Hyphenation Problems
Hyphenations do not always work well (especially in German). Some mistakes can be eliminated with "homemade" enhanced hyphenation files, but some not. I wonder why the software prevents hyphenation in...
View ArticleGlo Can kobo glo run android app such as nook glo?
Hi. I'm newby. :book2:I've travelled around the 4rum and see many threads showing how to up the kobo glo firmware. I'm wondering if those firmware can help kobo glo run android apps like the nook glo....
View ArticleHacks for a Kobo WiFi ?
So I bought a Kobo Glo the other day and It's features kind of make the wifi feel obsolete. I have stock firmware on my Kobo Wifi, (there is no internet browser or anything fun like that) I was...
View Articleepub formatting - full page images
What I want to do is to embed a full page image on the Kobo, on an internal page that has a header. This page would be the first page of a chapter file. For the cover, the html is: Code: <div>...
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[Tutorial] - QT Apps without nickel
Sorry for my bad english We can run QT standalone apps without using nickel. I created this tutorial for other people to learn and make something nice for our Kobo's. First I want to thank the...
View ArticleTake screenshot from Kobo
Thanks to this link: http://www.cnx-software.com/2010/07/...er-screenshot/ we can make screenshot from our Kobo screen. * requires telnet run this command: Code: cat /dev/fb0 > screen.raw get the...
View ArticleKoboLauncher for standalone Qt apps
Hi! I've written a small launcher program for my Qt applications: pbchess, checkers, reversi (othello) and sokoban. All the programs work well with my Kobo Touch. They also should work with Glo and...
View ArticlePlease write a "Notes" application.
Please developpers, could you write a "Notes" application ? When I switched to a Kobo Glo, the one (from a Soiny PRS-T1), the one missing feature is a "notes" applications... Anyone care to add one ?
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Custom Chinese-English dictionary
Custom Chinese-English dictionary As a side product of my Japanese-English dictionary (cf. Custom Japanese-English dictionary) I produced a Chinese-English dictionary based on CC-CEDICT. Installation:...
View ArticleWrite to screen from shell?
Does anyone know if there is any utility included that can write to the screen from a shell? In kindles there's eips, so I think there should be a similar tool.
View ArticleGlo [WIP] Port of Kindle Paperwhite OS
Hi everyone! I'm posting this to see if there's enough interest, and to find someone wanting to help me out. I'm currently working on porting the Kindle Paperwhite firmware to the Kobo Glo. This should...
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Low-level access to Kobo eink panel
I've started hacking on the screen level on the Kobo platform. It seems all the code we need to drive the panel is in the kernel source, under linux-2.6.35.3/drivers/video/mxc; in particular the...
View ArticleHow did kobo write such slow software?
So i'm pretty bamboozled by this. Currently it takes 25 seconds to close a specific HTML file (a few hundred K, only 5000 odd lines) on the kobo glo - which is a 1Ghz cpu. Attrocious. (and the fact it...
View ArticleKobo Glo: how to replace boot image
Hi All, I'm new to this forum and the Glo is my first ebook reader, thanks to this forum it took me just a few minutes to enable telnet and get root !!! Thanks to everybody! Now I would like to replace...
View ArticlePlugin calibre epub to kepub
Hi everyone, I have found this github https://github.com/kenjis/epub-converter this plug in, convert automatically your Epub in kepub, and you know, kepub is very usefull but lot of problem are in it,...
View ArticleGlo Problems compiling Qt for Kobo Glo
Hi guys, I've been roaming this forum for the past 4-5 days and I really liked the idea of developing some own applications for my Kobo Glo. My ultimate goal would be to create a more comfortable...
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Glo Kindlepdfviewer running on Kobo Glo!
A video is worth more than a hundred words: for those who still need context, I've ported the application "kindlepdfviewer" to run on our kobos. Right now the port is quite rough: no rotation support,...
View ArticleRunning Opera Mobile on Kobo (Glo/Touch)
Hello, I dont know if it is possible or if it is madness but I've tried adding Opera Mobile (the ARM version released for Meego) to the Kobo Glo (firmware 2.3.1) but it fails. Actually I've...
View ArticleDebian chroot for Kobo
Hi, inspired by the Kindle OS thread I experimented with getting Debian wheezy to run in a chroot on my Kobo Touch and it runs pretty well. Xorg works fine with fbdev, just the touchscreen needed a bit...
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