[heyflyguy]

I love my Remarkable, it forces me to stay in creativity mode without jumping to the internet since it doesn't have a browser. That being said, the inability to simply put your own templates in the machine and have them persist through and update is so close to being a showstopper for me that I am not sure I would consider buying a new one. The RM2 template manager is great, but you have to update your templates after every firmware update and I hate that with a passion!

[pcl]

I have scripted this (well, installation of some systemd units, but the workflow is the same). So I just plug my tablet into my laptop and run my script every time it updates.

It’s not ideal, but not super tedious either.

I’ve been planning to start charging via a raspberry pi so that the pi can automatically tend to the device whenever it’s connected, but haven’t gotten there yet.

[tjoff]

Why not script it over ssh (wifi), preference or is not as simple as I imagine? (never used one but the ability to get shell and be able to rsync files is one of the reasons I consider a remarkable).

I could be misinformed though, haven't researched it a lot.

[pcl]

Firmware updates blow away any customizations. So you need to bootstrap things again after each update.

Updates can be deferred, so the process isn’t too disruptive.

Edit: oh, yeah I see what you’re getting at. That direction could work, and I used to do that years ago, as it turns out, but these days I am frequently not on a familiar WiFi network when I’m using the tablet, so cabling has been more practical.

[tjoff]

Ah, if I'm on the go I think I'd hotspot on my phone and sync via termux, but that is great to hear!

[pcl]

IME IP addresses handed out by my phone’s tethering mode aren’t stable, so it’s sorta more of a hassle than just fishing out the little cable and letting my script run. (The device assigns itself a stable IP address on the USB interface.)

Although I haven’t looked at those addresses in some time; perhaps they are more stable now than they used to be.

[tjoff]

Good point, I've resorted to nmap in desperation in similar cases but would hope there is a more elegant solution.

[funksta]

Many rM owners (myself included) work around the template limitations by using pdfs as "templates" and writing on them. This covers probably 95% of my use of the device, their notebooks feel very limited by comparison

[throwuxiytayq]

If you do it this way, can you move pages around within the notebook, across different notebooks, add additional pages, delete pages, change the template for a specific page, etc? Seems like a rather crude workaround

[funksta]

On the reMarkable at least, you can: * move pages around in the pdf * add or duplicate pages * delete pages

You can't: * move a page to another notebook * change the template for a page (though you can duplicate a page with that template, and then move it to where the first page was)

[throwuxiytayq]

Nice, I didn’t know about most of these features. Thanks for clearing that up.