Ports upstream PR #1342 (feat: Add Book Info screen, richer metadata,
and safer file-browser controls) with mod-specific adaptations:
- Parse and cache series, seriesIndex, description from EPUB OPF
- Bump book.bin cache version to 6 for new metadata fields
- Add BookInfoActivity (new screen) accessible via Right button in FileBrowser
- Add ManageBook menu via Left button in FileBrowser (replaces upstream hidden delete)
- Guard all delete/archive actions with ConfirmationActivity (10 call sites)
- Add inputArmed gating to ConfirmationActivity to prevent accidental confirmation
- Safe deserialization: readString now returns bool with MAX_STRING_LENGTH guard
- Add series field to RecentBooksStore with JSON and binary serialization
- Add i18n keys: STR_BOOK_INFO, STR_AUTHOR, STR_SERIES, STR_FILE_SIZE, etc.
Made-with: Cursor
Adapted from upstream PR #1325 (not yet merged).
When focused on the tab bar (selectedSettingIndex == 0), the confirm
button label now shows the name of the next category instead of
the generic "Toggle" text.
If/when #1325 is merged upstream, this commit should be dropped
during the next sync and the upstream version used instead.
Made-with: Cursor
- Update open-x4-sdk submodule to 9f76376 (BatteryMonitor ESP-IDF 5.x compat)
- Add RTC_NOINIT bounds check for logHead in Logging.cpp
- Add drawTextRotated90CCW to GfxRenderer for dictionary UI
- Add getWordXpos() accessor to TextBlock for dictionary word selection
- Fix bare include paths (ActivityResult.h, RenderLock.h) across 10 files
- Fix rvalue ref binding in setResult() lambdas (std::move pattern)
- Fix std::max type mismatch (uint8_t vs int) in EpubReaderActivity
- Fix FsFile forward declaration conflict in Dictionary.h
- Restore StringUtils::checkFileExtension() and sortFileList()
- Restore RecentBooksStore::removeBook()
Made-with: Cursor
- Add drawPixelGray to GfxRenderer for letterbox fill rendering
- Add PRERENDER_THUMB_HEIGHTS to UITheme for placeholder cover generation
- Add [env:mod] build environment to platformio.ini
- Implement sleep screen letterbox fill (solid/dithered) with edge
caching in SleepActivity, including placeholder cover fallback
- Add Clock settings category to SettingsActivity with timezone,
NTP sync, and set-time actions; replace CalibreSettings with
OpdsServerListActivity; add DynamicEnum rendering support
- Add long-press book management to RecentBooksActivity
Made-with: Cursor
## Summary
Ref discussion:
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/1222#discussion_r2865402110
Important note that this is a bug-for-bug fix. In reality, this branch
`WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED` is pretty much a dead code because the
entry point of these 2 activities don't use wifi.
It is better to refactor the management of network though, but it's
better to be a dedicated PR.
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** Eliminate the 3-file / 4-location
overhead for adding a new setting. Previously, every new setting
required manually editing JsonSettingsIO.cpp in two places (save +
load), duplicating knowledge already present in SettingsList.h. After
this PR, JsonSettingsIO.cpp never needs to be touched again for standard
settings.
* **What changes are included?**
* `SettingInfo` (in `SettingsActivity.h`) gains one new field: `bool
obfuscated` (base64 save/load for passwords), with a fluent builder
method `.withObfuscated()`. The previously proposed
`defaultValue`/`withDefault()` approach was dropped in favour of reading
the struct field's own initializer value as the fallback (see below).
* `SettingsList.h` entries are annotated with `.withObfuscated()` on the
OPDS password entry. The list is now returned as a `static const`
singleton (`const std::vector<SettingInfo>&`), so it is constructed
exactly once. A missing `key`/`category` on the
`statusBarProgressBarThickness` entry was also fixed — it was previously
skipped by the generic save loop, so changes were silently lost on
restart.
