* assistant.el (assistant-authinfo-data): New function.
[gnus] / lisp / nnslashdot.el
index c28e35c..f4b3cf0 100644 (file)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; nnslashdot.el --- interfacing with Slashdot
-;; Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
 ;; Keywords: news
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
-;; Note: You need to have `url' and `w3' installed for this
-;; backend to work.
-
 ;;; Code:
 
 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
 (require 'gnus)
 (require 'nnmail)
 (require 'mm-util)
-(require 'nnweb)
-(eval-when-compile
-  (ignore-errors
-    (require 'w3)
-    (require 'url)
-    (require 'w3-forms)))
-;; Report failure to find w3 at load time if appropriate.
-(eval '(progn
-        (require 'w3)
-        (require 'url)
-        (require 'w3-forms)))
+(require 'mm-url)
 
 (nnoo-declare nnslashdot)
 
     "http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=%s&mode=nocomment"
   "Where nnslashdot will fetch the article from.")
 
+(defvoo nnslashdot-backslash-url "http://slashdot.org/slashdot.xml"
+  "Where nnslashdot will fetch the stories from.")
+
+(defvoo nnslashdot-use-front-page nil
+  "Use the front page in addition to the backslash page.")
+
 (defvoo nnslashdot-threshold -1
   "The article threshold.")
 
