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From: Mark Dodel <feedbackDESPAM@DESPAMos2voice.org>

Lucide 1.0 20070202 is now available on the eComStation Betazone.    There is both a zip and WarpIn version.

Lucide is a plugin-based document viewer with support for various file formats. It provides a SOM based plugin architecture which allows 3rd party programmers to easily add more plugins.  It includes plugins for PDF,  DJVU and JPG.

This program requires UClip package (enhanced OS/2 clipboard support) and Innotek LIBC:

   - http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=UClip
   - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip"

All registered eComStation customers can download Lucide Beta 1.0 RC1 (as zip or WarpIn file) from the the eComStation Betazone, after login at:

http://www.ecomstation.com/

To access the betazone you must have an ecomstation.com Username/Password to log in and then select "Access the BetaZone".

1.0:
   - Show message with missed modulename if Lucide.dll cannot be loaded.
   - PDF plugin: freetype library updated to release 2.3.1.
   - Minor fixes.
   - Updated NLS-files: German, French, Swedish, Danish.

If you find any bugs please report them to the Netlabs tracking system:
http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/

If you want to provide some more plugins for Lucide you will find the sample source code on this page as well. The package also contains all GPLed parts of the source code.

Heiko Nitsche published 3rd party plugins for Lucide, based on GBM. They are available from his homepage at: http://heikon.home.tlink.de/

Support for Lucide is available on the Lucide mailinglist, you will find details at:
http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/