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  • What is the goal of this PR? (e.g., Fixes a bug in the user authentication module, Implements the new feature for
    file uploading.)

Added a smaller font size (X Small) for all 3 font families. I think I saw that Bookerly was replaced with Aleo, but those changes didn't show up when I cloned the branch and I'm not sure how to get those changes. Happy to update the PR if someone can help me with that.

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Aleo got re-subbed back for Bookerly for now. I don't mind adding the additional size, just getting nervous about the size of the firmware. I don't think X Large is that usable / wanted. May look into glyph compression or removing the XL size before merging this.

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I don't think X Large is that usable / wanted. May look into glyph compression or removing the XL size before merging this.

Please don't remove XL font! I'm sure I'm not the only user with not-great vision using XL in a landscape layout as our way of enjoying this tiny, fabulous device.

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daveallie commented Jan 3, 2026

Noted, I'll look into some font glyph compression instead.

e: Doing some testing here #254

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I tested these changes out and the new font size looks great

Irene Ying and others added 19 commits January 14, 2026 09:00
This reverts commit 0951d79.
…point-reader#203)

## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?** Fixes crosspoint-reader#199 - Device falls asleep
during WiFi file transfer after 10 minutes of inactivity, disconnecting
the web server.

  * **What changes are included?**
    - Add `preventAutoSleep()` virtual method to `Activity` base class
- Modify main loop to reset inactivity timer when `preventAutoSleep()`
returns true
- Override `preventAutoSleep()` in `CrossPointWebServerActivity`
(returns true when web server running)
- Override `preventAutoSleep()` in `OtaUpdateActivity` (returns true
during update check/download)

  ## Additional Context

* The existing `skipLoopDelay()` method controls loop timing (yield vs
delay) for HTTP responsiveness. The new `preventAutoSleep()` method is
semantically separate - it explicitly signals that an activity should
keep the device awake.
* `CrossPointWebServerActivity` uses both methods: `skipLoopDelay()` for
responsive HTTP handling, `preventAutoSleep()` for staying awake.
* `OtaUpdateActivity` only needs `preventAutoSleep()` since the OTA
library handles HTTP internally.
## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?** Fixes a bug -
crosspoint-reader#187 - where the
screen would freeze after entering a WiFi password, causing the device
to appear hung.

* **What changes are included?**
- Fixed a race condition in `WifiSelectionActivity::displayTaskLoop()`
that caused rendering of an empty screen when transitioning from the
keyboard subactivity
- Added `vTaskDelay()` when a subactivity is active to prevent CPU
starvation from a tight `continue` loop
- Added a check to skip rendering when in `PASSWORD_ENTRY` state,
allowing the state machine to properly transition to `CONNECTING` before
the display updates

## Additional Context

* **Root cause:** When the keyboard subactivity exited after password
entry, the display task would wake up and attempt to render. However,
the `state` was still `PASSWORD_ENTRY` (before `attemptConnection()`
changed it to `CONNECTING`), and since there was no render case for
`PASSWORD_ENTRY`, the display would show a cleared/empty buffer,
appearing frozen.

* **Performance implications:** The added `vTaskDelay(10)` calls when
subactivity is active or in `PASSWORD_ENTRY` state actually improve
performance by preventing CPU starvation - previously the display task
would spin in a tight loop with `continue` while a subactivity was
present.

* **Testing focus:** Test the full WiFi connection flow:
  1. Enter network selection
  2. Select a network requiring a password
  3. Enter password and press OK
  4. Verify "Connecting..." screen appears
  5. Verify connection completes and prompts to save password
For now, let's skip the soft hyphens (later, we can treat them in the
layouter). See
crosspoint-reader#17 (comment)
…nt-reader#191)

## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?** 

Add a new user setting for paragraph alignment, instead of hard-coding
full justification.

* **What changes are included?**

One new line in the settings screen, with 4 options
(justify/left/center/right). Default is justified since that's what it
was already. I personally only wanted to disable justification and use
"left", but I included the other options for completeness since they
were already supported.

## Additional Context

Tested on my X4 and looks as expected for each alignment.