 
 (deffoo nnslashdot-retrieve-headers (articles &optional group server fetch-old)
   (nnslashdot-possibly-change-server group server)
-  (unless gnus-nov-is-evil
-    (if nnslashdot-threaded
-       (nnslashdot-threaded-retrieve-headers articles group)
-      (nnslashdot-sane-retrieve-headers articles group))))
-  
-(deffoo nnslashdot-threaded-retrieve-headers (articles group)
-  (let ((last (car (last articles)))
-       (did nil)
-       (start 1)
-       (sid (caddr (assoc group nnslashdot-groups)))
-       (first-comments t)
-       (startats '(1))
-       headers article subject score from date lines parent point s)
+  (condition-case why
+      (unless gnus-nov-is-evil
+       (nnslashdot-retrieve-headers-1 articles group))
+    (search-failed (nnslashdot-lose why))))
+
+(deffoo nnslashdot-retrieve-headers-1 (articles group)
+  (let* ((last (car (last articles)))
+        (start (if nnslashdot-threaded 1 (pop articles)))
+        (entry (assoc group nnslashdot-groups))
+        (sid (nth 2 entry))
+        (first-comments t)
+        headers article subject score from date lines parent point cid
+        s startats changed)
     (save-excursion
       (set-buffer nnslashdot-buffer)
       (let ((case-fold-search t))
        (erase-buffer)
        (when (= start 1)
-         (nnweb-insert (format nnslashdot-article-url sid))
+         (mm-url-insert (format nnslashdot-article-url sid) t)
          (goto-char (point-min))
-         (search-forward "Posted by ")
-         (when (looking-at "<a[^>]+>\\([^<]+\\)")
-           (setq from (match-string 1)))
-         (search-forward " on ")
+         (if (eobp)
+             (error "Couldn't open connection to slashdot"))
+         (re-search-forward "Posted by[ \t\r\n]+")
+         (when (looking-at "\\(<a[^>]+>\\)?[ \t\r\n]*\\([^<\r\n]+\\)")
+           (setq from (mm-url-decode-entities-string (match-string 2))))
+         (search-forward "on ")
          (setq date (nnslashdot-date-to-date
                      (buffer-substring (point) (1- (search-forward "<")))))
-         (forward-line 2)
-         (setq lines (count-lines
-                      (point)
-                      (search-forward
-                       "A href=http://slashdot.org/article.pl")))
+         (setq lines (/ (- (point)
+                           (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
+                        60))
          (push
           (cons
            1
            (make-full-mail-header
-            1 group from date (concat "<" sid "%1@slashdot>")
+            1 group from date
+            (concat "<" sid "%1@slashdot>")
             "" 0 lines nil nil))
-          headers))
-       (while (and (setq start (pop startats))
-                   (< start last))
+          headers)
+         (setq start (if nnslashdot-threaded 2 (pop articles))))
+       (while (and start (<= start last))
          (setq point (goto-char (point-max)))
-         (nnweb-insert
-          (format nnslashdot-comments-url sid nnslashdot-threshold 0 start))
-         (when first-comments
+         (mm-url-insert
+          (format nnslashdot-comments-url sid
+                  nnslashdot-threshold 0 (- start 2))
+          t)
+         (when (and nnslashdot-threaded first-comments)
            (setq first-comments nil)
            (goto-char (point-max))
            (while (re-search-backward "startat=\\([0-9]+\\)" nil t)
              (unless (memq s startats)
                (push s startats)))
            (setq startats (sort startats '<)))
+         (setq article (if (and article (< start article)) article start))
          (goto-char point)
          (while (re-search-forward
-                 "<a name=\"\\([0-9]+\\)\"><b>\\([^<]+\\)</b>.*score:\\([^)]+\\))"
+                 "<a name=\"\\([0-9]+\\)\"><\\(b\\|H4\\)>\\([^<]+\\)</\\(b\\|H4\\)>.*score:\\([^)]+\\))"
                  nil t)
-           (setq article (string-to-number (match-string 1))
-                 subject (match-string 2)
-                 score (match-string 3))
+           (setq cid (match-string 1)
+                 subject (match-string 3)
+                 score (match-string 5))
+           (unless (assq article (nth 4 entry))
+             (setcar (nthcdr 4 entry) (cons (cons article cid) (nth 4 entry)))
+             (setq changed t))
            (when (string-match "^Re: *" subject)
              (setq subject (concat "Re: " (substring subject (match-end 0)))))
-           (forward-line 1)
-           (if (looking-at
-                "by <a[^>]+>\\([^<]+\\)</a>[ \t\n]*.*(\\([^)]+\\))")
-               (setq from (concat (match-string 1)
-                                  " <" (match-string 2) ">"))
-             (looking-at "by \\(.+\\) on ")
-             (setq from (match-string 1)))
-           (goto-char (- (match-end 0) 5))
-           (search-forward " on ")
+           (setq subject (mm-url-decode-entities-string subject))
+           (search-forward "<BR>")
+           (cond 
+            ((looking-at
+              "by[ \t\n]+<a[^>]+>\\([^<]+\\)</a>[ \t\n]*(\\(<[^>]+>\\)*\\([^<>)]+\\))")
+             (goto-char (- (match-end 0) 5))
+             (setq from (concat
+                         (mm-url-decode-entities-string (match-string 1))
+                         " <" (match-string 3) ">")))
+            ((looking-at "by[ \t\n]+<a[^>]+>\\([^<(]+\\) (\\([0-9]+\\))</a>")
+             (goto-char (- (match-end 0) 5))
+             (setq from (concat 
+                         (mm-url-decode-entities-string (match-string 1))
+                         " <" (match-string 2) ">")))
+            ((looking-at "by \\([^<>]*\\)[\t\n\r ]+on ")
+             (goto-char (- (match-end 0) 5))
+             (setq from (mm-url-decode-entities-string (match-string 1))))
+            (t
+             (setq from "")))
+           (search-forward "on ")
            (setq date
                  (nnslashdot-date-to-date
