Miscellany

require 'config.rb'
require 'net/http'
require 'rss/1.0'
require 'rss/2.0'
require 'open-uri'
def rss(url)
	if url == 'news' then
		url = $newsurl
	elsif url == 'planet' then
		url = $planeturl
	elsif url == 'slashdot' then
	url = $slashdoturl
	else if url == 'teensonlinux' then
		url = $teensonlinux
	end

	content = ''
	open(url) do |s| content = s.read end
	feed = RSS::Parser.parse(content, false)
	items = ''
	i = 0
	while i < 5 do
		j = i+1
		items = items, j, '. ', feed.items[i].title, ', '
		i = j
	end
	return items
end
def getlink(type,x)
	x = x.gsub(/\r/, "")
	x = x.gsub(/\n/, "")
	x = x.to_i
	x = x - 1
	if type == 'news' then
		newscontent = ''
		open($newsurl) do |s| newscontent = s.read end
		news = RSS::Parser.parse(newscontent, false)
		title = news.items[x].title
		link = news.items[x].link
	elsif type == 'planet' then
		planetcontent = ''
		open($planeturl) do |s| planetcontent = s.read end
		planet = RSS::Parser.parse(planetcontent, false)
		title = planet.items[x].title
		link = planet.items[x].link
	elsif type == 'slashdot' then
		slashdotcontent = ''
		open($slashdoturl) do |s| slashdotcontent = s.read end
		slashdot = RSS::Parser.parse(slashdotcontent, false)
		title = slashdot.items[x].title
		link = slashdot.items[x].link
	else if type == 'teensonlinux' then
		teensonlinuxcontent = ''
		open($teensonlinuxurl) do |s| teensonlinuxcontent = s.read end
		teensonlinux = RSS::Parser.parse(teensonlinuxcontent, false)
		title = teensonlinux.items[x].title
		link = teensonlinux.items[x].link
	end

	return title, ': ', link
end