{{Short description|Ebook reader software and file format}} {{Other uses|Plücker (disambiguation){{!}}Plücker}} {{Multiple issues| {{More footnotes needed|date=April 2009}} {{Sources exist|date=May 2024}} }} {{Infobox software | name = Plucker | logo = | screenshot = TirantLoPlk.jpg | screenshot size = 160px | caption = Plucker version of ''Tirant lo Blanc''. | author = Mark Lillywhite<ref name=LillywhiteInterview>{{cite web |last1=Desrosiers |first1=David A. |date=10 October 2002 |title=Interview with Mark Lillywhite, original author of Plucker |url=http://www.plkr.org/about |website=Plucker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162358/http://www.plkr.org/about |archive-date=17 March 2015 }}</ref> | developer = Plucker Developers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712161014/http://cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co|url-status=dead|title=cvs.plkr.org/AUTHORS?view=co|date=12 July 2012|archive-date=12 July 2012|website=plkr.org|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> | released = 1998<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=An Open Source Success Story: A History of Plucker |url=http://www.plkr.org/about |website=Plucker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317162358/http://www.plkr.org/about |archive-date=17 March 2015 }}</ref> | latest release version = 1.8 Palm Application<br>1.6.2.0 Desktop Installer Package<br>0.6.3 Windows Mobile devices | latest release date = 2004 | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | operating system = Palm OS, Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile | platform = | programming language = Python | language = | status = | genre = | license = GNU General Public License | website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20150709135121/http://www.plkr.org/|Last archive of official website (2015-07-09)}} }}
'''Plucker''' is an open-source<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.plkr.org/index.php/Plucker_FAQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029090201/http://docs.plkr.org/index.php/Plucker_FAQ|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2007|title=Plucker FAQ - Plucker Documentation|date=29 October 2007|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> 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 == {{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* Wikipedia:Snapshots – 2000 Wikipedia articles in Plucker format * FBReader – free FictionBook ebook reader which can view Plucker and HTML files. * iSiloX * Evernote * Calibre
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Sources == * {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozWeSBkPQW4C |title=PDF Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools |chapter=Create a Handheld Edition from Your HTML |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozWeSBkPQW4C&pg=PA91 |pages=91–94 |first=Sid |last=Steward |year=2004 |publisher=O'Reilly Media |isbn=9781449362201 |access-date=May 27, 2014 }} * {{cite web|url=https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Plucker|title=MobileRead Wiki - Plucker|website=wiki.mobileread.com|access-date=1 April 2018}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20150709135121/http://www.plkr.org/|Last archive of official website (2015-07-09)}} * [https://sourceforge.net/projects/plucker/ SourceForge] * [https://vade-mecum.sourceforge.net/ Vade-Mecum], Plucker viewer for Pocket PC. * {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195821/http://oreilly.com/pub/wlg/4026 |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url=http://oreilly.com/pub/wlg/4026 |title=All Hail Plucker |first=Chris |last=DiBona |work=O'Reilly |date=December 3, 2003 |access-date=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
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