-                  (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))))
-           (setq lines (/ (abs (- (search-forward "<td ")
+                  (buffer-substring (point) (progn (skip-chars-forward "^()<>\n\r") (point)))))
+           (setq lines (/ (abs (- (search-forward "<td")
                                   (search-forward "</td>")))
                           70))
-           (forward-line 2)
-           (setq parent
-                 (if (looking-at ".*cid=\\([0-9]+\\)")
-                     (match-string 1)
-                   nil))
-           (setq did t)
+           (if (not
+                (re-search-forward ".*cid=\\([0-9]+\\)\">Parent</A>" nil t))
+               (setq parent nil)
+             (setq parent (match-string 1))
+             (when (string= parent "0")
+               (setq parent nil)))
            (push
             (cons
-             (1+ article)
+             article
              (make-full-mail-header
-              (1+ article)
+              article
               (concat subject " (" score ")")
               from date
-              (concat "<" sid "%"
-                      (number-to-string (1+ article)) 
-                      "@slashdot>")
+              (concat "<" sid "%" cid "@slashdot>")
               (if parent
-                  (concat "<" sid "%"
-                          (number-to-string (1+ (string-to-number parent)))
-                          "@slashdot>")
+                  (concat "<" sid "%" parent "@slashdot>")
                 "")
               0 lines nil nil))
-            headers)))))
+            headers)
+           (while (and articles (<= (car articles) article))
+             (pop articles))
+           (setq article (1+ article)))
+         (if nnslashdot-threaded
+             (progn
+               (setq start (pop startats))
+               (if start (setq start (+ start 2))))
+           (setq start (pop articles))))))
+    (if changed (nnslashdot-write-groups))
     (setq nnslashdot-headers (sort headers 'car-less-than-car))
     (save-excursion
       (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
       (erase-buffer)
-      (dolist (header nnslashdot-headers)
-       (nnheader-insert-nov (cdr header))))
-    'nov))
-
-(deffoo nnslashdot-sane-retrieve-headers (articles group)
-  (let ((last (car (last articles)))
-       (did nil)
-       (start (max (1- (car articles)) 1))
-       (sid (caddr (assoc group nnslashdot-groups)))
-       headers article subject score from date lines parent point)
-    (save-excursion
-      (set-buffer nnslashdot-buffer)
-      (erase-buffer)
-      (when (= start 1)
-       (nnweb-insert (format nnslashdot-article-url sid))
-       (goto-char (point-min))
-       (search-forward "Posted by ")
-       (when (looking-at "<a[^>]+>\\([^<]+\\)")
-         (setq from (match-string 1)))
-       (search-forward " on ")
-       (setq date (nnslashdot-date-to-date
-                   (buffer-substring (point) (1- (search-forward "<")))))
-       (forward-line 2)
-       (setq lines (count-lines (point)
-                                (search-forward
-                                 "A href=http://slashdot.org/article.pl")))
-       (push
-        (cons
-         1
-         (make-full-mail-header
-          1 group from date (concat "<" sid "%1@slashdot>")
-          "" 0 lines nil nil))
-        headers))
-      (while (or (not article)
-                (and did
-                     (< article last)))
-       (when article
-         (setq start (1+ article)))
-       (setq point (goto-char (point-max)))
-       (nnweb-insert
-        (format nnslashdot-comments-url sid nnslashdot-threshold 4 start))
-       (goto-char point)
-       (while (re-search-forward
-               "<a name=\"\\([0-9]+\\)\"><b>\\([^<]+\\)</b>.*score:\\([^)]+\\))"
-               nil t)
-         (setq article (string-to-number (match-string 1))
-               subject (match-string 2)
-               score (match-string 3))
-         (when (string-match "^Re: *" subject)
-           (setq subject (concat "Re: " (substring subject (match-end 0)))))
-         (forward-line 1)
-         (if (looking-at
-              "by <a[^>]+>\\([^<]+\\)</a>[ \t\n]*.*(\\([^)]+\\))")
-             (setq from (concat (match-string 1) " <" (match-string 2) ">"))
-           (looking-at "by \\(.+\\) on ")
-           (setq from (match-string 1)))
-         (goto-char (- (match-end 0) 5))
-         (search-forward " on ")
-         (setq date
-               (nnslashdot-date-to-date
-                (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))))
-         (setq lines (/ (abs (- (search-forward "<td ")
-                                (search-forward "</td>")))
-                        70))
-         (forward-line 2)
-         (setq parent
-               (if (looking-at ".*cid=\\([0-9]+\\)")
-                   (match-string 1)
-                 nil))
-         (setq did t)
-         (push
-          (cons
-           (1+ article)
-           (make-full-mail-header
-            (1+ article) (concat subject " (" score ")")
-            from date
-            (concat "<" sid "%"
-                    (number-to-string (1+ article)) 
-                    "@slashdot>")
-            (if parent
-                (concat "<" sid "%"
-                        (number-to-string (1+ (string-to-number parent)))
-                        "@slashdot>")
-              "")
-            0 lines nil nil))
-          headers))))
-    (setq nnslashdot-headers
-         (sort headers (lambda (s1 s2) (< (car s1) (car s2)))))
-    (save-excursion
-      (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
-      (erase-buffer)
-      (dolist (header nnslashdot-headers)
-       (nnheader-insert-nov (cdr header))))
+      (mm-with-unibyte-current-buffer
+       (dolist (header nnslashdot-headers)
+        (nnheader-insert-nov (cdr header)))))
     'nov))
 
