Hi list,
Arachne allows to define a file specification as an index
(generator) on local directories. This feature was probably meant for
testing web pages, because the pages on your local drive behave
behave in the same way as on on the server. E.g. you type the path
ending with a backslash - and you get the file path\index.shtml, or
path\default.htm or whatever. You can define the configuration
variable 'Index' either on the misc. options page or by editing
arachne.cfg.
Very interesting is that at this place you can even introduce an
external program: Whenever you need to scan a directory, and type
a directory ending with a backslash this program will be called
and obtains the directory path as its command line parameter.
This allows a very principle improvement for the d2h utility I
proposed earlier this week.
With these settings in arachne.cfg:
Index d2h.dgi
ShiftF3 file:x:\
you will be able to call the utility whenever you want through a self
defined function key (e.g. Shift+F3). It will then immediately scan
the directory given in the key definition (in the example it is x:\).
The outcoming page will give you access to all directories and all
drives of your local system.
More than that: any time you write a local directory to Arachne's
address line ending with a backlash (without file specification)
the d2h.dgi will be called and takes the directory from the address
line as a parameter.
To wake your phantasy I uploaded a screenshot:
http://www.volny.cz/cce.zizkov/download/d2hscr.zbm
The awk script has been heavily improved. There are no more buttons
on the screen. Files are now sorted alphabetically by extension and a
bug in the searching routine has been removed. I hope the new scripts
are not only easier to use, but also easier to understand and to
modify for those who want to do so.
d2h version 0.0.2 can be downloaded from:
http://www.volny.cz/cce.zizkov/download/d2h002.zip
Have fun
Christof Lange
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phone: (+420) 222 78 06 73 / 222 78 20 02
http://www.volny.cz/cce.zizkov
