flnews_post_proc 1.80 → 1.90

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data/bin/flnews_post_proc

@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ if (!STDIN.tty?)
         warn 'Input contains other things than plain-text, but I cannot say, what.'
       end
     end
+    # Is this article superseding another ?
+    if (Headers::supersedes?(artext) )
+        debug 'is supersedes! '
+        config.set(:SUPERSEDES, true) 
+    end
     #----------->
     # Allow to override the configuration,
     # if not disabled (default is true)

data/lib/basic_logging.rb

@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ module BasicLogging
   alias :error :log
   alias :fatal :log
 
-
   private 
 
   def lock_target(&block)

data/lib/body.rb

@@ -151,15 +151,21 @@ class Body
   end
 
   def set_signature(signature)
-    # unless no changes requested.
-    if signature && !signature.empty? 
-      # remove any signature(s) from 
-      # the current article
-      sigpos = @lines.index('-- ')
-      debug('found signature in line ' << sigpos.to_s) if sigpos
-      @lines = @lines.slice(0, sigpos ) if sigpos
-      debug('setting signature ' << signature) if signature
-      @lines << "-- " << signature if signature
+    unless @@config.SUPERSEDES
+      # unless no changes requested.
+      if signature && !signature.empty? 
+        # remove any signature(s) from 
+        # the current article
+        sigpos = @lines.index('-- ')
+        debug('found signature in line ' << sigpos.to_s) if sigpos
+        @lines = @lines.slice(0, sigpos ) if sigpos
+        debug('setting signature ' << signature) if signature
+        @lines << "-- " << signature if signature
+      else
+        debug 'signature is ' << signature ? signature : 'not set.'
+      end
+    else
+      debug 'ignoring signature in spersedes'
     end
   end
 
@@ -293,6 +299,7 @@ class Body
     end
   end
 
+  # formatting http URLs, not much is done here.
   def handle_http(l)
     debug('handle http')
     l_array = l.split

data/lib/flnews_post_proc.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class PostProcessor
 
     # if need be, extract references and footnotes.
     body.handle_references
+    # signatures are ignored in Supersedes
     body.set_signature(newsgroups.signature)
 
     # verify and eventually correct URIs.

data/lib/headers.rb

@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@ require_relative 'newsgroups'
 class Headers
   include BasicLogging
 
-  # read the headers from the article
-  def initialize(article_text)
+  def self.supersedes?(article_text)
     
-    @config = Configuration.instance
-    line = nil
+  end
+
+  def self.headers(article_text)
     # transform the article to an array.
-    debug('before split, article_text is : ' << article_text)
     line_array = article_text.split($LN)
 
     # Ensure that all three headers are present.
@@ -36,42 +35,36 @@ class Headers
     if(missing_header)
       msg = "Input does not look like a news-article, no #{missing_header.delete(':')}; aborting."
       STDERR.puts msg
-      error(msg)
       exit false
     end
 
-    debug('after split, line_array is : ' << line_array.inspect)
     # find the first empty line
     end_index = line_array.index {|ele| ele.strip == ''}
     # keep the preceding lines.
     begin
-      @lines = line_array.slice!(0, end_index)
+      lines = line_array.slice!(0, end_index)
     rescue Exception => ex
       msg = 'ERROR: cannot split the input into lines: ' << self.class.name << ': ' << ex.message
       # console
       STDERR.puts msg
       # log
-      error(msg)
       exit false
     end
 
-    debug('headers: ' << @lines.to_s)
-
     # headername: headervalue
-    @headers = {}
+    headers = {}
 
