From: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
Date: 17 Dec 92 01:40:08 GMT

This file contains a set of extra scripts for use with the
ReadNews newsreader application.

In order to get to grips with the script language ReadNews
provides, I present some scripts I use regularly with it. Their
function is quite varied, and sometimes not specifically related
to reading news... it's just that I have found the script
interpretor provides a reasonably functional WIMP front-end to
a number of command line utilities in my library directory.

Each script is separated by a "..== CUT HERE ==.." line. Scripts
should be saved as RNScript or Text files and *must* be
trimmed so that the #Script command is the first line of each
file. It is by this line that ReadNews can tell that the file
is a script and not a posting.

 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* These scripts are Copyright Julian Wright 1992, and FREEWARE.     *
* You may distribute them by whatever means you like, so long as    *
* you do not charge for them. They may not be used, in whole or in  *
* part, in or with any commercial product without my express        *
* written consent. Under no circumstances will I accept any         *
* responsibility for any damage these scripts do. This copyright    *
* message must be distributed with the scripts. If you modify       *
* them in any way and wish to distribute the modified scripts,      *
* you must include a comment or note to the effect that they have   *
* been modified. So there!                                          *
 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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#Script Newsgroup Cleanup
#
# ----------------------------------------------------------
# I run this script regularly, after new news/mail has been
# incorped. It goes through various newsgroups, weeding out
# regular postings and saving them to various directories
# under the $.Docs directory on my hard drive.
#
# The code demonstrated here could be used to produce a
# KILL file, simply by not Loading/Saving recognised
#  articles but instead simply deleting them.
#
# Although throughout this script I have referred to subject
# lines in full, there is no reason not to have used
# something like:
# #if "%hdr_subject%" RIGHT 11 = "ARM3 vs 486"
# to refer to a whole group of articles which I may feel
# need 'attention'... :-) Type 'help eval' at the
# supervisor prompt for fuller details.
#
# This script Squashes many of the articles it has saved. If
# you do not have RISC OS 3 (and therefore the Squash
# application), you can comment out the offending lines, or
# replace them with your favourite compression utility.
# eg. compress
# ----------------------------------------------------------
#
# The following line causes ReadNews to quit as soon as it
# has processed this script *IF* it wasn't already running
# when the script was *Filer_Run or double-clicked on.
#AutoQuit
#
#os Set Docs$Dir adfs::IDEDisc4.$.Docs
#
#setgroup Email.julian
#if %art_count%>0
#setart first
#endif
#
#while (%art_pos%>-1) AND (%art_count%>0)
#os seteval delete 0
#
#if "%hdr_subject%"="Damned File Listing"
#loadart
#art_save <Docs$Dir>.NZArchive.FullIndex
#task Squash "<Docs$Dir>.NZArchive.FullIndex"
#os seteval delete 1
#endif
#
#if "%hdr_subject%"="Changes effected this upload."
#loadart
#art_save <Docs$Dir>.NZArchive.Changes
# #task Squash "<Docs$Dir>.NZArchive.Changes"
#os seteval delete 1
#endif
#
#if delete
#art_delete
#else
#setart next
#endif
#
#endwhile
#
#setgroup comp.sys.acorn
#if %art_count%>0
#setart first
#endif
#
#while (%art_pos%>-1) AND (%art_count%>0)
#os seteval delete 0
#
#if "%hdr_subject%"="Acorn ftp and mail-server archives (fortnightly posting)"
#loadart
#art_save <Docs$Dir>.Services.FTPList
#task Squash "<Docs$Dir>.Services.FTPList"
#os seteval delete 1
#endif
#
#if "%hdr_subject%"="Comp.Sys.Acorn FAQ List Posting (Automatic)"
#loadart
#art_save <Docs$Dir>.faqs.csafaq
#task Squash "<Docs$Dir>.faqs.csafaq"
#os seteval delete 1
#endif
#
#if delete
#art_delete
#else
#setart next
#endif
#
#endwhile
#
#setgroup comp.sys.acorn.announce
#if %art_count%>0
#setart first
#endif
#
#while (%art_pos%>-1) AND (%art_count%>0)
#os seteval delete 0
#
#if "%hdr_subject%"="Additions and/or replacements on the Newcastle Info Server"
#loadart
#art_save <Docs$Dir>.Services.NCupdate
# #task Squash "<Docs$Dir>.Services.NCupdate"
#os seteval delete 1
#endif
#
#if delete
#art_delete
#else
#setart next
#endif
#
#endwhile
#
#setgroup nz.archives
#if %art_count%>0
#setart first
#endif
#
#while (%art_pos%>-1) AND (%art_count%>0)
#os seteval delete 0
#
#if "%hdr_subject%"="VUW Computer Science Archive Info"
#loadart
#art_save <Docs$Dir>.Services.VUWInfo
#task Squash "<Docs$Dir>.Services.VUWInfo"
#os seteval delete 1
#endif
