I looked at the included features and it just looks like a bunch of new swipe gestures? What features do you like so much maybe I'm missing something.
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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No, not really but there are a few hidden gems.
Here is what I use the most:
As a lefty, I have the toolbar on the right, and always hide it or I hit the X at the top. I can remove the “X” entirely (AWESOME), and a simple gesture allows me to toggle the toolbar panel (see first item below). Here are some other favorites for me:
- The toolbar may be opened or closed with a one-finger swipe down (what I stated above)
- The close icon (x) in the top right corner (right-handed)/left corner (left-handed) has been removed. You can still close the document by swiping one finger down from the top (stated above)
- Cycle between two recent documents by swiping two fingers up from the bottom of the page.
- Gesture to swap the last two pen thicknesses (strokes) by swiping one finger down in the top right corner (right-handed)/left corner (left-handed).
- Gesture to swap the last two colors by swiping one finger up in the top right corner (right-handed)/left corner (left-handed).
- Gesture to switch between the last two tools: swipe one finger down in the top left corner (right-handed)/right corner (left-handed).
- Gesture to switch between the writing tool and eraser: swipe one finger up in the top left corner (right-handed)/right corner (left-handed).
- Additional stroke sizes (0.5, 1.5, 5, 8, 13).
- The toolbar icon changes from the default open icon to a brush icon.
- A brand new settings page to configure which hacks should be enabled
- New notebook name defaults to the current date and time (format: yyyy-mm-dd_hhmmss).
There are a few more items, but these are great. Couple the close icon removal with the built-in swipe up to close, and I am very efficient.
I will check this out. I too have to close the toolbar as a lefty. Almost sent the RM2 back because of this but decided to deal with it. This is great.
What happens after an update? Do you have to re-apply these customizations?
Yes. But it takes 1 minute when you have already done it.
I really like the fact that the hacks give a faster access to features (e.g. change of pen in one gesture instead of two clicks) without requiring the toolbar to be visible (which makes it even more like a sheet of paper).
It may not seem much but in practice it is really appreciable.
I guess some of these are cool, but I’m fine with features as they roll them out. I used to be the guy who loved to hack things… but now, I accept things for what they are and I’m at peace with that
For me it's more about understanding what's going on inside the tablet. The only real "change" I've made in the software was renaming the "Life/oragnize" template category to "LifeOrg" in order to make room on the screen for a new "Custom" category, which I use for the custom templates I use - and that was done by editing a JSON file, not by monkey-patching the xochitl executable itself (which makes me nervous).
Other than that, everything I've done is writing programs to interact with the tablet (backups, list files, delete files which aren't cleaned up on tablets that don't connect to a cloud account, etc.), and writing documentation about what I'm learning along the way.
You have the knowledge to understand the tablet in a way that I do not. I can follow instructions and understand explanations why things occur. However, I’m not a programmer I don’t have enough base knowledge to truly understand what I’m doing.
Respectfully, no, I'm not. :D
Sure, fair enough. Just wanted to share. Thx.
I agree, these hacks are essential for me. The fact that I can use the side button of the pen to erase, switch tools, undo... improves my workflow so much that that I could not get back to use the Remarkable without them. I also turn off gestures while I'm drawing to avoid accidentally triggering them, which is very distracting.
Great work!
Wow I didn’t know there was 3.x support. Thanks for sharing
This is awesome, I just updated from 2.15 to 3.8 and needed an alternative to ddvk's patch.
Same here. I was holding on 2.15 until two days ago because I needed the side button actions and the disable gestures functionality of Ddvk, but now these are perfectly reproduced here so I'm very happy using the tablet now.
Are you able to tell me what sort of features doing this would add to my RM2?
I installed this earlier today; I was running 3.8x. I guess I wasn't quite on the latest version, and after a restart RM-Hacks is gone, same with my custom sleep screen. Tried to install RM-Hacks again and I am getting "No Suitable Patch Found"
Any pointers are greatly appreciated!