Re: digest bursting tool

[brownfld@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Kenneth R Brownfield)]

woj@REMUS.RUTGERS.EDU (woj) writes:
>a while back, someone (i can't recall who - it might have been ken
>brownfield or jeff burka) mentioned that they had written a set of
>tools to make  reading the love-hounds digest easier. if whomever it
>was who wrote these is still out there, could you please let me know -
>i'm back to the digest only and it would be nice to have them. thanks.

     Eek.  Actually, I _have_ these tools, but I didn't write them.  They're
perl scripts, "dedigest" which you pipe the digest through from the Unix
prompt, fer instance, and "digest" which can be used directly from Elm.
     Unfortunately, these scripts were written with "---------" digest message
separators in mind, not Love-Hound's "[][][][][][][][][][]" separator.  I've
modified them to work with Love Hounds, though.  Separators seem to be so
arbitrary that I didn't make the new scripts recognize all separators, which
would be nigh impossible.  I don't know a shred of perl anyway!  They handle
Love-Hounds fine, but _only_ Love-Hounds.
     Keep in mind these are perl scripts, not shell scripts.  The scripts are
available via ftp at mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu in the love-hounds directory,
they're called "delh" and "elmdelh".  If you aren't comfortable with ftp,
I can mail them out.  I can also scratch up perl source code... :-P ;-)
     The two new scripts are "delh" which will turn a digest into a folder,
or set of independent messages readable by mail or elm.  This is mainly for
folks who don't use elm.  Just save a digest to a file called x, type
"delh < x > y" and the file called y will contain independent messages,
readable nicely using "mail -f y", "elm -f y", or even "nn y" or "rn y".
     "elmdelh" can be used within elm using the pipe command.  Just type
"|elmdelh" while selecting the digest, and elm will automatically open a new
folder with independent messages from the digest.
     I'd be happy to help folks use these scripts, they make life a lot
easier.  Especially when you're killing censorship strings.  ;-)
     Sorry to blow so much wind!

>woj@remus.rutgers.edu - i just want to sleep on you and leave it at that

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                                                        Ken.
KT@uiuc.edu                                 brownfld@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu