Firmwares 4.39.23027 and 4.38.23038

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I did some testing and the only patch that failed in the ones included in the .zip file posted by JSWolf was the PDF Pan/Scan widget.

I changed the offset for the Don't uppercase header/footer text and did some cleanup in the kobopatch.yaml while running my tests such as grouping patch groups to make it easier to prevent enabling more than one group member. I also added my preferred delete the log file before starting in kobopatch.bat which makes it easier to note errors.

The log gets overwritten if it exists. So you don't need to delete it when you run the patches.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The log gets overwritten if it exists. So you don't need to delete it when you run the patches.

Last time I ran a series of tests which was a while back, the logs were appended so I added that to the batch file.

[hatuluang]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That one didn't get the offset updated. The one that did was the dual patch to Not uppercase and change the page number format.

Anyway, I've updated the single patch and posted a new ZIP file. So if anyone reading this has downloaded the patches, please download again.

Both patches use the same offset for "Don't uppercase header/footer text"

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I did some testing and the only patch that failed in the ones included in the .zip file posted by PSWolf was the PDF Pan/Scan widget.

I changed the offset for the Don't uppercase header/footer text and did some cleanup in the kobopatch.yaml while running my tests such as grouping patch groups to make it easier to prevent enabling more than one group member. I also added my preferred delete the log file before starting in kobopatch.bat which makes it easier to note errors.

I like your grouping.

You've put a space after the groups. A space above would make it easier to read.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Last time I ran a series of tests which was a while back, the logs were appended so I added that to the batch file.

I just ran a test and the log file does not get appended. It gets overwritten.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by hatuluang

Both patches use the same offset for "Don't uppercase header/footer text"

I don't use the single patch. I use the dual patch. The single patch got left out. All the others were fixed.

Thanks for the offset for this so it could be fixed.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I like your grouping.

You've put a space after the groups. A space above would make it easier to read.

Feel free to edit the .yaml file how you want. A space above would probably make it a bit easier but I used that format for grouping since I first moved to using overrides and am used to it. The only pain are the two two-part patches split between librmsdk and libnickel.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Feel free to edit the .yaml file how you want. A space above would probably make it a bit easier but I used that format for grouping since I first moved to using overrides and am used to it. The only pain are the two two-part patches split between librmsdk and libnickel.

I originally used the yaml file in the src directories and did all the yes/no in those. It is a lot easier to do it in the main yaml.

The other thing I do is I use the main yaml to always load the better hyphenation dictionary in English.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I originally used the yaml file in the src directories and did all the yes/no in those. It is a lot easier to do it in the main yaml.

That it is. Overrides made installing patches less of a pain when I used quite a few patches.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The other thing I do is I use the main yaml to always load the better hyphenation dictionary in English.

The only two patches I still use are the Unify font sizes and disable widows/orphans patches. The patches that don't directly affect what I see when reading a book are not of that much interest to me. And since I prefer to read left justified, hyphenation is not that critical to my use case.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

That it is. Overrides made installing patches less of a pain when I used quite a few patches.

It makes patching a new firmware a lot easier as the yes/no are already there.

The only thing I do is I have comments to know which patches I've modified. So I know which patches I need to edited.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The only two patches I still use are the Unify font sizes and disable widows/orphans patches. The patches that don't directly affect what I see when reading a book are not of that much interest to me. And since I prefer to read left justified, hyphenation is not that critical to my use case.

Several other patches also directly affect what one sees when reading a book - font sizes patch, line spacing patch, margin patches, to name but a few. But I guess if you're satisfied with the default options, you won't need those patches. They are mainly useful for those who prefer smaller sizes and tighter line height. Personally I find them very useful, and yes, I edit my books.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Several other patches also directly affect what one sees when reading a book - font sizes patch, line spacing patch, margin patches, to name but a few. But I guess if you're satisfied with the default options, you won't need those patches. They are mainly useful for those who prefer smaller sizes and tighter line height. Personally I find them very useful, and yes, I edit my books.

I agree with that. Well said.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Several other patches also directly affect what one sees when reading a book - font sizes patch, line spacing patch, margin patches, to name but a few. But I guess if you're satisfied with the default options, you won't need those patches. They are mainly useful for those who prefer smaller sizes and tighter line height. Personally I find them very useful, and yes, I edit my books.

For my purposes, I make changes when editing the ebook CSS. So line height, font size, margins patches are not of real interest to me (other that the patch matching the font size between epub and kepub). I rarely spend any time gazing at the home page so those patches are again of no real interest.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by DNSB

For my purposes, I make changes when editing the ebook CSS. So line height, font size, margins patches are not of real interest to me (other that the patch matching the font size between epub and kepub). I rarely spend any time gazing at the home page so those patches are again of no real interest.

I make those changes too, i.e. remove all font sizes other than 1em, line height and margins from the body css. But I'm not satisfied with the Kobo defaults even after that.

[Aleron Ives]

How do you deal with books that use various font sizes, e.g. one size for body text, one size for block quotes, one size for footnotes, etc.? Do you just eliminate all of that and use the 1em / medium default for everything?