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- Short: Search Altavista and show results in AmIRC or CLI. (Version 1.1)
- 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 :)
-
- MANY THANKS fly to SnorsleX for his neato HTML Stripping function. Removes
- those annoying <B> etc html tags and replaces them with Amirc Boldface instead :)
-
- Thanks SnorsleX! :)
-
-
- 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 two 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.
-
- (V1.1 Update: Altavista recently changed their page results, so Last Modified,
- and file size results are no longer supported in this version.)
-
- 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, minus the time to load pics of course.
- 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
- ----
-
- As of Version 1.1 there are currently no known bugs, apart from the script not
- timing out if it has trouble communicate with altavista's Query. I might add this
- later... I really can't be bothered at the moment ;-)
-
- Please EMail me if you find any bugs. Suggestions very welcome ;-)
-
- Seeya,
- Purple
-
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- 3635 1600 55.9% 02-Aug-00 04:51:16 AVSearch.amirx
- 2605 1343 48.4% 02-Aug-00 04:29:16 AVSearch.readme
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- 6240 2943 52.8% 03-Aug-100 11:46:08 2 files
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