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v2020.11

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KOReader 2020.11 "Hive of Industry"

![2020-11 hives of industry-fs8](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/202757/99234680-24096b80-27f5-11eb-8c0d-664630f36ff9.png)

In November we've mostly seen the usual batch of refinements and bug fixes. The Android app will now avoid a zombie state when it's killed by the activity manager (koreader#6811). Besides that, we have a few new plugins: QR code display (koreader#6844) and CoverImage (koreader#6813), which provides a workaround for Android devices which use an image file to display a screensaver image.

Image credit: [Bees and Hive](https://openclipart.org/detail/309882/bees-and-hive)

We'd like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some highlights since the previous release include:

* ReaderStatistics: Data collection improvements (koreader#6778) @NiLuJe
* Pocketbook: use raw input I/O (koreader#6791) @ezdiy
* Ensure the SD card is actually detected in Nickel on exit. (koreader#6800) @NiLuJe
* GestureDetector: add Tap interval setting, to avoid bounces (koreader#6798) @poire-z
* Dispatcher: allow registering actions at runtime (koreader#6785) @yparitcher
* Statistics: speed up Calendar view (koreader#6807) @poire-z
* [Kobo, Mk. 7] Enable the power LED when charging (koreader#6810) @NiLuJe
* android: handle onDestroy (koreader#6811) @pazos
* KoptInterface:getWordFromBoxes: guard against nil boxes (koreader#6827) @pazos
* Pocketbook: Use a single launcher (koreader#6814) @ezdiy
* H2O: Fix initial tap detection (koreader#6832) @NiLuJe
* Reader: rationalize "Back" key/action handling (koreader#6840) @poire-z
* Qrcode support (koreader#6844) @jperon
* Apply CSS tweaks for links to all elements below a elements. (koreader#6856) @tastytea
* Dispatcher: add Screenshot action (koreader#6858) @yparitcher
* coverimage plugin (koreader#6813) @zwim
* Android bundle update (koreader#6870) @pazos
  - adaptative icons
  - minify + shrink
  - remove unused assets to save a few KBs
  - install apk by clicking on notification after download (doesn't apply to F-Droid)

[Full changelog](koreader/koreader@v2020.10...v2020.11) — [closed milestone issues](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/milestone/31?closed=1)

v2020.10.1

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KOReader 2020.10.1

Bug fix release for older Kindles, which would crash during startup (koreader#6781).

* A couple of hotfixes for 2020.10.1 (koreader#6781) @NiLuJe
* fix android native orientation logic ((koreader#6788)) @pazos

v2020.10

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KOReader 2020.10 "Poignant Raindrops"

This month we've had more PocketBook fixes, and ToC ticks handling was simplified (koreader#6716) and thereby made better.

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We'd like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some highlights since the previous release include:

