Re: macos sherlock
christopher paul (inc@fastmedia.net)
Sat, 29 May 1999 00:42:54 +0100
>Well all this is, really, is a *ML-formatted settings file.
>(It's not XML since quotes are not strictly required.)
>
>As for its value, I suppose if you have a fast enough *ML parser, it
>makes for a convenient way of storing settings/preferences.
>
>Umm... what exactly were you looking for?
if you've used sherlock you'd notice that the software
in fact a robot that does what many people are looking
to do when they first use LWP. if you look deeper at
the "*ML" you might see that it is not just storing
settings, but in fact enables a very rapid means to
repeatedly tear away unwanted HTML and get target
content into rows of data, without coding.
i thought that it might interest some people on the list
to think about whether or not such a rapid technique
might be worth building into or onto lwp. it's just a
thought... don't get your knickers in a knot over it :-)
thanks for this:
>BTW, if you write your own Sherlock plug-in, be sure to check out
><ftp://ftp.stairways.com/stairways/sherlocktester-10.sit.bin>. This
>>= = = = = = = =
>>
>> <interpret
>> bannerStart="</layer>"
>> bannerEnd="<BODY>"
>> resultListStart="RealName (sm)"
>> resultListEnd="Pages: <b>"
>>
>> resultItemStart="<dl><dt>"
>> resultItemEnd="</dl>"
>> >
>> </search>