=?iso-8859-1?q?Ross=20Hutton?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I personally prefer python to perl but I wrote the original palmpilot
> newsreader (that uses the palm's memopad app) years ago (before I'd ever
> used python).
I view them both as about as bad, actually, but I thought I could be sure
that everyone using the main (only at the time, I think) Plucker parser has
python installed.
>> Threading is done by using headers, rather than alphabetic sorting, so
>> it's easy to follow discussions.
> Yes this is much nicer. I only did the alphabetical thing out of laziness
> as it's trivial to do with a hash.
It's a fairly trivial [bong! oxymoron!] task to build the header threads
with a hash. As you're converting messages, you split the References header
at the spaces, then push the URL of the message onto
@{$children{$refs[$#refs]}} or something very close to that. You also need
to do a little work to make sure that you keep track of all the thread
heads.
> I also remove all quotes (which can make following complicated discussions
> with multiple people difficult to follow).
Do you detect quotes by "> " at start of line, or somehow else?
>> It needs some tidying, but I'd love it if someone added better MIME
>> handling, quote editing and alternative index pages.
>> Ability to use its own newsrc would probably be good, too. Please
>> contact me if you can help.
>
> Sorry, but I don't think that I'll have the time.I'm preparing to write a
> proper java newsreader for the Zaurus. [...]
I didn't mean you specifically. Maybe someone else can help. Good luck
with your next project.
MJR
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