* Wikpedia EPUBs: fix failure saving some files (koreader#6675) @poire-z
* Footnote popups: allow setting an absolute font size (koreader#6675) @poire-z
* crengine: ODT support, more typography languages (koreader#6675) @poire-z
* [PB] Fix WAIT_FOR_UPDATE_COMPLETE ioctl (koreader#6669) @NiLuJe
*  add eudic from gplay (koreader#6682) @pazos
* [fix] Czech is now cs, not cs_CZ (koreader#6689) @Frenzie
* FrontLight: fix footer update on FL on/off toggle (koreader#6664) @yparitcher
* [PB] Crash screen & OTA feedback (koreader#6686) @NiLuJe
* Pocketbook: Implement HW screen rotation, bring in PB specific kludges from linuxfb (koreader#6684, koreader#6696) @ezdiy
* [feat] Comics: zoom to panel (koreader#6511, koreader#6709) @Galunid
* [fix] Save document settings before activating USBMS (koreader#6713) @smartscripts-nl
* Sort folder shortcuts (koreader#6707) @smartscripts-nl
* Pocketbook: Try to auto-detect HW feature caps more precisely (koreader#6721) @ezdiy
* Revamp ToC ticks handling (koreader#6716) @NiLuJe
* Unbreak OTAs on PB (koreader#6722) @NiLuJe
* Fancier Wi-Fi status icons in ReaderFooter (koreader#6725) @smartscripts-nl @NiLuJe
* Show full ToC entry on hold (koreader#6729) @NiLuJe
* Pocketbook: Fix silly rotation bug on PB740 (koreader#6734) @ezdiy
* Pocketbook: Fix silly rotation bug on PB1040 (koreader#6735) @ezdiy
* KOSync improvements (koreader#6733) @Galunid
*  bump crengine: sync with upstream, new hyphenation languages (koreader#6746) @poire-z
  * Font: fix possible messy font sizes when geometry/dpi change
  * ImageViewer: allow saving current view as an image
* Don't generate separators for empty generators (koreader#6752) @NiLuJe
* Make dictionary lookup order configurable via SortWidget (koreader#6751) @georgeto
* bump crengine: more than 64 styles, table layout fixes (koreader#6755) @poire-z
  * Font menu: show font names with their own font
* Statistics plugin: fix in-memory statistics. (koreader#6759) @marek-g
* [UX] Add Polish keyboard layout (koreader#6762) @marek-g
* InfoMessage: accept options for lang and para direction (koreader#6766) @yparitcher
* A few reMarkable QoL fixes (koreader#6772) @NiLuJe
    * Enable AutoSuspend (koreader#6769)
    * Better power events handling (koreader#6676)
    * Enable HW inversion, because I don't see why it wouldn't work ;p.

[Full changelog](koreader/koreader@v2020.09...v2020.10) — [closed milestone issues](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/milestone/30?closed=1)

v2020.09

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KOReader 2020.09 "Peanut Butter"

This month's release addresses a few long-standing PocketBook platform issues to bring the experience more in line with other platforms. A big thanks to @ezdiy for the effort.

On Kobo it's now possible to enable USB Mass Storage without (re)starting Nickel (koreader#6552). Since most of the KoboUSBMS tweaks required touching the startup script, a full, proper Exit -> Start cycle is required (or a device reboot). With a simple KOReader restart, the old startup script would still be used, and it doesn't know how to deal with the new changes, which at best means a crash or a shutdown.

We'd like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some highlights since the previous release include:

* Make sure "Clear history of deleted files" actually persists. (koreader#6557) @NiLuJe
* [Kobo] Support USBMS exports (koreader#6552, koreader#6566, koreader#6590, koreader#6603, koreader#6639) @NiLuJe
* [android]: fix backlight toggle (koreader#6520) @zwim
* crengine: new HTML parser, libRu and FB2 tweaks (koreader#6560) @poire-z
* Dispatcher: incremental gesture fix (koreader#6565) @yparitcher
* android: fix frontlight dialog gesture (koreader#6568) @pazos
* Text/HTML widgets: allow scrolling with the scrollbar (koreader#6576 ) @poire-z
* turn on frontlight switch on Tolino. (koreader#6586) @zwim
* FileChooser: allow traversing unreadable directories (koreader#6593) @poire-z
* Open with: add Text Editor plugin (koreader#6593) @poire-z
* Terminal: support multiple lines and make it re-invokeable (koreader#6599) @smartscripts-nl
* Make UIManager track prevent/allowStandby state. (koreader#6558) @ezdiy
* Poll mode pocketbook frontend. (koreader#6559) @ezdiy
* Dispatcher: adds Texteditor: open last file (koreader#6600) @smartscripts-nl
* Tame BackgroundRunner: stop running when no more job (koreader#6605) @poire-z
* PocketBook: Auto-standby plugin (koreader#6602) @ezdiy
* Added Serbian typography rules (koreader#6596) @strn
* Add API to set OS level file associations (koreader#6615) @ezdiy
* Pocketbook: File handling OS integration (koreader#6617) @ezdiy
* Pocketbook: Launcher OS integration (koreader#6620) @ezdiy
* Allow following links and footnotes with keys (koreader#6619) @poire-z
* Terminal: add shortcuts for re-useable commands (koreader#6609) @smartscripts-nl
* Pocketbook: Add file associations into "Open with" menu (koreader#6624) @ezdiy
* Pocketbook: Add reboot option. (koreader#6625) @ezdiy
* Dispatcher: adds Show terminal (koreader#6626) @smartscripts-nl
* [UX] Add bookmark count as footer item (koreader#6629) @smartscripts-nl
* Update KoboUSBMS for CJK support (koreader#6639) @NiLuJe
* Pocketbook misc fixes (koreader#6633) @pazos
* [Plugin] BatteryStat: consumed → charged for charging (koreader#6646) @Frenzie
* Prevent automatic footer refreshes from drawing the footer on top of stuff that isn't ReaderUI (koreader#6648, koreader#6650) @NiLuJe
* Pocketbook: use DU waveform for fast updates (koreader#6652) @pazos
* remarkable: fix fbdepth use in startup script (koreader#6658) @tcrs
* Pocketbook: Fix frontlight handling. (koreader#6663) @ezdiy

