[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-14 Thread Andrew Martin
Donald wrote: > Andrew: the result is: > > >> do striptags.r WRITE %test.txt striptags READ %test.html > ** Script Error: striptags.r has no value. > ** Where: do striptags.r WRITE %test.txt striptags I forgot to write the "%". It should have read: do %striptags.r WRITE %test.txt stripta

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-14 Thread Donald Dalley
On 14-Nov-00, Andrew Martin wrote: > Try this line instead: > do striptags.r WRITE %test.txt striptags READ %test.html Andrew: the result is: >> do striptags.r WRITE %test.txt striptags READ %test.html ** Script Error: striptags.r has no value. ** Where: do striptags.r WRITE %test.txt

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-13 Thread Andrew Martin
> The script failed on some odd/poor HTML code that I couldn't figure out how to trap: > > >> WRITE %test.txt DO striptags READ %test.html > ** Syntax Error: Invalid word -- -->. > ** Where: (line 4) //--> --> > > The only place that "//--> --> " appears is in the 4th line of the written

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-13 Thread Donald Dalley
Hi, Bo: On 13-Nov-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Using the old autoextract function found in the script library, I am trying > this one more time. This time, the file should retain everything it is > supposed to! Just DO this email. That worked. The script failed on some odd/poor HTML code

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-13 Thread bo
Donald, Using the old autoextract function found in the script library, I am trying this one more time. This time, the file should retain everything it is supposed to! Just DO this email. Self-extracting REBOL-compressed file REBOL [ Title: "Self-extracting compressed file" Date: 1

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-12 Thread Donald Dalley
On 12-Nov-00, Brett Handley wrote: > > > How does such a thing deal with tables and other anti-text HTML format > elements? > I was thinking more from the input side rather than the output side. Tables > for example, are quite often used for layout reasons as opposed to > delivering tabular dat

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-12 Thread Donald Dalley
Hi, Brett: On 12-Nov-00, Brett Handley wrote: > > Anyone who has ever used a good HTML stripper, such as the excellent HTTX > > (Amiga), knows how useful they can be, when called by other programs. > How does such a thing deal with tables and other anti-text HTML format > elements? For my nee

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-12 Thread Brett Handley
> > > Anyone who has ever used a good HTML stripper, such as the excellent HTTX (Amiga), knows how useful they can be, when called by other programs. > > > How does such a thing deal with tables and other anti-text HTML format elements? > > Convert to preformated using tabs or lots of spaces? I w

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-12 Thread Al . Bri
> > Anyone who has ever used a good HTML stripper, such as the excellent HTTX (Amiga), >knows how useful they can be, when called by other programs. > How does such a thing deal with tables and other anti-text HTML format elements? Convert to preformated using tabs or lots of spaces? Andrew Ma

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-12 Thread Brett Handley
> Anyone who has ever used a good HTML stripper, such as the excellent HTTX > (Amiga), knows how useful they can be, when called by other programs. How does such a thing deal with tables and other anti-text HTML format elements? Brett. -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-12 Thread Ingo Hohmann
Hi Donald, well, yes, thought that, too ... _after_ I sent it, and when I dindn't have the time to send a followup ... I originally wanted a stand-alone html-to-text engine, but when I created the browser.r script I got a little distracted. These are the two mainfunctions: >> help html/read

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-12 Thread Donald Dalley
On 11-Nov-00, Ingo Hohmann wrote: > attached is the html-to-text engine I used in my %browser.r, > it's a little rough at some edges, but might keep you going ... Thanks, Ingo, but I need some help with usage, especially for locating the HTML source. -- ---===///||| Donald Da

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-11 Thread Ingo Hohmann
Hi Donald, attached is the html-to-text engine I used in my %browser.r, it's a little rough at some edges, but might keep you going ... kind regards, Ingo Once upon a time Donald Dalley spoketh thus: > > Hi, Bo: > > I have a question about this e-mail. As you can see below, the line break

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-10 Thread Donald Dalley
Hi, Bo: I have a question about this e-mail. As you can see below, the line breaks are not right. The lines that have a single quote (") on it probably had a NEWLINE of some sort on the previous line. This causes an error when run, so what is really supposed to be between the two quote marks? I

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-10 Thread bo
Bit by our own list...here it is in plain text! -Bo --Striptags-- REBOL [ Title: "HTML Tag Stripper" Date: 20-Jul-1999 Author: "Bohdan Lechnowsky" Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purpose: { To strip off HTML tags leaving only text behind } ] striptags: func [page

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-10 Thread bo
Graham, Here is one I hacked together over a year ago. It tries to keep some of the formatting features of the HTML, but only on a very basic level. EXAMPLE USAGE: text: striptags read http://www.rebol.com Have fun! -Bo On 9-Nov-2000/21:23:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >someone told me n

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-09 Thread Rishi Oswal
someone told me next quarter...but I think he was joking! BTW, next assignment is up... rishi Previously, you (Graham Chiu) wrote: > Has anyone got a function that strips out all the html from > a page leaving just the text behind? > > -- > Graham Chiu > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, ple

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-07 Thread Joel Neely
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > text: copy "" > parse load/markup http://Www.rebol.com [some [tag! | set str string! (insert > tail text join trim/lines str either empty? str [""][newline])]] > Outstanding! -jn- -- ; Joel Neely [EMAIL PROTECTED] 901-263-4460 38017/HKA/9677 REBOL [] foreach

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-07 Thread Graham Chiu
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000 18:09:04 +0100 "Petr Krenzelok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > text: copy "" > parse load/markup http://Www.rebol.com [some [tag! | set > str string! (insert > tail text join trim/lines str either empty? str > [""][newline])]] Thanks guys! Is load/markup a new refinement to lo

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-07 Thread Petr Krenzelok
- Original Message - From: Joel Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 4:59 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: looking for a function... > Hi, Graham, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Has anyone got a function that s

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-07 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Graham, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Has anyone got a function that strips out all the html from > a page leaving just the text behind? > Given the following: load-text-only: func [where [file! url!] /local text] [ text: make string! 1 foreach item load/markup wher

[REBOL] Re: looking for a function...

2000-11-06 Thread Graham Chiu
On Tue, 07 Nov 2000 16:45:49 +1300 "Graham Chiu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone got a function that strips out all the html > from > a page leaving just the text behind? Never mind. Found one. > > -- > Graham Chiu -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PRO