Instructions for patching firmware 4.38.21908

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by Usered

Another tip if anybody can help: how should I edit the nickel.yaml file under the "Custom header/footer captions" patch if I only want the header and footer font to show in grey, and no other change (I'm satisfied enough with the reduced space from another patch)?

You appear to have a Libra2, so look for these lines in the current patch:

          # LibraH2O/Libra2
        - Find:    "[qApp_deviceIsStorm=true] {\n  font-size: 29px;\n}"
          Replace: "[qApp_deviceIsStorm=true] {\n  font-size: 29px; margin-top: 0px;\n}"

and change the 3rd line to something like the following:

          Replace: "[qApp_deviceIsStorm=true] {\n  font-size:29px;margin-top:0px;color:#555;\n}"

You can change the grey level (in red) to whatever you like.

Originally Posted by Usered

Plus, is there any patch to force the kepub reader on the device to show ligatures and good kerning (seems only avaiable for epubs)?

You no longer need a patch for this, you can manually edit the Kobo config file. See this post for details.

Once you've done that and seen the effect in kepubs you might also consider patch KePub stylesheet additions - word-spacing in libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml if you usually read your books full-justified and you're not happy with the existing kepub word spacing.

ETA: The ligatures and kerning will only be as good as the font you've chosen to read your kepub.

[Usered]

Really helpful, thank you