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Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by smt88 »

runeks wrote: post #15

Does anyone know if it's possible to use a ReMarkable tablet as an external laptop monitor? In the summer I like to sit outside coding, but the sunlight outshines my laptops LCD display. So I'd like to use an eInk display as an external monitor. And I gather ReMarkable is the best bet because of their hackability.

The refresh rate on e-ink is so low that coding on one would probably be excruciating. You should think of it as a replacement for paper, not a replacement for a monitor.

If your laptop isn't very bright, you're mostly out of luck. You can work in the shade, try polarized glasses, buy a brighter laptop, or find a portable monitor that is brighter than your built-in panel.

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by jason_slack »

myself248 wrote: post #16

I've been looking for an e-ink tablet that I can bend to my will, but the Kindle hacking scene seems to have peaked around 2012 and it's a desolate wasteland of dead links now. That's a shame, because the hardware is really cheap. ReMarkable is sort of astonishingly expensive, but that would be justified if these "hacks" were officially supported or at least acknowledged enough that some future firmware update wouldn…

> ReMarkable is sort of astonishingly expensive,

I have been contemplating buying a ReMarkable 2 as I prefer to handwrite everything/annotate/. The price tag is a bit hefty given the cost of an iPad and pencil and the zillion other things it does.

I'm curious if you are indeed going to buy one?

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by joshspankit »

runeks wrote: post #15

Does anyone know if it's possible to use a ReMarkable tablet as an external laptop monitor? In the summer I like to sit outside coding, but the sunlight outshines my laptops LCD display. So I'd like to use an eInk display as an external monitor. And I gather ReMarkable is the best bet because of their hackability.

There is a VNC client which would allow to to do just that

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by bergstromm466 »

afandian wrote: post #20
bergstromm466 wrote: post #9

Is the only thing stopping e-ink tablets/devices from becoming afforable because of the high rent/royalties for the patented e-ink technology? I'm keen to use one because 1) i think over it's lifetime it will likely consume less energy than an LCD/OLED tablet, and 2) because it would be better for my eyes when i'm reading articles/research or books.

FWIW, the battery life is surprisingly short. I guess it's the Wacom digitiser broadcasting RF all the time.

> I guess it's the Wacom digitiser broadcasting RF all the time.

Great, it has expensive royalties and it betrays the user.

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by Eeems »

fny wrote: post #5

If there is a remarkable person that sees this, please embrace the hacker community. It is a huge asset to have us by your side, and it's a huge differentiator from all the other tablets which have walled off developers. Also, it would be pretty sweet some part of the API was documented.

They just recently released their toolchain for the reMarkable 2 https://github.com/reMarkable/linux/issues/7 The toolchain for the rM1 has been out for a long time. Since it's just a linux device, there is a ton of existing documentation on how to work with it.

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by Eeems »

MontagFTB wrote: post #2

Is there a primer on how to use these repos? I don’t see anything high level that keeps the user from shooting themselves in the foot- especially with the reMarkable 2.

There should be a video available soon that you can follow along with soon. I'll make sure this comment is replied to with a link when it's up.

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by Eeems »

tpolzer wrote: post #8
0-_-0 wrote: post #4

I highly recommend installing KoReader, especially for PDFs. Works on Kobo readers as well.

Is there already a port for the remarkable 2? It would be so nice to have a working epub reader...

It's being worked on https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/6792

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by Eeems »

axiomdata316 wrote: post #11
tpolzer wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there already a port for the remarkable 2? It would be so nice to have a working epub reader...

I found YouTube videos help. Nice walkthroughs. Alot are for the first remarkable but I imagine in princable they work for both

Anything that uses the screen on the reMarkable will not work on the rM2 yet. https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable2-framebuffer is being worked on to address that.
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