News Clipper
News Clipper
News Clipper
User Guide: Version 1.33
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Table of Contents
SECTION 1 Introduction
to News Clipper.................................................... 1-1
Getting More Help....................................................................................... 1-1
Frequently Asked Questions Database............................................... 1-1
Mailing Lists............................................................................................ 1-1
Mailing List Archives............................................................................. 1-1
Technical Support................................................................................... 1-1
Reporting Bugs........................................................................................ 1-2
News Clipper Consulting....................................................................... 1-2
Conventions Used in This Manual........................................................... 1-3
Platform-Specific Information................................................................ 1-3
Fonts......................................................................................................... 1-3
What is News Clipper?................................................................................ 1-4
Overview................................................................................................... 1-4
What kind of information?..................................................................... 1-4
Integrate into what?................................................................................ 1-4
How does it work?................................................................................... 1-4
How do I run it?....................................................................................... 1-5
A Note About Copyright............................................................................ 1-6
Fair Use..................................................................................................... 1-6
Getting Permission to Publish............................................................... 1-6
How Does It Work?..................................................................................... 1-7
Running News Clipper............................................................................ 1-7
The <!-- newsclipper ... --> Tag.................................... 1-8
Handlers.................................................................................................... 1-9
Caching................................................................................................... 1-10
Timeouts................................................................................................. 1-11
SECTION 2
Setting Up.................................................................................... 2-1
Installing the Software................................................................................ 2-1
System Requirements............................................................................. 2-1
Instructions (Binary Installation).......................................................... 2-1
Instructions (Source Code Installation)............................................... 2-2
Configuring the Software............................................................................ 2-3
SECTION 3
News Clipper Tutorial................................................................. 3-1
A Simple Input File...................................................................................... 3-1
Trying Handlers with the -e Flag.......................................................... 3-1
A Single Command in an Input File...................................................... 3-2
The Commands........................................................................................ 3-2
Default Commands.................................................................................. 3-2