Thanks for creating this thread, I've been interested in NickelMenu but too intimidated to try. This was the start I needed!
Here's a thing I stole off of a Reddit thread:
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menu_item :main :Device Owner :dbg_msg :Firstname Lastname 555-555-1234
This thread is super helpful. Thanks for all the good info. One question: How might I add a Dictionary link to the main menu?
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This thread is super helpful. Thanks for all the good info. One question: How might I add a Dictionary link to the main menu?
Seconded; many thanks to all for the creative and interesting ideas!
From what I can tell, NickelMenu does not currently offer an action to directly open a dictionary search, so the closest I can find is to use nickel_open:store:search. You will then need to change the search target from
Kobo Store to
Dictionary.
The full line would be something like:
menu_item : main : Search : nickel_open : store : search
Thanks, isarl. I'll give that a try.
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From what I can tell, NickelMenu does not currently offer an action to directly open a dictionary search, so the closest I can find is to use nickel_open:store:search. You will then need to change the search target from Kobo Store to Dictionary.
The full line would be something like:
menu_item : main : Search : nickel_open : store : search
This method works, isarl, and it's a decent enough workaround, and thanks for it, but I'm guessing there must be a menu command for going straight to the dictionary, since that Dictionary option appears on menus in other places, as in the reader. But I'm ignorant about where/how NickelMenu really works (and ignorant of the Kobo OS too!), so not sure if it can make use of every possible menu command that exists within the Kobo OS.
Building off the “Screensaver Status” menu item, here's a new one I didn't see posted anywhere else which I just came up with this morning. Critiques are welcome if I'm going about this in a suboptimal manner. If my whitespace is not what you are used to, I hope you can forgive me.
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menu_item : main : Screenshot Status : cmd_output : 500 : quiet : grep -q '^Screenshots=true$' "/mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" chain_success : dbg_toast : Screenshots are enabled chain_failure : dbg_toast : Screenshots are disabled
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This method works, isarl, and it's a decent enough workaround, and thanks for it, but I'm guessing there must be a menu command for going straight to the dictionary, since that Dictionary option appears on menus in other places, as in the reader. But I'm ignorant about where/how NickelMenu really works (and ignorant of the Kobo OS too!), so not sure if it can make use of every possible menu command that exists within the Kobo OS.
I'm not one of the developers of NickelMenu and like you do not have any special insight into how it is implemented. It's always dangerous to make assumptions like,
“This should be relatively easy to implement…” though if you put a gun to my head then I would be forced to divulge that my own expectation lines up with yours: although I don't spot a feature for this anywhere in the docs right now, it seems in line with existing NickelMenu features. You might be able to petition the developer to add this as a new feature in
the main thread for NickelMenu. It's a feature I might be tempted to use myself if it does get implemented. Good luck!
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edit: Serial-posting is usually frowned upon so my apologies if I've committed a faux pas here.)
Good point. I'm good at coming up with expectations and advice for things I know all to little about. I'll keep poking around and see if the Dictionary question has come up over at that main thread; if not, I may venture a query.
As for serial-posting, I'm not even sure what that is, so I may have inadvertently joined you in your transgression. I hope we're both in the clear.
Thanks!
