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ipl · 11-21-2006, 06:43 AM

Hi All,

I use plucker regularly with a few websites, but anything that's table-based doesn't seem to come out very well. As an example, here's a page showing the weather where I live, but on my Palm it comes out more like this:

Metcheck Forecast
Bristol Forecast
Day
Hr
Tmp
Pcp
Cld
Dir
Spd
Wthr
Mo
15Z
10
0
100
...etc.

Most (or possibly all) of the table data is there, but not arranged as it should be.

I've scoured the web (at least somewhat) and come up with the following things, which I believe to be true:

1. Plucker (the viewer) does support tables.

2. Some of the many Plucker distillers also support tables, some don't.
2a. The Python & C++ distillers support tables, Plucker Desktop, JPluck & Sunrise don't.

I think I've downloaded the Python distiller, (I have a file called plucker_parser-1.8.zip . When I extracted it I got a directory structure called plucker-1.8\PyPlucker , and a whole bunch of files with the extension .py)

I also think I've installed Python (I downloaded something called python-2.4.3.msi and did something with it; I now have a folder on my windows start menu called Python 2.4 with a bunch of things under it)

So, can anyone tell me how I can view table-based webpages in Plucker? What should I do with all this python stuff? Or is there a better / easier way?

In case it's useful info, I'm currently using Plucker 1.8 on a Palm Tungsten E2, and Sunrise XP under Win XP.

Thanks in advance for any help.....

Cheers,

Ian.

P.S. In my web-trawling I've seen more than a few requests for this kind of thing, so if I ever get to the bottom of it, I'd be happy to write it up for inclusion in some documentation.

11-21-2006, 06:43 AM	#1
ipl Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Palm Tungsten E2	Tables in Plucker. Hi All, I use plucker regularly with a few websites, but anything that's table-based doesn't seem to come out very well. As an example, here's a page showing the weather where I live, but on my Palm it comes out more like this: Metcheck Forecast Bristol Forecast Day Hr Tmp Pcp Cld Dir Spd Wthr Mo 15Z 10 0 100 ...etc. Most (or possibly all) of the table data is there, but not arranged as it should be. I've scoured the web (at least somewhat) and come up with the following things, which I believe to be true: 1. Plucker (the viewer) does support tables. 2. Some of the many Plucker distillers also support tables, some don't. 2a. The Python & C++ distillers support tables, Plucker Desktop, JPluck & Sunrise don't. I think I've downloaded the Python distiller, (I have a file called plucker_parser-1.8.zip . When I extracted it I got a directory structure called plucker-1.8\PyPlucker , and a whole bunch of files with the extension .py) I also think I've installed Python (I downloaded something called python-2.4.3.msi and did something with it; I now have a folder on my windows start menu called Python 2.4 with a bunch of things under it) So, can anyone tell me how I can view table-based webpages in Plucker? What should I do with all this python stuff? Or is there a better / easier way? In case it's useful info, I'm currently using Plucker 1.8 on a Palm Tungsten E2, and Sunrise XP under Win XP. Thanks in advance for any help..... Cheers, Ian. P.S. In my web-trawling I've seen more than a few requests for this kind of thing, so if I ever get to the bottom of it, I'd be happy to write it up for inclusion in some documentation.