how to use plucker 1.8 and sunrise desktop???? - Page 2

maceyr · 11-04-2004, 03:18 AM

To Laurens, Sunrise developer.

One thing I am noticing is that some websites like CBS marketwatch or now, Marketwatch.com tends to add a whole bunch of identifiers in the link, so that you get this long url link. And, I think Sunrise tends to truncate it, which, only makes the link unretrievable. So, the majority of the news links that I'd like to read can't be plucked because they have exceed the limit.

Is there any way that you can disable this feature so that Sunrise can just pluck however long the url is? I know that by default that the Plucker desktop does that but I usually disable or uncheck that feature because otherwise, I can't get the links plucked.

Thanks.

Laurens · 11-04-2004, 04:00 AM

This is probably due to links being parsed wrong. My first guess is that relative links with "{" and "}" characters may not be handled correctly. Will look into this.

Next time, please e-mail any bug reports to me privately. There's no need to clutter the MobileRead forums with this information. Thanks.

taylor · 11-04-2004, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maceyr

Okay, I've installed the Pocket TV Browser but it expires in 21 days. And it's not in tables format either. Can you tell me how to set it up so that I can reference the Zap2it.com listings?

If I have to pay to use this, maybe I'll revert back to using Sunrise and plucking Zap2it myself. Or use RepliGo and print the page to be viewed on my palm.

IIRC, you need to make a donation for the "21 days" thing to go away. You can determine what the software is worth, and pay accordingly... I don't think there is a lower limit... of course, if it is worth $0.00 to you then, you should probably uninstall.

I currently am not using the zap2it listings since I have a subscription to the other service which, last time I checked, provided more info on shows. There is a forum that has posts describing how to get zap2it listings into PTVB. The forum is on doublebit's website.... sorry I'm not more helpful.

You are correct that it doesn't have a grid layout... If you want that, this may not be the solution for you. I like the excellent search features it provides.

maceyr · 11-05-2004, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laurens

This is probably due to links being parsed wrong. My first guess is that relative links with "{" and "}" characters may not be handled correctly. Will look into this.

Next time, please e-mail any bug reports to me privately. There's no need to clutter the MobileRead forums with this information. Thanks.

Sorry about that.

sbkoh · 11-20-2004, 02:50 AM

How do I get Sunrise to perform conversions of documents during hotsync? i was able to do this with jpluck.

Laurens · 11-20-2004, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbkoh

How do I get Sunrise to perform conversions of documents during hotsync? i was able to do this with jpluck.

Sunrise does not (yet) convert sites during HotSync. I might add this feature in Sunrise 0.4x. No promises though.

micman75 · 05-25-2005, 08:22 PM

hey, like to ask a question:

got sunrise and plucker and was able to convert and hotsync a few sites... love it.

however, I tried a second time to hotsync and the first site I hotsync disappeared.

is there a way of keeping previously synced sites on my palmtop andto just keep adding other sites?

Michael

danielbu · 12-12-2006, 04:19 AM

oops!

danielbu · 12-12-2006, 04:21 AM

Thank you so much maceyr - I couldn't for the life of me figure out why SD wasn't working like SXP - I loaded the stub and now it works like a charm.

Laurens - this is a fantastic program and you should win an award! But why, for example, don't the two programs support the same encoding list? SunriseXP is much more comfortable to use, and that stub got installed automatically, whereas in SD it has taken me weeks to figure out how to get the conduit to work... til I read this thread. Please copy it into the readme or make it sticky or something. Many hands - light work!

Happy Winter Holidays - bring lots of light to the darkness - soon the planet will begin tilting back again, and we will enjoy more light (in the northern hemisphere, anyway)...

todama · 11-21-2008, 05:07 PM

Let's see if anyone sees this 2 years after the last post. I've been using Sunset for at least two yrs for everything from news articles to coaching documents to resumes of meetings (concerted to HTML with word or wordperfect).
Can I batch convert a folder on my HD to plucker format? I have a series of HTML documents on a specific subject which I would like to load onto my Palm TX. I would like to believe that Sunset could look at the entire folder as though it was a directory in an internet site.

05-25-2005, 08:22 PM	#22
micman75 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2005 Device: Tungsten E	Question for sunrise developer hey, like to ask a question: got sunrise and plucker and was able to convert and hotsync a few sites... love it. however, I tried a second time to hotsync and the first site I hotsync disappeared. is there a way of keeping previously synced sites on my palmtop andto just keep adding other sites? Michael

12-12-2006, 04:19 AM	#23
danielbu Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 16 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Tungsten E\|2	oops! Last edited by danielbu; 12-12-2006 at 04:22 AM. Reason: oops - double posting

12-12-2006, 04:21 AM	#24
danielbu Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 16 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Tungsten E\|2	Now I know what was going wrong Thank you so much maceyr - I couldn't for the life of me figure out why SD wasn't working like SXP - I loaded the stub and now it works like a charm. Laurens - this is a fantastic program and you should win an award! But why, for example, don't the two programs support the same encoding list? SunriseXP is much more comfortable to use, and that stub got installed automatically, whereas in SD it has taken me weeks to figure out how to get the conduit to work... til I read this thread. Please copy it into the readme or make it sticky or something. Many hands - light work! Happy Winter Holidays - bring lots of light to the darkness - soon the planet will begin tilting back again, and we will enjoy more light (in the northern hemisphere, anyway)...

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11-04-2004, 03:18 AM	#16
maceyr Palm Discoverer Posts: 37 Karma: 2139 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Device: Treo 650 & Zire 71	To Laurens, Sunrise developer. One thing I am noticing is that some websites like CBS marketwatch or now, Marketwatch.com tends to add a whole bunch of identifiers in the link, so that you get this long url link. And, I think Sunrise tends to truncate it, which, only makes the link unretrievable. So, the majority of the news links that I'd like to read can't be plucked because they have exceed the limit. Is there any way that you can disable this feature so that Sunrise can just pluck however long the url is? I know that by default that the Plucker desktop does that but I usually disable or uncheck that feature because otherwise, I can't get the links plucked. Thanks.

11-04-2004, 04:00 AM	#17
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	This is probably due to links being parsed wrong. My first guess is that relative links with "{" and "}" characters may not be handled correctly. Will look into this. Next time, please e-mail any bug reports to me privately. There's no need to clutter the MobileRead forums with this information. Thanks.

11-20-2004, 02:50 AM	#20
sbkoh Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2004 Device: Palm Tungsten T	How do I get Sunrise to perform conversions of documents during hotsync? i was able to do this with jpluck.

11-21-2008, 05:07 PM	#25
todama Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 12 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: palm TX	Let's see if anyone sees this 2 years after the last post. I've been using Sunset for at least two yrs for everything from news articles to coaching documents to resumes of meetings (concerted to HTML with word or wordperfect). Can I batch convert a folder on my HD to plucker format? I have a series of HTML documents on a specific subject which I would like to load onto my Palm TX. I would like to believe that Sunset could look at the entire folder as though it was a directory in an internet site.