Co-authored-by: Maeve Andrews <[email protected]>
Upload multiple files at once in sequence. Add retry button for files
that fail

## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?**
Add support for selecting multiple epub files in one go, before
uploading them all to the device
* **What changes are included?**
Allow multiple selections to be submitted to the input field.
Sends each file to the device one by one in a loop
Adds retry logic and UI for easy re-trying of failed uploads

Addresses crosspoint-reader#201 


button now says "Choose Files", and shows the number of files you
selected
<img width="506" height="199" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/64b0b921-1e67-438e-9cd7-57d5466f2456"
/>

Shows which file is uploading:
<img width="521" height="283" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/17b4d349-0698-4712-984c-b72fcdcb0918"
/>

Failed upload dialog:
<img width="851" height="441" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e8bf4aa6-d3d2-4c0b-9c7a-420e8c413033"
/>
<img width="834" height="641" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/656a9732-3963-4844-94e3-4d8736f6d9d5"
/>
## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?** Add EPUB 3 support by implementing
native navigation document (nav.xhtml) parsing with NCX fallback,
addressing issue Fixes: crosspoint-reader#143.

  * **What changes are included?**
- New `TocNavParser` for parsing EPUB 3 HTML5 navigation documents
(`<nav epub:type="toc">`)
- Detection of nav documents via `properties="nav"` attribute in OPF
manifest
- Fallback logic: try EPUB 3 nav first, fall back to NCX (EPUB 2) if
unavailable
- Graceful degradation: books without any TOC now load with a warning
instead of failing

  ## Additional Context

* The implementation follows the existing streaming XML parser pattern
using Expat to minimize RAM usage on the ESP32-C3
* EPUB 3 books that include both nav.xhtml and toc.ncx will prefer the
nav document (per EPUB 3 spec recommendation)
* No breaking changes - existing EPUB 2 books continue to work as before
* Tested on examples from
https://idpf.github.io/epub3-samples/30/samples.html
## Summary

This adds the correctly styled button hints to the keyboard screen as
well as the ability to add hints to the side buttons (and up/down hints
to that screen)

## Additional Context

N/A
…er#216)

## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Fixes a bug in the user
authentication module, Implements the new feature for
  file uploading.)

This PR refactors the semantic version comparison logic used during OTA
update checks.

Memory stats before : 
RAM:   [===       ]  30.8% (used 101068 bytes from 327680 bytes)
Flash: [========= ]  85.7% (used **5617830** bytes from 6553600 bytes)

Memory stats before : 
RAM:   [===       ]  30.8% (used 101068 bytes from 327680 bytes)
Flash: [========= ]  85.7% (used **5616870** bytes from 6553600 bytes)


* **What changes are included?**

Replaced std::string::substr() and std::stoi() based parsing with a
lightweight, heap-free approach.
Version parsing is now done in a single pass without creating temporary
std::string objects.
Behavior remains identical: versions are still compared as
MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.

## Additional Context

`std::string::substr() ` creates a new string and performs heap
allocation

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(e.g., performance implications, potential risks, specific areas to
focus on).
## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Fixes a bug in the user
authentication module, Implements the new feature for
  file uploading.)
* **What changes are included?**

## Additional Context

* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
(e.g., performance implications, potential risks, specific areas to
focus on).

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Co-authored-by: ratedcounsel <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Dave Allie <[email protected]>
Rounded corners, smaller positive terminal thingy.
## Summary

* Remove the `T` parameter (authentication type), and `P` parameter
(password) for the SoftAP wifi config QR code

## Additional Context

* It is optional according to the spec:
https://www.wi-fi.org/system/files/WPA3%20Specification%20v3.2.pdf#page=25
so should either be omitted or set to nopass
* Fixes crosspoint-reader#229
## Summary

Fixes a bug in the settings menu, where previously wrap-around only
worked when scrolling upwards. Now, scrolling downwards on the last list
element wraps around to the top as expected.

Resolves crosspoint-reader#236.
## Summary

Very small change to add a blank ("None") sleep screen option, for those
who prefer a clean aesthetic.

Tested on X4 device.
* **What is the goal of this PR?**
* This PR adds a setting to control the top left and right margins of
the reader screen in 4 sizes (5, 10, 20, 40 pt?) and defaults to `SMALL`
which is equivalent to the fixed margin of 5 that was already in use
before.
* **What changes are included?**

* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer
(e.g., performance implications, potential risks, specific areas to
focus on).

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Co-authored-by: Dave Allie <[email protected]>
daveallie and others added 28 commits January 15, 2026 17:41
## Summary

* fix: Increase home activity stack size

## Additional Context

* Home activity can crash occasionally depending on book

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**Description**:

Add a new workflow to check the PR formatting to ensure consistency on
PR titles. We can also use this for semantic release versioning later,
if we so desire.

**Related Issue(s)**:

Implements first portion of crosspoint-reader#327

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Signed-off-by: Andrew Brandt <[email protected]>
When picking a random sleep image from a set of custom images, compare
the randomly chosen index against a cached value in settings. If the
value matches, use the next image (rolling over if it's the last image).
Cache the chosen image index to settings in either case.

