--[[ Access and modify values in 'Kobo eReader.conf' used by Nickel. Only PowerOptions:FrontLightLevel is currently supported . ]] local NickelConf = {} NickelConf.frontLightLevel = {} local kobo_conf_path = '/mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf' local re_BrightnessValue = "[0-9]+" local re_FrontLightLevel = "^FrontLightLevel%s*=%s*(" .. re_BrightnessValue .. ")%s*$" local re_PowerOptionsSection = "^%[PowerOptions%]%s*" local re_AnySection = "^%[.*%]%s*" function NickelConf._set_kobo_conf_path(new_path) kobo_conf_path = new_path end function NickelConf.frontLightLevel.get() local new_intensity local correct_section = false local kobo_conf = io.open(kobo_conf_path, "r") if kobo_conf then for line in kobo_conf:lines() do if string.match(line, re_AnySection) then correct_section = false if string.match(line, re_PowerOptionsSection) then correct_section = true end end if correct_section then new_intensity = string.match(line, re_FrontLightLevel) if new_intensity then new_intensity = tonumber(new_intensity) break end end end kobo_conf:close() end if not new_intensity then local Device = require("device") local powerd = Device:getPowerDevice() local fallback_FrontLightLevel = powerd.flIntensity or 1 assert(NickelConf.frontLightLevel.set(fallback_FrontLightLevel)) return fallback_FrontLightLevel end return new_intensity end function NickelConf.frontLightLevel.set(new_intensity) assert(new_intensity >= 0 and new_intensity <= 100, "Wrong brightness value given!") local kobo_conf local old_intensity local remaining_file = "" local lines = {} local current_position local correct_section = false local modified_brightness = false kobo_conf = io.open(kobo_conf_path, "r") if kobo_conf then for line in kobo_conf:lines() do if string.match(line, re_AnySection) then if correct_section then -- found a new section after having found the correct one, -- therefore the key was missing: let the code below add it kobo_conf:seek("set", current_position) break end if string.match(line, re_PowerOptionsSection) then correct_section = true end end old_intensity = string.match(line, re_FrontLightLevel) if correct_section and old_intensity then lines[#lines + 1] = string.gsub(line, re_BrightnessValue, new_intensity, 1) modified_brightness = true break else lines[#lines + 1] = line end current_position = kobo_conf:seek() end end if not modified_brightness then if not correct_section then lines[#lines + 1] = '[PowerOptions]' end lines[#lines + 1] = 'FrontLightLevel=' .. new_intensity end if kobo_conf then remaining_file = kobo_conf:read("*a") kobo_conf:close() end local kobo_conf_w = assert(io.open(kobo_conf_path, "w")) for i, line in ipairs(lines) do kobo_conf_w:write(line, "\n") end kobo_conf_w:write(remaining_file) kobo_conf_w:close() return true end return NickelConf