Instructions for patching firmware 3.12.1 - Page 2

boriar · 02-06-2015, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I don't know. The tile order is based on the last time the object associated with the tile was used. What other order would be useful?

If you mean to change the order by dragging the tiles around or pinning them in place then that would be a nice feature, but I doubt it is possible just with a patch.

That's exactly what i want (in bold). Like the "Last open book"'s windows is always the first.

GeoffR · 02-09-2015, 03:56 AM

This patch changes the font style used for book titles from italic to normal, which fixes a problem with displaying book titles in Arabic on the Glo/Aura/AuraHD/H2O. (Edit: I don't think the problem occurs on the Touch/Mini.)

Spoiler:

Edit: Note that the Arabic glyphs will not be displayed immediately after restarting the device, it is necessary to open a book and maybe to access the Aa font settings menu before they will be available to the rest of the UI.

Rnway · 02-09-2015, 01:34 PM

Could you include the patch that prevents dictionaries from getting overwritten by a sync, as mentioned in this post?

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=131

GeoffR · 02-09-2015, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rnway

Could you include the patch that prevents dictionaries from getting overwritten by a sync, as mentioned in this post?

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=131

It looks like the firmware has changed quite a bit since that post; this a a patch to change the strings containing "dicthtml" to "micthtml" in the current firmware, I've left the strings uncommented that seem to correspond to the ones in that earlier patch, but this is just a guess. I don't use custom dictionaries, and I haven't tested it at all.

Spoiler:

GeoffR · 02-10-2015, 03:03 AM

This patch replaces the keyboard's extended Latin characters with Arabic ones:

Spoiler:

After a device restart the Arabic glyphs won't display properly until a book has been opened and the font menu (Aa) accessed.

The shift key doesn't do anything to the Arabic keys, is that a fault or doesn't Arabic have upper and lower cases?

Not all of the extended keypad is used, maybe possible to replace some more of the keys on the upper row with Arabic keys?

mamado · 02-10-2015, 05:26 AM

This is GREAT GeoffR, Thanks a lot, this works very well, with two issues:

The on-the-fly search results while searching, and the search string in the results page are unreadable, may be they need the same change you did before with changing italic to normal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

The shift key doesn't do anything to the Arabic keys, is that a fault or doesn't Arabic have upper and lower cases?

Correct, there is no upper and lower case. usually on keyboards shift allows adding "Tashkil" which are small "modifiers" like accents that affect how the character is pronounced, things like "َّ ً ٌ َ ٍ " but I don't think those are needed in this context.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

Not all of the extended keypad is used, maybe possible to replace some more of the keys on the upper row with Arabic keys?

Other characters that could be used `أإآ،`

and again THANKS

GeoffR · 02-10-2015, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mamado

The on-the-fly search results while searching, and the search string in the results page are unreadable, may be they need the same change you did before with changing italic to normal.

I've updated the patch in post #17 to remove italics from the search string and the title displayed in the book details view (reached by long-pressing on the book in the library view and selecting Details from the popup menu.)

Unfortunately I can't find how to remove italics from the items in the pick list that pops up while entering the search string.

Rnway · 02-10-2015, 10:17 PM

I can confirm that the custom dictionary patch is working excellently!

Thanks for incorporating it!

GeoffR · 02-11-2015, 10:18 PM

This patch replaces most of the extended Latin keys on with Hebrew ones:

Spoiler:

The Hebrew keys won't show immediately after the device restarts, it is necessary to open a book and access the font (Aa) menu to make the Hebrew glyphs available to the rest of the UI.

rogerinnyc · 02-14-2015, 02:13 PM

Thanks, as always, for the timely patches, GeoffR.
I'm struggling with adjusting the top margin patch.
First, will it work with Kepubs converted through Calibre's Extended Touch Driver, or am I wasting my time playing with the patch settings?
Second, if I want a smaller header, I'm not sure what to do with this:

# Normal reading mode: 5px (Touch/Mini), 6px (Glo/Aura), 8px (AuraHD/H2O)
# Full-screen reading mode: 6px (Touch/Mini), 7px (Glo/Aura), 10px (AuraHD/H2O)
replace_int = 51EB9E, 1, 6

Do I change the 1 or the 6 in the last line? When I tried that, the compilation failed on that precise line. Or something else?

