Plugins
Everything in QuireInk is a plugin: the ones it comes with, and the ones people make for it. Folders of text files install on the reader; plugins with code need a build of their own.
To install
Folders of text files: they work on every device, the X4 included, and change nothing you set yourself.
Look
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Large print
1.0.0
Bigger text in books and menus: a larger interface, a larger font and more space between lines.
Built in
What QuireInk is made of. Each can be switched off in Settings, Plugins, or replaced by another.
Reading
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Dictionary
on
Looks up words in StarDict dictionaries.
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Hyphenation
on
Hyphenation patterns for German and English.
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Reader
on
Shows books page by page, with table of contents and reading settings.
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Reading aids
on
Bold word beginnings, replaced words: text as you want it.
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Reading statistics
on
Records how long and how much you read, with a calendar and every book's numbers.
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Translation
on
Translates selected text online, with DeepL.
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Vocabulary
on
Keeps the words you look up, with their sentences, to go over later.
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Wikipedia
on
Looks words up online, beside the dictionaries.
Formats
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EPUB
on
Opens EPUB books with their styles, table of contents and images, and web pages (HTML).
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Plain text
on
Opens plain text files (.txt).
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XTC
on
Opens XTC and XTCH books, the Xteink readers' pre-rendered pages.
Library
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Browser
off at first
Reads web pages like books and fetches books and fonts from the web.
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Calibre
on
Receive books from Calibre over the network, as its wireless device.
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File browser
on
Lists the books and folders on the device and opens them.
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File manager
on
Every folder and file on the device: open, rename, move, copy and delete them.
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News
on
Fetches news feeds (RSS, Atom) as books to read.
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OPDS catalogs
on
Browses OPDS catalogs, downloads their books and keeps folders in sync with them.
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Transfer
on
Puts books and other files on the device from a browser in the same network.
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Wallabag
off at first
Articles saved in Wallabag, fetched as books.
Sync
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KOReader
on
Shares bookmarks and highlights with KOReader for books read in both.
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Progress sync
on
Syncs the reading position with KOReader's sync server, also with KOReader.
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Readwise
off at first
Sends the highlights of exported notes to Readwise.
Home and menus
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Buttons and gestures
on
What every button, tap zone and swipe does, changed on the device.
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Home screen
on
The start page: pages of widgets, such as the book being read and the tools.
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Menu
on
The menu at the bottom of the screen, with actions and settings.
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Menu editor
on
Reorders, removes and adds the entries of every menu.
Look
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Default fonts
on
Literata for reading, Atkinson Hyperlegible Next for the UI.
System
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About
on
QuireInk's version and licences.
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Diagnostics
on
A test screen for gray levels, buttons, touch and refresh modes.
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Keyboard
on
Enters text on the screen, by touch or with the buttons.
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Plugin manager
on
Lists the plugins and switches them on and off.
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Reading profiles
on
Named sets of reading and display settings, switched with a tap.
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Rules
on
When something happens, does something: e.g. night mode at 22:00.
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Screen lock
on
A PIN, a pattern or a password when the device wakes up.
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Settings
on
The settings pages, built from the settings of every plugin.
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Sleep screen
on
Shows the book's cover, your pictures or a message while the device sleeps.
Your own
A plugin of yours gets the same place here as QuireInk's own.
- Make it: a folder of text files, or a Rust crate against the SDK. How to write a plugin
- Publish it: a ZIP of the folder, for example as a release on GitHub.
- Tell us its address and its SHA-256; it is checked, and once it passes it appears here and in the reader. Submissions by pull request follow when the catalogue's repository opens. Until then: quireink@hthoene.de