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diff --git a/net/sitescooper/DESCR b/net/sitescooper/DESCR index 047c710f85e..6943a26d78c 100644 --- a/net/sitescooper/DESCR +++ b/net/sitescooper/DESCR @@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ handheld organizer's hotsync machine. It will retrieve news stories automatically from various news websites and convert them into Palm DOC, iSilo, RichReader or text format; in addition, it can now convert into any other format for which you have a conversion program -that takes text or HTML input. +that takes text or HTML input. - Multiple types of sites can be snarfed: + Multiple types of sites can be snarfed: 1-level sites, where the text to be converted is all present on one page, (such as Slashdot, Linux Weekly News, BluesNews, - NTKnow, Ars Technica); + NTKnow, Ars Technica); 2-level sites, where the text to be converted is linked to from a Table of Contents page (such as Wired News, BBC News, and I, - Cringely); + Cringely); 3-level sites, where the text to be converted is linked to from a Table of Contents page, which in turned is linked to from a - list of issues page (such as PalmPower or New Scientist). + list of issues page (such as PalmPower or New Scientist). In addition sites that post news as items on one big page, such as -Slashdot, Ars Technica, and BluesNews, are supported using diff. +Slashdot, Ars Technica, and BluesNews, are supported using diff. |