* `JsonSettingsIO::saveSettings` and `loadSettings` replace their ~90
lines of manual per-field code with a single generic loop over
`getSettingsList()`. The loop uses `info.key`,
`info.valuePtr`/`info.stringOffset`+`info.stringMaxLen` (for char-array
string fields), `info.enumValues.size()` (for enum clamping), and
`info.obfuscated`.
* **Default values**: instead of a duplicated `defaultValue` field in
`SettingInfo`, `loadSettings` reads `s.*(info.valuePtr)` *before*
overwriting it. Because `CrossPointSettings` is default-constructed
before `loadSettings` is called, this captures each field's struct
initializer value as the JSON-absent fallback. The single source of
truth for defaults is `CrossPointSettings.h`.
* One post-loop special case remains explicitly: the four `frontButton*`
remap fields (managed by the RemapFrontButtons sub-activity, not in
SettingsList) and `validateFrontButtonMapping()`.
* One pre-loop migration guard handles legacy settings files that
predate the status bar refactor: if `statusBarChapterPageCount` is
absent from the JSON, `applyLegacyStatusBarSettings()` is called first
so the generic loop picks up the migrated values as defaults and applies
its normal clamping.
* OPDS password backward-compat migration (plain `opdsPassword` →
obfuscated `opdsPassword_obf`) is preserved inside the generic
obfuscated-string path.
## Additional Context
Say we want to add a new `bookmarkStyle` enum setting with options
`DOT`, `LINE`, `NONE` and a default of `DOT`:
1. `src/CrossPointSettings.h` — add enum and member:
```cpp
enum BOOKMARK_STYLE { BOOKMARK_DOT = 0, BOOKMARK_LINE = 1, BOOKMARK_NONE = 2 };
uint8_t bookmarkStyle = BOOKMARK_DOT;
```
2. `lib/I18n/translations/english.yaml` — add display strings:
```yaml
STR_BOOKMARK_STYLE: "Bookmark Style"
STR_BOOKMARK_DOT: "Dot"
STR_BOOKMARK_LINE: "Line"
```
(Other language files will fall back to English if not translated. Run
`gen_i18n.py` to regenerate `I18nKeys.h`.)
3. `src/SettingsList.h` — add one entry in the appropriate category:
```cpp
SettingInfo::Enum(StrId::STR_BOOKMARK_STYLE, &CrossPointSettings::bookmarkStyle,
{StrId::STR_BOOKMARK_DOT, StrId::STR_BOOKMARK_LINE, StrId::STR_NONE_OPT},
"bookmarkStyle", StrId::STR_CAT_READER),
```
That's it — no default annotation needed anywhere, because
`bookmarkStyle = BOOKMARK_DOT` in the struct already provides the
fallback. The setting will automatically persist to JSON on save, load
with clamping on boot, appear in the device settings UI under the Reader
category, and be exposed via the web API — all with no further changes.
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## Summary
**What is the goal of this PR?**
Small tweaks to #1016:
- Only Activity and ActivityManager can access activityResultHandler and
activityResult
- `[[maybe_unused]]` in RenderLock constructor
- Only ActivityManager and RenderLock can access renderingMutex
- Missing renderUpdate after failed wifi selection
- Standardize on activities calling finish instead of
activityManager.popActivity
- Hold RenderLock while mutating state in EpubReaderActivity result
handlers
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
- Implements auto page turn feature for epub reader in the reader
submenu
* **What changes are included?**
- added auto page turn feature in epub reader in the submenu
- currently there are 5 settings, `OFF, 1, 3, 6, 12` pages per minute
## Additional Context
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(e.g., performance implications, potential risks,
specific areas to focus on).
- Replacement PR for #723
- when auto turn is enabled, space reserved for chapter title will be
used to indicate auto page turn being active
- Back and Confirm button is used to disable it
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
Fixes a clarity issue regarding the translation string `STR_SET`. The
issue lies in the fact that the english word can have different
meanings.
