Subj : FTN nodelist parser
To : Nightfox
From : Bill McGarrity
Date : Mon Aug 07 2017 08:19 am
-=> Nightfox wrote to All on 08-06-17 19:04 <=-
Ni> I have been working on some JavaScript code that can parse a FTN
Ni> nodelist, in the form of a function that takes a nodelist filename and
Ni> returns an array containing zone objects (each zone object would have
Ni> information about the zone, and include an array of nodes on the zone
Ni> and an array of regions, which in turn would contain an array of nets,
Ni> which in turn contains an array of nodes. Once parsed into that data
Ni> structure, I'm thinking that could be used in a JavaScript script for
Ni> doing things like zone, region, net, and node lookups, FTN sysop
Ni> lookups, etc.. Do any other Synchronet sysops think this might be
Ni> useful? I've seen other sysops occasionally ask about FTN nodelist
Ni> parsing/searching for Synchronet, but it's not something that has been
Ni> discussed a whole lot.
I use FNLScan as of now. It's abandonware but it still works. As of now it
will parse 10 separate nodelists as follows:
_______________________________________________
� +---------------------+ �
� � FNLScan Main Menu � �
� +---------------------+ �
� 1) Search nodelist by BBS name �
� 2) Search nodelist by sysop name �
� 3) Search nodelist by city �
� 4) Search nodelist by area code �
� 5) Search nodelist by zone and net �
� 6) Search nodelist entries for text �
� T) Toggle short/long node display mode �
� X) Toggle expert mode �
� H) Help on FNLScan �
� Q) Quit to BBS �
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