Quantcast
Channel: MobileRead Forums - KOReader
Viewing all 1604 articles
Browse latest View live

Full-Screen Next Page Button

$
0
0
I find this navigation configuration to be the closest thing to ambidextrous buttons in Koreader.

I am used to Android devices and I like to set the whole screen to be a Next Page button, except for the middle which brings up the Menu. A back swipes does a Previous Page. This config achieves that. The upper middle of the screen brings up the main menu functions, the lower middle brings up the font menu. The entire outer border of the screen does a Next Page.

The commands are as follows:

Quote:

-- customizable tap zones(rectangles)
-- x: x coordinate of top left corner in proportion to screen width
-- y: y coordinate of top left corner in proportion to screen height
-- w: tap zone width in proportion to screen width
-- h: tap zone height in proportion to screen height
DTAP_ZONE_MENU = {x = 4/10, y = 3/10, w = 4/10, h = 3/10}
DTAP_ZONE_CONFIG = {x = 4/10, y = 6/10, w = 4/10, h = 2/10}
DTAP_ZONE_MINIBAR = {x = 0, y = 31/32, w = 1, h = 1/32}
DTAP_ZONE_FORWARD = {x = 0, y = 0, w = 1, h = 1}
DTAP_ZONE_BACKWARD = {x = 0, y = 0, w = 1/256, h = 1/256}
-- DTAP_ZONE_BOOKMARK = {x = 7/8, y = 0, w = 1/8, h = 1/8} -- deprecated
-- DTAP_ZONE_FLIPPING = {x = 0, y = 0, w = 1/8, h = 1/8} -- deprecated
DTAP_ZONE_TOP_LEFT = {x = 0, y = 0, w = 1/256, h = 1/256}
DTAP_ZONE_TOP_RIGHT = {x = 255/256, y = 0, w = 1/256, h = 1/256}
DTAP_ZONE_BOTTOM_LEFT = {x = 0, y = 255/256, w = 1/256, h = 1/256}
DTAP_ZONE_BOTTOM_RIGHT = {x = 255/256, y = 255/256, w = 1/256, h = 1/256}
DDOUBLE_TAP_ZONE_NEXT_CHAPTER = {x = 1/256, y = 0, w = 1/256, h = 1/256}
DDOUBLE_TAP_ZONE_PREV_CHAPTER = {x = 0, y = 0, w = 1/256, h = 1/256}
It may interfere with other functionality you use, but I've found it okay for my purposes. It does not interfere with the bottom status bar functionality. I'm sure it could be improved to allow light on/off, etc.

The only problem with it is when you access the file explorer in Koreader. Normally touching the top of the screen in the explorer brings up the Menu. That now does nothing in the explorer. Also touching the middle opens a file instead of opening the menu (if a file is listed there). My simple workaround is to navigate to a fairly empty folder so that middle of the screen is empty and a touch in the middle brings up the menu.

For Android, the commands go into a file that you must create called 'defaults.persistent.lua' and place in the koreader folder. You can use the following file: https://github.com/koreader/koreader...r/defaults.lua as a template. Just paste the above commands over the already existing set of commands in the file.

For a Kobo or Kindle, you must paste the commands over the existing set of commands in the already existing file 'default.lua' which I think is also in the Koreader folder.

Upside-down koreader screen

$
0
0
Just a report and a solution on a nook glow light 3. I did some kind of gesture (I haven't re-defined them), and the screen turned upside-down. At some point I opened another book, and it turned that one upside-down too. Like it infected it :rofl: It didn't do it to all the books. When I re-opened those books, they remained upside-down, but not other books.

I fixed it by switching to landscape using the lower menu, which set it to normal landscape, then setting it to portrait. Fixed. I then did it to the other book also.

Read next list?

$
0
0
Hi, is there a plugin/feature where you can add books to a list for reading soon. Not thinking anything fancy. Ideally when you're in the books folder and you long press on a book, there's an option to add it to a list.

Thanks

Default settings across all books

$
0
0
Every time I open a new book, I have to set the font, the font-size, margins, whatever else. Not a huge deal, and fortunately Koreader is excellent at stripping out all that formatting that I don't want.