EDIT: OK, it looks like this was answered near the end of the 3.12.0 patch thread -- you can't change the top margins in kepubs. Sigh.

xPrzybyLx · 02-17-2015, 12:16 PM

Great set of patches - Thank You !

I already installed few of them.

GeoffR · 02-19-2015, 01:39 AM

This patch is a work-around for the problem where the text of some KePubs gets shifted to the right and cut off at the right margin in full-screen reading mode. It adds the following clause to the device's built-in KePub stylesheet:

Code:

body{margin:0!important;padding:0!important}

Spoiler:

Code:

<Patch>
patch_name = `KePub zero body margin/padding`
patch_enable = `yes`
# Multi-version patch: 3.12.0 - 3.13.1+
#
# This patch adds the following to the built-in KePub stylesheet:
#
#   body{margin:0!important;padding:0!important}
#
# which solves the problem with the text of some KePubs being shifted to the
# right and cut off at the right margin in full-screen reading mode.
#
find_base_address = `\t\0.\0K\0B\0S\0t\0a\0c\0k\0K\0e\0y\0w\0o\0r\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0`
#
replace_string = 0000, `\t\0.\0K\0B\0S\0t\0a\0c\0k\0K\0e\0y\0w\0o\0r\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0 \0a\0 \0{\0 \0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0r\0i\0g\0h\0t\0:\0 \01\0p\0x\0 \0s\0o\0l\0i\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0 \0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0;\0 \0}\0 \0\t\0`, `.\0K\0B\0S\0t\0a\0c\0k\0K\0e\0y\0w\0o\0r\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0 \0a\0{\0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0r\0i\0g\0h\0t\0:\01\0p\0x\0 \0s\0o\0l\0i\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0}\0.\0K\0B\0A\0u\0t\0h\0o\0r\0`
#
replace_string = 00BA, `.\0K\0B\0A\0u\0t\0h\0o\0r\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0,\0 \0.\0K\0B\0A\0u\0t\0h\0o\0r\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0C\0o\0n\0t\0i\0n\0u\0e\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0 \0{\0 \0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0r\0i\0g\0h\0t\0:\0 \02\0p\0x\0 \0d\0o\0t\0t\0e\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0 \0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0;\0 \0}\0 \0\t\0`, `A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0,\0.\0K\0B\0A\0u\0t\0h\0o\0r\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0C\0o\0n\0t\0i\0n\0u\0e\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0{\0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0r\0i\0g\0h\0t\0:\02\0p\0x\0 \0d\0o\0t\0t\0e\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0}\0.\0K\0B\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0`
