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diff --git a/scripts/index.txt b/scripts/index.txt index 6863f0f..93a53cf 100644 --- a/scripts/index.txt +++ b/scripts/index.txt @@ -1,23 +1,24 @@ Scripts -======================================================= +======================================================================= -“Spending 2 hours to accomplish in 2 seconds what could -otherwise be done in 2 minutes.” +"Spending 2 hours to accomplish in 2 seconds what could otherwise be +done in 2 minutes." -[Readability simple](http://git.njw.me.uk/cgit/cgit.cgi/readability-simple/) and [remove links](remove-links.js) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -“The ever-present awareness of possibility to either make -or refuse choice, was to preempt my creating any meditative space -for myself” — *Sean Birketts, The Gutenberg Elegies*. +## [Readability simple](http://git.njw.me.uk/cgit/cgit.cgi/readability-simple/) and [remove links](remove-links.js) -[Readability](http://code.google.com/p/arc90labs-readability/) is -a program which decides which parts of a web page make up the core text, +"The ever-present awareness of possibility to either make or refuse +choice, was to preempt my creating any meditative space for myself" + - *Sean Birketts, The Gutenberg Elegies*. + +[Readability](http://code.google.com/p/arc90labs-readability/) is a +program which decides which parts of a web page make up the core text, and rewrites the page to remove anything else. Unfortunately it was designed as a 'bookmarklet,' meaning that one must rely on external servers for its operation, with the speed, connectivity and privacy implications which that entails. I lightly reworked the code to remove -some unnecessary functionality and ensure it can be easily used locally. +some unnecessary functionality and ensure it can be easily used +locally. I also created a simple companion script which removes all links from a page. I currently use these in [uzbl](http://www.uzbl.org), with the @@ -25,24 +26,25 @@ command: `chain 'script @scripts_dir/readability/js/readability.js' 'script @scripts_dir/remove-links.js'` [Democracy Now! fetcher](fetchdnow.sh) -------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------- -The wonderful news programme [Democracy Now!](http://www.democracynow.org) -provide FLAC, Ogg Vorbis and MP3 files of all of their episodes, but -only a RSS feed for the MP3s. This script downloads the latest episode, -in FLAC, Ogg Vorbis or MP3 format. I use this from a cron job to -automatically fetch new episodes in my prefered format. +The wonderful news programme +[Democracy Now!](http://www.democracynow.org) provide FLAC, Ogg Vorbis +and MP3 files of all of their episodes, but only a RSS feed for the +MP3s. This script downloads the latest episode, in FLAC, Ogg Vorbis +or MP3 format. I use this from a cron job to automatically fetch new +episodes in my prefered format. [LWN fetcher](getlwn.py) -------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------- -The online publication [LWN](http://lwn.net/) provides excellent news on -free software each week. However to access the latest issue one needs to -log in to a subscriber account. This script just automates the login and -download of the latest issue. +The online publication [LWN](http://lwn.net/) provides excellent news +on free software each week. However to access the latest issue one +needs to log in to a subscriber account. This script just automates +the login and download of the latest issue. [Encrypt email if possible](encrypt-if-possible.sh) -------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------- One feature I really wanted with the [mutt](http://www.mutt.org/) mail reader was to automatically encrypt email to anyone I have an OpenPGP @@ -50,30 +52,31 @@ public key for. This simple script accomplishes just that, and can be easily included in any mutt configuration. [Gather flagged email](gatherflaggedmail.sh) -------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------- -I store my email in Maildir format, in a variety of folders, and read it -using the mutt mail reader. This setup worked well for me, except that -there was no way for me to easily see all flagged messages in any folder. -This script enables this, by creating a dynamic folder with links to all -flagged email. +I store my email in Maildir format, in a variety of folders, and read +it using the mutt mail reader. This setup worked well for me, except +that there was no way for me to easily see all flagged messages in any +folder. This script enables this, by creating a dynamic folder with +links to all flagged email. [File non-personal email](filenonpersonalmail.rc) -------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------- I find it useful to keep personal email separate from everything else I -receive. This is a simple procmail rule which moves email from anyone not -in my personal [alias](http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-3.html#ss3.2) +receive. This is a simple procmail rule which moves email from anyone +not in my personal +[alias](http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-3.html#ss3.2) file into a different folder. This could be done more neatly with awk, but it has always worked perfectly so I'm leaving it be. [osCommerce Easy SEO URLs](http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/5901) --------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------- osCommerce doesn't have a robust plugin system, so it's particularly -important to me that any modifications I make to osCommerce installations -are as simple and maintainable as possible. I found this contribution to -rewrite urls, which nearly did what I needed. I fixed some serious bugs, -added a few little features, and generally made it a little more robust. -I am currently maintaining the releases, and (time-permitting) handling -bug and feature requests. +important to me that any modifications I make to osCommerce +installations are as simple and maintainable as possible. I found this +contribution to rewrite urls, which nearly did what I needed. I fixed +some serious bugs, added a few little features, and generally made it +a little more robust. I am currently maintaining the releases, and +(time-permitting) handling bug and feature requests. |