Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Nope, the numbering on [Date Changed] in WWWOFFLE Cache Index has got
> to go (and be rewritten), as it is non intuitive:
>
> $ lynx -width=555 -dump -nolist \
> http://localhost:8080/index/http/groups.google.com.tw?sort=dated|
> perl -wne 'next if 1../Pages$/;s/^\s+(\*|\d+|_).*/$1/s&&print'|
> perl -pwe 's/\*+/\*/g'|fold|head -4
> _*____*_6_*_*____*_*_*_*_8_*____*__*_6_*_*_7_*_*___*_*__*_*__*___*___*_*__*___*_
> 5_*___*_*_*_11_*___*_*_11_*_*__*_*_*__*_*__*__*__*_5_*_5_*_*____*_*_8_*____*_*_7
> _*__*__*__*____*_*_*_*__*_*___*_5_*_*_*__*_*_*_*__*___*___*__*__*_*_*___*_*_*___
> *_*____*___*___*_*___*_*___*___*_5_*___*_*_*_*_*__*___*_*____*_8_*_*__*_7_*___*_
>
> Maybe it was just my bad luck, but there was 6 bars, then a "6 Days",
> about 8 bars, then an "8 Days" [oh, these are intervals, not
> cumulative, grrr, but ok, I guess, I say to myself], about 6 bars,
> then "6 days", then 3 bars and "7 days". Whereupon I say to myself
> that these are neither cumulative nor intervals, but something Andrew
> already explained to me 3 times in email (but I'm too lazy to look up
> again), or perhaps is documented, but is never makes sense if you look
> at it without reading up on what it represents.
They are intervals, one bar is one day. More than 4 bars together
becomes difficult to understand so text is used.
I don't think that there can be any "intuitive" method of indicating
the gaps between pages in the cache. There can be more verbose
descriptions, but they are not "intuitive" if you need more text to
describe them.
--
Andrew.
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Andrew M. Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
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