Issues solved: #729 and #739
## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?**
Currently, the battery icon and charge percentage were aligned to the
left even for the UI, where they were positioned on the right side of
the screen. This meant that when changing values of different numbers of
digits, the battery would shift, creating a block of icons and text that
was illegible.
* **What changes are included?**
- Add drawBatteryUi() method for right-aligned battery display in UI
headers
- Keep drawBattery() for left-aligned display in reader mode
- Extract drawBatteryIcon() helper to reduce code duplication
- Battery icon now stays fixed at right edge regardless of percentage
digits
- Text adjusts to left of icon in UI mode, to right of icon in reader
mode
## Additional Context
* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
* This fix applies to both themes (Base and Lyra).
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
Improve legibility of Cover Icons on the home page and elsewhere. Fixes
#898
* **What changes are included?**
Cover outline is now shown even when cover is found to prevent issues
with low contrast covers blending into the background. Photo is attached
below:
<img width="404" height="510" alt="Group 1 (4)"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9d794b51-554b-486d-8520-6ef920548b9a"
/>
## Additional Context
* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
(e.g., performance implications, potential risks,
specific areas to focus on).
Not much else to say here. I did simplify the logic in lyratheme.cpp
based on there no longer being a requirement for any non-cover specific
rendering differences.
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
Empty Button Icons (I.E. Back button in the home menu) were still
rendering the full sized white rectangles going passed the boarders of
the little button nub. This was not visible on the home screen due to
the white background, but it does cause issues if we ever want to have
bmp files displayed while buttons are visible or implement a dark mode.
* **What changes are included?**
Made it so that when a button hint text is empty string or null the
displayed mini button nub does not have a white rectangle extending
passed the bounds of the mini button nub
## Additional Context
* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
(e.g., performance implications, potential risks,
specific areas to focus on).
Having that extended rectangle was likely never noticed due to the only
space where that feature is used being the main menu where the
background is completely white. I am working on some new features that
would have an image displayed while there are button hints and noticed
this issue while implementing that.
One other note is that this only affects the Lyra Theme
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## Summary
**What is the goal of this PR?**
This PR introduces Internationalization (i18n) support, enabling users
to switch the UI language dynamically.
**What changes are included?**
- Core Logic: Added I18n class (`lib/I18n/I18n.h/cpp`) to manage
language state and string retrieval.
- Data Structures:
- `lib/I18n/I18nStrings.h/cpp`: Static string arrays for each supported
language.
- `lib/I18n/I18nKeys.h`: Enum definitions for type-safe string access.
- `lib/I18n/translations.csv`: single source of truth.
- Documentation: Added `docs/i18n.md` detailing the workflow for
developers and translators.
- New Settings activity:
`src/activities/settings/LanguageSelectActivity.h/cpp`
## Additional Context
This implementation (building on concepts from #505) prioritizes
performance and memory efficiency.
The core approach is to store all localized strings for each language in
dedicated arrays and access them via enums. This provides O(1) access
with zero runtime overhead, and avoids the heap allocations, hashing,
and collision handling required by `std::map` or `std::unordered_map`.
The main trade-off is that enums and string arrays must remain perfectly
synchronized—any mismatch would result in incorrect strings being
displayed in the UI.
To eliminate this risk, I added a Python script that automatically
generates `I18nStrings.h/.cpp` and `I18nKeys.h` from a CSV file, which
will serve as the single source of truth for all translations. The full
design and workflow are documented in `docs/i18n.md`.
### Next Steps
- [x] Python script `generate_i18n.py` to auto-generate C++ files from
CSV
- [x] Populate translations.csv with initial translations.
Currently available translations: English, Español, Français, Deutsch,
Čeština, Português (Brasil), Русский, Svenska.
Thanks, community!
**Status:** EDIT: ready to be merged.
As a proof of concept, the SPANISH strings currently mirror the English
ones, but are fully uppercased.
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## Summary
Follow-up to
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/774
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
## Release Notes
* **Refactor**
* Modernized internal synchronization mechanisms across multiple
components to improve code reliability and maintainability. All
functionality remains unchanged.
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## Summary
* The constant SETTINGS_CONST was hardcoded and needed to be updated
whenever an additional setting was added
* This is no longer necessary as the settings size will be determined
automatically on settings persistence
## Additional Context
* New settings need to be added (as previously) in saveToFile - that's
it
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## Summary
Currently, each activity has to manage their own `displayTaskLoop` which
adds redundant boilerplate code. The loop is a wait loop which is also
not the best practice, as the `updateRequested` boolean is not protected
by a mutex.
