koreader manta settings

with the advent of the singspiel font and almost a dedicated year of reading on the Supernote Manta, the koreader settings originally published have long been due for an update to reflect the evolved Manta eink specific settings.

The most significant impact from the original Manta settings is merely the ripple down effect of manually setting the display resolution (versus auto-detect)—which was done simply to reduce the font size of the system menus—upon the document layout settings (font size, margins, etc.).

Only the current reading profile or layout is described. Such settings are purely personal in nature and will differ for everyone’s visual aesthetic and eyesight acuity—i happen to prefer a draft or “proof” layout with double line spacing for maximum readability and ease of line scanning.

(top) typesetting menu

style tweaks > pages & margins > ignore publisher page margins style tweaks > pages & margins > vertical margins > ignore all vertical margins style tweaks > pages & margins > windows & orphans > ignore publisher orphan & window rules style tweaks > text > text alignment > left align most text style tweaks > text > font size & families > ignore publisher font families style tweaks > text > font size & families > reset main text font size style tweaks > text > line heights > ignore publisher line heights font > motif typography rules > typography rules > book language: en-US typography rules > respect embedded lang tags typography rules > hyphenation > enable hyphenation typography rules > hyphenation > soft hyphens only highlights > invert highlights > highlight line height: 40%

(top) settings menu

screen DPI > custom DPI: 300 eink settings > flash buttons & menu items eink settings > flash keyboard eink settings > avoid mandatory black flashes in UI taps & gestures > gesture manager > tap corner > top left > screen & lights > toggle night mode taps & gestures > gesture manager > tap corner > top right > toggle bookmark taps & gestures > gesture manager > tap corner > bottom left > reader > fulltext search taps & gestures > gesture manager > tap corner > bottom right > general > {primary saved profile} taps & gestures > gesture manager > long-press on corner > top left > reader > book map taps & gestures > gesture manager > long-press on corner > top right > reader > bookmarks taps & gestures > gesture manager > long-press on corner > bottom left > general > open vocabulary builder taps & gestures > gesture manager > long-press on corner > bottom right > general > history taps & gestures > gesture manager > one-finger swipe > top edge right > reader > table of contents taps & gestures > gesture manager > one-finger swipe > top edge left > general > calibre metadata search taps & gestures > gesture manager > one-finger swipe > bottom edge right > reader > forward to next location taps & gestures > gesture manager > one-finger swipe > bottom edge left > reader > back to previous location taps & gestures > gesture manager > double tap > top left > reader > page browser taps & gestures > gesture manager > double tap > top right > reader > book description taps & gestures > gesture manager > double tap > device > toggle Wi-Fi taps & gestures > gesture manager > double tap > general > {secondary saved profile} status bar > alt status bar > auto refresh status bar > alt status bar > book title status bar > alt status bar > book author status bar > alt status bar > current time status bar > alt status bar > current page status bar > alt status bar > total pages status bar > alt status bar > chapter marks status bar > alt status bar > battery status icon > battery icon status bar > alt status bar > font size: 27 status bar > progress bar > show progress bar status bar > progress bar > show chapter-progress bar instead status bar > progress bar > position > below items status bar > progress bar > thickness, height & colors** > thin status bar > progress bar > thickness, height & colors** > height: 1 status bar > progress bar > thickness, height & colors** > read color: 0% black status bar > progress bar > thickness, height & colors** > unread color: 100% black status bar > progress bar > margins > same as book margins status bar > status bar items > pages lest in chapter status bar > status bar items > Wi-Fi status status bar > status bar items > page turning inverted status bar > status bar items > chapter title status bar > configure items > show all items at once status bar > configure items > auto refresh items status bar > configure items > hide inactive items status bar > configure items > hide battery item when higher than: 100% status bar > configure items > item font > item font size: 11 status bar > configure items > item font > items in bold status bar > configure items > item symbols > icons status bar > configure items > item separator > vertical bar status bar > configure items > item max width > book-author item: 100% status bar > configure items > item max width > boot-title item: 100% status bar > configure items > item max width > chapter-title item: 100% status bar > configure items > alignment > center status bar > configure items > height: 10 status bar > configure items > bottom margin: 3 status bar > lock status bar status bar > long press on status bar to skim
**thickness, height & colors from user patch 2-change-status-bar-color.lua

(bottom) margins menu

L/R margins > left: 107 L/R margins > right: 107 sync T/B margins: off top margin: 41 bottom margin: 33

(bottom) page menu

line spacing: 226%

(bottom) text menu

font size: 12.0 word spacing > scaling: 100% word spacing > reduction: 100%

(bottom) font menu

contrast: 2.3 font weight: 1.50

(bottom) settings menu

alt status bar: on embedded style: on embedded fonts: off image scaling: best

user patches

to complete the layout to..

• apply the singspiel font to the alt status bar
• apply the singspiel font to the status bar
• apply the singspiel font to the system menus
• increase the status bar item separation

refer to the original manta/koreader writeup on user patches for layout and UI behavioural tweaks.

touch zones

the touch zones defined in the defaults.custom.lua file have also been changed to reflect the move to swiping for menu access versus tapping (to avoid inadvertent tap gesture actions)..

return { DTAP_ZONE_MENU = { x = 0, y = 0, h = 0.06, w = 1 },---top menu bar DTAP_ZONE_MENU_EXT = { x = 0, y = 0, h = 0.20, w = 1 }, DTAP_ZONE_CONFIG = { x = 0, y = 0.94, h = 0.06, w = 1 },---bottom layout bar DTAP_ZONE_CONFIG_EXT = { x = 0, y = 0.80, h = 0.20, w = 1 }, DTAP_ZONE_FORWARD = { x = 0.035, y = 0, h = 1, w = 0.965 },---page advance edge DTAP_ZONE_BACKWARD = { x = 0, y = 0, h = 1, w = 0.035 }, DTAP_ZONE_TOP_LEFT = { x = 0, y = 0, h = 0.06, w = 0.05 },---long press corners DTAP_ZONE_TOP_RIGHT = { x = 0.95, y = 0, h = 0.06, w = 0.05 }, DTAP_ZONE_BOTTOM_LEFT = { x = 0, y = 0.95, h = 0.05, w = 0.05 }, }

menu hiding

a recent plugin has become available to disable menus which allows removal of seldom used menu items, significantly reducing the menu “noise” (of KOReader’s overwhelming configurability for novices) whilst permitting more focused menu displays.

Refer to the menu_disabler_profiles.lua file in the repos (which may be loaded and subsequently modified as required). This profile is tuned for primarily for altering the page layout of ebooks. Access to (adding) other needed options is easily re-enabled via the plugin interface from the tools menu.

repos

Refer to the supernote folder in the dotfiles for the patches and the raw lua settings.