Re: nnweb + Gmane search

[Andreas Seltenreich <andreas+ding@gate450.dyndns.org>]

Olly Betts writes:

> Olly Betts <olly@survex.com> writes:
>> How does this first attempt look:
>> 
>> http://search.gmane.org/cgi-bin/omega.cgi?FMT=nov&query=gnus+nnweb
>> 
>> The first line is either an error, or:
>> 
>> OK <total (estimated) matches> <number of matches which follow> <match time>
>
> Forgot to say - if any of the current output format is inconvenient, I
> can probably easily fix it.  In particular, I suspect the current date
> format will probably want adjusting to be a valid date in news format.

If I correctly interpreted <news:nov-faq-1-817902143@agate.Berkeley.EDU>,
one would also have to put numbers in the first column, and the
optional xref header comes one field too early and would need to
actually be prefixed with "Xref: " to yield a proper nov-line.

Don't get me wrong, the current format is /perfectly/ fine with nnweb,
since nnweb generates article numbers using the Xref content anyway,
but if more software is supposed to use this interface, one might want
to get it right the first time.

| Beware the URL and format may not be stable, so don't build it into
| anything just yet.  

I'll hold my breath :-)

Thanks!
Andreas