In this PR:
- Move `displayTaskLoop` to the super `Activity` class
- Replace `updateRequested` with freeRTOS's [direct to task
notification](https://www.freertos.org/Documentation/02-Kernel/02-Kernel-features/03-Direct-to-task-notifications/01-Task-notifications)
- For `ActivityWithSubactivity`, whenever a sub-activity is present, the
parent's `render()` automatically goes inactive
With this change, activities now only need to expose `render()`
function, and anywhere in the code base can call `requestUpdate()` to
request a new rendering pass.
## Additional Context
In theory, this change may also make the battery life a bit better,
since one wait loop is removed. Although the equipment in my home lab
wasn't been able to verify it (the electric current is too noisy and
small). Would appreciate if anyone has any insights on this subject.
Update: I managed to hack [a small piece of
code](https://github.com/ngxson/crosspoint-reader/tree/xsn/measure_cpu_usage)
that allow tracking CPU idle time.
The CPU load does decrease a bit (1.47% down to 1.39%), which make
sense, because the display task is now sleeping most of the time unless
notified. This should translate to a slightly increase in battery life
in the long run.
```
PR:
[40012] [MEM] Free: 185856 bytes, Total: 231004 bytes, Min Free: 123316 bytes
[40012] [IDLE] Idle time: 98.61% (CPU load: 1.39%)
[50017] [MEM] Free: 185856 bytes, Total: 231004 bytes, Min Free: 123316 bytes
[50017] [IDLE] Idle time: 98.61% (CPU load: 1.39%)
[60022] [MEM] Free: 185856 bytes, Total: 231004 bytes, Min Free: 123316 bytes
[60022] [IDLE] Idle time: 98.61% (CPU load: 1.39%)
master:
[20012] [MEM] Free: 195016 bytes, Total: 231532 bytes, Min Free: 132460 bytes
[20012] [IDLE] Idle time: 98.53% (CPU load: 1.47%)
[30017] [MEM] Free: 195016 bytes, Total: 231532 bytes, Min Free: 132460 bytes
[30017] [IDLE] Idle time: 98.53% (CPU load: 1.47%)
[40022] [MEM] Free: 195016 bytes, Total: 231532 bytes, Min Free: 132460 bytes
[40022] [IDLE] Idle time: 98.53% (CPU load: 1.47%)
```
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **Refactor**
* Streamlined rendering architecture by consolidating update mechanisms
across all activities, improving efficiency and consistency.
* Modernized synchronization patterns for display updates to ensure
reliable, conflict-free rendering.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Enhanced rendering stability through improved locking mechanisms and
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## Summary
- Add embedded image support to EPUB rendering with JPEG and PNG
decoders
- Implement pixel caching system to cache decoded/dithered images to SD
card for faster re-rendering
- Add 4-level grayscale support for display
## Changes
### New Image Rendering System
- Add `ImageBlock` class to represent an image with its cached path and
display dimensions
- Add `PageImage` class as a new `PageElement` type for images on pages
- Add `ImageToFramebufferDecoder` interface for format-specific image
decoders
- Add `JpegToFramebufferConverter` - JPEG decoder with Bayer dithering
and scaling
- Add `PngToFramebufferConverter` - PNG decoder with Bayer dithering and
scaling
- Add `ImageDecoderFactory` to select appropriate decoder based on file
extension
- Add `getRenderMode()` to GfxRenderer for grayscale render mode queries
### Dithering and Grayscale
- Implement 4x4 Bayer ordered dithering for 4-level grayscale output
- Stateless algorithm works correctly with MCU block decoding
- Handles scaling without artifacts
- Add grayscale render mode support (BW, GRAYSCALE_LSB, GRAYSCALE_MSB)
- Image decoders and cache renderer respect current render mode
- Enables proper 4-level e-ink grayscale when anti-aliasing is enabled
### Pixel Caching
- Cache decoded/dithered images to `.pxc` files on SD card
- Cache format: 2-bit packed pixels (4 pixels per byte) with
width/height header
- On subsequent renders, load directly from cache instead of re-decoding
- Cache renderer supports grayscale render modes for multi-pass
rendering
- Significantly improves page navigation speed for image-heavy EPUBs
### HTML Parser Integration
- Update `ChapterHtmlSlimParser` to process `<img>` tags and extract
images from EPUB
- Resolve relative image paths within EPUB ZIP structure
- Extract images to cache directory before decoding
- Create `PageImage` elements with proper scaling to fit viewport
- Fall back to alt text display if image processing fails
### Build Configuration
- Add `PNG_MAX_BUFFERED_PIXELS=6402` to support up to 800px wide images
### Test Script
- Generate test EPUBs with annotated JPEG and PNG images
- Test cases cover: grayscale (4 levels), centering, scaling, cache
performance
## Test plan
- [x] Open EPUB with JPEG images - verify images display with proper
grayscale
- [x] Open EPUB with PNG images - verify images display correctly and no
crash
- [x] Navigate away from image page and back - verify faster load from
cache
- [x] Verify grayscale tones render correctly (not just black/white
dithering)
- [x] Verify large images are scaled down to fit screen
- [x] Verify images are centered horizontally
- [x] Verify page serialization/deserialization works with images
- [x] Verify images rendered in landscape mode
## Test Results
[png](https://photos.app.goo.gl/5zFUb8xA8db3dPd19)
[jpeg](https://photos.app.goo.gl/SwtwaL2DSQwKybhw7)
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## Summary
Closes#766. Thank you for the help @bramschulting!
