Oops. Fixed a slight UI bug. The script now asks for a newsgroup up
front and sets parameters right away.
-Ryan
REBOL [
Title: "2KB News Reader"
Date: 28-June-2000
Version: 0.1.0
File: %2KBnewsreader.r
Author: "Ryan C. Christiansen"
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Owner: "Ryan C. Christiansen"
Rights: "Copyright (C) Ryan C. Christiansen 2000"
Tabs: 4
Purpose: {
Simple CLI news reader.
}
Comment: {
Requires %nntp.r interpreter.
News Reader options include:
G - new group
N - next message
P - previous message
S - post
Q - quit
}
History: [
0.1.0 [28-June-2000 "First version." "Ryan"]
]
]
do %nntp.r
print rejoin [newline newline newline "Welcome to the 2.16KB News Reader 0.1" newline
newline "What is the name of your news server?"]
news-server: input
open-server: reform [rejoin ["np: open news://" news-server]]
do open-server
valid-options: ["G" "N" "P" "S" "Q"]
option: copy ""
display-options: func [
"display newsreader options and seek input"
][
print rejoin [newline "OPTIONS:" newline "G - new group" newline "N - next
msg" newline "P - previous msg" newline "S - post" newline "Q - quit" newline newline
"What next?"]
clear option
option: input
]
print "Name of newsgroup?"
newsgroup-name: input
group-stats: insert np [count from newsgroup-name]
msg-list: copy []
for i group-stats/2 group-stats/3 1 [append msg-list form i]
msg-position: 0
print rejoin ["There are " group-stats/1 " messages on the server for this newsgroup."]
forever [
display-options
either error? try [find/any option valid-options
][
print rejoin ["invalid choice - try again" newline "OPTIONS:" newline
"G - new group" newline "N - next msg" newline "P - previous msg" newline "S - post"
newline newline "What next?"]
clear option
option: input
][
switch option [
"G" [ print "Name of newsgroup?"
newsgroup-name: input
group-stats: insert np [count from
newsgroup-name]
msg-list: copy []
for i group-stats/2 group-stats/3 1 [append
msg-list form i]
msg-position: 0
print rejoin ["There are " group-stats/1 "
messages on the server for this newsgroup."]
]
"N" [ either msg-position = group-stats/1 [
"You're already at the last message."
][
msg-position: msg-position + 1
]
next-message: reform [rejoin ["msg-list/"
msg-position]]
new-message: reform [rejoin [{msg-to-display:
insert np [headers-bodies of } next-message { from "} newsgroup-name {"]}] ]
do new-message
print msg-to-display
]
"P" [ either msg-position = 1 [
"You're already at the first message."
][
msg-position: msg-position - 1
]
previous-message: reform [rejoin ["msg-list/"
msg-position]]
new-message: reform [rejoin [{msg-to-display:
insert np [headers-bodies of } previous-message { from "} newsgroup-name {"]}] ]
do new-message
print msg-to-display
]
"S" [ print "What would you like to say? (<ENTER> will send
your message.)"
body: input
msg-id: insert np [post body to newsgroup-name]
]
"Q" [ quit
]
]
]
]
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