## Summary

Implements a tweak on the custom sleep image feature that ensures that
the user gets a new image every time the device goes to sleep.
This change adds a new setting (perhaps there's a better place to cache
this?) that stores the most recently used file index. During picking the
random image index, we compare this against the random index and choose
the next one (modulo the number of image files) if it matches, ensuring
we get a new image.

## Additional Context

As mentioned, I used settings to cache this value since it is a
persisted store, perhaps that's overkill. Open to suggestions on if
there's a better way.
…aching (crosspoint-reader#200)

## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?** (e.g., Fixes a bug in the user
authentication module,

Display the book cover image in the **"Continue Reading"** card on the
home screen, with fast navigation using framebuffer caching.

* **What changes are included?**

- Display book cover image in the "Continue Reading" card on home screen
- Load cover from cached BMP (same as sleep screen cover)
- Add framebuffer store/restore functions (`copyStoredBwBuffer`,
`freeStoredBwBuffer`) for fast navigation after initial render
- Fix `drawBitmap` scaling bug: apply scale to offset only, not to base
coordinates
- Add white text boxes behind title/author/continue reading label for
readability on cover
- Support both EPUB and XTC file cover images
- Increase HomeActivity task stack size from 2048 to 4096 for cover
image rendering

## Additional Context

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(e.g., performance implications, potential risks, specific areas to
focus on).

- Performance: First render loads cover from SD card (~800ms),
subsequent navigation uses cached framebuffer (~instant)
- Memory: Framebuffer cache uses ~48KB (6 chunks × 8KB) while on home
screen, freed on exit
- Fallback: If cover image is not available, falls back to standard
text-only display
- The `drawBitmap` fix corrects a bug where screenY = (y + offset) scale
was incorrectly scaling the base coordinates. Now correctly uses screenY
= y + (offset scale)
## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?** 

Add support for reading plain text (.txt) files, enabling users to
browse, read, and track progress in TXT documents alongside existing
EPUB and XTC formats.

* **What changes are included?**

- New Txt library for loading and parsing plain text files
- New TxtReaderActivity with streaming page rendering using 8KB chunks
to handle large files without memory issues on ESP32-C3
- Page index caching system (index.bin) for instant re-open after sleep
or app restart
- Progress bar UI during initial file indexing (matching EPUB style)
- Word wrapping with proper UTF-8 support
- Cover image support for TXT files:
- Primary: image with same filename as TXT (e.g., book.jpg for book.txt)
  - Fallback: cover.bmp/jpg/jpeg in the same folder
  - JPG to BMP conversion using existing converter
  - Sleep screen cover mode now works with TXT files
- File browser now shows .txt files

## Additional Context

* Add any other information that might be helpful for the reviewer

* Memory constraints: The streaming approach was necessary because
ESP32-C3 only has 320KB RAM. A 700KB TXT file cannot be loaded entirely
into memory, so we read 8KB chunks and build a page offset index
instead.

* Cache invalidation: The page index cache automatically invalidates
when file size, viewport width, or lines per page changes (e.g., font
size or orientation change).

* Performance: First open requires indexing (with progress bar),
subsequent opens load from cache instantly.

* Cover image format: PNG is detected but not supported for conversion
(no PNG decoder available). Only BMP and JPG/JPEG work.
…-reader#340)

## Summary

Skip BOM character (sometimes used in front of em-dashes) - they are not
part of the glyph set and would render `?` otherwise.

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…ader#339)

Adds define to omit optional fonts from the build. This reduces time to
flash from >31s to <13s. Useful for development that doesn't require
fonts. Addresses crosspoint-reader#193

Invoke it like this during development:
`PLATFORMIO_BUILD_FLAGS="-D OMIT_FONTS" pio run --target upload && pio
device monitor`

Changing the define causes `pio` to do a full rebuild (but it will be
quick if you keep the define).

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…r#341)

Adds a new "Long-press Chapter Skip" toggle in Settings to control
whether holding the side buttons skips chapters.

I kept accidentally triggering chapter skips while reading, which caused
me to lose my place in the middle of long chapters.

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(e.g., performance implications, potential risks,
  specific areas to focus on).

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Please note I have not tested the Calibre features and am not yet in a
position to offer detailed documentation of how they work.
http urls now work with Calibre web

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Co-authored-by: Dave Allie <[email protected]>
…int-reader#364)

## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?** Fix WiFi file transfer stability
issues (especially crashes during uploads) and improve upload speed via
WebSocket binary protocol. File transfers now don't really crash as
much, if they do it recovers and speed has gone form 50KB/s to 300+KB/s.