The only time the string is used is in the language selectio screen,
where it has the meaning of _selected_. (As in _The language has been
**set** to French_).
Another meaning can be _configured_. (As in _The KOReader username has
been __set__). This is the meaning many of the translations have taken.
The reason that the string is right above `STR_NOT_SET` (which is meant
as _not configured_).
With this PR I propose to explicitly use the term "_Selected_". There
are two good reasons for this:
+ it removes the confusion and the misleading translations
+ it is consistent with the button label `Select`, communicating the
link between the two (the row will be marked `Selected` if you press the
buttpn `Select`. Much clearer than now)
* **What changes are included?**
Removed the unused strings and added translations for the new string
`STR_SELECTED` for the languages I know.
tagging the translators for feedback:
fr: @Spigaw @CaptainFrito
de: @DavidOrtmann
cs: @brbla
pt: @yagofarias
it: @andreaturchet @fargolinux
ru: @madebykir @mrtnvgr
es: @yeyeto2788 @Skrzakk @pablohc
sv: @dawiik
ca: @angeldenom
uj: @mirus-ua
be: @dexif
## Additional Context
* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
(e.g., performance implications, potential risks,
specific areas to focus on).
the Issue was introduced in #1020. Previously, if a language was
selected it was marked with `[ON]` (`STR_ON_MARKER`). I considered
reverting it back to that, but the solution I described above seemed
superior.
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## Summary
Ref comment:
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/1010#pullrequestreview-3828854640
This PR introduces `ActivityManager`, which mirrors the same concept of
Activity in Android, where an activity represents a single screen of the
UI. The manager is responsible for launching activities, and ensuring
that only one activity is active at a time.
Main differences from Android's ActivityManager:
- No concept of Bundle or Intent extras
- No onPause/onResume, since we don't have a concept of background
activities
- onActivityResult is implemented via a callback instead of a separate
method, for simplicity
## Key changes
- Single `renderTask` shared across all activities
- No more sub-activity, we manage them using a stack; Results can be
passed via `startActivityForResult` and `setResult`
- Activity can call `finish()` to destroy themself, but the actual
deletion will be handled by `ActivityManager` to avoid `delete this`
pattern
As a bonus: the manager will automatically call `requestUpdate()` when
returning from another activity
## Example usage
**BEFORE**:
```cpp
// caller
enterNewActivity(new WifiSelectionActivity(renderer, mappedInput,
[this](const bool connected) { onWifiSelectionComplete(connected); }));
// subactivity
onComplete(true); // will eventually call exitActivity(), which deletes the caller instance (dangerous behavior)
```
**AFTER**: (mirrors the `startActivityForResult` and `setResult` from
android)
```cpp
// caller
startActivityForResult(new NetworkModeSelectionActivity(renderer, mappedInput),
[this](const ActivityResult& result) { onNetworkModeSelected(result.selectedNetworkMode); });
// subactivity
ActivityResult result;
result.isCancelled = false;
result.selectedNetworkMode = mode;
setResult(result);
finish(); // signals to ActivityManager to go back to last activity AFTER this function returns
```
TODO:
- [x] Reconsider if the `Intent` is really necessary or it should be
removed (note: it's inspired by
[Intent](https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common)
from Android API) ==> I decided to keep this pattern fr clarity
- [x] Verify if behavior is still correct (i.e. back from sub-activity)
- [x] Refactor the `ActivityWithSubactivity` to just simple `Activity`
--> We are using a stack for keeping track of sub-activity now
- [x] Use single task for rendering --> avoid allocating 8KB stack per
activity
- [x] Implement the idea of [Activity
result](https://developer.android.com/training/basics/intents/result)
--> Allow sub-activity like Wifi to report back the status (connected,
failed, etc)
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
The strings for `Show` and `Hide` were always showing in English,
regardless of which language was selected.
