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How to get annotation/highlighting features?

Open localjo opened this issue 4 years ago • 5 comments

Thank you for your time an dedication working on this project. It's really great! I apologize if this question has been answered, but I searched and I am still unsure.

My question is about the annotation/highlighting feature that used to be available in this app. For me, this is a key feature of an ereader. I would like to know, what is the recommended way of getting it back?

I see according to this issue (https://github.com/foobnix/LibreraReader/issues/434) the feature was removed on the F-droid version after 8.1.191 because of a switch to MuPDF which doesn't support it well. There was a mention of fixing it in 2019.

I also see according to this issue (https://github.com/foobnix/LibreraReader/issues/617) that annotations only work for PDFs in scroll mode. I haven't been able to confirm this as all my books are in other formats.

And in the F-droid repo I see "For better security, the F-Droid version, is based on the latest MuPDF 1.16.1 ... for the above reason, some Internet-related features of Librera Reader are missing in its F-Droid version".

So my questions are:

  • Is highlighting/annotation working in Librera PRO from Google Play Store? I do not use Google Play Store, but I would be happy to pay for this feature. Is there any other way to get Librera PRO?

  • Is highlighting/annotation still working for PDFs in the F-Droid version? Is there still any plan to fix it for epub/mobi, etc?

  • Is the only way to get highlight/annotation to downgrade to an F-Droid version before 8.1.191?

Thank you again for your work and any information you can share about the status of this feature!

localjo avatar Sep 20 '21 10:09 localjo

Any update on this :smile: ?

krillin666 avatar Jan 09 '22 21:01 krillin666

I'd love this for epubs. Is OP implying that highlighting used to be an option for epub/mobi? I'd like them to just be saved directly to the file so other readers can view the highlights as well.

ryanwwest avatar Jun 04 '22 17:06 ryanwwest

Any update about this? This is the only missing feature that keep me using other app.

azzamsa avatar Aug 05 '22 08:08 azzamsa

Also it would be great if annotations worked in book mode. I fail to see any reason, from the usability point of view, why they should be restricted only for scroll mode.

My needs are very simple: highlight text and add a textual comment for it.

thebodzio avatar Aug 11 '23 00:08 thebodzio