Here is my patch
if (strlen(title) >= 80)
title[80]='\0';
here the title would max out at 80 charaters...
Tom Douglas
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Charlie Romero wrote:
> Geoff,
>
> About two weeks ago you posted the following reply to a question about
> limiting title length:
>
> Question
>
> what would be the best way to limit the size of the output of a title?
> I am indexing the homepages on an isp and some of the users have really
> really really really long titles for whatever reason, and editing thier
> pages is not an option. I've read most of the documentation and can't
> seem to find anything on this.
> I'd like to keep the title down to 5-8 words if i could or a certain
> number of bytes or characters..
>
> Thanks for any help you all can give
>
> Tom Douglas
>
>
> Reply
>
> If you don't mind patching the code, it's pretty easy. You'd go into
> htdig/Retriever.cc and look for the "Retriever::got_title" method. Then you
> put in a test for the length of the title and insert a null in the
> appropriate place if it's too long.
>
> I'd supply a short patch, but I should get back to work.
> Good luck!
>
> -Geoff Hutchison
>
>
> I can't seem to figure it out, I am a complete newbie. Can you supply a
> patch when you get a chance.
>
> So you don't have to look for it here is the original snippet of code you
> mentioned.
>
>
>
> //*****************************************************************************
> // void Retriever::got_title(char *title)
> //
> void
> Retriever::got_title(char *title)
> {
> if (debug > 1)
> cout << "\ntitle: " << title << endl;
> current_title = title;
> }
>
>
> //*****************************************************************************
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie
>
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