[Full changelog](koreader/koreader@v2020.08.1...v2020.09) — [closed milestone issues](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/milestone/29?closed=1)

v2020.08.1

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KOReader 2020.08.1

This release fixes Wi-Fi on Kobo devices with the new 4.23 firmware (koreader#6522).

We'd like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some other highlights since the previous release include:

* Use already entered values instead of defaults if not specified in perception expander (koreader#6518) @Galunid
* Dispatcher: fix events with static argument (koreader#6519) @yparitcher
* crengine: better linebreaks at em-dash, fb2 fixes (koreader#6521) @poire-z
* [Kobo] Unbreak Wi-Fi on FW >= 4.23 (koreader#6522) @NiLuJe
* Update PocketBook device definitions (koreader#6525, koreader#6533) @roshavagarga
* Update PB633 device definition (koreader#6529) @Teteros
* pocketbook: warmth lights support (koreader#6531) @pazos
* FM: rotation flush setting before reinit (koreader#6532) @yparitcher
* Revert "Kosync network callback (koreader#6489)" (koreader#6535) @Galunid
* Revamp manual rotation events (koreader#6530) @NiLuJe
* A few e-Ink flash rate QoL tweaks (koreader#6528) @NiLuJe

[Full changelog](koreader/koreader@v2020.08...v2020.08.1) — [closed milestone issues](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/milestone/34?closed=1)

v2020.08

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KOReader 2020.08 "Scorching Sun"

![koreader-scorching-sun-fs8](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/202757/90381882-4ec11800-e07e-11ea-9149-9443390228b8.png)

We were overheating a bit in Europe, but luckily we've just had some refreshing rain. Still, try to stay in the shade while reading.

Wi-Fi handling on Kobo, Cervantes, and Sony is now much better than it used to be (koreader#6424). For most actions that require Wi-Fi, they will no longer require manually doing redoing it.

In Android news, on the Tolino Epos 2 and other devices the native warmth dialog can now be queried directly from the program (koreader#6426).

Image credit: quickly grabbed some hot twirls and sweat drops from [here](https://openclipart.org/detail/304811/its-hot-10).

We'd like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some highlights since the previous release include:

* Text selection: cleanup text obtained from engines (koreader#6410) @poire-z
* Mac app fixes (koreader#6370) @pazos
* Fix a few logic holes in dithering mode selection (koreader#6419) @NiLuJe
* Don't store document-specific rotation when sticky rotation is enabled (koreader#6423) @NiLuJe
* Various Wi-Fi QoL improvements (koreader#6424, koreader#6438, koreader#6442) @NiLuJe
* Recalculate footer progress bar correctly on `UpdatePos` (koreader#6436) @yparitcher
* Add more media types to OPDS browser (koreader#6450) @gotson
* Add Set Frontlight/Set Frontlight Warmth to dispatcher (koreader#6440) @Galunid
* crengine: reworked hanging punctuation (koreader#6456) @poire-z
* CoverBrowser: delay GC for quicker browsing/exiting (koreader#6453) @poire-z
* [Android]: Native light dialog (koreader#6426) @zwim
* Gestures: Refactor to use Dispatcher (koreader#6441) @yparitcher
* [fix] Allow closing SortWidget (koreader#6464) @Frenzie
* Allow setting text selection rate (koreader#6449, koreader#6484) @Galunid
* PocketBook: Add new device definitions (koreader#6481) @roshavagarga
* Make "Auto sync now and future" persistent (koreader#6488) @Galunid
* sdl: keep track of window position and size (koreader#6495) @pazos
* ReaderRolling: fix gotoPercent (koreader#6503) @yparitcher
* gesture: messages and sensitivity changes for small (warmth) scales; devicelistener dedup (koreader#6468)
* Support for Apache WebDAV module (koreader#6510) @themanifold
* Dispatcher: show selected number (koreader#6472) @yparitcher
* Kosync network callback (koreader#6489) @Galunid

[Full changelog](koreader/koreader@v2020.07...v2020.08) — [closed milestone issues](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/milestone/27?closed=1)

v2020.07.1

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KOReader 2020.07.1

A few crashes in 2020.07 were fixed. Night mode can be enabled again without setting a refresh rate (koreader#6400) and a subset of EPUBs with embedded fonts will load properly as they did before ([koreader#6394](koreader#6394)).

[Full changelog](koreader/koreader@v2020.07...v2020.07.1) — [closed milestone issues](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/milestone/32?closed=1)

v2020.07

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KOReader 2020.07 "Tumbleweed"

It's been a busy month, so I'll get right to some of the highlights.

[Ruby characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_character) (also known as furigani) are now supported in the form of the `<ruby>` element, small typographic annotations to aid pronunciation ([koreader#6305](koreader#6305)).

<img src=https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24273478/84667810-23f20080-af23-11ea-9b83-e8730eb3349e.png width=40%>

Usually I tend to emphasize user-visible changes, and in a way this one's both. Rotation was refactored ([koreader#6309](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pulls)), which immediately and easily allowed for better Android TV support ([koreader#6327](koreader#6327)).

The following screenshots showcase the new rotation handling on Chrome OS (running Android apps) and Android TV:
![chromeOS-overlay](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/975883/87669079-9dbd1a00-c76d-11ea-98bd-2f855e4de6bf.png)
![tv](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/975883/87669090-a3b2fb00-c76d-11ea-9e87-08b8951d2c9e.gif)

The calibre metadata search and calibre wireless connections were merged into a single plugin ([koreader#6177](koreader#6177)).

search metadata changes:

- search directly into calibre metadata files.
- search can be performed on more than one library (configurable from a menu)
- device scans now find all calibre libraries under a given root
- search options can be configured from a menu. (case sensitive, find by title, author and path)
- removed legacy global variables.
- *option* to search from the reader
- *option* to generate a cache of books for faster searches.

calibre wireless connection changes:

- keep track of books in a library (includes prunning books from calibre metadata if the file was deleted locally)
- remove files on device from calibre
- support password protected connections
- FM integration: if we're in the inbox dir it will be updated each time a book is added or deleted.
- disconnect when requested by calibre, available on newer calibre versions (+4.17)
- remove unused opcodes.
- better report of client name, version and device id
- free disk space checks for all calibre versions
- bump supported extensions to match what KOReader can handle. Users can override this with their own list of extensions (or from calibre, by configuring the wireless device).

A big thank you to all of our translators. This month a good chunk of KOReader was localized in Hebrew. Please head over to <https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/koreader/> if you want to help.