**What is the goal of this PR?**
- First and foremost, fix issue #766.
- Through working on that, I realized the current CSS parsing/loading
code can be improved dramatically for large files and still had
additional performance improvements to be made, even with EPUBs with
small CSS.
**What changes are included?**
- Stream CSS parsing and reuse normalization buffers to cut allocations
- Add rule limits and selector validation to release rules and free up
memory when needed
- Skip CSS parsing/loading entirely when "Book's Embedded Style" is off
## Additional Context
- My test EPUB has been updated
[here](https://github.com/jdk2pq/css-test-epub) to include a very large
CSS file to test this out
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## Summary
Pre-compress the HTML file to save flash space. I'm using `gzip` because
it's supported everywhere (indeed, we are using the same optimization on
[llama.cpp server](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp), our HTML page
is huge 😅 ).
This free up ~40KB flash space.
Some users suggested using `brotli` which is known to further reduce 20%
in size, but it doesn't supported by firefox (only supports if served
via HTTPS), and some reverse proxy like nginx doesn't support it out of
the box (unrelated in this context, but just mention for completeness)
```
PR:
RAM: [=== ] 31.0% (used 101700 bytes from 327680 bytes)
Flash: [==========] 95.5% (used 6259244 bytes from 6553600 bytes)
master:
RAM: [=== ] 31.0% (used 101700 bytes from 327680 bytes)
Flash: [==========] 96.2% (used 6302416 bytes from 6553600 bytes)
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## Summary
* Definition and use of a central LOG function, that can later be
extended or completely be removed (for public use where debugging
information may not be required) to save flash by suppressing the
-DENABLE_SERIAL_LOG like in the slim branch
* **What changes are included?**
## Additional Context
* By using the central logger the usual:
```
#include <HardwareSerial.h>
...
Serial.printf("[%lu] [WCS] Obfuscating/deobfuscating %zu bytes\n", millis(), data.size());
```
would then become
```
#include <Logging.h>
...
LOG_DBG("WCS", "Obfuscating/deobfuscating %zu bytes", data.size());
```
You do have ``LOG_DBG`` for debug messages, ``LOG_ERR`` for error
messages and ``LOG_INF`` for informational messages. Depending on the
verbosity level defined (see below) soe of these message types will be
suppressed/not-compiled.
* The normal compilation (default) will create a firmware.elf file of
42.194.356 bytes, the same code via slim will create 42.024.048 bytes -
170.308 bytes less
* Firmware.bin : 6.469.984 bytes for default, 6.418.672 bytes for slim -
51.312 bytes less
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## Summary
* Add a small loop in main to be able to receive external commands,
currently being sent via the debugging_monitor
* Implemented command: cmd:SCREENSHOT sends the currently displayed
screen to the monitor, which will then store it to screenshot.bmp
## Additional Context
I was getting annoyed with taking tilted/unsharp photos of the device
screen, so I added the ability to press Enter during the monitor
execution and type SCREENSHOT to send a command. Could be extended in
the future
[screenshot.bmp](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25213230/screenshot.bmp)
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## Summary
This PR extends the delay in main loop from 10ms to 50ms after the
device is idle for a while. This translates to extended battery life in
a longer period (see testing section above), while not hurting too much
the user experience.
