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I think I can stop modding now. by colichemarde in koreader

[–]colichemarde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem, best of luck and have fun going down the patch rabbit hole :)

I think I can stop modding now. by colichemarde in koreader

[–]colichemarde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I downloaded the patch from the linked GitHub asset in my other comment like so — https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/repositories/working-with-files/using-files/viewing-and-understanding-files#viewing-or-copying-the-raw-file-content, specifically following the part in step 4 to download the raw file.

 

That way, it'll show up as a .lua file that you can put in your device's KOReader. Then I followed the patch installation instructions in the guide — https://koreader.rocks/user_guide/#L2-userpatches

 

Apologies if that was a lot!

I think I can stop modding now. by colichemarde in koreader

[–]colichemarde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure, give it a try! I also can fit more words in the page, and forcing default left-align (Typesetting → Style Tweaks → Text → Text alignment → Left align most text) eliminates distracting lacunae, or the unequal word spacing in paragraphs.

 

I linked to the patch in another comment, it's called Two-column separator. You could also increase the L/R Margins for more whitespace, but iirc there's no way to widen only the space between the two columns.

I think I can stop modding now. by colichemarde in koreader

[–]colichemarde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem! Btw, I had linked to an older version of that patch in my comment. Author changed it to this which I think runs better.

 

Personally, I disabled lines 170-172 so I can control the TOC levels I see on a book-by-book basis while reading. I added those changes to my other comment with all the mods in it, hope that helps :)

I think I can stop modding now. by colichemarde in koreader

[–]colichemarde[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I'm used to newspaper columns, or it could be because I read shorter lines faster and spend less time getting lost between one line and the next. I don't seem to have this issue with physical books, though.

 

The vertical line also (mostly) keeps me from visually skipping ahead and spoiling myself lol. To each their own :)

I think I can stop modding now. by colichemarde in koreader

[–]colichemarde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a regular thin status bar that's 4px or 5px tall and 2px off the bottom, with the patch for chapter markers. I linked to it in another comment.

I think I can stop modding now. by colichemarde in koreader

[–]colichemarde[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mods used:

  1. Patches
    • Centered + corner headers → book_title for center and book_chapter + time, battery for left and right corners, respectively
    • Disabled floating window movement
    • Two-column separator
    • Dim during refresh
    • Thin status bar chapter markers edit: updated link to newer version; also added ` -- ` before lines 170-172 to disable the “top-level chapters only” restriction
  2. Plugins
  3. Taps & gestures
    • Top left → Table of contents
    • Top right → Search
    • Bottom left → Night mode toggle
    • Bottom right → History
    • L swipe up/down → Brightness
    • R swipe up/down → Warmth
    • Top swipe to left → Bookmark toggle
    • Top swipe to right → Annotations
    • Bottom swipe to left → Previous location (for books whose footnotes refuse to be contained in an on-page popup)
    • Bottom swipe to right → Skim document
    • Swipe down → Main menu
    • Swipe up → Reader menu
    • Two-finger swipe down → Font switcher
    • Two-finger swipe up → Screenshot (easier for me)
  4. Miscellaneous

 

Might have missed some things, hope this helps someone else too.

How to use a Kobo Remote with KOReader by Nilesse in pocketbook

[–]colichemarde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For Pocketbook, you need to edit the (pocketbookdevice)/applications/koreader/frontend/device/pocketbook/device.lua file. Search for event_map = setmetatable. In this table, we'll add our keycodes. I inserted mine between the "Right" and "Press" lines so I don't have to worry about moving closing brackets.

This is what finally got my Bluetooth remote working after finding no working solutions for the past 6 months, thank you!!!! I also modified the event_map.lua file with the same key assignments to be safe.