INTRO
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w4ais 3.1 (derived from wwwwais 2.5)
w4ais is a WWW/CGI gateway for indexed searches. Based
on wwwwais from EIT, it will gateway for any of the following
index / search engines:
- swish
- waisq
- waissearch
w4ais hides the query mechanism for any of these engines
behind an HTML page. A form is used to handle the query
interface. Output is configurable in a variety of ways:
- format (brief, standard, table)
- sort order (bytes, lines, query match score, title, or
file type)
- number of matching files
- look and feel of form and results page
- instructions, help and examples
The most current docs will be available at
http://www.netads.com/Doc/w4ais.html
. A current version of the package will be available at
http://www.rru.com/~meo/useful/www.html
. The author is reachable at meo@rru.com .
BUILDING & INSTALLATION
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See the accompanying INSTALL file.
LICENSE, COPYING, WARRANTY, ETC
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See the accompanying LEGALSTUFF file.
FILES
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Makefile : config & commands for make (duh)
Conf/ : Configuration files
Docs : w4ais docs and .gif files
Form/ : Sample search form pages
src/ : w4ais source
icons.tar.Z : icons used by w4ais (standard format)
LEGALSTUFF : license, copying, warranty, etc
README : this file
INSTALL : compilation, installation, etc
VERSION : version history
TODO : future enhancements
THANKS
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Thanks to Kevin Hughes for carrying this up through 2.5 .
Kevin said (in 2.5):
Thanks to Andrew Williams, Christian Bartholdsson, Enzo Michelangeli,
Achim Jung, Alexander Gagin, Jim Robb, and many others for good
suggestions and patches.