With the help from [this
patch](https://github.com/ngxson/crosspoint-reader/tree/xsn/measure_cpu_usage),
I was able to measure the CPU usage on idle:
```
PR:
[20017] [MEM] Free: 150188 bytes, Total: 232092 bytes, Min Free: 150092 bytes
[20017] [IDLE] Idle time: 99.62% (CPU load: 0.38%)
[30042] [MEM] Free: 150188 bytes, Total: 232092 bytes, Min Free: 150092 bytes
[30042] [IDLE] Idle time: 99.63% (CPU load: 0.37%)
[40067] [MEM] Free: 150188 bytes, Total: 232092 bytes, Min Free: 150092 bytes
[40067] [IDLE] Idle time: 99.62% (CPU load: 0.38%)
master:
[20012] [MEM] Free: 195016 bytes, Total: 231532 bytes, Min Free: 132460 bytes
[20012] [IDLE] Idle time: 98.53% (CPU load: 1.47%)
[30017] [MEM] Free: 195016 bytes, Total: 231532 bytes, Min Free: 132460 bytes
[30017] [IDLE] Idle time: 98.53% (CPU load: 1.47%)
[40022] [MEM] Free: 195016 bytes, Total: 231532 bytes, Min Free: 132460 bytes
[40022] [IDLE] Idle time: 98.53% (CPU load: 1.47%)
```
While this is a x3.8 reduce in CPU usage, it doesn't translate to the
same amount of battery life extension in real life. The reasons are:
1. The CPU is not shut down completely
2. freeRTOS tick is still running (however, I planned to experiment with
tickless functionality)
3. Current leakage to other components, for example: voltage dividers,
eink screen, SD card, etc
A note on
[light-sleep](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/stable/esp32c3/api-reference/system/sleep_modes.html)
functionality: it is not possible in our use case because:
- Light-sleep for 50ms introduce too much overhead on wake up, it has
negative effect on battery life
- Light-sleep for longer period doesn't work because the ADC GPIO
buttons cannot be used as wake up source
## Testing (duration = 6 hrs)
To test this, I patched the `CrossPointSettings::getSleepTimeoutMs()` to
always returns a timeout of 6 hrs. This allow me to leave the device
idle for 6 hrs straight.
- On master branch, 6 hrs costs 26% battery life (100% --> 74%), meaning
battery life is ~23 hrs
- With this PR, 6 hrs costs 20% battery life (100% --> 80%), meaning
battery life is ~30 hrs
So in theory, this extends the battery by about 7 hrs. Even with some
error margin added, I think 3 hrs increase is possible with a normal
usage setup (i.e. only read ebooks, no wifi)
## Additional Context
Would appreciate if someone can test this with an oscilloscope.
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## Summary
* Unify all serial port debug messages
## Additional Context
* All messages sent to the serial port now follow the "[timestamp]
[origin] payload" format (notable exception framework messages)
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## Summary
Show "Back" in file browser if not in root, "Home" otherwise.
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## Summary
* Manually trigger GPIO update in File Browser mode
* Previously just assumed that the GPIO data would update automatically
(presumably via yield), the data is currently updated in the main loop
(and now here as well during the middle of the processing loop).
* This allows the back button to be correctly detected instead of only
being checked once every 100ms or so for the button state.
## Additional Context
* Fixes
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/issues/579
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* **Bug Fixes**
* Enhanced input state detection in the web server interface for more
responsive and accurate user command recognition during high-frequency
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## Summary
* Prevent sleeping when in OPDS browser / downloading books
## Additional Context
* Raised in
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/discussions/673
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
Implement natural sort (e.g. "file1.txt, file2.txt, file10.txt" instead
of "file1.txt, file10.txt, file2.txt") for files in the
MyLibraryActivity menu
* **What changes are included?**
Modifies the `sortFileList` function under
`src/activities/home/MyLibraryActivity.cpp` to use natural sort as
opposed to lexicographical sort
## Additional Context
I wasn't entirely sure whether or not i should make this a configurable
option, but most file browsers and directory listing tools have this set
as an immutable default, so I opted against it.
* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
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## Summary
fixing issue if book href are absolute url and not relative to the
server
## Additional Context
* Fixes
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/issues/632
* https://github.com/harshit181/RSSPub/issues/43
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This PR unifies navigation handling & adds system-wide support for
continuous navigation.