* **What changes are included?**
Replace the variables in the lambda by direct calls to the `tr` macro
## Additional Context
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
Currently we are displaying the languages in the order they were added
(as in the `Language` enum). However, as new languages are coming in,
this will quickly be confusing to the users.
But we can't just change the ordering of the enum if we want to respect
bakwards compatibility.
So my proposal is to add a mapping of the alphabetical order of the
languages. I've made it so that it's generated by the `gen_i18n.py`
script, which will be used when a new language is added.
* **What changes are included?**
Added the array from the python script and changed
`LanguageSelectActivity` to use the indices from there. Also commited
the generated `I18nKeys.h`
## Additional Context
* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
(e.g., performance implications, potential risks,
specific areas to focus on).
I was wondering if there is a better way to sort it. Currently, it's by
unicode value and Czech and Russian are last, which I don't know it it's
the most intuitive.
The current order is:
`Català, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Português (Brasil),
Română, Svenska, Čeština, Русский`
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## Summary
This PR aims to reduce the complexity of the status bar by splitting the
setting into 5:
- Chapter Page Count
- Book Progress %
- Progress Bar
- Chapter Title
- Battery Indicator
These are located within the new StausBarSettings activity, which also
shows a preview of the bar the user has created
<img width="513" height="806" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cdf852fb-15d8-4da2-a74f-fd69294d7b05"
/>
<img width="483" height="797" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/66fc0c0d-ee51-4d31-b70d-e2bc043205d1"
/>
When updating from a previous version, the user's past settings are
honoured.
## Additional Context
The PR aims to remove any duplication of status bar code where possible,
and extracts the status bar rendering into a new component - StatusBar
It also adds a new (optional) padding option to the progress bar to
allow the status bar to be shifted upwards - this is only intended for
use in the settings.
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## Summary
**What is the goal of this PR?**
When update activity finds no update or fails, the "Back" button label
was missing. Fixes#1089.
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## Summary
**What is the goal of this PR?**
Small cleanup to make getTheme and getMetrics methods on UITheme const.
They return const refs, so updated call sites to use `const auto&`.
Realistically this won't make much performance difference, but it better
conveys the nature of theme metrics being shared const state.
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## Summary
**What is the goal of this PR?**
In some places, button labels are omitted intentionally because the
button has no purpose in the activity. I noticed a few obvious cases,
like Home > File Transfer and Settings > System > Language, where the up
and down button labels were missing. This change fixes those and all
similar instances I could find.
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## Summary
Continue my experiment from
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/801
This PR add the ability to lower the CPU frequency on extended idle
period (currently set to 3 seconds). By default, the esp32c3 CPU is set
to 160MHz, and now on idle, we can reduce it to just 10MHz.
Note that while this functionality is already provided by [esp power
management](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/v4.3/esp32c3/api-reference/system/power_management.html),
the current Arduino build lacks of this, and enabling it is just too
complicated (not worth the effort compared to this PR)
Update: more info in
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/852#issuecomment-3904562827
## Testing
Pre-condition for each test case: the battery is charged to 100%, and is
left plugged in after fully charged for an extra 1 hour.
The table below shows how much battery is **used** for a given duration:
| case / duration | 6 hrs | 12 hrs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `delay(10)` | 26% | 48% |
| `delay(50)`, PR
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/pull/801 | 20% |
Not tested |
| `delay(50)` + low CPU freq (This PR) | Not tested | 25% |
| `delay(10)` + low CPU freq (1) | Not tested | Not tested |
(1) I decided not to test this case because it may not make sense. The
problem is that CPU frequency vs power consumption do not follow a
linear relationship, see
[this](https://www.arrow.com/en/research-and-events/articles/esp32-power-consumption-can-be-reduced-with-sleep-modes)
as an example. So, tight loop (10ms) + lower CPU freq significantly
impact battery life, because the active CPU time is now much higher
compared to the wall time.
