Plucker Explained

Plucker
Screenshot Size:	160px
Author:	Mark Lillywhite^[1]
Developer:	Plucker Developers^[2]
Released:	1998^[3]
Latest Release Version:	1.8 Palm Application 1.6.2.0 Desktop Installer Package 0.6.3 Windows Mobile devices
Latest Release Date:	2004
Operating System:	Palm OS, Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile
Programming Language:	Python
License:	GNU General Public License

Plucker is an open-source^[4] offline e-reader for PDAs, and the associated Plucker file format. The Plucker software suite includes a supporting desktop application for creating Plucker files and transferring them to supported devices.

Plucker was designed for late-1990s and early-2000s low-power handheld devices such as the Palm Pilot, before the advent of widespread wireless internet and internet-enabled mobile devices. Plucker uses an extensible plugin design to convert content from file formats and web-based formats into a compact Plucker file with formatted text and embedded images, for offline mobile reading.

See also

• – 2000 Wikipedia articles in Plucker format
• FBReader – free FictionBook ebook reader which can view Plucker and HTML files.
• iSiloX
• Evernote
• Calibre

Sources

• Book: Steward, Sid . PDF Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools . Create a Handheld Edition from Your HTML . https://books.google.com/books?id=ozWeSBkPQW4C&pg=PA91 . 91–94 . 2004 . . 9781449362201 . May 27, 2014 .
• Web site: MobileRead Wiki - Plucker. wiki.mobileread.com. 1 April 2018.

External links

• • SourceForge
• Vade-Mecum, Plucker viewer for Pocket PC.
• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195821/http://oreilly.com/pub/wlg/4026 . 2014-05-25 . All Hail Plucker . Chris . DiBona . . December 3, 2003 . May 25, 2014.
• https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Plucker
• https://sunrise.mobileread.com/
• https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/SunriseXP_reference
• https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Web-clipping_software

Notes and References

1. Web site: Desrosiers . David A. . 10 October 2002 . Interview with Mark Lillywhite, original author of Plucker . Plucker . https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162358/http://www.plkr.org/about . 17 March 2015 .
2. Web site: cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co. https://archive.today/20120712161014/http://cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co. dead. 12 July 2012. 12 July 2012. plkr.org. 1 April 2018.
3. Web site: An Open Source Success Story: A History of Plucker . Plucker . https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162358/http://www.plkr.org/about . 17 March 2015 .
4. Web site: Plucker FAQ - Plucker Documentation. https://web.archive.org/web/20071029090201/http://docs.plkr.org/index.php/Plucker_FAQ. dead. 29 October 2007. 29 October 2007. 1 April 2018.