 (deffoo nnslashdot-request-group (group &optional server dont-check)
 
 (deffoo nnslashdot-request-article (article &optional group server buffer)
   (nnslashdot-possibly-change-server group server)
-  (let (contents)
-    (save-excursion
-      (set-buffer nnslashdot-buffer)
-      (let ((case-fold-search t))
-       (goto-char (point-min))
-       (when (and (stringp article)
-                  (string-match "%\\([0-9]+\\)@" article))
-         (setq article (string-to-number (match-string 1 article))))
-       (when (numberp article)
-         (if (= article 1)
-             (progn
-               (re-search-forward "Posted by .* on ")
-               (forward-line 1)
+  (let (contents cid)
+    (condition-case why
+       (save-excursion
+         (set-buffer nnslashdot-buffer)
+         (let ((case-fold-search t))
+           (goto-char (point-min))
+           (when (and (stringp article)
+                      (string-match "%\\([0-9]+\\)@" article))
+             (setq cid (match-string 1 article))
+             (let ((map (nth 4 (assoc group nnslashdot-groups))))
+               (while map
+                 (if (equal (cdar map) cid)
+                     (setq article (caar map)
+                           map nil)
+                   (setq map (cdr map))))))
+           (when (numberp article)
+             (if (= article 1)
+                 (progn
+                   (re-search-forward
+                    "Posted by")
+                   (search-forward "<BR>")
+                   (setq contents
+                         (buffer-substring
+                          (point)
+                          (progn
+                            (re-search-forward
+                             "<IFRAME\\|<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=\"JAVASCRIPT\">\\|<!-- no ad 6 -->\\|&lt;&nbsp;[ \t\r\n]*<A HREF=\"\\(\\(http:\\)?//slashdot\\.org\\)?/article")
+                            (match-beginning 0)))))
+               (setq cid (cdr (assq article
+                                    (nth 4 (assoc group nnslashdot-groups)))))
+               (search-forward (format "<a name=\"%s\">" cid))
                (setq contents
                      (buffer-substring
-                      (point)
-                      (progn
-                        (re-search-forward
-                         "<p>.*A href=http://slashdot.org/article.pl")
-                        (match-beginning 0)))))
-           (search-forward (format "<a name=\"%d\">" (1- article)))
-           (setq contents
-                 (buffer-substring
-                  (re-search-forward "<td[^>]+>")
-                  (search-forward "</td>")))))))
+                      (re-search-forward "<td[^>]*>")
+                      (search-forward "</td>")))))))
+      (search-failed (nnslashdot-lose why)))
+
     (when contents
       (save-excursion
        (set-buffer (or buffer nntp-server-buffer))
        (erase-buffer)
-       (insert contents)
-       (goto-char (point-min))
-       (while (search-forward "<br><br>" nil t)
-         (replace-match "<p>" t t))
-       (goto-char (point-min))
-       (insert "Content-Type: text/html\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n")
-       (insert "Newsgroups: " (caddr (assoc group nnslashdot-groups))
-               "\n")
-       (let ((header (cdr (assq article nnslashdot-headers))))
-         (nnheader-insert-header header))
-       (nnheader-report 'nnslashdot "Fetched article %s" article)
+       (mm-with-unibyte-current-buffer
+         (insert contents)
+         (goto-char (point-min))
+         (while (re-search-forward "\\(<br>\r?\\)+" nil t)
+           (replace-match "<p>" t t))
+         (goto-char (point-min))
+         (insert "Content-Type: text/html\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n")
+         (insert "Newsgroups: " (caddr (assoc group nnslashdot-groups))
+                 "\n")
+         (let ((header (cdr (assq article nnslashdot-headers))))
+           (nnheader-insert-header header))
+         (nnheader-report 'nnslashdot "Fetched article %s" article))
        (cons group article)))))
 
