06-30-2021, 06:46 AM | #1 |
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Pen support for writing on PDF/EPUB
I know (at least I read it somewhere on github) that koreader supports a pen for input but I couldn't find anything about support to actually being able to write on a PDF or EPUB. Are there any plans to incorporate functionality like this?
I'm asking because the PDF software of the Kobo Elipsa is so abysmal it is really not worth the price tag for me. Koreader would fix everyting reader wise but then you wouldn't be able to mark up your documents. Thanks in advance. |
06-30-2021, 07:50 AM | #2 |
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Not at this point, unless @NiLuJe has plans. :-P
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06-30-2021, 12:43 PM | #3 |
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Oh god, no .
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07-12-2021, 11:25 AM | #4 |
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Elipsa writing experience is indeed abysmal So weird that it doesn't have any writing menu in the reading app. Highlighting looks like almost redacting and pen is too thick and you can't do anything about. If you read in landscape, everything you write is blurred as it is magnified by default. Worst of all, beware that it often loses everything you write on pdf.
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01-15-2022, 04:12 PM | #5 |
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01-15-2022, 08:11 PM | #6 |
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It would probably be mildly less painful on PDF, but it's still an extremely non-trivial task.
The question was whether I, personally, had any plans on that front. Given that I do not read PDFs, do not take notes, and am hilariously short on free time, that was an easy answer to give . |
01-16-2022, 08:43 AM | #7 |
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I meant @NiLuJe as "a dev with the device" but I think the situation likely hasn't changed in that regard.
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01-20-2022, 09:52 AM | #8 |
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Elipsa:
Oddly a BT keyboard works in the default Kobo Annotation but not the Notebooks (except to navigate pages). IMO the only value of the stylus so far is the Advanced Notebook script to text and docx export. I prefer finger highlight and then typing notes if needed. |
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