Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-09 Thread Duncan Booth
Simon Cropper wrote: > Certainly doable but > considering the shear commonality of this task I don't understand why a > simple script does not already exist - hence my original request for > assistance. I think you may have underestimated the complexity of the task in general. To do it for a

Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-08 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Simon Cropper wrote: > Chris, > > You assessment is correct. Working through the PyPI I am having better luck > with using different terms than the old-term 'sitemap'. > > I have found a link to funnelweb which uses the transmogrify library (yeah, > as if I would ha

Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-08 Thread Simon Cropper
On 09/09/11 12:59, Chris Angelico wrote: On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Simon Cropper wrote: At present I am definitely getting the impression that my assumption that something like this' must out there', is wrong. I have found a XML-Sitemaps Generator at http://www.xml-sitemaps.com, this p

Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-08 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Simon Cropper wrote: > At present I am definitely getting the impression that my assumption that > something like this' must out there', is wrong. > > I have found a XML-Sitemaps Generator at http://www.xml-sitemaps.com, > this page allows you to create the XML fil

Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-08 Thread Simon Cropper
On 09/09/11 12:14, Steven D'Aprano wrote: If you do decide to write your own, please consider uploading it to PyPI under a FOSS licence. At present I am definitely getting the impression that my assumption that something like this' must out there', is wrong. I am following people's links and

Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Simon Cropper wrote: > Certainly doable but > considering the shear commonality of this task I don't understand why a > simple script does not already exist Perhaps it isn't as common or as simple as you believe. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Simon Cropper wrote: > 1. Being told to google-it when I explicitly stated in my initial post > that I had been doing this and had not been able to find anything is > just plain rude. It is unconstructive and irritating. Why so you did. Even though I wasn't the one who told you to google it, I'll

Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-08 Thread Simon Cropper
On 09/09/11 10:32, Rhodri James wrote: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:40:42 +0100, Simon Cropper Ahem. You should expect a certain amount of ribbing after admitting that your Google-fu is weak. So is mine, but hey. I did not admit anything. I consider my ability to find this quite good actually. Othe

Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-08 Thread Rhodri James
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:40:42 +0100, Simon Cropper wrote: On 09/09/11 01:11, Steven D'Aprano wrote: [SNIP] It's no harder to put the search terms into a google URL, which still gets the point across without being a dick about it: > [SNIP] [RANT] OK I was not going to say anything but..

Re: Create an index from a webpage [RANT, DNFTT]

2011-09-08 Thread Simon Cropper
On 09/09/11 01:11, Steven D'Aprano wrote: [SNIP] It's no harder to put the search terms into a google URL, which still gets the point across without being a dick about it: > [SNIP] [RANT] OK I was not going to say anything but... 1. Being told to google-it when I explicitly stated in my initi