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dalaidakkar · 03-20-2011, 09:43 PM

Hi, I'm from Mexico and I was having issues converting my ebooks to plucker format, most of all with accents (á é í..) and the ñ character. After trying many encondings I found one that shows ok on the palm viewer, the steps I follow:

copy my pdf text and paste it on open office writer.
save as Text Encoded (check Edit Filter Checkmark)
Click save and a dialog to select encoding appears
Select Western Europe ISO-8859-1
save
Then just type from a terminal:
$plucker-build mytext.txt>mytext.pdb

I know it has is cons because you loose all the formatting but since I read novels the most this is not much trouble for me, hope this helps anyone.

03-20-2011, 09:43 PM	#5
dalaidakkar Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: aldiablo@gmail.com	plucker correct encoding Hi, I'm from Mexico and I was having issues converting my ebooks to plucker format, most of all with accents (á é í..) and the ñ character. After trying many encondings I found one that shows ok on the palm viewer, the steps I follow: copy my pdf text and paste it on open office writer. save as Text Encoded (check Edit Filter Checkmark) Click save and a dialog to select encoding appears Select Western Europe ISO-8859-1 save Then just type from a terminal: $plucker-build mytext.txt>mytext.pdb I know it has is cons because you loose all the formatting but since I read novels the most this is not much trouble for me, hope this helps anyone.