Touch Glowlight 3 -- disable double-press chapter skipping?

pnppl · 09-11-2019, 02:35 PM

So these new Nooks have this behavior where two quick sequential button presses causes the stock reader to jump forward/back a chapter rather than a page. It drives me crazy but I otherwise like the stock experience. Anyone know how to disable this? Do I just have to root the thing and install FBReader?

pnppl · 09-12-2019, 04:07 PM

Update: installing a custom reader isn't a solution, as it turns out. Cool Reader, FBReader, and KOReader don't recognize the keycodes. Guess I would have to edit and compile them to get them to work.

cgsmom · 09-13-2019, 06:29 AM

I know this sounds silly, but maybe you could stop pressing twice?

pnppl · 09-13-2019, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by cgsmom

I know this sounds silly, but maybe you could stop pressing twice?

Haha, well, that's my only option right now. B&N said the same thing when I asked them. It's still quite annoying though, especially since I tend to jump back and forth a lot when I read. Maybe I'll try my coding chops.

hank · 09-15-2019, 02:28 PM

> maybe you could stop pressing twice?

I think the key buttons bounce. I'd been wondering why the heck my Nook had this leap-forward behavior so often. I've almost given up on the hardware buttons, just paging forward by touching the screen.

Joydeck · 10-19-2019, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pnppl

Update: installing a custom reader isn't a solution, as it turns out. Cool Reader, FBReader, and KOReader don't recognize the keycodes. Guess I would have to edit and compile them to get them to work.

I've been using CoolReader for years. Long ago, I disabled the 10-page skip for the Nook's bottom left/right keys in CoolReader Settings.

pnppl · 10-25-2019, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Joydeck

I've been using CoolReader for years. Long ago, I disabled the 10-page skip for the Nook's bottom left/right keys in CoolReader Settings.

Oh hey, really? Which version are you using? I tried the one on F-Droid which seems to be the last libre release.

Joydeck · 10-26-2019, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by pnppl

Oh hey, really? Which version are you using? I tried the one on F-Droid which seems to be the last libre release.

My rooted NST has long used Cool_Reader_v3.0.55.46.apk. In Cool Reader, Options|Key actions and Options|Tap zone actions can be set to eliminate the 10 pages skip.

I find Cool Reader excellent and my old NST even more so, thanks to Aard dictionaries and encyclopedias and a 32 GB SD card.

09-11-2019, 02:35 PM	#1
pnppl Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2019 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Nook Glowlight 3	Glowlight 3 -- disable double-press chapter skipping? So these new Nooks have this behavior where two quick sequential button presses causes the stock reader to jump forward/back a chapter rather than a page. It drives me crazy but I otherwise like the stock experience. Anyone know how to disable this? Do I just have to root the thing and install FBReader?

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09-12-2019, 04:07 PM	#2
pnppl Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2019 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Nook Glowlight 3	Update: installing a custom reader isn't a solution, as it turns out. Cool Reader, FBReader, and KOReader don't recognize the keycodes. Guess I would have to edit and compile them to get them to work.

09-13-2019, 06:29 AM	#3
cgsmom Addict Posts: 220 Karma: 1828511 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: USA Device: Nook GL4+, Nook GL4e, Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle PW4, iPhone 14	I know this sounds silly, but maybe you could stop pressing twice?

09-15-2019, 02:28 PM	#5
hank Dinosaur Posts: 107 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2004 Device: Clie TH55, SJ30, VisorEdge, Palm3xe	> maybe you could stop pressing twice? I think the key buttons bounce. I'd been wondering why the heck my Nook had this leap-forward behavior so often. I've almost given up on the hardware buttons, just paging forward by touching the screen.

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