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soap:
The whole point (IMHO) of PDF is to preserve layout across a variety of platforms.
All the Rockbox targets have screens too small to present (in a usable form) the layout of all but the simplest and smallest of pages.
That is why I, personally, think the idea of PDF on Rockbox is silly.
I have, though, long been a supporter of Plucker on Rockbox.  I obviously haven't put my time where my mouth is and tried to port it.

nbigaouette:
PDF was created for layout preservation on multiple targets. But this is not its only use today. I think an important use, if not the first, is that PDF prevent editing. Documents can be given without fear of it being modified (Sending of an homework as PDF in an email. You could always argue that the copy the corrector received is not the same you have sent if it was in doc format.)

I don't think it would be silly to (try) display a PDF on rockbox. I would like being able to read some PDF files on my rockboxed iriver H10 (160x128x16). I think it could be possible to convert PDF to html and then to plucker.

So the bottom line would be try to port plucker, then try something about PDF ;)

GodEater:
Well don't let my comments stop you. If you want it that badly, and think it won't look rubbish - by all means go ahead.

caw:
Just wondering if anyone has looked into porting plucker to rockbox. I use plucker all the time on my Sony Clie, and being able to use it on rockboxed devices would, well, rock!

LambdaCalculus:
Well, Plucker is GPL software, and the source is available, so why don't you download the source and start some research on it?

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