H2O with 3.8.0 Hyphenation?

[JSWolf]

Does the H2O with firmware 3.8.0 have hyphenation? Does any Kobo Reader with 3.8.0 have hyphenation? If not (for the H2O or 3.8.0), can this be fixed?

[GeoffR]

All firmware versions have hyphenation capability. Some recent firmware versions are missing the actual hyphenation dictionaries, but in most cases the dictionaries from an earlier version will still be on the device so it won't matter. (If for some reason a device is lacking the hyphenation dictionaries, they are easy enough to install).

Hyphenation in epubs generally works much better than in kepubs, but in firmware 3.5.0 - 3.8.0 the first line of an epub paragraph will not be hyphenated if it has a non-zero text-indent. This is a bug in the Adobe RMSDK that has been fixed in later RMSDK versions than the one used in firmware 3.5.0 - 3.8.0.

You can modify the hyphenation dictionaries and reinstall them to change some of the hyphenation settings.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

All firmware versions have hyphenation capability. Some recent firmware versions are missing the actual hyphenation dictionaries, but in most cases the dictionaries from an earlier version will still be on the device so it won't matter. (If for some reason a device is lacking the hyphenation dictionaries, they are easy enough to install).

Hyphenation in epubs generally works much better than in kepubs, but in firmware 3.5.0 - 3.8.0 the first line of an epub paragraph will not be hyphenated if it has a non-zero text-indent. This is a bug in the Adobe RMSDK that has been fixed in later RMSDK versions than the one used in firmware 3.5.0 - 3.8.0.

You can modify the hyphenation dictionaries and reinstall them to change some of the hyphenation settings.

If it's missing from 3.7.0 and 3.8.0, how would I get the hyphenation dictionary onto the H2O. One review said there was no hyphenation. The firmware in use during the review is 3.7.0. So if there is no dictionary, can you please post it so I can download it for when I get my H2O?

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If it's missing from 3.7.0 and 3.8.0, how would I get the hyphenation dictionary onto the H2O. One review said there was no hyphenation. The firmware in use during the review is 3.7.0. So if there is no dictionary, can you please post it so I can download it for when I get my H2O?

I can't post the dictionaries because they are copyright by Adobe, but you can get them yourself from an earlier firmware version and install them. It seems the last firmware version with the dictionaries was firmware 3.3.1.

All you need to do is open up the KoboRoot.tgz archive for firmware 3.3.1 (which is inside the kobo-update-3.3.1.zip archive), extract the contents of the ./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts directory, create a new KoboRoot.tgz archive containing just that directory and its contents, and copy the new KoboRoot.tgz to the .kobo directory on the device. Eject and unplug, and the device will update the dictionaries and restart.

From linux you can create the new KoboRoot.tgz containing the hyphenation dictionaries with these commands:

unzip -p kobo-update-3.3.1.zip KoboRoot.tgz | tar xz ./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts
tar czf KoboRoot.tgz ./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts

Edit: If you did it right the new KoboRoot.tgz archive should contain only these files:

./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/
./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/hyph_it.dic
./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/hyph_en.dic
./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/hyph_es.dic
./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/hyph_fr.dic
./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/hyph_pt.dic
./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/hyph_nl.dic
./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts/hyph_de.dic

[GeoffR]

Before you go to the trouble of installing hyphenation dictionaries, check if there are other reasons hyphenation might not be working:
- Some publishers disable hyphenation in the book. You may need to edit the book's stylesheet to reenable it.
- In kepubs, hyphenation may not be turned on unless you have the justification button set to full justification.

Edit: I just checked and the hyphenation dictionaries are missing from firmware 3.7.0, so I guess hyphenation won't work properly on the H2O unless you install the dictionaries yourself.

[s4nder]

Thanks for the instructions, I prepared the file for when my H2O arrives. Strange that they would exclude the dictionaries like that.

[arspr]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

- In kepubs, hyphenation may not be turned on unless you have the justification button set to full justification.

Are you sure? Although I don't give a damn, (I hate hyphenation), I'd swear that some time, in some book, quite long ago, I just enabled hyphenation in kepubs through the CSS3 hyphens property even with no forced justification through my AuraHD GUI. (But I'm not sure).

Although I can confirm that in Kepubs, hyphenation is DISABLED by default, UNLESS you use the GUI full justification option which then ENABLES it as a "side effect".

(OTOH I'm sure that the default ENABLED hyphenation in epubs, can be completely killed through the "special" CSS adobe-hyphenate: none; property.)


EDITED----

Originally Posted by GeoffR

It seems the last firmware version with the dictionaries was firmware 3.3.1.

Again, are you sure?

I mean, I'm in 3.8.0 (sideloaded in successive steps from 2.8?, I don't exactly remember my original FW), and if I enable hyphenation in Kepubs through the Full Justification trick, I can assure you that I get hyphens in both English and Spanish books... (Although they are completely wrong, I'm just seeing awful Spanish decidid-amente and sarpul-lido).

(I've just seen your explanation about old hyphenation dicts being in place... )

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by arspr

Are you sure? Although I don't give a damn, (I hate hyphenation), I'd swear that some time, in some book, quite long ago, I just enabled hyphenation in kepubs through the CSS3 hyphens property even with no forced justification through my AuraHD GUI. (But I'm not sure).

Yes, that is what I meant, the hyphenation might not be turned on unless the justification button is set to full justification, because kepubs seem to default to no hyphenation unless it is turned on. But it can also be turned on explicitly in the book, in which case it will hyphenate regardless of the justification button setting.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

All you need to do is open up the KoboRoot.tgz archive for firmware 3.3.1 (which is inside the kobo-update-3.3.1.zip archive), extract the contents of the ./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts directory, create a new KoboRoot.tgz archive containing just that directory and its contents, and copy the new KoboRoot.tgz to the .kobo directory on the device. Eject and unplug, and the device will update the dictionaries and restart.

I can confirm that this worked for me for standard epubs on an AuraH2O with sideloaded/Patched fw 3.8.0. Although I didn't have fw 3.3.1 to hand so I used the hyphenDicts directory from fw 3.3.0 instead.

Thanks, Geoff

[JSWolf]

Thank you for the help Geoff, I've download the 3.31 firmware and now have the hyphenation dictionary that I can install when I get my H2O.

[davidfor]

I reported the problem on the Kobo beta list. And received a response. It should be fixed in the next release.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

From linux you can create the new KoboRoot.tgz containing the hyphenation dictionaries with these commands:

unzip -p kobo-update-3.3.1.zip KoboRoot.tgz | tar xz ./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts
tar czf KoboRoot.tgz ./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts

Under Windows, I used 7Zip to open the KoboRoot.tgz archive and delete all the contents except the ./usr/local/Kobo/hyphenDicts directory. This left me with a 147KB archive.

[ewphoenix123]

There are also links to modified/improved hyphenation dictionaries in the mod forum, should be linked in the collected mods thread.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ewphoenix123

There are also links to modified/improved hyphenation dictionaries in the mod forum, should be linked in the collected mods thread.

Links please?

[ewphoenix123]

direct link

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=254