But is there a way to set my preferred settings as default so I don't have to do it every time I open a book. Excuse me for not rtfm. As far as I am aware, there is no manual :)

Page separator width

$
0
0
Does anyone knows if (and how) I can change the width of the line that separates the pages of the PDF documents.
There's allot of lua files there..😊

Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

two android changes and an a reminder

$
0
0
Changes - available since v2019.12-13-g59deaf6

Both have to deal with files and both are useful on recent android versions.If your device runs 4.0 - 4.4 you probably won't need any of them.
  1. you can view content from other applications

    KOReader is now available in the "app chooser" dialog for supported documents

    This opens the file **without** making a copy. It was tested with SolidExplorer, RootExplorer and Simple Tools FM. It should work with other filemanagers too.

    When opening files where KOReader can read and write:

    - The metadata of the document will be stored on document's path (under the folder $document.sdr)
    - You can move your files without loosing annotations, highlights, etc as long as you move your document and your "sidecard" folder

    When opening files where KOReader can read only:
    - The metadata will be stored on a common path.
    - You'll loose data if you move the file (outside koreader, I mean. You cannot inside). Well, is not lost but you'll need to fix things manually because the metadata is stored based on the path, not based on a hash of the file.

  2. you can import documents using the common Storage Access Framework. (requires android 4.4+)

    From the integrated file manager, using the "+" button and pressing "import files here".
    As the name states the will import the file to that specific path. So the workflow to import files is: navigate to destination path -> import files there.

    Nowadays this is only useful for certain kind of providers (apps like Termux, OTG storage,?) but on -future- api3?+ this will be the only way to "explore" the filesystem.
    Until then use it as a fallback of the first feature.

Reminder

KOReader ask for write permissions on primary storage.
Normally the primary storage is the phone/tablet/ereader internal partition but the user can change this and setup a sdcard instead
Outside the primary storage we cannot write

Possible to show bookcover during power-off state on Pocketbook Touch HD 3?

$
0
0
Hi all,

Been using my HD 3 for some weeks now, and KOReader is my favorite reader app.

Only thing that I would like - purely for fun - is to show the book cover for the last opened book when the device is powered off. There is an option in the KOReader settings, but this doesn't seem to work.

I found this issue, which seems to sum up the situation:
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/2095

Guess no fix for this, right? Or does anyone know a workaround? :)

Screen problem with last release and Onyx M96

$
0
0
Hi,
I just installed the last KOReader version on a Onyx M96, after I used the april, june and july versions. The last version has a problem: KOReader does not use all the screen. The bottom of the screen has a empty space not used.
Someone could help me? Thank you.


Fabrizio

Getting rid of the Bottom Margin's Blank Space

$
0
0

Hello Everyone.
I found the way to eliminate that pesky blank space. (I search through internet but didn’t find any answer for this. So I decided to make a post.)

Here are a few steps:

1. For PC:
Go to the Koreader folder on your device, open the defaults.lua and change DCREREADER_CONFIG_B_MARGIN_SIZES_SMALL to -15.

2. For Ereader:
Summon the Main Menu, select the bottom tab with margin settings and set the bottom margin default value to -15 by pressing on the leftmost box.

I hope it will help someone.
Is there another way to get rid of it?

Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Windows.png
Views:	N/A
Size:	80.6 KB
ID:	176416   Click image for larger version

Name:	Blank Space.png
Views:	N/A
Size:	567.1 KB
ID:	176417   Click image for larger version

Name:	Press.png
Views:	N/A
Size:	470.9 KB
ID:	176418   Click image for larger version

Name:	Reader_2020-Jan-15_173808.png
Views:	N/A
Size:	154.2 KB
ID:	176419   Click image for larger version

Name:	Reduced.png
Views:	N/A
Size:	568.4 KB
ID:	176420  

Increase Bookmark icon size

$
0
0
My device is Kindle PW1 and use KOReader v2019.12

If the page is bookmarked, the icon in up-right corner is very small (dogear.png).

