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>>>>> "ecm" == Eric Marsden <emarsden@mail.dotcom.fr> writes:

[...]

ecm> So I am wondering if there is scope for a generic "wash.el" which
ecm> would take as an argument an URL (which is dynamically generated
ecm> in certain cases), a parser function which returns matches,
ecm> operating on the raw HTML, and provides automatic or
ecm> semi-automatic update services which connect to some trusted web
ecm> site where washing-authors can put updates.

A generic "wash.el" is not easy. Different pages need different wash.
Some pages need rebuild headers, some others need dissect a page into
several articles. A generic "wash.el" would have to use callback
functions or so. However, a "wash-util.el" may be possible.

-- 
Shenghuo ZHU