## Summary
Holding down a navigation button now continuously advances through items
until the button is released. This removes the need for repeated
press-and-release actions and makes navigation faster and smoother,
especially in long menus or documents.
When page-based navigation is available, it will navigate through pages.
If not, it will progress through menu items or similar list-based UI
elements.
Additionally, this PR fixes inconsistencies in wrap-around behavior and
navigation index calculations.
Places where the navigation system was updated:
- Home Page
- Settings Pages
- My Library Page
- WiFi Selection Page
- OPDS Browser Page
- Keyboard
- File Transfer Page
- XTC Chapter Selector Page
- EPUB Chapter Selector Page
I’ve tested this on the device as much as possible and tried to match
the existing behavior. Please let me know if I missed anything. Thanks 🙏
---
Following the request from @osteotek and @daveallie for system-wide
support, the old PR (#379) has been closed in favor of this
consolidated, system-wide implementation.
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## Summary
* Allow OTA update from RC build to full release
* If all the segments match, then also check if the current version
contains "-rc"
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## Summary
This is an updated version of @itsthisjustin's #346 that builds on
current master and also deduplicates the settings list so we don't have
two copies of the settings. In the Web UI, it should organize the
settings a little closer to what you see on device.
## Additional Context
I tested this live on device and it seems to play nicely for me. It's
re-based on master since master's settings stuff has moved somewhat
since the original PR and addresses the sole review comment #346 - it
also means that I don't need to manually key in the URL for my OPDS
server. :)
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## Summary
Continue my changes to introduce the HAL infrastructure from
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/522
This PR touches quite a lot of files, but most of them are just name
changing. It should not have any impacts to the end behavior.
## Additional Context
My plan is to firstly add this small shim layer, which sounds useless at
first, but then I'll implement an emulated driver which can be helpful
for testing and for development.
Currently, on my fork, I'm using a FS driver that allow "mounting" a
local directory from my computer to the device, much like the `-v` mount
option on docker. This allows me to quickly reset `.crosspoint`
directory if anything goes wrong. I plan to upstream this feature when
this PR get merged.
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## Summary
Ref https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/737
This PR further reduce ~25ms from rendering time, testing inside the
Setting screen:
```
master:
[68440] [GFX] Time = 73 ms from clearScreen to displayBuffer
PR:
[97806] [GFX] Time = 47 ms from clearScreen to displayBuffer
```
And in extreme case (fill the entire screen with black or gray color):
```
master:
[1125] [ ] Test fillRectDither drawn in 327 ms
[1347] [ ] Test fillRect drawn in 222 ms
PR:
[1334] [ ] Test fillRectDither drawn in 225 ms
[1455] [ ] Test fillRect drawn in 121 ms
```
Note that
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/737 is NOT
applied on top of this PR. But with 2 of them combined, it should reduce
from 47ms --> 42ms
## Details
This PR based on the fact that function calls are costly if the function
is small enough. For example, this simple call:
```
int rotatedX = 0;
int rotatedY = 0;
rotateCoordinates(x, y, &rotatedX, &rotatedY);
```
Generated assembly code:
<img width="771" height="215" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/37991659-3304-41c3-a3b2-fb967da53f82"
/>
This adds ~10 instructions just to prepare the registers prior to the
function call, plus some more instructions for the function's
epilogue/prologue. Inlining it removing all of these:
<img width="1471" height="832" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b67a22ee-93ba-4017-88ed-c973e28ec914"
/>
Of course, this optimization is not magic. It's only beneficial under 3
conditions:
- The function is small, not in size, but in terms of effective
instructions. For example, the `rotateCoordinates` is simply a jump
table, where each branch is just 3-4 inst
- The function has multiple input arguments, which requires some move to
put it onto the correct place
- The function is called very frequently (i.e. critical path)
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## Summary
Fix for the page skip issue detected
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/700#issuecomment-3856374323
by user @whyte-j
Skipping down on the last page now skips to the last item, and up on the
first page to the first item, rather than wrapping around the list in a
weird way.
## Additional Context
The calculation was outdated after several changes were added afterwards
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## Summary
**What is the goal of this PR?**
- Just a simple rename after feedback in #738
**What changes are included?**
- Renamed "Embedded Style" to "Book's Embedded Style" to more clearly
associate it with "Book's Style" option in "Paragraph Alignment"
settings
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## Summary
* Inverts back button behaviour while reading - short press to go home,
long press to open file browser
## Additional Context
* It seems counterintuitive that going into a book from home screen and
pressing back doesn’t take you back to the home screen. With the recent
books now displayed in the home view and a separate recents view, going
directly to the file browser is less necessary.
