DSlibris

DSLibris
General
Author	rhaleblian
Type	Utilities
Version	1.5.2-2
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2024/07/08
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An ebook reader for the Nintendo DS, which incorporate html support. Dslibris supports EPUB format files encoded in UTF-8. Calibre is available for converting a plethora of formats, including PDF, to EPUB.

Features

• Reads EPUB and reflows text.
• Saves each book location in .bkm file.
• Antialiased, proportional text.
• UTF-8, so both eastern and western languages are honored.
• Auto-scan for books stored on your media.
• Power-save upon closing the DS lid.
• Restoration of previous page on restart.
• Brightness control on DS Lites.
• Support for adding TrueType and OpenType fonts.
• Page number displayed on right page, positioned according to overall position in book.

Installation

This being DS homebrew, you’ll require a media card for your DS, and you will need to DLDI patch dslibris.nds for your DS media device.

Copy all files and folders in this distribution .zip to the root folder of your DS media (using a subfolder does not work).

Put any EPUB you have into the book directory. The filenames should have an .epub extension.

To add your own fonts, add TrueType TTF files to the Font directory. You can then select them using the prefs button in the book browser.

Controls

Main browser:

D-Pad - Select book

Start or A - Open selected book

Tap on a book entry to open it.

When reading:

D-Pad/A/B/L/R - Advance/Retreat a page

X - Invert colors

Y - Bookmark page

Start - Return to the book browser

Tap on the left and right sides of the touchscreen to move through pages.

Screenshots

Known issues

Please see https://github.com/rhaleblian/dslibris/issues

Changelog

v1.5.2-2 2024/07/08

• Small improvements to browser button text rendering.

v1.5.2-1 2024/07/08

• Re-release for compatibility with 3DS Universal Updater.

v1.5.1c 2023/06/10

• Just like 1.5.1b but without a __MACOSX directory.

v1.5.1b 2023/01/04

• Adds an EPUB version of the wiki QuickStart.
• The same book is also available here under etc/filesystem/book .
• Otherwise, the app itself is exactly the same.

1.5.1 2018/11/23

• Rebuilt with devkitARM r45.

0.2.0 Books are restored

• Last book and page viewed are restored on restart.
• All files in the program's folder ending in .xht or .xhtml are added into the book library.
• Support for Latin-1 in XHTML encoded in UTF-8 or iso-8859-1 numeric attribute format. This means some international support (see the included Czech book example).
• Page number displayed on right page, positioned according to overall position in book czech - note that margins has some issues in this case.

0.1.0

• Reads XHTML (via expat) and reflows text.
• Saves each book location in .bkm file.
• Antialiased, proportional text[/img].

External links

• Author's website - http://rhaleblian.wordpress.com/dslibris-an-ebook-reader-for-the-nintendo-ds
• GitHub - https://github.com/rhaleblian/dslibris
• SourceForge - https://sourceforge.net/projects/ndslibris
• GBADev - http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=14068