We'd like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some highlights since the previous release include:

* Fix bottom menu item titles truncation (koreader#6273) @poire-z
* Add chapter title when exporting notes in Evernote (JSON/HTML, remote) (koreader#6146) @Galunid
* [chore] Rename 'More plugins' to 'More tools' (koreader#6279) @Frenzie
* [chore] Device abstraction (koreader#6280) @pazos
* Unified calibre plugin (koreader#6177) @pazos
* [chore, UX] Move some 'permanent' settings inside more_tools (koreader#6282) @pazos
* [Android] Add support for custom startup scripts (koreader#6275) @zwim
  This is only available on the *rocks* flavor of Android, which is provided here on GitHub. In the *fdroid* flavor it's been disabled. See [the wiki](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/Android-tips-and-tricks#using-scripts-at-startupinstall-to-apply-different-hyphenation-patterns) for more information.
* [plugin] Dispatcher: for profiles & gestures (koreader#6106) @yparitcher
* Don't rotate BookStatus & ReadingProgress in screensavers. (koreader#6286) @NiLuJe
* Translator: Add definition of the word to the translation (koreader#6295) @Galunid
* bump crengine: add support for <ruby> elements (koreader#6305) @poire-z
* Add the possibility run shell scripts from filemanager on android (koreader#6288) @zwim
* Add PocketBook 614W (Basic 3) definition (koreader#6312) @roshavagarga
* [feat] FocusManager: wrap around horizontally (koreader#6315) @Frenzie
* [UX] Add left to close to ConfigDialog for hasFewKeys (koreader#6318) @Frenzie
* [plugin] Wallabag: Make remove from history consistent with deletion (koreader#6320) @Frenzie
* [UX] Move double tap to gesture manager (koreader#6322) @Frenzie
* [i18n] Add support for fledgling Hebrew translation (koreader#6333) @Frenzie
* [feat] Add text/html to OPDSBrowser (koreader#6335) @Frenzie
* Landscape FM / Refactor rotation (koreader#6309) @yparitcher
* bump crengine: memory fixes, speedup, bg image enhancements (koreader#6350) @poire-z
* android: support for native surface rotation (koreader#6359) @pazos
* Allow locking the gyro to the current screen mode (koreader#6347) @NiLuJe
* Add macOS target (koreader#6361) @JasonInOttawa
* ReaderGesture: cleanup (koreader#6292) @yparitcher
* Dispatcher: use sections (koreader#6364) @yparitcher
* Perception expander: disable margin increase when set to 0 (koreader#6377) @yparitcher
* Initial handling of the upcoming Kobo Nia (koreader#6380) @NiLuJe NB This may not work properly on a real Nia once it's released.
* [UX] German keyboard layout qwertz (koreader#6385) @zwim
* SetNightMode event & Night Mode refresh rate (koreader#6386) @yparitcher
* Implement numeric collator (natural sorting) in file manager (koreader#6378) @Galunid
* Remarkable button-listen when resuming from suspendsuspend fix (koreader#6396) @tcrs

[Full changelog](koreader/koreader@v2020.06...v2020.07) — [closed milestone issues](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/milestone/24?closed=1)

v2020.06

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KOReader 2020.06 "Mosaic"

<img src=https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/202757/84759255-c1ead700-afc6-11ea-99a1-47cd84d8fd44.jpg width=45% align=right>

This month we've had quite a number of small improvements in various areas, such as support for book-specific style tweaks (koreader#6244), support for ::before/after (koreader#6236), an offline add link to Wallabag queue (koreader#6170), as well as some Android fixes. Enjoy!

We'd like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some highlights since the previous release include:

