I've tried to figure out what this means and how to use it:
NewsPro now supports a free indexing service http://www.binaries.nl - to use it open the page with article headers and message-ids and copy it into the clipboard, then invoke 'Import from clipboard' from the import menu. If the menu entry is disabled it means that the clipboard doesn't contain meaningful data. Since the site is mostly for viewing there is no official format here.
I've tried to copy the url of a search, copy the results of a search, copy the first field of a search result and none of these is correct for the import from clipboard. So how about an example of what it's looking for?
Better explaination of the indexing on alt.binaries.nl?
Bookmarklet for alt.binaries.nl
I'm working on a bookmarklet that will make this process easier. It's almost done. It lets you select the files you want in a new window, grabs all the relevant data for each link, then outputs it for copying and importing.
I have a version that collects it all on one page, but NewsPro will only import one file's worth of message-id's at a time at the present, so I have to change it so the page can present each set one at a time, but it still will make it a lot easier (IMHO).
The version I'm working on won't work in Mozilla, because the script is quite lengthy (about 3000 characters at the moment), so I'm using an external JS file on the local drive, which IE allows and Mozilla doesn't, so that it will work in IE6, which seems to be the browser most people use. IE6 doesn't allow long bookmarklets, so we have to use the external file to compensate.
I will probably make one for Mozilla (if I can), but it will be all on one extremely long line, and definitely won't work on IE6.
If alt.binaries.nl ever changes the format of their pages, it may break, but if it does, I'll try to add in code later to remedy that.
I have a version that collects it all on one page, but NewsPro will only import one file's worth of message-id's at a time at the present, so I have to change it so the page can present each set one at a time, but it still will make it a lot easier (IMHO).
The version I'm working on won't work in Mozilla, because the script is quite lengthy (about 3000 characters at the moment), so I'm using an external JS file on the local drive, which IE allows and Mozilla doesn't, so that it will work in IE6, which seems to be the browser most people use. IE6 doesn't allow long bookmarklets, so we have to use the external file to compensate.
I will probably make one for Mozilla (if I can), but it will be all on one extremely long line, and definitely won't work on IE6.
If alt.binaries.nl ever changes the format of their pages, it may break, but if it does, I'll try to add in code later to remedy that.
Take a look on this site: http://used.hellhound.nl/
(which you could also have found if you read the "request downloadpackages" thread in the development forum.....)
(which you could also have found if you read the "request downloadpackages" thread in the development forum.....)
the v3.73 has not been published yet, i mean if you can make it so you can select files and consolidate www.binaries.nl output in one page, just one page after another - the next newspro version will be able to process it, now it only treats the first file.
Yeah. Here's an example of its concatenated output. Edit: So all you have to do is look for a blank line followed by Filename. Okay. So what I'll do is stop working on the current one and just focus on the one for 3.73, making one for both IE and Mozilla (I have Firebird 0.7 to test on).
I've also fiddled with the current one so it automatically copies each set of info to the clipboard. Really cuts down on the amount of clicking you have to do. It's online at http://www.mgrier.com/newspro/index.html.
I've also fiddled with the current one so it automatically copies each set of info to the clipboard. Really cuts down on the amount of clicking you have to do. It's online at http://www.mgrier.com/newspro/index.html.
I have the single line concat version working in Firebird (except for the checkbox toggle, which I still have to debug). I don't really want to use IE6 (or XP), but I also have linux and vmware, so I'll set up XP in a sandbox, and test IE6 that way. Edit: yeah, I can do a same-window version.
Edit 2: What kind of problem? The reason that version won't run in Mozilla is it considers it a security violation to access a file on your hard drive (cross-domain). Since we're limited to 508 characters for a bookmarklet in IE6, if it is this problem, I'd have to split the bookmarklet into 3 or 4 parts, which would be a hassle. I have the single-line version cut down to about 1600 characters already. Maybe I might be able to squeeze out some more by doing more string-crunching.
Edit 2: What kind of problem? The reason that version won't run in Mozilla is it considers it a security violation to access a file on your hard drive (cross-domain). Since we're limited to 508 characters for a bookmarklet in IE6, if it is this problem, I'd have to split the bookmarklet into 3 or 4 parts, which would be a hassle. I have the single-line version cut down to about 1600 characters already. Maybe I might be able to squeeze out some more by doing more string-crunching.
Hmm. I finally got IE 6 installed on XP and it worked fine for me. Could you elaborate on what problem(s) you had? Also, can you shut off Google toolbar's behavior for individual sites?alex wrote:it appears there is a problem with IE 6.0, also sometimes popups are blocked (e.g. google toolbar), i'm not sure whether it is possible to implement results in another frame.