## Summary
Reduce/fix the lag on the home screen before recent book covers are
rendered
## Additional Context
We were previously rendering the screen in two steps, delaying the
recent book covers render to avoid a lag before the screen loads.
In this PR, we are now doing that only if at least one book doesn't have
the cover thumbnail generated yet. If all thumbs are already generated,
we load and display them right away, with no lag.
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Closes#712
## Summary
**What is the goal of this PR?**
- To add new settings for toggling on/off embedded CSS styles in the
reader. This gives more control and customization to the user over how
the ereader experience looks.
**What changes are included?**
- Added new "Embedded Style" option to the Reader settings
- Added new "Book's Style" option for "Paragraph Alignment"
- User's selected "Paragraph Alignment" will take precedence and
override the embedded CSS `text-align` property, _unless_ the user has
"Book's Style" set as their "Paragraph Alignment"
## Additional Context
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9e404b13-c7e0-41c7-9406-4715f389166a
Addresses feedback from the community about the new CSS feature:
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/700
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## Summary
* Direct swap of X with new logo for boot and sleep screens
* More to be done here in the future to make these screens look a little
nicer
## Additional Context
* The design comes straight from @lepislepis -
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/discussions/396#discussioncomment-15590508
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## Summary
This pull request introduces a new "Chapter Progress Bar" mode to the
status bar, allowing users to track their progress within the current
chapter in addition to the existing book-level progress options. It also
unifies and increases the progress bar height for better visibility, and
updates the settings UI to support the new mode.
Closes#636
**Status Bar/Progress Bar Enhancements:**
* Added a new `CHAPTER_PROGRESS_BAR` mode to
`CrossPointSettings::STATUS_BAR_MODE`, and updated the settings UI to
allow users to select this mode.
[[1]](diffhunk://#diff-3af36372bb6233a83387a68091b5e0651c23585c7c0a95669ed893268ca709a8R34)
[[2]](diffhunk://#diff-c55df9ec3ade843be000ba463cb75aa3df27dc34620a56c248fc4cc4e917b34bL22-R23)
* Implemented `drawChapterProgressBar` in `ScreenComponents` and
integrated it into both EPUB and TXT reader activities, so the chapter
progress bar is displayed when the new mode is selected.
[[1]](diffhunk://#diff-be271778a942f7fab0d920acd73442512346ff811a4625c011275a7ca6be3a3eL51-R64)
[[2]](diffhunk://#diff-dd410cab3a363d78172706d2ad6591f327e9b5b05f314db405db31a667af03faL16-R20)
[[3]](diffhunk://#diff-82798dedbe135495e619d4aa27a4bef560c70c7663cf43148b67a26ddde45682R518-R525)
[[4]](diffhunk://#diff-471ba9d9eb65b1a8451d41246db2aa695a42ea4ae4762163adfda4c20fec0950R563-R567)
* Updated logic in EPUB and TXT reader activities to show the correct
progress bar, progress text, and battery indicator based on the selected
status bar mode, including the new chapter progress bar mode.
[[1]](diffhunk://#diff-82798dedbe135495e619d4aa27a4bef560c70c7663cf43148b67a26ddde45682R470-R481)
[[2]](diffhunk://#diff-82798dedbe135495e619d4aa27a4bef560c70c7663cf43148b67a26ddde45682L490-R503)
[[3]](diffhunk://#diff-471ba9d9eb65b1a8451d41246db2aa695a42ea4ae4762163adfda4c20fec0950R522-R533)
[[4]](diffhunk://#diff-471ba9d9eb65b1a8451d41246db2aa695a42ea4ae4762163adfda4c20fec0950L539-R548)
**UI/Visual Tweaks:**
* Increased the progress bar height from 4 to 6 pixels for improved
visibility, and refactored code to use the new constant.
[[1]](diffhunk://#diff-dd410cab3a363d78172706d2ad6591f327e9b5b05f314db405db31a667af03faL16-R20)
[[2]](diffhunk://#diff-82798dedbe135495e619d4aa27a4bef560c70c7663cf43148b67a26ddde45682L295-R295)
[[3]](diffhunk://#diff-471ba9d9eb65b1a8451d41246db2aa695a42ea4ae4762163adfda4c20fec0950L177-R177)
These changes collectively provide users with more granular progress
tracking options and a clearer visual indicator for reading progress.