 (deffoo nnslashdot-close-server (&optional server)
 (deffoo nnslashdot-request-list (&optional server)
   (nnslashdot-possibly-change-server nil server)
   (let ((number 0)
+       (first nnslashdot-use-front-page)
        sid elem description articles gname)
-    ;; First we do the Ultramode to get info on all the latest groups.
-    (with-temp-buffer
-      (nnweb-insert "http://slashdot.org/slashdot.xml")
-      (goto-char (point-min))
-      (while (search-forward "<story>" nil t)
-       (narrow-to-region (point) (search-forward "</story>"))
-       (goto-char (point-min))
-       (re-search-forward "<title>\\([^<]+\\)</title>")
-       (setq description (match-string 1))
-       (re-search-forward "<url>\\([^<]+\\)</url>")
-       (setq sid (match-string 1))
-       (string-match "/\\([0-9/]+\\).shtml" sid)
-       (setq sid (match-string 1 sid))
-       (re-search-forward "<comments>\\([^<]+\\)</comments>")
-       (setq articles (string-to-number (match-string 1)))
-       (setq gname (concat description " (" sid ")"))
-       (if (setq elem (assoc gname nnslashdot-groups))
-           (setcar (cdr elem) articles)
-         (push (list gname articles sid) nnslashdot-groups))
-       (goto-char (point-max))
-       (widen)))
-    ;; Then do the older groups.
-    (while (> (- nnslashdot-group-number number) 0)
-      (with-temp-buffer
-       (let ((case-fold-search t))
-         (nnweb-insert (format nnslashdot-active-url number))
-         (goto-char (point-min))
-         (while (re-search-forward
-                 "article.pl\\?sid=\\([^&]+\\).*<b>\\([^<]+\\)</b>" nil t)
-           (setq sid (match-string 1)
-                 description (match-string 2))
-           (forward-line 1)
-           (when (re-search-forward "<b>\\([0-9]+\\)</b>" nil t)
-             (setq articles (string-to-number (match-string 1))))
-           (setq gname (concat description " (" sid ")"))
-           (if (setq elem (assoc gname nnslashdot-groups))
-               (setcar (cdr elem) articles)
-             (push (list gname articles sid) nnslashdot-groups)))))
-      (incf number 30))
+    (condition-case why
+       ;; First we do the Ultramode to get info on all the latest groups.
+       (progn
+         (mm-with-unibyte-buffer
+           (mm-url-insert nnslashdot-backslash-url t)
+           (goto-char (point-min))
+           (if (eobp)
+               (error "Couldn't open connection to slashdot"))
+           (while (search-forward "<story>" nil t)
+             (narrow-to-region (point) (search-forward "</story>"))
+             (goto-char (point-min))
+             (re-search-forward "<title>\\([^<]+\\)</title>")
+             (setq description
+                   (mm-url-decode-entities-string (match-string 1)))
+             (re-search-forward "<url>\\([^<]+\\)</url>")
+             (setq sid (match-string 1))
+             (string-match "sid=\\([0-9/]+\\)\\(.shtml\\|$\\)" sid)
+             (setq sid (match-string 1 sid))
+             (re-search-forward "<comments>\\([^<]+\\)</comments>")
+             (setq articles (string-to-number (match-string 1)))
+             (setq gname (concat description " (" sid ")"))
+             (if (setq elem (assoc gname nnslashdot-groups))
+                 (setcar (cdr elem) articles)
+               (push (list gname articles sid (current-time) nil)
+                     nnslashdot-groups))
+             (goto-char (point-max))
+             (widen)))
+         ;; Then do the older groups.
+         (while (or first
+                    (> (- nnslashdot-group-number number) 0))
+           (setq first nil)
+           (mm-with-unibyte-buffer
+             (let ((case-fold-search t))
+               (mm-url-insert (format nnslashdot-active-url number) t)
+               (goto-char (point-min))
+               (while (re-search-forward
+                       "article.pl\\?sid=\\([^&]+\\).*>\\([^<]+\\)</a>"
+                       nil t)
+                 (setq sid (match-string 1)
+                       description
+                       (mm-url-decode-entities-string (match-string 2)))
+                 (forward-line 1)
+                 (when (re-search-forward "with \\([0-9]+\\) comment" nil t)
+                   (setq articles (1+ (string-to-number (match-string 1)))))
+                 (setq gname (concat description " (" sid ")"))
+                 (if (setq elem (assoc gname nnslashdot-groups))
+                     (setcar (cdr elem) articles)
+                   (push (list gname articles sid (current-time) nil)
+                         nnslashdot-groups)))))
+           (incf number 30)))
+      (search-failed (nnslashdot-lose why)))
     (nnslashdot-write-groups)
     (nnslashdot-generate-active)
     t))
          (insert "</blockquote>\n")
          (setq quoted nil)))
       (forward-line 1))
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (while (re-search-forward "^ *\n" nil t)
+      (replace-match "<p>\n"))
     (widen)
     (when (message-goto-signature)
       (forward-line -1)
     (message-goto-body)
     (setq body (buffer-substring (point) (point-max)))
     (erase-buffer)
-    (nnweb-fetch-form
+    (mm-url-fetch-form
      "http://slashdot.org/comments.pl"
      `(("sid" . ,sid)
        ("pid" . ,pid)
        ("postercomment" . ,body)
        ("posttype" . "html")))))
 
