Plucker v0.6.3

Document viewers, eBook readers, notes and presentation software
Apr 8th, 2009, 5:59 pm
#364499 by DaM79
Plucker v0.6.3 (Freeware)
Requirements: Plucker runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Palm handheld devices, Windows Mobile devices and handheld devices powered by Linux.
Overview: Plucker is an offline Web and free eBook reader for Palm OS® based handheld devices, Windows Mobile (PocketPC) devices and other handheld PDAs. Plucker contains POSIX tools, scripts and "conduits" which work on UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X. These let you decide exactly what part of the World Wide Web you'd like to convert for reading on your PDA. These web pages are then processed, compressed, and transferred to the PDA for viewing by the Plucker viewer.

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Plucker supports many advanced features, including:

* Clickable images (with pan and zoom)
* Italic and narrow support
* High-resolution fonts
* Multiple concurrent documents (more than one copy of the same material)
* Configurable display options (rotation, configurable toolbars)
* Advanced stylus options (gestures and hardware button navigation)
* ZLib and DOC compression (in native and ARM-optimized versions)
* Python, C++ and Perl distillers and scripts
* A Microsoft Windows fully-integrated installer

...and a whole lot more!

http://www.gutenberg.org/ supports download of Plucker formatted eBooks for free! :)

More Info:
Code: Select allhttp://www.plkr.org/

Download Instructions: Full install, no registration necessary.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=83326 Windows Mobile Client
http://www.plkr.org/download Windows/Mac/Linux Client to built ebooks

Mirrors:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N0UQJJ93

< CAB files: v0.6.3 - v0.6.6.5 (experimental) - No need for serial - SiMiLaR > - G & a
Apr 8th, 2009, 5:59 pm
Last edited by DaM79 on Apr 10th, 2009, 10:27 am, edited 4 times in total.
Apr 8th, 2009, 8:20 pm
#364576 by Guy1731
Hum... DaM79, "the best ebook reader...", maybe, but... not the "best formatted release" for sure. Please correct your post to suit the site's release template. Look HERE if you want to know how that looks, eventually use this Releaser Tool to help you build up your release post. Feel free to ask if something isn't clear.

Only when it's correctly formatted the release can be categorized and you will be rewarded... :wink:

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Apr 8th, 2009, 8:20 pm

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Apr 8th, 2009, 10:43 pm
#364628 by garcianacho
Guy1731 wrote:Hum... DaM79, "the best ebook reader...", maybe, but... not the "best formatted release" for sure. ]

:D :D :D :D :D

Anyone have tried this software?
I'm touching up with, but I don't find the way to convert documents (doc, pdf...) to plucker format. I have installed the desktop companion, of course, but the process is anything but clear.
Nothing in the wiki about.
Any experience?
Thanks and regards.

Nacho Garcia.
Apr 8th, 2009, 10:43 pm

Un saludo:

Nacho.
Apr 10th, 2009, 10:31 am
#365269 by DaM79
@ Guy1731,
tried my best to fit the requirements, OK now?

garcianacho wrote:
Guy1731 wrote:Hum... DaM79, "the best ebook reader...", maybe, but... not the "best formatted release" for sure. ]

:D :D :D :D :D

Anyone have tried this software?
I'm touching up with, but I don't find the way to convert documents (doc, pdf...) to plucker format. I have installed the desktop companion, of course, but the process is anything but clear.
Nothing in the wiki about.
Any experience?
Thanks and regards.

Nacho Garcia.

Yep, I tried it out. In my opinion, the main advantage is, that it supports complete websites. I downloaded the Cia World Factbook Textversion and wanted to create a ebook for mobipocket out of it. But from the text version, mobipocket did not adopt the links. So it did not work out. Then I found this plucker, and just in one pass it built a nice ebook with all links working etc. See sample video on youtube

If someone wants to try the CIA World Factbook, downloads here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/218952217/CIAWorldFactbook.rar.html (only 10x)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8R74X4SL

So I can recommend plucker for ebooks out of downloaded webpages, but I guess for doc, pdf mobipocket should be your choice...

"the best ebook reader..." was just a copy paste from the webpage of origin...
Apr 10th, 2009, 10:31 am
Apr 10th, 2009, 12:47 pm
#365314 by ron555
I'm really eager to try this.

Right now, the award goes to Repligo until I can see which is better.
Apr 10th, 2009, 12:47 pm
Apr 10th, 2009, 8:16 pm
#365547 by Guy1731
DaM79 wrote:@ Guy1731,
tried my best to fit the requirements, OK now?

Removed "The best HTML and ebook reader for Palm and Windows mobile devices (a Free Software Project)" after thetitle.
Added (freeware) after the title
Removed the "new line" after "overview"
Added version number

Overall... nice release, DaM79 , thanks! Rewarded 5 WRZ$ for freeware. Category: Office and productivity.

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(And happy Easter to you too! :wink: )
Apr 10th, 2009, 8:16 pm

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Apr 11th, 2009, 6:52 am
#365795 by DaM79
Ok, thanks! Will try to fit the requirements of release directly next time. Have fun with the program.
Apr 11th, 2009, 6:52 am
May 11th, 2009, 5:37 am
#381972 by ron555
I deleted this. It was NOT what I expected. I expected something like Repligo, but found it to be different than my needs.

Repligo is still king.
May 11th, 2009, 5:37 am