Re: alert user the NEWS file has changed

[Dan Jacobson]

Marco sent this to me.  As it has a spam status rating of -37.7, it
must be good stuff.  Hence I will share it here. 

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> 23 Apr 2003 14:32:37 +0200
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> Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net> writes:
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> > >> There should be a device to make sure the user knows the NEWS file
> > >> has changed, saving a timestamp in his .emacs.
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> [...]
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> > Hmmm, I bet if I make the NEWS file one of the mailboxes tracked by
> > gnus, that would be an interesting way of being aware if it changed...
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> You can download checkurls [1] version 0.5.0-alpha1 [2] [3], install
> it, and put the following in your ~/.emacs:
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>   (shell-command "checkurl 
> file_in_subdir_n_from_the_end:///usr/local/share/emacs:2:etc/NEWS &" 
> "*checkurl*")
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> or
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>    checkurl file_in_subdir_n_from_the_end:///usr/local/share/emacs:2:etc/NEWS
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> in your ~/.profile.
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> This may send you and email a) the first time you run it, with the
> full NEWS file, and b) each time you run it and the file is changed,
> with a the differences from the previous version.
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> See `info checkurls' and `info checkurl' for more infos.
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> The URL can change depending on where you installed Emacs.
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> file_in_subdir_n_from_the_end://PATH:N:PATH2
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> This means the PATH2 file in the Nth subdir (counting from the end) in
> the PATH directory.
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> So if you have
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>    marco@marc0host:~/web/marc0$ ls /usr/local/share/emacs/
>    21.3.50  site-lisp
>    marco@marc0host:~/web/marc0$ 
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> then
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>    file_in_subdir_n_from_the_end:///usr/local/share/emacs:2:etc/NEWS
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> will expand to
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>    /usr/local/share/emacs/21.3.50/etc/NEWS
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> And then in the future if you have
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>    marco@marc0host:~/web/marc0$ ls /usr/local/share/emacs/
>    21.3.50  24.5.40 site-lisp
>    marco@marc0host:~/web/marc0$ 
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> then
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>    file_in_subdir_n_from_the_end:///usr/local/share/emacs:2:etc/NEWS
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> will expand to
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>    /usr/local/share/emacs/24.5.40/etc/NEWS
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> 1. http://www.autistici.org/marc0/CheckurlsHomepage.html
> 2. http://www.autistici.org/marc0/src/checkurls/checkurls-0.5.0-alpha1.tar.gz
> 3. http://www.autistici.org/marc0/src/checkurls/checkurls-0.5.0-alpha1.tar.gz
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> - -- 
> Marco Parrone - marc0@autistici.org
> www.autistici.org/marc0
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