Thanks for the replies. So to use Jpluck with the conduit it seems I have to uninstall Plucker altogether right? Or is there some other way to just uninstall the plucker conduit?
Cheers Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom E > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Jpluck newbie question > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:55 PM > Subject: Re: Jpluck newbie question > > > > > How do JPluck and the Plucker Desktop go together? > > > Are they mutually exclusive? > > > Does the one render the other totally redundant? > > > Are there some things I can do with one that I can't with > the other? > > > What parts of the Plucker installation aside from the Desktop does > Jpluck > > > require? > > > > They largely overlap... with mutually-incompatible conduits > because they > > work on the same data types (Plucker files). So what you > saw is normal; > > you can only have one of the two conduits installed-and-working. > > > > Plucker Desktop is an interface to the Plucker parser > written in Python. > > JPluck has a new parser written in Java and does not > require any of the > > standard Plucker installation except for the viewer on the > Palm. Their > > filtering and inclusion code is very different, but they > both accomplish > > mostly the same tasks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > plucker-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list > > > > My (limited) experience is that the Plucker Desktop provides > a good UI, but > lacks some capability. I found JPluck to be much more > powerful, but less > "user-friendly". For example, I was unable to get the > Desktop to pluck the > NYTimes, but with Jpluck it was a snap. Jpluck is *really* > not that hard to > use. File->Showcase provides some great examples. > _______________________________________________ > plucker-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list > _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
