
  - FindZlib: "#homeWidgetTopContainer" # qss/GenericHomeWidget.qss
  - ReplaceZlibGroup:
      Replacements:
        # Change subtitle (lower label) font colour from mid-grey to black
        - {Find: "MetaDataLabel {\n  color: #666666;\n  qproperty-indent: 0;\n}", Replace: "MetaDataLabel {\n  color: #000000;\n  qproperty-indent: 0;\n}"}

[naidje]

Originally Posted by AsherMaximum

You can do this by changing this patch in nickel.yaml to have it update the color to white (#fffff) instead of black (#000000). Comment out the rest of the patch that you don't want to use

New home screen subtitle custom font:
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: |
      On the Home screen:
        Change upper label font-size
        Change subtitle (lower label) font size and/or font colour.
      Upper label example is the black text caption
      - 'x% Read' - top row
      - 'My Books' - middle row
      Subtitle (lower label) examples are the grey text captions containing:
      - 'x HOURS TO GO' for kepubs (not shown for epubs) - top row
      - 'x BOOKS' under 'My Books' - middle row
      Works best when used with with patch `Increase home screen cover size`
  - FindZlib: "#homeWidgetTopContainer" # qss/GenericHomeWidget.qss
  - ReplaceZlibGroup:
      Replacements:
        # Change subtitle (lower label) font colour from mid-grey to black
        - {Find: "MetaDataLabel {\n  color: #666666;\n  qproperty-indent: 0;\n}", Replace: "MetaDataLabel {\n  color: #000000;\n  qproperty-indent: 0;\n}"}

So this only works on the Home screen, but not in the My Books list. I already have my Sage set in SideloadedMode, so I don't see the Home screen to begin with. The My books list is really where I would like to get rid of the "x hours to go" text.

I wonder if there's a way to make this same font color trick work there as well? There's a patch to change the size of the covers on the My Books screen, so perhaps there's a way to adjust the text styling as well?

[naidje]

Originally Posted by naidje

So this only works on the Home screen, but not in the My Books list. I already have my Sage set in SideloadedMode, so I don't see the Home screen to begin with. The My books list is really where I would like to get rid of the "x hours to go" text.

I wonder if there's a way to make this same font color trick work there as well? There's a patch to change the size of the covers on the My Books screen, so perhaps there's a way to adjust the text styling as well?

Another thing I've noticed is that comic book and manga kepubs, at least the ones converted with KCC and sideloaded, do not display any reading stats. I wonder if there's a way to force other kepubs to do the same?

[Waylander]

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[sfklgjs]

Hi

Kobo noob here.

I have an elipsa 2e (firmware downgraded 4.38.21908) from which I want to remove the games: sketch pad, sudoku, unblock it, solitaire, word scramble, and sandbox.

I haven't yet needed any of the other beta features either to be honest, so if it is possible to create a patch that removes them all, rather than a select few is possible, then that would be hugely appreciated.

Is it possible to make a patch to do this?

I googled for how to remove the games manually but all replies said to use KOReader to rename files (such as solitaire.sh) in /usr/local/kobo. These files are no longer in that folder. I went to / and searched for "sudoku" and "solitaire" (ticking search subfolders) without any luck.

Perhaps I needed to look for, for instance sudoku.sh. KOReader is currently broken due to the firmware downgrade so I can't check right now.

So if it is possible to remove the beta features that would be hugely appreciated. (Please note, the threads I read after searching how to do this, ended up with lots of people derailing the threads asking why someone would want to. It is irrelevant but in order to avoid this I will say that I I end up getting completely addicted to sudoku. It is a huge distraction, hence me wanting to remove it and the other games, thanks.

[Aleron Ives]

Why don't you just disable developer mode? The games should not be visible unless you've either enabled developer mode or applied patches specifically to enable the games. Go into search mode, search for "devmodeoff" without quotes, and you should be good to go.