kobopatch request thread

[blackwalrus]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

an issue for the Discover

I also really want a patch to remove Discover. I saw that this was also requested on github.

[muzzle]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

That would mean the screen would have to be updated every minute. In other words, the device would not be asleep... so you might as well leave it on instead of patching it.

I am afraid I wasn't too clear with my idea.

I use the a 4 number PIN to lock my screen (I have small, meddling kids), and my proposal was to add the clock to the screen where you enter your PIN.

So you would not have to update the screen every minute, only to paint the clock on the screen where you enter the password which appears when you turn on your device.

[jeff47]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

Yes the MiniClock does still work! However there is a newer version from September 2020:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...94#post3898594

...unless you mean something else that I don't know about.

No, that's what I meant... I guess I'm not sure how to use it in conjunction with these patches. Can I install the tgz from that without messing up these patches?

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by jeff47

No, that's what I meant... I guess I'm not sure how to use it in conjunction with these patches. Can I install the tgz from that without messing up these patches?

Yes... Install one and let it reboot and then install the other. I'd say do the patches first and then the clock

[stupdude2]

The interface has changed since this comment, but I have a similar request. Since I read without header, footer or progress bar, I don't know how many pages / time is left in my chapter unless I tap to open the menu then touch the chart. The page count in the reading menu is for the entire book, even in kepubs for some reason. I've combined a couple of solutions into a single screenshot.

1) Enable graph page automatically when you open the reading menu
2) show header page / time information in the reading menu - possibly next to the chapter name.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p3nles1z8t...ockup.png?dl=0

Originally Posted by John F

Is it possible to get a patch that sets which menu option comes up by default when you click on the bottom while reading (for kepubs). In this firmware, it seems to always come up with the navigation menu; in the older firmware version I was using on my Glo HD, it would come up with what last selected.

My first choice would be what was last selected. My second choice would be the graph menu.

Thanks. And thank you and great work on the patches!

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by stupdude2

The interface has changed since this comment, but I have a similar request. Since I read without header, footer or progress bar, I don't know how many pages / time is left in my chapter unless I tap to open the menu then touch the chart. The page count in the reading menu is for the entire book, even in kepubs for some reason. I've combined a couple of solutions into a single screenshot.

1) Enable graph page automatically when you open the reading menu
2) show header page / time information in the reading menu - possibly next to the chapter name.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p3nles1z8t...ockup.png?dl=0

That looks like a bit more than a simple patch to me. Only @geek1011 will be able to answer this one for you.

[mxbndr]

I would like to be able to remove the redundant "My Books" row. It already exists in the new footer menu. I don't really mind if the alternative is simply white space, though filling that space with the top row wouldn't be the worst.

Originally, I started talking about this here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=335349

I thought it best to add a comment on this thread, too.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by mxbndr

I would like to be able to remove the redundant "My Books" row. It already exists in the new footer menu. I don't really mind if the alternative is simply white space, though filling that space with the top row wouldn't be the worst.

Originally, I started talking about this here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=335349

I thought it best to add a comment on this thread, too.

Can delete them (this is a simple patch), but you will get an empty space at the bottom of the book. Do you need it?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Can delete them (this is a simple patch), but you will get an empty space at the bottom of the book. Do you need it?

What can be put in the empty space?

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What can be put in the empty space?

As far as I remember, nothing, just this block is hidden. Therefore, this patch has not received further development. It's not beautiful.

Every man to his own taste.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Semwize

As far as I remember, nothing, just this block is hidden. Therefore, this patch has not received further development. It's not beautiful.

Every man to his own taste.

Since we have a double My Books, can something be done with the My Books on the bottom line?

[mxbndr]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Can delete them (this is a simple patch), but you will get an empty space at the bottom of the book. Do you need it?

For my purposes, empty space is vastly preferred to redundancy.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by mxbndr

For my purposes, empty space is vastly preferred to redundancy.

Only reading line:
  - Enabled: no
  - PatchGroup: |
  - FindZlib: "[qApp_isFontScaleLarge=true] #row1col2"
  - ReplaceZlib:
      Find:    "[qApp_isFontScaleLarge=true] #row1col2 {\n  qproperty-visible: false;\n}"
      Replace: "#row1col2, #row2 {qproperty-visible:false;}"

Once again, it's not beautiful.

[mxbndr]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Only reading line:
  - Enabled: no
  - PatchGroup: |
  - FindZlib: "[qApp_isFontScaleLarge=true] #row1col2"
  - ReplaceZlib:
      Find:    "[qApp_isFontScaleLarge=true] #row1col2 {\n  qproperty-visible: false;\n}"
      Replace: "#row1col2, #row2 {qproperty-visible:false;}"

Once again, it's not beautiful.

It works, thank you! See: https://i.imgur.com/fXe2wyD.jpg (I can't get the attachment uploader on this forum to work).

I LOVE it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ;-)

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by mxbndr

It works, thank you! See: https://i.imgur.com/fXe2wyD.jpg (I can't get the attachment uploader on this forum to work).

I LOVE it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ;-)

Just ugly as sin. If you ever gave me a Reader that looked like that and was as dumbed down as that, I'd throw it away.

Why do you think this person is stupid?