**So in conclusion, this PR improves ~150% to ~200% battery use time per
charge.**
The projected battery life is now: ~36-48 hrs of reading time (normal
reading, no wifi)
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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
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
explicit update requests.
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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 -
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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 🙏
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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
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
**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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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
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.
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* 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.
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* 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)
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**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)
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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?**
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
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?
- 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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This is not a vibe coded PR. Copilot was used for autocompletion to save
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## Summary
Finally, I have received my device and got to chance to work on OTA.
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/issues/176
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
Existing OTA functionality is very buggy, many of times (I would say 8
out of 10) are end up with fail for me. When the time that it works it
is very slow and take ages. For others looks like end up with crash or
different issues.
* **What changes are included?**
To be honest, I'm not familiar with Arduino APIs of OTA process, but
looks like not good as much esp-idf itself. I always found Arduino APIs
very bulky for esp32. Wrappers and wrappers.
## Additional Context
Right now, OTA takes ~ 3min 10sec (of course depends on size of .bin
file). Can be tested with playing version info inside from
`platform.ini` file.
```
[crosspoint]
version = 0.14.0
```
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** This PR introduces a new "Status Bar"
mode that displays a visual progress bar at the bottom of the screen,
providing readers with a graphical indication of their position within
the book.
* **What changes are included?**
* **Settings**: Updated SettingsActivity to expand the "Status Bar"
configuration with a new option: Full w/ Progress Bar.
* **EPUB Reader**: Modified EpubReaderActivity to calculate the global
book progress and render a progress bar at the bottom of the viewable
area when the new setting is active.
* **TXT Reader**: Modified TxtReaderActivity to implement similar
progress bar rendering logic based on the current page and total page
count.
## Additional Context
* The progress bar is rendered with a height of 4 pixels at the very
bottom of the screen (adjusted for margins).
* The feature reuses the existing renderStatusBar logic but
conditionally draws the bar instead of (or in addition to) other
elements depending on the specific implementation details in each
reader.
* Renamed existing 'Full' mode to 'Full w/ Percentage'
* Added new 'Full w/ Progress Bar' option
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Our esp32 consistently dropped the last few packets of the TCP transfer
in the old implementation. Only about 1/5 transfers would complete. I've
refactored that entire system into an actual Calibre Device Plugin that
basically uses the exact same system as the web server's file transfer
protocol. I kept them separate so that we don't muddy up the existing
file transfer stuff even if it's basically the same at the end of the
day I didn't want to limit our ability to change it later.
I've also added basic auth to OPDS and renamed that feature to OPDS
Browser to just disassociate it from Calibre.
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## Summary
* Fixes#475
* Fixes#477
* Closes#428
## Additional Context
* Updates to
`src/activities/reader/EpubReaderChapterSelectionActivity.cpp` are
copied verbatim from #433 (thanks to @jonasdiemer)
* Update to `src/activities/settings/KOReaderSettingsActivity.cpp` per
discussion with @itsthisjustin at #428
Tested on my device with several books and koreader sync turned on and
off.
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When reading on Landscape Counter ClockWise mode, the left/right button
appear inverted: the upper button (left) goes down and the lower button
(right) goes up.
Discussion: #449
## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
Add a new configuration for the front buttons: Back, Confirm, Right,
Left
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## Summary
When uploading or downloading an updated ebook from SD/WebUI/OPDS with
same the filename the `.crosspoint` cache is not cleared. This can lead
to issues with the Table of Contents and hangs when switching between
chapters.
I encountered this issue in two places:
- When I need to do further ePub cleaning using Calibre after I load an
ePub and find that some of its formatting should be cleaned up. When I
reprocess the same book and want to place it back in the same location I
need a way to invalidate the cache.
- When syncing RSS feed generated epubs. I generate news ePubs with
filenames like `news-outlet.epub` and so every day when I fetch new news
the crosspoint cache needs to be cleared to load that file.