## Additional Context
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?**
Move the "Sync Progress" option from TOC (Chapter Selection) screen to
the Reader Menu, and fix use-after-free crashes related to callback
handling in activity lifecycle.
* **What changes are included?**
- Added "Sync Progress" as a menu item in `EpubReaderMenuActivity` (now
4 items: Go to Chapter, Sync Progress, Go Home, Delete Book Cache)
- Removed sync-related logic from `EpubReaderChapterSelectionActivity` -
TOC now only displays chapters
- Implemented `pendingGoHome` and `pendingSubactivityExit` flags in
`EpubReaderActivity` to safely handle activity destruction
- Fixed GO_HOME, DELETE_CACHE, and SYNC menu actions to use deferred
callbacks avoiding use-after-free
## Additional Context
* Root cause of crashes: callbacks like `onGoHome()` or `onCancel()`
invoked from activity handlers could destroy the current activity while
code was still executing, causing use-after-free and race conditions
with FreeRTOS display task.
* Solution: Deferred execution pattern - set flags and process them in
`loop()` after all nested activity loops have safely returned.
* Files changed: `EpubReaderMenuActivity.h`,
`EpubReaderActivity.h/.cpp`, `EpubReaderChapterSelectionActivity.h/.cpp`
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## Summary
Minor fix
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
Add shift lock to KeyboardEntryActivity
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/00973866-6b87-4d5b-a3bf-6f4f85a5e0a6
(Apologies for the graininess of the video - I was struggling to get it
below 10mb)
* **What changes are included?**
* Relax shift disable criteria to include any character
* Add third shift option `LOCK` which is not disabled on character
entry.
## Additional Context
* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
(e.g., performance implications, potential risks,
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
This adds renaming and moving files to the File Manager
* **What changes are included?**
New `/move` and `/rename` endpoints, and corresponding modals and icons
added. Uses the `file.rename()` function, after sanity checking.
## Additional Context
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specific areas to focus on).
Fixes#559, #661, #663. Only touches the File Manager, so low risk of
affecting other systems.
Simpler than #619, at the cost of not migrating the cache of renamed
books.
<img width="870" height="437" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/73e0e750-dfc8-48e0-a7a6-9694470b7ded"
/>
<img width="575" height="318" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/38c5fb19-c38a-436b-b3ad-75c1be7375ab"
/>
<img width="574" height="293" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1d2a2403-765d-473f-8c4f-c6968e9bbfeb"
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I used Codex for the implementation itself, and then carefully reviewed
the code myself. As this is a simple change and only to the webserver,
it is low risk.
## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?**
The goal of this PR is to deliver a fix for or at least mitigate the
impact of the issue described in #561
* **What changes are included?**
This PR includes a new option "Sunlight Fading Fix" under "Settings ->
Display".
When set to ON, we will disable the displays analog supply voltage after
every update and turn it back on before the next update.
## Additional Context
* Until now, I was only able to do limited testing because of limited
sunlight at my location, but the fix seems to be working. I'll also
attach a pre-built binary based on 0.16.0 (current master) with the fix
applied to the linked ticket, as building this fix is a bit annoying
because the submodule open-x4-sdk also needs an update.
* [PR in
open-x4-sdk](https://github.com/open-x4-epaper/community-sdk/pull/15)
needs to be merged first, we also need to add another commit to this
here PR, updating this dependency.
* I decided to hide this behind a default-OFF option. While I'm not
really concerned that this fix might potentially damage the display,
someone more knowledgeable on E-Ink technology could maybe have a look
at this.
* There's a binary attached in the linked issue, if someone has the
required sunlight to test this in-depth.
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## Summary
* Adds Go To % action in Epub Reader menu with slider style percent
selector
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a38ecc71-429e-40e8-94ac-37fb1509dbd9"
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* adds rotation setting in epub reader menu, actual rotation happens on
going back
* improves button hint drawing to draw correctly in all orientations
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/91ceeca6-729f-4304-b68a-e412f6e2c9a7"
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## Summary
Allows to fallback to custom sleep screens if the book does not have a
cover.