#
#if "%hdr_subject%"="VUW Computer Science Archive Sample"
#loadart
#art_save <Docs$Dir>.Services.VUWSample
#task Squash "<Docs$Dir>.Services.VUWSample"
#os seteval delete 1
#endif
#
#if "%hdr_subject%"="Recent additions to VUW Computer Science Archive"
#loadart
#art_save <Docs$Dir>.Services.VUWRecent
# #task Squash "<Docs$Dir>.Services.VUWRecent"
#os seteval delete 1
#endif
#
#if delete
#art_delete
#else
#setart next
#endif
#
#endwhile
#
#setgroup none
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#Script Squash/Unsquash file(s)
#
# This script provides a front end to the squash utility
# provided with RISC OS 3. Unsquashed files will be
# squashed, and vice versa.
#
#Arg Filenames:
#Args
#
#if "%0%"=""
#error You must specify at least one file to squash/unsquash!
#endif
#
#repeat
#task Squash %0%
#Shift
#until "%0%"=""
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#Script List New Modules from ftphost
#
# This script must be run when you are currently viewing
# a list of files recently uploaded to one of my local
# FTP sites. It searches through the listing for mention
# of uploads to the NoiseTracker module directory and
# sends what it finds to the currently loaded text editor.
#
# BTW Each entry in the list is expected to occupy three
# lines - filename, original pathname, and comments.
#
#Width 16
#Menu List type:Verbose\3,Without comments\2,Just names\1
#
#Output Edit
#os seteval lines %0%
#os seteval startline 1
#
#if "%article%"=""
#error You must have a current article loaded!
#endif
#
#repeat
#art_search /Music/NoiseTracker -start <startline> -c
#if "%found%"<>""
#include %art_file% -start %found% -lines <lines>
#os seteval startline %found%+2
#endif
#until "%found%"=""
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#Script Archive files (v0.03)
#
# This script provides an easy to use frontend for three popular
# CLI archiving utilities (ARC, LHarc, and Tar) which you must have
# installed in your current Library directory. In all cases it will
# cause a new archive to be created and the specified files to be
# added to it.
#
#Menu Archiver:arc,lharc,tar|compress\tar
#Arg Send to:
#Width 10
#Arg Archive name:
#Width 40,80
#Arg Filenames:
#Args
#
# First, some range checking...
#
#if "%2%"=""
#error You must specify an archive name to create!
#endif
#if "%3%"=""
#error You must specify at least one file to archive!
#endif
#
# Now initialise variables
#
#os Dir <ReadNews$TempDir>
#os set Alias$Archiving %0% m %2%
#if "<tar$scrap>"=""
#os set tar$scrap <ReadNews$TempDir>.TarScrap
#endif
#
# If we are tarring, create a blank tarchive now...
#
#if "%0%"="tar"
#task tar cf %2% null:
#endif
#
# Copy all files into temp directory
#   - If tarring, archive them and delete them as well
#     as Tar has no MOVE option.
#
#repeat
#os set leaf ""
#os set branch "%3%"
#while (branch RIGHT 1 <> ".") AND LEN branch > 0
#os seteval leaf (branch RIGHT 1)+leaf
#os seteval branch (branch LEFT (LEN branch - 1))
#endwhile
#task copy %3% <leaf> ~cq~v
#if "%0%"="tar"
#os set Alias$Archiving tar rf %2% <leaf>
#task Archiving
#os remove <leaf>
#else
#os set Alias$Archiving <Alias$Archiving> <leaf>
#endif
#Shift 3
#until "%3%"=""
#
# Archive them all if we are not tarring
#
#if "%0%"<>"tar"
#task Archiving
#endif
#os unset Alias$Archiving
#
# Process archive name to make it uniform
#  - ARC leaves filename unchanged
#  - LHarc adds "_lzh" to end and truncates to 10 chars
#  - Tar needs compressing, which truncates name to 8 chars and
#    appends "-Z"
#
#os set leaf "%2%"
#
# LHarc code
#
#if "%0%"="lharc"
#os seteval leaf (leaf + "_lzh") LEFT 10
#endif
#
# Set the type of the file to Archive (strange!)
#
#os SetType <leaf> DDC
#
# Tar code
#
#if "%0%"="tar"
#os seteval newleaf leaf LEFT 8
#os rename <leaf> <newleaf>
#os set leaf <newleaf>
#os set Alias$Compressing compress <newleaf>
#task Compressing
#os unset Alias$Compressing
#os seteval leaf (newleaf + "-Z") LEFT 10
#os SetType <leaf> FFD
#endif
#
# If an email address was not given, open the temp directory.
# Otherwise UUencode and email the file, deleting it afterwards.
#
#if "%1%"=""
#os Filer_OpenDir <ReadNews$TempDir>
#else
#Output post
To: %1%
Subject: uuencoded %0% archive within

The following is a uuencoded archive, created with %0%.
Trim out everything before the first 'cut here' line and feed
to a uudecoder/archive utility (eg Spark).

Original archive name: %2%

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#os set Alias$UUencoding uue <leaf>
#task UUencoding
#os Unset Alias$UUencoding
#os remove <leaf>
#os seteval leaf leaf LEFT 6
#include <leaf>_uue
#os remove <leaf>_uue
END------------ Cut Here ----------
#endif
#
# Leave everything the way we found it!
#
#os unset leaf
#os Unset newleaf
#os unset branch
#os Back
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