* **What changes are included?**
- **WebSocket upload support** - Adds WebSocket binary protocol for file
uploads, achieving faster speeds 335 KB/s vs HTTP multipart)
- **Watchdog stability fixes** - Adds `esp_task_wdt_reset()` calls
throughout upload path to prevent watchdog timeouts during:
    - File creation (FAT allocation can be slow)
    - SD card write operations
    - HTTP header parsing
    - WebSocket chunk processing
- **4KB write buffering** - Batches SD card writes to reduce I/O
overhead
- **WiFi health monitoring** - Detects WiFi disconnection in STA mode
and exits gracefully
- **Improved handleClient loop** - 500 iterations with periodic watchdog
resets and button checks for responsiveness
- **Progress bar improvements** - Fixed jumping/inaccurate progress by
capping local progress at 95% until server confirms completion
- **Exit button responsiveness** - Button now checked inside the
handleClient loop every 64 iterations
- **Reduced exit delays** - Decreased shutdown delays from ~850ms to
~140ms

**Files changed:**
- `platformio.ini` - Added WebSockets library dependency
- `CrossPointWebServer.cpp/h` - WebSocket server, upload buffering,
watchdog resets
- `CrossPointWebServerActivity.cpp` - WiFi monitoring, improved loop,
button handling
- `FilesPage.html` - WebSocket upload JavaScript with HTTP fallback

## Additional Context

- WebSocket uses 4KB chunks with backpressure management to prevent
ESP32 buffer overflow
- Falls back to HTTP automatically if WebSocket connection fails
- The main bottleneck now is SD card write speed (~44% of transfer
time), not WiFi
- STA mode was more prone to crashes than AP mode due to external
network factors; WiFi health monitoring helps detect and handle
disconnections gracefully

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Did you use AI tools to help write this code? _**YES**_ Claude did it
ALL, I have no idea what I am doing, but my books transfer fast now.

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Co-authored-by: Claude <[email protected]>
Currently, when Extra Paragraph Spacing is off, an em-space is added to
the beginning of each ParsedText even for blocks like headers that are
centered. This whitespace makes the centering slightly off. Change the
calculation here to only add the em-space for left/justified text.

Co-authored-by: Maeve Andrews <[email protected]>
Currently there is no visual indication whatsoever if something is in a
list. An `<li>` is essentially just another paragraph.

As a partial remedy for this, add a bullet character to the beginning of
`<li>` text blocks so that the user can see that they're list items.
This is incomplete in that an `<ol>` should also have a counter so that
its list items can get numbers instead of bullets (right now I don't
think we track if we're in a `<ul>` or an `<ol>` at all), but it's
strictly better than the current situation.

Co-authored-by: Maeve Andrews <[email protected]>
## Summary

* **What is the goal of this PR?**: Fix the bug I reported in
crosspoint-reader#292
* **What changes are included?**: Instead of silently dropping table
content in EPUBs., replace with an italicized '[Table omitted]' message
where tables appear.

## Additional Context

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Co-authored-by: Evan Fenner <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Warp <[email protected]>
Let's start small by showing the ALT text of IMG. This is rudimentary,
but avoids those otherwise completely blank chapters.

I feel we will need this even when we can render images if that
rendering takes >1s - I would then prefer rendering optional and showing
the ALT text first.
…spoint-reader#363)

~~Quick~~ fix for
crosspoint-reader#362

(this just applies to the chapter selection menu:)

~~If the orientation is portrait, hints as we know them make sense to
draw. If the orientation is inverted, we'd have to change the order of
the labels (along with everything's position), and if it's one of the
landscape choices, we'd have to render the text and buttons vertically.
All those other cases will be more complicated.~~

~~Punt on this for now by only rendering if portrait.~~

Update: this now draws the hints at the physical button position no
matter what the orientation is, by temporarily changing orientation to
portrait.

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Co-authored-by: Maeve Andrews <[email protected]>
…t-reader#378)

## Summary

* This builds upon the helpful PR
crosspoint-reader#341, and
adds support for the setting to also apply to the XTC reader, which I
believed has just been missed and was not intentionally left out.
* XTC does not have chapter support yet, but it does skip 10 pages when
long-pressed, and so I think this is useful.

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…der#381)

## Summary

* Implements crosspoint-reader#380, allowing the user to see the device's MAC address in
order to register on wifi networks

## Additional Context

* Although @markatlnk suggested showing on the settings screen, I
implemented display at the bottom of the WiFi Networks selection screen
(accessed via "File Transfer" > "Join a Network") since I think it makes
more sense there.
* Tested on my own device


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Fix conflicts in settings and main.cpp
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Working on a separate change to overhaul the font format, will include a smaller font on top of that change, closing this for now as the changes in here won't be usable.

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