Native FBInk: Another small tool to print crap on your screen! - Page 13

PoP · 12-09-2018, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@PoP: No layout engine, so if there's space to print it, it'll get printed

[snip]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sherman

[snip]Text layout is HARD[snip]... 'proper' text layout[snip]

Yeah, certainly out of scope, fbink's "print crap on the screen" doesn't require exact proper layout

NiLuJe · 12-22-2018, 10:44 PM

Released v1.9.3!

Fairly minor release, added detection of the couple new PW4 that cropped up in the latest FW updates, and right-padding support in the fixed-cell codepath.

NiLuJe · 01-28-2019, 09:14 AM

Released v1.10.0!

With a few fixes & features

.

Imported the Terminus font family, because why not ;p.
Fixed a stupid regression (since v1.9.3) that could cause undefined behavior with certain unicode codepoints and the default font.
Allow requesting hardware dithering (provided the device actually supports it, i.e., everything since the KOA2 (KOA2, PW4)), mainly useful for images when you're not sure they're preprocessed properly

.
Updated the UTF-8 routines, should be safer, and a tiny bit faster. Invalid UTF-8 sequences will now be *rejected*!

NiLuJe · 02-01-2019, 05:05 PM

Released v1.10.1!

Mainly a hotfix release to fix yet another default font scaling regression (since v1.8.0): the default font size was a tad too large on 6" 300dpi devices (i.e., a crapload of Kindles (KV, KOA, PW3, PW4)

).

NiLuJe · 02-07-2019, 08:36 PM

Released v1.10.2!

A minor maintenance release, which does include a fix for extra kerning being applied to fonts with both a GPOS kerning table and an old-style kern table.

PoP · 02-07-2019, 09:56 PM

Maths Is Hard / Oink! ...Evolving again

I desperately need to catch up (I'm still trying to figure out how to use the -I mode, and what the -D actually improves)

mergen3107 · 02-07-2019, 10:29 PM

@NiLuJe
Did I get it correctly that the link you provided above contains only the source code of FBink?
I recently got a new FBink binary for Kindle from your updated USBnetwork snapshot.
I don't want to compile it at every release

ilovejedd · 02-07-2019, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mergen3107

@NiLuJe
Did I get it correctly that the link you provided above contains only the source code of FBink?
I recently got a new FBink binary for Kindle from your updated USBnetwork snapshot.
I don't want to compile it at every release

First post has binaries.

mergen3107 · 02-08-2019, 12:14 AM

Oh wow! Missed it so easily. Thank you!

One more question: I replaced binaries on kindle in libkh folder and inside USBnetwork's bin folder. Are there any other places I should replace binaries in?

ilovejedd · 02-08-2019, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mergen3107

One more question: I replaced binaries on kindle in libkh folder and inside USBnetwork's bin folder. Are there any other places I should replace binaries in?

I know linkss (screensaver) and koreader both have their own copies, too. Why not just do a file search for fbink on your Kindle? That's probably the easiest way to find all copies.

mergen3107 · 02-08-2019, 03:37 AM

Ok :

NiLuJe · 02-08-2019, 10:37 AM

@PoP:

-I is basically a very crappy command prompt ;p.
-D is useful for unprocessed images, as long as you have a KOA2 or a PW4, because it won't do anything on earlier devices

.

@mergen3107: Yep, there's one in each hack's bin folder, plus libkh.
Note that only USBNet has a "full" build like the ones in the first post, as hacks' only need a MINIMAL build for logging, and the latest release has exactly *zero* changes affecting MINIMAL builds

.

(And the latest snapshots should be running 1.10.1, or the commit right before the tag, i.e., functionally identical).

mergen3107 · 02-08-2019, 10:44 AM

Ok! Thanks

NiLuJe · 02-08-2019, 10:48 AM

In short, I tend to rebuild snapshots if there's a relevant change somewhere, you should never have to do the manual cherry-picking update dance (unless you want to, of course

)

.