#
replace_string = 01EA, `.\0K\0B\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0,\0 \0.\0K\0B\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0C\0o\0n\0t\0i\0n\0u\0e\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0 \0{\0 \0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0r\0i\0g\0h\0t\0:\0 \02\0p\0x\0 \0s\0o\0l\0i\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0 \0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0;\0 \0}\0 \0\t\0`, `i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0,\0.\0K\0B\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0C\0o\0n\0t\0i\0n\0u\0e\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0r\0l\0"\0]\0{\0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0r\0i\0g\0h\0t\0:\02\0p\0x\0 \0s\0o\0l\0i\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0}\0.\0K\0B\0S\0t\0a\0c\0k\0K\0e\0y\0w\0o\0r\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0`
#
replace_string = 0300, `.\0K\0B\0S\0t\0a\0c\0k\0K\0e\0y\0w\0o\0r\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0l\0r\0"\0]\0 \0a\0 \0{\0 \0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0l\0e\0f\0t\0:\0 \01\0p\0x\0 \0s\0o\0l\0i\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0 \0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0;\0 \0}\0 \0\t\0`, `=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0l\0r\0"\0]\0 \0a\0{\0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0l\0e\0f\0t\0:\01\0p\0x\0 \0s\0o\0l\0i\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0}\0.\0K\0B\0A\0u\0t\0h\0o\0r\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0`
#
replace_string = 03B6, `.\0K\0B\0A\0u\0t\0h\0o\0r\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0l\0r\0"\0]\0,\0 \0.\0K\0B\0A\0u\0t\0h\0o\0r\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0C\0o\0n\0t\0i\0n\0u\0e\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0l\0r\0"\0]\0 \0{\0 \0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0l\0e\0f\0t\0:\0 \02\0p\0x\0 \0d\0o\0t\0t\0e\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0 \0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0;\0 \0}\0 \0\t\0`, `r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0l\0r\0"\0]\0,\0.\0K\0B\0A\0u\0t\0h\0o\0r\0A\0n\0n\0o\0t\0a\0t\0i\0o\0n\0C\0o\0n\0t\0i\0n\0u\0e\0d\0[\0w\0r\0i\0t\0i\0n\0g\0M\0o\0d\0e\0=\0"\0v\0e\0r\0t\0i\0c\0a\0l\0-\0l\0r\0"\0]\0{\0b\0o\0r\0d\0e\0r\0-\0l\0e\0f\0t\0:\02\0p\0x\0 \0d\0o\0t\0t\0e\0d\0 \0b\0l\0a\0c\0k\0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0}\0b\0o\0d\0y\0{\0m\0a\0r\0g\0i\0n\0:\00\0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0;\0p\0a\0d\0d\0i\0n\0g\0:\00\0!\0i\0m\0p\0o\0r\0t\0a\0n\0t\0}\0`
#
# The body rule inserted above takes effect in normal reading mode too, which
# interferes with another rule used to set the user margins in normal reading
# mode. To prevent that happening, the following change is made to increase the
# priority of the user margin setting rule:
#
#     body { margin: 0px %1% 0px %2% ! important;}\n
# --> html body{margin:0px %1% 0px %2%!important;}\n
#
find_base_address = `b\0o\0d\0y\0 \0{\0 \0m\0a\0r\0g\0i\0n\0:\0 \00\0p\0x\0 \0%\01\0%\0`
#
replace_string = 0000, `b\0o\0d\0y\0 \0{\0 \0m\0a\0r\0g\0i\0n\0:\0 \00\0p\0x\0 \0%\01\0%\0 \00\0p\0x\0 \0%\02\0%\0 \0!\0 \0i\0`, `h\0t\0m\0l\0 \0b\0o\0d\0y\0{\0m\0a\0r\0g\0i\0n\0:\00\0p\0x\0 \0%\01\0%\0 \00\0p\0x\0 \0%\02\0%\0!\0i\0`
</Patch>