+(deffoo nnslashdot-request-delete-group (group &optional force server)
+  (nnslashdot-possibly-change-server group server)
+  (setq nnslashdot-groups (delq (assoc group nnslashdot-groups)
+                               nnslashdot-groups))
+  (nnslashdot-write-groups))
+
+(deffoo nnslashdot-request-close ()
+  (setq nnslashdot-headers nil
+       nnslashdot-groups nil))
+
+(deffoo nnslashdot-request-expire-articles
+    (articles group &optional server force)
+  (nnslashdot-possibly-change-server group server)
+  (let ((item (assoc group nnslashdot-groups)))
+    (when item
+      (if (fourth item)
+         (when (and (>= (length articles) (cadr item)) ;; All are expirable.
+                    (nnmail-expired-article-p
+                     group
+                     (fourth item)
+                     force))
+           (setq nnslashdot-groups (delq item nnslashdot-groups))
+           (nnslashdot-write-groups)
+           (setq articles nil)) ;; all expired.
+       (setcdr (cddr item) (list (current-time)))
+       (nnslashdot-write-groups))))
+  articles)
+
 (nnoo-define-skeleton nnslashdot)
 
 ;;; Internal functions
   (unless nnslashdot-groups
     (nnslashdot-read-groups)))
 
+(defun nnslashdot-make-tuple (tuple n)
+  (prog1
+      tuple
+    (while (> n 1)
+      (unless (cdr tuple)
+       (setcdr tuple (list nil)))
+      (setq tuple (cdr tuple)
+           n (1- n)))))
+
 (defun nnslashdot-read-groups ()
   (let ((file (expand-file-name "groups" nnslashdot-directory)))
     (when (file-exists-p file)
-      (with-temp-buffer
+      (mm-with-unibyte-buffer
        (insert-file-contents file)
        (goto-char (point-min))
-       (setq nnslashdot-groups (read (current-buffer)))))))
+       (setq nnslashdot-groups (read (current-buffer))))
+      (if (and nnslashdot-groups (< (length (car nnslashdot-groups)) 5))
+         (let ((groups nnslashdot-groups))
+           (while groups
+             (nnslashdot-make-tuple (car groups) 5)
+             (setq groups (cdr groups))))))))
 
 (defun nnslashdot-write-groups ()
   (with-temp-file (expand-file-name "groups" nnslashdot-directory)
-    (prin1 nnslashdot-groups (current-buffer))))
-    
+    (gnus-prin1 nnslashdot-groups)))
+
 (defun nnslashdot-init (server)
   "Initialize buffers and such."
   (unless (file-exists-p nnslashdot-directory)
     (setq nnslashdot-buffer
          (save-excursion
            (nnheader-set-temp-buffer
-            (format " *nnslashdot %s*" server))))))
+            (format " *nnslashdot %s*" server))))
+    (push nnslashdot-buffer gnus-buffers)))
 
 (defun nnslashdot-date-to-date (sdate)
-  (let ((elem (delete "" (split-string sdate))))
-    (concat (substring (nth 0 elem) 0 3) " "
-           (substring (nth 1 elem) 0 3) " "
-           (substring (nth 2 elem) 0 2) " "
-           (substring (nth 3 elem) 1 6) " "
-           (format-time-string "%Y") " "
-           (nth 4 elem))))
+  (condition-case err
+      (let ((elem (delete "" (split-string sdate))))
+       (concat (substring (nth 0 elem) 0 3) " "
+               (substring (nth 1 elem) 0 3) " "
+               (substring (nth 2 elem) 0 2) " "
+               (substring (nth 3 elem) 1 6) " "
+               (format-time-string "%Y") " "
+               (nth 4 elem)))
+    (error "")))
 
 (defun nnslashdot-generate-active ()
   (save-excursion
     (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
     (erase-buffer)
     (dolist (elem nnslashdot-groups)
-      (insert (prin1-to-string (car elem))
-             " " (number-to-string (cadr elem)) " 1 y\n"))))
+      (when (numberp (cadr elem))
+       (insert (prin1-to-string (car elem))
+               " " (number-to-string (cadr elem)) " 1 y\n")))))
+
+(defun nnslashdot-lose (why)
+  (error "Slashdot HTML has changed; please get a new version of nnslashdot"))
 
 (provide 'nnslashdot)
 
+;;; arch-tag: aa73df7a-f7e6-4eef-bdea-5ce2f8c691b3
 ;;; nnslashdot.el ends here