How do increase the size of this icon?

[k3] fit to column needs extra tap to move between pages

$
0
0
Hi, I have a kindle 3 and I'm trying to achieve a quadrant navigation experience in a 2-column pdf, that is:
- turn on fit to column zoom, page View Mode
- it starts at the top left quadrant
- next: bottom left
- next: top right
- next: bottom right

The problem is whenever it hits bottom, I need to give an extra next, because it always "misses" the last few millimeters. So I need 6 taps to go to the next page instead of 4.

I tried cropping (pdfcrop on linux, couldn't do it in koreader) about 2cm from all sides, still the same problem.

On a side note
- why I see the Page Crop menu disabled?
- I can't zoom or pan either, is it only a gesture thing? Because I have no touch.

Thank you.

Best koreader version with crop for non touch kindles

$
0
0
SO, koreader disabled cropping for NT kindles. I was looking into testing the manual cropping capabilities. I remember using it with the old kindlepdfviewer and it was very good.

Can someone recommend me the last version with a workable cropping for non touch kindles?

Thanks.

KOreader crashing on Kobo Clara HD

$
0
0
I have installed KOreader on my Kobo Clara HD. All runs well until I try to login for progress sync. I enter my username fine, but selecting the password box results in an instant KOreader crash. Anyone else experience this?

Minibar Font Size, Android

$
0
0
Am I correct that changing the minibar font size to anything above 18 is now not possible with the latest nightly?

Large library in KOReader

$
0
0
Hi there,
I wonder how folks here are handling large libraries in KOReader. I currently have about 4500 epubs on my devices, indexed using the book scan within KOReader. Whenever I go to the filemanager to look for a new book, it takes ages (like in: several minutes) to open the first screen. On the bottom it says something like page 12 of 430 pages, so I know, there is a lot of calculation going on to put my in the right place (although that is not the place I want to be in..). So this is clearly not the best way to handle this, but what are the alternatives? BTW, my library is handled in Calibre and sent to the device, but not using collections, just a simple structure of Authorname/Title on the file system.
There must be better ways to do this!
All the best,
Ctop

Can I wirelessly connect to my Kobo Aura One to my Windows computer to browse files?

$
0
0
Or, do I have to use the USB connection method? (I'm under the impression that this only works after exiting from KOReader, right?)

What am I supposed to open the .lua files with?

$
0
0
My understanding is that highlights that I make are stored in .lua files. What are some of the recommended ways of opening those on a Windows computer?

What happens when you export book notes from >1 koreader device?

$
0
0
I read on my PW4 and my Kindle Fire tablet. Often I read the same book across both devices.

Today I exported all notes from both libraries; I noticed:

1) It doesn't seem to re-export already exported notes (i.e. if I read a book and previously exported the notes they don't seem to arrive).
2) I didn't have a good test of book notes/comments to find out if it *merged* the comments/notes for the two places I was reading the book (i.e. merged the notes from the kindle from those of the android tablet).

anyone know how this is managed? i don't want to overwrite my notes.

i also use syncthing to manage syncing the library across different devices which might complicate/make things easier (probably makes things harder lol)

Swiping center refreshes the page; any way to turn it off?

$
0
0
When I do any sort of single finger swipe in the center, my e-ink screen does a refresh. I wanted KOReader to ignore this (because it’s usually an unintentional touch for me), but the settings only let you adjust single finger swipes on the edges for some reason. There is a diagonal swipe setting, but I have that on “Pass through”. But swiping refreshes the page anyway, unless you swipe left or right to turn the page.

Happens on both my Kindle and KOReader. Just wondering if anyone else sees this too.

(Sometimes, doing this center swipe on the Kindle causes parts of a status bar at the top show up until I turn the page. Like, a clock will show up sometimes. Sometimes a clock and an airplane icon. Weird)

OTA update failure

$
0
0
Hi

I did not succeed to update the latest (end January) Koreader OTA update. I tried three times: the update line (vérifier les mises à jour...) freezes before beginning anything.

Kindle PW3.
Viewing all 1604 articles
Browse latest View live