* Add Wallabag queue (koreader#6170) @mwoz123
* [PocketBook] Add 515 and PB616W definition (koreader#6182, koreader#6184) @Frenzie @lenormf
* [PocketBook] Add PocketBook 613 Basic definition (koreader#6192) @Frenzie
* [PocketBook] Map d-pad key events (koreader#6183) @lenormf
* [feat] Add Device:hasFewKeys() (koreader#6193) @Frenzie
* [UX] Implement hasFewKeys prototype (koreader#6195) @Frenzie
* [fix] GestureDetector: prevent hold timers overlap (koreader#6186)
* bump_crengine: various fixes, tweaks and cleanups (koreader#6188) @poire-z
* [Kindle] Don't resize the titlebar on FW >= 5.12.4 (koreader#6204) @NiLuJe
* Statistics: some fixes, reordering and rewording (koreader#6194) @poire-z
* Footer: fix items possibly missing (koreader#6212) @poire-z
* Disable the RTC alarm on shutdown (koreader#6211) @NiLuJe
* SkimToWidget: fix next/prev bookmark not updating it (koreader#6216) @poire-z
* [Desktop] Fix missing glyphs by packaging freefonts again (koreader#6218) @pazos
* Footer: skip tap lock when needed (koreader#6225) @poire-z
* [NewsDownloader] Added an HTML filter through a CSS selector (koreader#6228) @lich-tex
* Don't exit KUAL on the Voyage (koreader#6233) @NiLuJe
* crengine: support for pseudo elements ::before/after (koreader#6236) @poire-z
* CRE: use same marks in top and bottom progress bars (koreader#6236) @poire-z
* [feat] Allow message to be overlaid on other screensavers (koreader#6238) @sladflob
* Ensure feature-parity in ScreenSaver handling on Kindle (koreader#6240) @NiLuJe
* Style tweaks: adds "Book-specific tweak" menu item (koreader#6244) @poire-z
* handle newlines in exported pdf highlights (koreader#6247) @pazos @sr1920 @Frenzie
* [fix, plugin] Wallabag: add quiet option to callAPI() (koreader#6252) @Frenzie
* Fix missing glyphs Ï and Ö in keyboard popup (koreader#6254) @smartscripts-nl
* Allow automatically marking the book as read on end of doc (koreader#6256) @NiLuJe
* android: replace default footer margins by values that work with rounded corner devices (koreader#6260) @pazos
* A few footer tweaks (allow setting height through UI) (koreader#6257) @NiLuJe
* [plugin, UX] Wallabag: aid with setting up missing information (koreader#6262) @Frenzie
* Floor dimension computations (mul/div). (koreader#6264) @NiLuJe
* fix ANRs (not responding notification) in Kosync plugin login/register (koreader#6266) @pazos
* android: add a toggle to ignore back button events (koreader#6269) @pazos

[Full changelog](koreader/koreader@v2020.05...v2020.06) — [closed milestone issues](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/milestone/23?closed=1)

v2020.05

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KOReader 2020.05 "May Storm"

Good news for Kobo users! There's a new launcher for apps and scripts called [NickelMenu](https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=329525), and it's supported starting with this version of KOReader.

We'd like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some highlights since the previous release include:

* crengine: text typography by language (koreader#6069, koreader#6072) @poire-z
* Screenshot: use month number instead of name (koreader#6062) @Frenzie
* Add support for physical button for page crop (koreader#6091) @robert00s
* crengine: multiple fallback fonts (koreader#6090, koreader#6095) @poire-z
* Text widgets, crengine: fix wrong vertical positioning (koreader#6093) @poire-z
* Option to prevent tap on status bar (koreader#6083) @poire-z
* Add support for exporting highlights in JSON format (koreader#6067) @RCoeurjoly
* Add move to archive plugin (koreader#6101) @mwoz123
* ReaderStatus: close file before deleting (koreader#6108) @yparitcher
* [Gesture] Add go to first and last page (koreader#6096) @robert00s
* [Gesture] Add progress sync gesture (koreader#6103) @robert00s
* Enable Highlight action on single word selection (koreader#6114) @poire-z
* Adds Word Expansion: use of letter spacing for justification (koreader#6112) @poire-z
* android: add a toggle to force haptic feedback in spite of system settings (koreader#6123) @pazos
* Reorganize bottom menu config panels (koreader#6131) @poire-z
* [Android] add eudic dictionary support (koreader#6154) @pazos
* desktop: add support for 3rd party dictionary apps (koreader#6167) @pazos

[Full changelog](koreader/koreader@v2020.04...v2020.05) — [closed milestone issues](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/milestone/22?closed=1)