KPV: a PDF reader for Kindle, based on muPDF, GPLv3

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by dracodoc

How can I change the font zoom step in crereader? I'm using some Chinese font for Chinese epub book, the current font zoom step is too big, I tried to edit the crereader.lua, changed the delta =0.5, but that doesn't work, it seemed to have to be integer.

Because CREngine only use integer font size internally, so I am afriad it is not a easy task to implement smaller steps..

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by lokoroko

Thanks for great program.

I've made two screenshots: one for default Kindle 3 (Keyboard) PDF reader and one for this one. You can add these screenshots in description to illustrate difference (and improvement) between readers.

Thanks, added to KPV's wiki

[dracodoc]

Is there any other work around? For example, can we use a smaller font size as base font size?

Originally Posted by dave2008

Because CREngine only use integer font size internally, so I am afriad it is not a easy task to implement smaller steps..

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by dracodoc

Is there any other work around? For example, can we use a smaller font size as base font size?

Following is the font sizes supported by crengine:

 { 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 
   31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72 }

Does changing to another font helps?

[dracodoc]

I want to use specific font. Usually when I make an epub in calibre there is a base font size, so the epub will be opened with the base size then can be zoomed.

.calibre {
    background-color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    font-family: "Charis";
    font-size: 1em;

However I checked the epub.css in kpv, there are only relative font size, no base font size. So is the actual base font size hard coded in crengine or it just take some default value?

It's OK to use a medium size font as default, but current version can only increase font size from the default, that limited the font size can be used.

Originally Posted by dave2008

Following is the font sizes supported by crengine:

 { 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 
   31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72 }

Does changing to another font helps?

[melib]

Could you enhance "zoom to first column function ('F' and 'shift+F' keys)" in reader mode to be able to start at "a top right corner" or "a top left corner"?

So that I can choose "start at top right corner" when reading manga and "start at top left corner" when reading two-column journal.

Two-page manga, for example, http://www.mangaforkids.com/images/howto-spread.jpg

Thank you.

and sorry for my English.

[dpavlin]

Thanks to efforts of all developers we now have new release 2012.10 available at:

https://github.com/hwhw/kindlepdfviewer/wiki/Download

Highlights for this release include are documented on wiki.

[Kai771]

@melib

I implemented rtl mode (rtl=right-to-left) to kpdfview, and submitted the PR, but since it fiddles with the vital part of kpdfview, developers want to be sure nothing is broken before they merge it. I made a kindlepdfviewer-v2012.10-5-g692f5ec.zip from my development branch, and uploaded it to github. You can download it here:

https://github.com/kai771/kindlepdfviewer/downloads

Basically, I need testers. If you (or anyone else) have time, please download it and see if you can find any bugs. RTL mode is implemented in these zoom modes:

- fit-to-page-height
- fit-to-content-height
- 2 column mode

You can toggle rtl mode pressing U. In fit-to-page-height and fit-to-content-height mode, you'll want to use it together with comics mode (key C) - otherwise the page will be centered.

If anyone can, please check if 2 column mode works properly for left-to-right columns too. I made some bug fixes to it, so I'd like to make sure they didn't break anything.

I did test as much as I could, and it did work for me, but I need feedback from others. Thank you.

Update: since it's now outdated, the file has been removed. RTL mode is now a part of official v2012.11 release of kpdfviewer.

[alban]

Hi
Again thanks for this great reader!
Er... simple Q but I can't sus how to add my own notes to pdf docs. Is it possible at all?
Cheers

[Kai771]

@alban
I'm afraid it's not possible, at least for now.

[dracodoc]

Hi guys, do you have an estimate on kindle paperwhite compability? I guess involves lots of work since it need be solely touch based. But I'm counting on KPV before I decide to buy a paperwhite, because I cannot bear non-fullscreen reading after using KPV...

[Kai771]

@dracodoc
Dave got himself a PW, and is working on it. But he's the only one atm, since other developers don't own a PW, and are more interested in adding features for K3.

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by dracodoc

Hi guys, do you have an estimate on kindle paperwhite compability? I guess involves lots of work since it need be solely touch based. But I'm counting on KPV before I decide to buy a paperwhite, because I cannot bear non-fullscreen reading after using KPV...

Don't buy it at least for now. AMAZON is forcing PW to upgrade to 5.3.0 firmware, which wipes out all the jailbreaks and hacks. They are declaring wars on kindle hacker community now.

I just finshed single/double tap and hold gesture detection last night and was about to test it this morning on my PW, and it turns out it has been auto-upgraded to 5.3.0 without asking me (because I forgot to turn into ariplane mode).

I have never read anybook on my PW so far becuase the native reader sucks so much.

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by dave2008

Don't buy it at least for now. AMAZON is forcing PW to upgrade to 5.3.0 firmware, which wipes out all the jailbreaks and hacks. They are declaring wars on kindle hacker community now.

I just finshed single/double tap and hold gesture detection last night and was about to test it this morning on my PW, and it turns out it has been auto-upgraded to 5.3.0 without asking me (because I forgot to turn into ariplane mode).

I have never read anybook on my PW so far becuase the native reader sucks so much.

If you had installed NiLuJe's "jailbreak bridge" while in 5.2.0, it would still be jailbroken after upgrading to 5.3.0. If you did not do that, then you will need to use a serial cable (soldered to the internal serial port pads) to jailbreak it.

[dave2008]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

If you had installed NiLuJe's "jailbreak bridge" while in 5.2.0, it would still be jailbroken after upgrading to 5.3.0. If you did not do that, then you will need to use a serial cable (soldered to the internal serial port pads) to jailbreak it.

Yes, I did. But I was not able to re-install usbnetwork on my PW, keeps saying error 007