NickelClock: Show time while reading - Page 14

Phil_C · 05-07-2024, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lys

I'm running 861 as well

A difference may be that I installed NickelClock+NM over 861, not before the upgrade. My device updated to 861 during the set-up

I installed Menu and Clock on .22861. No flashing.

gyrene2083 · 05-07-2024, 05:39 PM

I have to retract my comment that said it was working on the Libra Colour. It didn't happen yesterday when I installed it and read for an hour, but today when I started to read it started to happen.

I ended up doing as Lys said and going to the home page then going back into the book and it stopped doing it.

7hir7een · 05-07-2024, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lys

I'm running 861 as well

A difference may be that I installed NickelClock+NM over 861, not before the upgrade. My device updated to 861 during the set-up

Same here. I'm still getting the flashing when I look up a word, but going to the home screen will make it stop doing so, as mentioned

sirgawain · 05-09-2024, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sparajoy

That said, I've done a manual port and upgrade from .39.22801 to .39.22861 and in the new firmware I'm not getting any flashing at all in the header, including in scenarios where previously I could reliably trigger it. I think Sherman was right in that it had nothing to do with his code, and was merely a more obvious side effect of a different bug in the firmware as a whole that seems to be patched out now.

FWIW, I am running 22861 on the color and am 100% getting flashing in the header (clock flashes every minute).

sirgawain · 05-09-2024, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lys

I'm running 861 as well

A difference may be that I installed NickelClock+NM over 861, not before the upgrade. My device updated to 861 during the set-up

Same -- device was updated (automatically during setup) before I installed NC.

sparajoy · 05-13-2024, 06:48 PM

Okay for posterity I have managed to track down a very reliable trigger for the flashing redraw in the header: the highlight action. Opening a book and highlighting some text (even if you immediately undo it) seems reliably to trigger the flashing redraw, even on the latest firmware. Exiting the book and reloading it will make the flashing stop.
That being said, I'm also seeing the flashing happen on the center of the header, where the chapter progress is displayed, so I am still very certain that there's nothing in the code of nickelclock that causes or could prevent this, but in case anyone wants to forcefully trigger it for testing purposes highlighting is very consistent. I think any action that displays one of the modal menus (where you can add a highlight, or else search a word in the dictionary, etc) will do this.

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05-07-2024, 05:39 PM	#197
gyrene2083 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2024 Device: Kobo Libra Colour	I have to retract my comment that said it was working on the Libra Colour. It didn't happen yesterday when I installed it and read for an hour, but today when I started to read it started to happen. I ended up doing as Lys said and going to the home page then going back into the book and it stopped doing it.

05-13-2024, 06:48 PM	#201
sparajoy Member Posts: 15 Karma: 500 Join Date: Apr 2024 Device: Kobo Clara 2E, Kobo Clara Colour	Okay for posterity I have managed to track down a very reliable trigger for the flashing redraw in the header: the highlight action. Opening a book and highlighting some text (even if you immediately undo it) seems reliably to trigger the flashing redraw, even on the latest firmware. Exiting the book and reloading it will make the flashing stop. That being said, I'm also seeing the flashing happen on the center of the header, where the chapter progress is displayed, so I am still very certain that there's nothing in the code of nickelclock that causes or could prevent this, but in case anyone wants to forcefully trigger it for testing purposes highlighting is very consistent. I think any action that displays one of the modal menus (where you can add a highlight, or else search a word in the dictionary, etc) will do this.