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
- Allows back button to be held to escape boot loops when reader
activity crashes and device attempts to boot to previous state
- Reduces the need of removing SD card and access to another device to
delete the `/.crosspoint/state.bin`
* **What changes are included?**
- Back button can be held while booting to boot to home screen
- Update of User Guide section to include this feature
## Additional Context
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## Summary
### What is the goal of this PR?
- Visual UI overhaul
- UI theme selection
### What changes are included?
- Added a setting "UI Theme": Classic, Lyra
- The classic theme is the current Crosspoint theme
- The Lyra theme implements these mockups:
https://www.figma.com/design/UhxoV4DgUnfrDQgMPPTXog/Lyra-Theme?node-id=2003-7596&t=4CSOZqf0n9uQMxDt-0
by Discord users yagofarias, ruby and gan_shu
- New functions in GFXRenderer to render rounded rectangles, greyscale
fills (using dithering) and thick lines
- Basic UI components are factored into BaseTheme methods which can be
overridden by each additional theme. Methods that are not overridden
will fallback to BaseTheme behavior. This means any new
features/components in CrossPoint only need to be developed for the
"Classic" BaseTheme.
- Additional themes can easily be developed by the community using this
foundation
## Additional Context
- Only the Home, Library and main Settings screens have been implemented
so far, this will be extended to the transfer screens and chapter
selection screen later on, but we need to get the ball rolling somehow
:)
- Loading extra covers on the home screen in the Lyra theme takes a
little more time (about 2 seconds), I added a loading bar popup (reusing
the Indexing progress bar from the reader view, factored into a neat UI
component) but the popup adds ~400ms to the loading time.
- ~~Home screen thumbnails will need to be generated separately for each
theme, because they are displayed in different sizes. Because we're
using dithering, displaying a thumb with the wrong size causes the
picture to look janky or dark as it does on the screenshots above. No
worries this will be fixed in a future PR.~~ Thumbs are now generated
with a size parameter
- UI Icons will need to be implemented in a future PR.
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?**
- Adds basic CSS parsing to EPUBs and determine the CSS rules when
rendering to the screen so that text is styled correctly. Currently
supports bold, underline, italics, margin, padding, and text alignment
## Additional Context
- My main reason for wanting this is that the book I'm currently
reading, Carl's Doomsday Scenario (2nd in the Dungeon Crawler Carl
series), relies _a lot_ on styled text for telling parts of the story.
When text is bolded, it's supposed to be a message that's rendered
"on-screen" in the story. When characters are "chatting" with each
other, the text is bolded and their names are underlined. Plus, normal
emphasis is provided with italicizing words here and there. So, this
greatly improves my experience reading this book on the Xteink, and I
figured it was useful enough for others too.
- For transparency: I'm a software engineer, but I'm mostly frontend and
TypeScript/JavaScript. It's been _years_ since I did any C/C++, so I
would not be surprised if I'm doing something dumb along the way in this
code. Please don't hesitate to ask for changes if something looks off. I
heavily relied on Claude Code for help, and I had a lot of inspiration
from how [microreader](https://github.com/CidVonHighwind/microreader)
achieves their CSS parsing and styling. I did give this as good of a
code review as I could and went through everything, and _it works on my
machine_ 😄
### Before
### After
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## Summary
The main motivation behind this PR was because `uploadBuffer` is
statically allocated, but only used when web server is enabled. This
results in 4KB of memory sitting idle most of the time.
As expected, 4KB of initial RAM is freed with this PR:
```
master:
RAM: [=== ] 32.5% (used 106508 bytes from 327680 bytes)
PR:
RAM: [=== ] 31.2% (used 102276 bytes from 327680 bytes)
```
## Additional Context
This also highlights the importance of only using statically-allocated
buffer when absolutely needed (for example, if the component is active
most of the time). Otherwise, it makes more sense to tie the buffer's
life cycle to its activity.
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## Summary
* Instruction text says "Press OK to scan again" but button label is
actually "Connect" (not OK)
* Corrects instruction text
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## Rationale
I have 2 wifi access points with almost identical names, just one has
`_EXT` at the end of it. With the current display limit of 13 characters
before adding ellipsis, I can't tell which is which.
Before device screenshot with masked SSIDs:
<img
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c5cbbaa-b2f6-412f-b5a8-6278963bd0f2"
width="300">
## Summary
Adjusted displayed length from 13 characters to 30 in the Wifi selection
screen - I've left some space for potential proportional font changes in
the future
After image with masked SSIDs:
<img
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c5f0712b-bbd3-4eec-9820-4693fae90c9f"
width="300">
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