You may not need this patch if you only read sideloaded kepubs, as you can add the above line to the book's CSS instead, by using the kobo_extra.css feature of the KoboTouch driver in Calibre for example.

BEWARE that this patch prevents the margin adjustment slider working for KePubs in normal reading mode! So it is probably only useful to those who read Kobo-synced KePubs and always read them in full-screen mode. (It doesn't have any effect on ePubs in either reading mode.)

Edit: I have updated this patch, the new one no longer prevents kepub margin changes in normal reading mode.

If you use this patch, make sure to add it to libnickel.so.1.0.0.patch so that it comes after the `Fix kepub side bearing font cut-off bug` patch.

Attached are screenshots from my Glo showing a Kobo synced KePub affected by this problem (this one) in full-screen mode with and without this patch.

GERGE · 02-19-2015, 09:04 AM

How can I make a Turkish keyboard? Kobo is the most popular reader here, it would help people.

barobach_so · 02-19-2015, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

This patch replaces the keyboard's extended Latin characters with Arabic ones:

Spoiler:

After a device restart the Arabic glyphs won't display properly until a book has been opened and the font menu (Aa) accessed.

The shift key doesn't do anything to the Arabic keys, is that a fault or doesn't Arabic have upper and lower cases?

Not all of the extended keypad is used, maybe possible to replace some more of the keys on the upper row with Arabic keys?

hi

is there a way to have both keyboards ?
and have a swift key ?

flip1314 · 02-19-2015, 03:45 PM

I am getting this error when I try to run the .sh in ubuntu. Could you suggest a reason?

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Cleaning up /tmp/patch32lsb_om33A6Kv
flip@flip-MacBookAir:~/Downloads/patch_kobo_3121$

I have confirmed the zip of the update and it is valid. Not sure what else could be the problem.

02-14-2015, 02:13 PM	#25
rogerinnyc Addict Posts: 227 Karma: 944808 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Forma and Aura One; Kindle Voyage; Galaxy Note 10	Thanks, as always, for the timely patches, GeoffR. I'm struggling with adjusting the top margin patch. First, will it work with Kepubs converted through Calibre's Extended Touch Driver, or am I wasting my time playing with the patch settings? Second, if I want a smaller header, I'm not sure what to do with this: # Normal reading mode: 5px (Touch/Mini), 6px (Glo/Aura), 8px (AuraHD/H2O) # Full-screen reading mode: 6px (Touch/Mini), 7px (Glo/Aura), 10px (AuraHD/H2O) replace_int = 51EB9E, 1, 6 Do I change the 1 or the 6 in the last line? When I tried that, the compilation failed on that precise line. Or something else? EDIT: OK, it looks like this was answered near the end of the 3.12.0 patch thread -- you can't change the top margins in kepubs. Sigh. Last edited by rogerinnyc; 02-14-2015 at 04:16 PM. Reason: Answer Found

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02-09-2015, 03:56 AM	#17
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	Patch for Arabic book titles This patch changes the font style used for book titles from italic to normal, which fixes a problem with displaying book titles in Arabic on the Glo/Aura/AuraHD/H2O. (Edit: I don't think the problem occurs on the Touch/Mini.) Spoiler: Code: <Patch> patch_name = `Book titles font style normal` patch_enable = `yes` # # This patch changes the font style used for book titles displayed in the # library, search results, etc. from italic to normal. This works around the # problem of the system fonts missing italic glyphs for Arabic. # # Book title in details view replace_string = D12511, `font-style: italic;`, `font-style: normal;` # # Search term in search results view replace_string = D7D573, `font-style: italic;`, `font-style: normal;` # # Book title in library view replace_string = D842F0, `font-style: italic;`, `font-style: normal;` </Patch> Edit: Note that the Arabic glyphs will not be displayed immediately after restarting the device, it is necessary to open a book and maybe to access the Aa font settings menu before they will be available to the rest of the UI. Last edited by GeoffR; 02-10-2015 at 08:50 PM. Reason: Updated patch to also change titles in book details view

02-09-2015, 01:34 PM	#18
Rnway Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Could you include the patch that prevents dictionaries from getting overwritten by a sync, as mentioned in this post? https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=131

02-10-2015, 10:17 PM	#23
Rnway Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	I can confirm that the custom dictionary patch is working excellently! Thanks for incorporating it!

02-17-2015, 12:16 PM	#26
xPrzybyLx Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: Kobo Aura HD	Great set of patches - Thank You ! I already installed few of them.

02-19-2015, 09:04 AM	#28
GERGE Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 5797160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Istanbul Device: Kobo Libra	How can I make a Turkish keyboard? Kobo is the most popular reader here, it would help people.

02-19-2015, 03:45 PM	#30
flip1314 Member Posts: 15 Karma: 14 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Halifax, NS Device: Kobo Aura HD & Kobo Aura	I am getting this error when I try to run the .sh in ubuntu. Could you suggest a reason? gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Cleaning up /tmp/patch32lsb_om33A6Kv flip@flip-MacBookAir:~/Downloads/patch_kobo_3121$ I have confirmed the zip of the update and it is valid. Not sure what else could be the problem.