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lynx-dev ija - a better dejanews archive interface (FYI)
From: |
Kim DeVaughn |
Subject: |
lynx-dev ija - a better dejanews archive interface (FYI) |
Date: |
Sun, 4 Jul 1999 02:39:51 -0600 |
Whilst pawing thru some recent articles in news.software.readers, I
came across the following, which seems like it might be of interest to
lynx users:
> From: address@hidden (Asher)
> Newsgroups: news.software.readers
> Subject: ANNOUNCE: Ija - access Deja from command line
> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 03:07:33 GMT
> Message-Id: <address@hidden>
> Organization: Verio
>
>
> Ija is a console program which lets you access Deja's database. If you're
> currently using Lynx to access Deja, you should really try Ija.
>
> Ija will probably run on any UNIX that has Perl and the LWP package.
>
> Ija is an interactive program. Rather than downloading a big chunk of data,
> it lets you interrogate Deja iteratively, modifying your query as you go.
>
> Check out the home page:
>
> <http://www.magicnet.net/~asher/ija/>
so I thought I'd take a look at it (especially with the ugly changes
that dejanews has been making to their interface).
It really is a nifty little ~7k perl program (actually, it's perl5, so you
may need to alter the 1st line of the script to point to your copy of perl5,
if "perl" invokes perl4 on your system).
A quick example using "ija lynx" gives the following initial output, from
which you can go on from there, using several commands:
-------------
Search Results
Ref Date From Newsgroup Subject
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0 07/03/99 Vladimir Kuzme relcom.fido.ru.unix.b Lynx browser and Cyrillic
1 07/04/99 Max_Adamo it.comp.linux Re: HELP uso di Lynx e FTP
2 07/03/99 climbon rec.climbing 5.10 Lynx climbing shoes
3 07/03/99 Oreste Sorace it.comp.linux HELP uso di Lynx e FTP
4 07/03/99 Dmitry Koshevo fido7.ru.suicide Re: gEJ (BYLO: sLABOSTX)
5 07/03/99 pimlott linux.debian.bugs.dis Bug#40695: lynx: man page ty
6 07/03/99 Haakon Lugiess news.admin.net-abuse. Re: Cat Call
7 07/03/99 Haakon Lugiess news.admin.net-abuse. Re: Cat Call
8 07/02/99 Rick0158 alt.games.lynx Simis has t-tris?
9 07/02/99 victorgos comp.os.linux.network help: Lynx with firewall
10 07/02/99 Joe alt.os.linux.mandrake Re: Lynx fails to work
11 07/01/99 URDEggMen alt.music.jethro-tull Re: This Is! overhauled...
12 07/01/99 Pelle comp.os.linux.portabl ASUS L7300 with Silicon Moti
13 06/30/99 grave tw.bbs.comp.dos lynx
14 06/30/99 Francesco Poto linux.debian.bugs.dis Bug#40435: Acknowledgement (
15 06/30/99 Christoph Mart linux.debian.bugs.dis Bug#40435: Acknowledgement (
16 06/29/99 Debian Bug Tra linux.debian.bugs.dis Unanswered problem reports b
17 06/28/99 zoiner alt.os.linux.mandrake Lynx fails to work
18 06/28/99 JAGSOFT5 alt.games.lynx Re: Songbird Press Release -
19 06/28/99 Biomechanoid alt.games.lynx Question about Lynx ROMs.
20 06/27/99 Weirdmf alt.games.lynx what was lynx?
21 06/27/99 Dave Homenuck alt.games.lynx Re: what was lynx?
22 06/26/99 Paul Donegan alt.games.lynx WANTED LYNX GAMES !!!!
23 06/22/99 Debian Bug Tra linux.debian.bugs.dis Unanswered problem reports b
24 06/20/99 Buckyweet rec.sport.golf lynx parallax
Results 0 through 24 of about 150000
q
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Commands recognized are:
a [<name>] Author profile.
f <query> Search for a new query string.
h Print [this] help message.
l List current group of messages.
m <1-100> Set max hits returned. (25 normally)
n List next group of messages.
p List previous group of messages.
q Quit.
r Print the current message.
s <file> Save the current message to a file.
t <number> Set the paging threshold - longer articles will be paged.
<ref> Enter a reference number to view a message.
Seems like a fairly useful tool to add to your toolbox, if you search the
dejanews archives very much.
Just passing the info along ...
/kim
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