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From: David Merrill <david@lupercalia.net>
To: Linux Weekly News <lwn@lwn.net>, Michael Hall <mhall@internet.com>
Subject: LDPWN for 2002-02-05
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 04:44:56 -0500
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. This includes the
creation of HOWTOs and Guides, and collaboration with other
documentation groups.
If you've always wanted to help Linux reach Total World
Domination(tm), but you're not a programmer, there's still something
you can do. Help the LDP!
The LDP keeps a page of resources for authors at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/authors/. Contributions are always welcome.
For more LDP Weekly News, go to http://www.linuxdoc.org/ldpwn/
The Linux Documentation Project
| HOWTOS | Guides | Man Pages | Linux Gazette |
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. (If you
refer to me, please refer to me as David A. Wheeler,
dwheeler@dwheeler.com). 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. This includes the
creation of HOWTOs and Guides, and collaboration with other
documentation groups.
If you've always wanted to help Linux reach Total World
Domination(tm), but you're not a programmer, there's still something
you can do. Help the LDP!
The LDP keeps a page of resources for authors at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/authors/. Contributions are always welcome.
For more LDP Weekly News, go to http://www.linuxdoc.org/ldpwn/
--
David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net
Linux Documentation Project david@lupercalia.net
Collection Editor & Coordinator http://www.linuxdoc.org
We have enormous appreciation, admiration and fear [of Microsoft]. But like
I tell people: I love my brothers, but I don't let them eat my supper.
--James Barksdale, former Netscape CEO