Plucker 176606 206761954 2008-04-19T21:15:24Z BOTarate 5870361 robot Adding: [[fr:Plucker]] {{Otheruses4|document viewer|Julius Plücker|Julius Plücker}} {{sections}} [[Image:PHP Manual in Plucker format.jpg|thumb|PHP Manual in Plucker format (Landscape on a Palm Tungsten T3 device)]] [[Image:Odg 01.jpg|thumb|Online Dating Guide in Plucker format]] '''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 [[Mac OS X]]. Web pages can be processed, compressed, and transferred to the PDA for viewing by the Plucker viewer. Plucker supports many advanced features, including: * Clickable images (with pan and zoom) * Italic and narrow support * [http://projects.plkr.org/custom-anti-aliased-fonts/ 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) * [http://www.zlib.net ZLib] and DOC compression (in native and [http://www.copera.com/zlib-armlet ARM] optimized versions) * [[Python (programming language)|Python]], C++ and [[Perl]] distillers and scripts * A Microsoft Windows [http://desktop.plkr.org/ fully-integrated graphical installer] Through the use of intelligent "distillers" written in many common languages (currently [[Python (programming language)|Python]], C++ and [[Perl]] with third-party versions written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]]), content can be created for Plucker from many sources, including [[RSS]], [[RDF]], text files, HTML, [[PDF]], and many other file formats. [[Image:PostgreSQL-screenshot 03.jpg|PostgreSQL Manual in Plucker format]] Plucker is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]] and is [[Free Software]]. == See also == {{portal|Free software|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}} *[[Wikipedia:Snapshots]] - Subset of 2000 wikipedia articles available in Plucker format *[[FBReader]] - a free software FictionBook ebook reader which can also view Plucker and HTML files. *[http://plkr.org/samples Sample Plucker documents] for dozens of different ebooks and other works. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.plkr.org/ Plucker website] *[http://projects.plkr.org/ Plucker Projects], aka "Plucker Workshop" *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/sunrisexp Sunrise Desktop] *[http://vade-mecum.sourceforge.net/ Vade-Mecum], Plucker viewer for [[Pocket PC]]. [[Category:Free application software]] {{PalmOS-stub}} [[ca:Plucker]] [[de:Plucker]] [[es:Plucker]] [[fr:Plucker]]