home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Short: Search Altavista and show results in AmIRC or CLI. (Version 1.0b)
- Author: purplet@dingoblue.net.au (Purple)
- Uploader: purplet@dingoblue.net.au (Purple)
- Type: comm/irc
- Requires: HTTPResume.lha (comm/tcp)
-
- Yet another script for AmIRC :) But a handy one! Allows AltaVista to be
- searched and the results displayed in the current AmIRC window OR in a CLI.
- I have no idea if this kinda script has been done before... but here's my
- version anyway if it has :)
-
-
- Installation & Configuration
- ----------------------------
-
- 1. Open AVSearch in your text editor and edit any neccesary lines to point to
- where your HttpResume executable resides. Change the AVSTempFile location
- if you like.
-
- 2. Edit the Four Info Fields to show however much info from AltaVista you would
- like to be displayed in AmIRC. The fields are pretty self explanitory. Just
- change them to "Y" or "N" and see what search result info they show in AmIRC.
- By default, all fields are off ("N"), but the result URLs will always show in
- AmIRC.
-
- 3. Change the Hits Field to the number of results you want to be shown. Range is
- between 1 to 10 hits. Anything outside this range will not be allowed.
-
- 4. Copy the edited script to Amirc:Rexx
-
- 5. Make an alias in AmIRC: /alias /AV /RX AVSearch %p
-
- If you also want to use it in the CLI, add this line to your startup-sequence
- AFTER the AmIRC path assign: Alias AVS "RX AmIRC:Rexx/AVSearch.Amirx"
-
-
- Usage
- -----
-
- Amirc: /AV <Search Keywords>
- Shell: AVS <Search Keywords>
-
- Search results return in approximately the same time it takes to retrieve the
- same search results in a regular browser. Some searches may take longer due to
- the search keywords used and the number of web pages altavista finds ;-)
-
- Once the results are downloaded, they will be displayed in the AmIRC window.
- If no results were found, AVSearch will notify you of this.
-
- Bugs
- ----
-
- This was done as a quickie request for someone in under an hour, so there's
- likely to be plenty of bugs. One I found that I think is fixed now was in sending
- the referer info thru httpresume. Altavista would refuse to return the query after
- much testing, but would load the identical url fine in a browser.
-
- Please EMail me if you find any more bugs. Suggestions very welcome ;-)
-
-
-
- Seeya,
- Purple
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 3197 1286 59.7% 10-Jun-00 06:09:38 AVSearch.Amirx
- 2333 1195 48.7% 10-Jun-00 06:06:24 AVSearch.readme
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 5530 2481 55.1% 10-Jun-100 05:45:20 2 files
-