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Demo/scripts/newslist.doc

-                             NEWSLIST
-                             ========    
-            A program to assist HTTP browsing of newsgroups
-            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-WWW browsers such as NCSA Mosaic allow the user to read newsgroup
-articles by specifying the group name in a URL eg 'news:comp.answers'.
-
-To browse through many groups, though, (and there are several thousand
-of them) you really need a page or pages containing links to all the
-groups. There are some good ones out there, for example,
-
-    http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/News/Groups/Overview.html
-
-is the standard one at CERN, but it only shows the groups available there,
-which may be rather different from those available on your machine.
-
-Newslist is a program which creates a hierarchy of pages for you based
-on the groups available from YOUR server. It is written in python - a
-splendid interpreted object-oriented language which I suggest you get
-right now from the directory /pub/python at ftp.cwi.nl, if you haven't
-already got it.
-
-You should be able to see some sample output by looking at:
-   http://pelican.cl.cam.ac.uk/newspage/root.html
-
-Descriptions of newsgroups can be added from a file with one group
-per line. eg:
-
-	alt.foo   Articles about foo
-	comp.bar  Programming in 'bar' and related languages
-
-A suitable list detailing most groups can be found at ftp.uu.net in
-/uunet-info/newsgroups.gz.
-
-Make sure you read the information at the beginning of the program source and
-configure the variables before running.
-
-In addition to python, you need:
-
-	An NNTP-based news feed.
-	A directory in which to put the pages.
-
-The programming is not very beautiful, but it works!  It comes with no
-warranty, express or implied, but with the hope that some others may
-find it useful.
-
-Comments, improvements & suggestions welcomed.
-Quentin Stafford-Fraser
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-                       Quentin Stafford-Fraser
-            http://pelican.cl.cam.ac.uk/people/qs101/me.html
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