Short: Search Altavista and show results in AmIRC or CLI. (Version 1.1) Author: purplet@dingoblue.net.au (Purple) Uploader: purplet@dingoblue.net.au (Purple) Type: comm/irc Requires: HTTPResume.lha (comm/tcp) Yet another script for AmIRC :) But a handy one! Allows AltaVista to be searched and the results displayed in the current AmIRC window OR in a CLI. I have no idea if this kinda script has been done before... but here's my version anyway if it has :) MANY THANKS fly to SnorsleX for his neato HTML Stripping function. Removes those annoying etc html tags and replaces them with Amirc Boldface instead :) Thanks SnorsleX! :) Installation & Configuration ---------------------------- 1. Open AVSearch in your text editor and edit any neccesary lines to point to where your HttpResume executable resides. Change the AVSTempFile location if you like. 2. Edit the two Info Fields to show however much info from AltaVista you would like to be displayed in AmIRC. The fields are pretty self explanitory. Just change them to "Y" or "N" and see what search result info they show in AmIRC. By default, all fields are off ("N"), but the result URLs will always show in AmIRC. (V1.1 Update: Altavista recently changed their page results, so Last Modified, and file size results are no longer supported in this version.) 3. Change the Hits Field to the number of results you want to be shown. Range is between 1 to 10 hits. Anything outside this range will not be allowed. 4. Copy the edited script to Amirc:Rexx 5. Make an alias in AmIRC: /alias /AV /RX AVSearch %p If you also want to use it in the CLI, add this line to your startup-sequence AFTER the AmIRC path assign: Alias AVS "RX AmIRC:Rexx/AVSearch.Amirx" Usage ----- Amirc: /AV Shell: AVS Search results return in approximately the same time it takes to retrieve the same search results in a regular browser, minus the time to load pics of course. Some searches may take longer due to the search keywords used and the number of web pages altavista finds ;-) Once the results are downloaded, they will be displayed in the AmIRC window. If no results were found, AVSearch will notify you of this. Bugs ---- As of Version 1.1 there are currently no known bugs, apart from the script not timing out if it has trouble communicate with altavista's Query. I might add this later... I really can't be bothered at the moment ;-) Please EMail me if you find any bugs. Suggestions very welcome ;-) Seeya, Purple ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 3635 1600 55.9% 02-Aug-00 04:51:16 AVSearch.amirx 2605 1343 48.4% 02-Aug-00 04:29:16 AVSearch.readme -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 6240 2943 52.8% 03-Aug-100 11:46:08 2 files