KUAL Dashboard
This is a KUAL extension that turns a Kindle Paperwhite 3 into a dashboard that shows details for:
- Google Scholar
- Gwent (player rank)
- TVMaze (upcoming episode for TV shows)
More details how to set up your Kindle and an overview of the code can be found on the 4DCu.be blog (part one, part two)
Requirements
- A Jailbroken Kindle Paperwhite 3
- KUAL installed with Python 3
- If you are looking for instructions to do this, check here for details and links to additional resources.
Installation
Copy the folder dashboard from the repository to the /extensions folder on the kindle (if that folder is not there
KUAL isn't installed properly).
Open the file /extensions/dashboard/bin/run.py and fine the following lines:
scholar_url = "http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4niBmJUAAAAJ&hl=en"
gwent_url = "http://www.playgwent.com/en/profile/sepro"
tvmaze_ids = [6, # The 100
79, # The Goldbergs
38963, # The Mandalorian
17128 # This Is Us
]And add the URL to the desired scholar profile, gwent profile and show IDs from TVMaze in the appropriate locations.
Starting the Dashboard
First type ~ds in the searchbar and hit enter. This will disable the Kindle's own deep sleep and screensaver, this is
required as this will put the device in deep sleep without the wake-up timer enabled eventually. Which in turn will
stop the dashboard from refreshing. To disable this you will need to restart the Kindle by holding the power button for
15-20 seconds and pushing restart in the menu.
Next, open KUAL and start "Dashboard 4DCu.be", wait 30 seconds for the dashboard to appear and done!
Acknowledgements
rsvg-convert included in this repo is derived from https://github.com/x-magic/kindle-weather-stand-alone as well as the configuration files to integrate the script with KUAL.