LDP Weekly News 2002-02-05 by David Merrill Documents Available in Plucker Format The Linux Documentation Project has just added support for another documentation format: the "Plucker" format. Plucker is a GPL-licensed offline HTML viewer for users of Palm-based PDAs (such as the Palm and Handspring Visor series). Plucker supports compression, hypertext links, clickable images, italics, bold, varying-sized fonts, multiple databases, and configurable display parameters and stylus options. Plucker also includes programs to compress HTML documents into the Plucker format, essentially a compressed form of HTML. This kind of compression is necessary on PDAs, which have limited amounts of memory. More information, and the Plucker software, is available at http://plkr.org. Users of these PDAs can now download various LDP documents from the web, push their base's "synchronize" button, and suddenly have those LDP documents available on their PDAs wherever they are. This saves users from having to install and use Plucker's compression programs (including figuring out what options work best for the LDP). Opening a document on the PDA shows that document's summary and a hypertext table of contents; users can use the stylus to go immediately to the section they need, or read the whole document if they wish. Once the documents are in one PDA, users can also exchange them with other PDAs by "beaming" them (using infrared connections). Supporting plucker will hopefully encourage the use of GNU/Linux and free software/open source software (FS/OSS), since by making it easier to put LDP documents in PDAs, the documents should become more widespread. Hopefully making "plucker" format available will also discourage the use of proprietary formats for FS/OSS related documentation, which has already happened in a few cases. Thanks go to David A. Wheeler dwheeler@dwheeler.com for helping us out with testing, and to our HOWTO Coordinator, Greg Ferguson, for doing the implementation. New Documents * How to Develop Accessible Linux Applications http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Accessibility-Dev-HOWTO/ Version 1.0, Sharon D. Snider * Linux Crash HOWTO http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux-Crash-HOWTO/ Version 1.0, Norman Patten, nepatten@us.ibm.com Updated Documents * C++ Programming HOW-TO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/C++Programming-HOWTO.html Version 41.2, Al Dev, alavoor@yahoo.com * C-C++ Beautifier HOW-TO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/C-C++Beautifier-HOWTO.html Version 15.4, Al Dev, alavoor@yahoo.com * LDP Reviewer HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LDP-Reviewer-HOWTO/ Version 1.0.1, David Merrill, david@lupercalia.net, Joy Yokley, jyokley@us.ibm.com * Linux IPv6 HOWTO http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/ Version 0.20, Peter Bieringer * Nvidia OpenGL Configuration mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Nvidia-OpenGL-Configuration/ind ex.html Version 1.10, Robert B. Easter, reaster@comptechnews.com * PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO/ Version 0.9, Deb Richardson, deb@thepuffingroup.com, Thomas Marteau, marteaut@esiee.fr * PHP HOW-TO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PHP-HOWTO.html Version 26.0, Al Dev, alavoor@yahoo.com * Software Release Practice HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Software-Release-Practice-HOWTO/ Version 3.4, Eric S. Raymond, esr@thyrsus.com * The Linux Kernel HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html Version 3.4, Brian Ward, bri@cs.uchicago.edu * The Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO / Version 2.5, Don, don@sabotage.org, Eric S. Raymond, esr@thyrsus.com * Token-Ring mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Token-Ring.html Version 5.00, Mike Phillips, mikep@linuxtr.net, Tom Gall, tom_gall@vnet.ibm.com * XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/index.ht ml Version 6.2, Eric S. Raymond, esr@thyrsus.com Unmaintained Documents These documents have been abandoned by their maintainers and many of them have not been updated in some time. If you're willing to become the maintainer for one of them, please join the LDP discussion list at lists.linuxdoc.org/ and post a message indicating your interest. * Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Battery-Powered.html Version * Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO.html Version 0.11 * Enterprise Java for Linux HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Enterprise-Java-for-Linux-HOWTO.html Version 0.2 * HOW-TO for inHouse IntraNet http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Netscape+Proxy.html Version * Installing Linux on ZIP disk using ppa ZIP Drive Mini-Howto http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Install-From-ZIP.html Version 0.7 * LINUX PLIP MINI-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/PLIP.html Version 2.1 * Linux Benchmarking HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Benchmarking-HOWTO.html Version 0.12 * Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Swap-Space.html Version 1.42 * Linux Threads Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) http://www.linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Threads-FAQ/ Version * Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO) http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Fax-Server.html Version 1.0 * NFS-Root Mini-Howto http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/NFS-Root.html Version 8 * News Leafsite mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/News-Leafsite.html Version 0.4 * SoundBlaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Soundblaster-AWE.html Version 1.2 * Spanish Linux HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Spanish-HOWTO.html Version 0.1 * The Ftape FAQ http://www.linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Ftape-FAQ.html Version 0.2 * The Hebrew HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hebrew-HOWTO.html Version 0.4 * The LBX Mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/LBX.html Version 1.04 * The Linux ""Linux-DOS-Win95-OS2"" mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2.html Version 1.3.1 * The Linux 3Dfx HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/3Dfx-HOWTO.html Version 1.16 * The Linux Busmouse HOWTO http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/unmaintained/Busmouse- HOWTO/ Version 2.0 * The Linux Intranet Server HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Intranet-Server-HOWTO.html Version 2.12 * The dosemu HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DOSEMU-HOWTO.html Version * UMSDOS HOW-TO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/UMSDOS-HOWTO.html Version 1.2 * Visible bell mini-Howto http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Visual-Bell.html Version 2.3 * X11-big-cursor MINIHOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/X-Big-Cursor.html Version 2 * mini-HOWTO install qmail with MH http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Qmail+MH.html Version 1.4 About the LDP The Linux Documentation Project is developing free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. 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