NiLuJe · 02-11-2019, 01:30 PM

Released v1.10.3!

A few fixes with OT/TTF rendering in some corner-cases (overlapping pixels, glyph clipping on line edge), as well as an actual fix for kerning, since I utterly borked it in v1.10.2... -_-".

02-08-2019, 10:37 AM	#192
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@PoP: -I is basically a very crappy command prompt ;p. -D is useful for unprocessed images, as long as you have a KOA2 or a PW4, because it won't do anything on earlier devices . @mergen3107: Yep, there's one in each hack's bin folder, plus libkh. Note that only USBNet has a "full" build like the ones in the first post, as hacks' only need a MINIMAL build for logging, and the latest release has exactly zero changes affecting MINIMAL builds . (And the latest snapshots should be running 1.10.1, or the commit right before the tag, i.e., functionally identical). Last edited by NiLuJe; 02-08-2019 at 10:39 AM.

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12-22-2018, 10:44 PM	#182
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Released v1.9.3! Fairly minor release, added detection of the couple new PW4 that cropped up in the latest FW updates, and right-padding support in the fixed-cell codepath.

01-28-2019, 09:14 AM	#183
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Released v1.10.0! With a few fixes & features . Imported the Terminus font family, because why not ;p. Fixed a stupid regression (since v1.9.3) that could cause undefined behavior with certain unicode codepoints and the default font. Allow requesting hardware dithering (provided the device actually supports it, i.e., everything since the KOA2 (KOA2, PW4)), mainly useful for images when you're not sure they're preprocessed properly . Updated the UTF-8 routines, should be safer, and a tiny bit faster. Invalid UTF-8 sequences will now be rejected!

02-01-2019, 05:05 PM	#184
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Released v1.10.1! Mainly a hotfix release to fix yet another default font scaling regression (since v1.8.0): the default font size was a tad too large on 6" 300dpi devices (i.e., a crapload of Kindles (KV, KOA, PW3, PW4) ).

02-07-2019, 08:36 PM	#185
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Released v1.10.2! A minor maintenance release, which does include a fix for extra kerning being applied to fonts with both a GPOS kerning table and an old-style kern table.

02-07-2019, 09:56 PM	#186
PoP curly᷂͓̫̙᷊̥̮̾ͯͤͭͬͦͨ ʎʌɹnɔ Posts: 3,002 Karma: 50506927 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: ♁ ᴺ₄₅°₃₀' ᵂ₇₃°₃₇' ±₆₀" Device: K3₃.₄.₃ PW3&4₅.₁₃.₃	Maths Is Hard / Oink! ...Evolving again I desperately need to catch up (I'm still trying to figure out how to use the -I mode, and what the -D actually improves)

02-07-2019, 10:29 PM	#187
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,060 Karma: 3000026 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	@NiLuJe Did I get it correctly that the link you provided above contains only the source code of FBink? I recently got a new FBink binary for Kindle from your updated USBnetwork snapshot. I don't want to compile it at every release

02-08-2019, 12:14 AM	#189
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,060 Karma: 3000026 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	Oh wow! Missed it so easily. Thank you! One more question: I replaced binaries on kindle in libkh folder and inside USBnetwork's bin folder. Are there any other places I should replace binaries in?

02-08-2019, 03:37 AM	#191
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,060 Karma: 3000026 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	Ok :

02-08-2019, 10:44 AM	#193
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,060 Karma: 3000026 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	Ok! Thanks

02-08-2019, 10:48 AM	#194
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	In short, I tend to rebuild snapshots if there's a relevant change somewhere, you should never have to do the manual cherry-picking update dance (unless you want to, of course ) .

02-11-2019, 01:30 PM	#195
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Released v1.10.3! A few fixes with OT/TTF rendering in some corner-cases (overlapping pixels, glyph clipping on line edge), as well as an actual fix for kerning, since I utterly borked it in v1.10.2... -_-".