-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 There might already be a database, not sure how the archives are organized. Hopefully Kirk will reply to this so we can possibly get something going. On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 10:45:14AM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote: > Yeah that's a good idea I don't even know how to get to the archives. Each html > page could be titled with the subject of the mail message. So then perl would > just have to search the directory with the subjects of the e-mail you're > grepping The other way do do this is to create a small database but that might > be more complex. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:06 AM > Subject: search engine for the archives? > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi all. I've contemplated this time and time again, however I'm not sure > > anyone has thought of it. Has anyone thought of working on a search > > script that would accept a keyword as input, and then output a list of > > messages containing that keyword/series of words? If this somehow hasn't > > been thought of yet, I'm wondering if anyone is actually interested in > > something like this. The reason I thought of doing this is bc I'm > > watching the Speech Dispatcher thread, and I know I will want to refer > > back to it once I get my laptop because I may be installing software > > speech on it. Also, I will most likely forget where the thread is in the > > archives, and I thought it would be nice if I could just search for it. > > In terms of implementing such functionality, I'm thinking Perl is a good > > option. And then depending on where the archive pages are actually > > located/structure of the pages themselves, the script could then pass > > the input along to grep. The grep output would be contained in an array, > > which would then be parced and returned to the user in the form of a > > result listing. The reason I say that it will be parced is because the > > grep output is most likely going to be in the form of HTML pages, and > > the script will need to strip out all the extranious HTML tags, and then > > render the results in a new page. Anyone like/dislike this idea? > > - -- > > Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFAkRnfNohoaf1zXJMRAnqEAKCTYKGKc2N+96MxUxY5GbtpVt6hPQCdFFUE > > m4Yu7dOxOML9ywQ1wHRHD1A= > > =OBYH > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFAkUUoNohoaf1zXJMRAglgAJ4l2HilYHCce+53ne2p6G3u8J4nYgCWMNNC diOBK91UHVmNd/5+P00FVw== =c82g -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
