Some simple examples

Here are some simple things that I've already found useful.

Editing local source

Here's the macro I run to edit local sources. It starts the editor asynchronously on the source file.

/* Edit the file currently displayed in Mosaic */

options results
'get url'
parse var result 'file://localhost/'name
if name ~= "" then address command 'emacs' name

That works in conjunction with:

Display html from the editor

This script works with mg to display the current buffer. You use the edit macro to start the editor, then this one to display changes.

/* Display the current file in Amiga Mosaic */

'save-buffer'
'rexx-window' window
address AMOSAIC.1 'jump url file://localhost/data:html/Mosaic-Rexx-Interface/'window.4
exit 0

Edit & reload

This digs the editor out of the UUCP environment, then invokes that on the source. If the source is local, you edit that file. If the source is not local, you edit a local copy. After you're through, the new version is displayed in Mosaic.

/* Edit the HTML source to a document. */

options results
'get url'
parse var result 'file://localhost/'name

if name = "" then do

	/* Get a name for the scratch file */
	do i = 0 until ~Exists(name)
		name = "t:wwwtmp"i
		end

	if ~open(out, name, 'Write') then exit 20

	'fetch source'
	call writech out, result
	call close out
	end

address command getuuenv('editor') name
'jump url file://localhost/'name
exit 0

Some scripts I hope to write

A script that looks for expires information in a page, and schedules a reload at the expire time.
A pair of scripts that do bookmarks. One saves the offest into the current document, and the other looks up the bookmark for the current document and goes there.
A wedge script (that needs the unwritten wedge command) that the Nonet version of Amiga Mosaic uses to drive a terminal emulator to fetch documents from over the net.
A udpate script that checks all the links in a specific document to see if any have changed since the last time it was checked. This would allow automatic monitering of remote pages for changes.

If you can think of more examples, feel free to send mail to mwm@contessa.phone.net.

Up to the manual or back to objects.

Mike W. Meyer