This change offers the following features:
- On web uploads, if the file already exists, the cache for that file is
cleared
- On OPDS downloads, if the file already exists, the cache for that file
is cleared
- There's now an action for `Clear Cache` in the Settings page which can
clear the cache for all books
Addresses
https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader/issues/281
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Fixes a bug in the user
authentication module, Implements the new feature for
file uploading.)
As we get more settings, I think it makes sense to do categories for
them. This just allows users to find the settings easier and navigate to
them.
* **What changes are included?**
## Additional Context
* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
(e.g., performance implications, potential risks, specific areas to
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Co-authored-by: dpoulter <daniel@yoco.com>
Co-authored-by: Dave Allie <dave@daveallie.com>
## Summary
* Adds (optional) Hyphenation for English, French, German, Russian
languages
## Additional Context
* Included hyphenation dictionaries add approximately 280kb to the flash
usage (German alone takes 200kb)
* Trie encoded dictionaries are adopted from hypher project
(https://github.com/typst/hypher)
* Soft hyphens (and other explicit hyphens) take precedence over
dict-based hyphenation. Overall, the hyphenation rules are quite
aggressive, as I believe it makes more sense on our smaller screen.
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## Summary
- Adds KOReader progress sync integration, allowing CrossPoint to sync
reading positions with other
KOReader-compatible devices
- Stores credentials securely with XOR obfuscation
- Uses KOReader's partial MD5 document hashing for cross-device book
matching
- Syncs position via percentage with estimated XPath for compatibility
# Features
- Settings: KOReader Username, Password, and Authenticate options
- Sync from chapters menu: "Sync Progress" option appears when
credentials are configured
- Bidirectional sync: Can apply remote progress or upload local progress
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## Summary
Adds a new "Long-press Chapter Skip" toggle in Settings to control
whether holding the side buttons skips chapters.
I kept accidentally triggering chapter skips while reading, which caused
me to lose my place in the middle of long chapters.
## Additional Context
* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
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## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?**
* This PR adds a setting to (additionally) map the forward page turn
onto the powerbutton when in `EPUBReaderActivity` and powerbutton short
press is not mapped to sleep mode. I find the powerbutton to be exactly
where my thumb is while reading so it is very convenient to map the
forwardpage turn to that. Maybe Im not alone with this ^^
* **What changes are included?**
## Additional Context
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## Summary
Fixes https://github.com/daveallie/crosspoint-reader/issues/233
## Additional Context
By disabling the Text Anti-Aliasing in the settings, you can get faster
black-and-white page turns that work exactly like the stock firmware,
instead of having an additional flash after rendering (see issue linked
above for example).
Tested on the X4 and confirmed working.
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## Summary
Adds support for browsing and downloading books from a Calibre-web
server via OPDS.
How it works
1. Configure server URL in Settings → Calibre Web URL (e.g.,
https://myserver.com:port I use Cloudflare tunnel to make my server
accessible anywhere fwiw)
2. "Calibre Library" will now show on the the home screen
3. Browse the catalog - navigate through categories like "By Newest",
"By Author", "By Series", etc.
4. Download books - select a book and press Confirm to download the EPUB
to your device
Navigation
- Up/Down - Move through entries
- Confirm - Open folder or download book
- Back - Go to parent catalog, or exit to home if at root
- Navigation entries show with > prefix, books show title and author
- Button hints update dynamically ("Open" for folders, "Download" for
books)
Technical details
- Fetches OPDS catalog from {server_url}/opds
- Parses both navigation feeds (catalog links) and acquisition feeds
(downloadable books)
- Maintains navigation history stack for back navigation
- Handles absolute paths in OPDS links correctly (e.g.,
/books/opds/navcatalog/...)
- Downloads EPUBs directly to the SD card root
Note
The server URL should be typed to include https:// if the server
requires it - HTTP→HTTPS redirects may cause SSL errors on ESP32.
## Additional Context
* I also changed the home titles to use uppercase for each word and
added a setting to change the size of the side margins
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