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olup / kobowriter

A simple typewriter written in go for KOBO e-readers
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Chouette ! But I don't really understand how to do this properly #7

Open poussierebleue opened 2 years ago

poussierebleue commented 2 years ago

Hey there !

I don't know how to contact you. I'm very interested in your program cause Freewrite and Pomera is awfully expensive. The only issue is that I don't really understand the HOW to do this, and especially the first step : "First you need to download and build the koxtoolchain on your development computer. This toolchain, once built, will let you build Go programs that can run on the KOBO." Secondly, the keyboard need to be connected to the Kobo and to a battery ? And, lastly, when you writed something, your text file, where does it go ? In the Kobo's memory ?

thank you.

olup commented 2 years ago

Hey. Make sure you have a Kobo with removable internal storage, otherwise you might very well brick your device for good. Then check: https://github.com/olup/kobowriter#how-to-install there are precomputed binaries in the repository, that should work with a Kobo GLO hd at least. Otherwise you need to build the software, which is a bit involved.

olup commented 2 years ago

And yes, the keyboard needs it's own battery to work, so you have to plug it to a powered USB OTG cable : it has three sides, one for the keyboard, one for the Kobo and one for a power source.

TheNiceRooster commented 2 years ago

Hi! https://github.com/olup/kobowriter#how-to-install tells us to "download the KoboRoot.tar.gz from the release page", but the "release page" looks hidden! So here is the link to the repository where you can download KoboRoot.tar.gz: https://github.com/olup/kobowriter/releases . olup, I'm afraid you didn't reply poussierebleue's question: "And, lastly, when you writed something, your text file, where does it go? In the Kobo's memory?" I wonder too. Does the text vanish as you shutdown the Kobo? How to transfer it later to my PC? In what file in the Kobe is it available for future use?

olup commented 2 years ago

Indeed texts are saved on the Kobo as txt, but you need to disable USB OTG to be able to connect the Kobo and browse the filesystem. I think I remember adding a way to share the text via QR code. Flashing it should let you save it on your phone or share it anywhere

TheNiceRooster commented 2 years ago

Sorry but, just finished typing text with keyboard in Kobowriter, how to leave ? I unplugged the keyboard then Kobowriter says there's no keyboard detected and nothing to do else switching off the power button. Once off ans turned on again, whatever I typed is lost and, as coming back to the Kobowriter, the page is blank! So: how to export the typed text to a PC?

olup commented 2 years ago

If I remember right the escape button takes you back to the main menu, where you should be able to export your text, navigate past texts, etc...

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Sorry but, just finished typing text with keyboard in Kobowriter, how to leave ? I unplugged the keyboard then Kobowriter says there's no keyboard detected and nothing to do else switching off the power button. Once off ans turned on again, whatever I typed is lost and, as coming back to the Kobowriter, the page is blank! So: how to export the typed text to a PC?

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TheNiceRooster commented 2 years ago

OK, I'm done! Pressing "esc" on the keyboard, it displays a menu. Then you can choose "New Document". Now you type your text. Press "esc" and then "export as QRcode", and "esc". The new file appears in a list when you choose "Open document". Restart and choose the normal Kobo e-reader after switching off the USB-OTG mode. When you connect the Kobo to your PC, you'll find your texts with other names as txt files here: KOBOeReader(D:).adds\kobowriter. I expect that'll help!

cittadhammo commented 1 year ago

Dear @olup , Thank you for your work. I might want to give it a try on my Kobo Touch at some point. My first question is : you say you "you can either use a cheap USB otg power cable or modify the keyboard, like I did." Can you describe what you did to modify your keyboard? I have a simple OTG connecter and I am wondering if I could use it with a modif.

Thanks a lot

cittadhammo commented 10 months ago

I was able to built within codespace nicely with the TC prebuilt, see https://github.com/olup/kobowriter/pull/19/files for more detail. No need to have a linux machine, any browser will do it. All the instruction are there ;-)