     # fill the headers Hash from the header-lines.
     # headers may have been line-wrapped. 
 
     cur_header = nil
-    @lines.each do |l| 
+    lines.each do |l| 
       # has the header been wrapped?
       if !l.start_with?(/\s+/)
         # header is all before the first colon
         begin  
           cur_header = l.match(/^(.*?):/)[1].to_sym
         rescue Exception => ex
-          error ("Cannot match a header in line " << l << "(" << ex.message << ")")
           exit false;
         end
         # Consider the two following fixes as preliminary until proven. 
@@ -85,28 +78,46 @@ class Headers
         val = l
       end
       # add value to the existing 
-      if cur_header && @headers[cur_header]  
-        @headers[cur_header] += val
+      if cur_header && headers[cur_header]  
+        headers[cur_header] += val
       else
         # or add a new value
-        @headers[cur_header] = val
+        headers[cur_header] = val
       end
     end
-    debug('headers are ' << @headers.to_s)
+
+    return headers
+  end
+
+  def self::supersedes?(article_text)
+    headers(article_text).keys.include?(:Supersedes)
+  end
+
+  # read the headers from the article
+  def initialize(article_text)
+
+    @config = Configuration.instance
+    line = nil
+    debug 'setting the headers'
+    @headers = Headers::headers(article_text)
+
     @newsgroups = Newsgroups.new(header(:Newsgroups))
     debug('Newsgroups is ' << @newsgroups.inspect)
-
   end
 
   # returns the value of header 'name'
   def header(name)
     # name must be a symbol.
-    if name.respond_to?(:to_sym)
-      @headers[name]     
-    else 
-      error(name.to_s << ' is not a symbol!')
-      nil
+    if(@headers && !@headers.empty?)
+      if name.respond_to?(:to_sym)
+        return @headers[name]     
+      else 
+        error(name.to_s << ' is not a symbol!')
+      end
+    else
+      error('no headers set')
     end
+    nil
   end
 
   # Add headers, if need be. Set values where necessary.
@@ -124,7 +135,7 @@ class Headers
         ch = pair.split(':')
         hn = ch[0].strip
         hv = ch[1].strip
-        # Ensure header is ascii only
+        # Ensure header is as only
         if hv.ascii_only? && hn.ascii_only?
           # <---------- special treatment Post-Processor ---------->
           hv << ' ' << PROGVERSION.to_s if hn == 'X-Post-Processor' && hv == 'flnews_post_proc'
@@ -147,8 +158,13 @@ class Headers
   # basically a replacement for header(name), above.
   # But you can call self.Newsgroups or self.From etc.
   def method_missing(method, args = nil)
-    return @headers[method] if @headers[method]
-    error("unknown symbol '#{method}'")
+    if(@headers && !@headers.empty?) 
+      return @headers[method] if @headers[method]
+      error("unknown symbol '#{method}'")
+    else
+      error('no article headers set')
+    end
+    return nil
   end
 
   # return the headers as a String.

data/lib/newsgroups.rb

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ class Newsgroups
     debug('set signature, intro, no_archive')
     # set details for this post
     if @groups.size == 1
-      set_signature
+      debug 'supersedes is ' << @config.SUPERSEDES.to_s
+      debug 'Signature will ' << (@config.SUPERSEDES ? 'NOT ' : '') << 'be set'
+      set_signature if !@config.SUPERSEDES
       set_intro 
       set_no_archive 
     end

data/lib/override.rb

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 # before posting, to do some “last minute” changes,
 # notably to deactivate them.
 #
-# Post-processing CANNOT be deactivated completely in this dialog.
+# Post-processing CANNOT be deactivated completely in this dialog
+# but cancelling the dialog will stop posting altogether.
 
 require_relative 'basic_logging'
 

data/lib/version.rb

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 =end
 
 PROGNAME = 'flnews_post_proc'
-PROGVERSION = "1.80"
+PROGVERSION = "1.90"
 AUTHORS = "Michael Uplawski"
 EMAIL = "michael.uplawski@uplawski.eu"
 YEARS = "2023 - 2025"
-SUMMARY = "Generation of documentation simplified. BUG in signatures corrected."
+SUMMARY = "Not changing signatures in Supsersedes"
 

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: flnews_post_proc
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: '1.80'
+  version: '1.90'
 platform: ruby
 authors:
 - Michael Uplawski
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2025-12-02 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2025-12-26 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: diffy
@@ -103,5 +103,5 @@ required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
 requirements: []
 rubygems_version: 3.6.7
 specification_version: 4
-summary: Generation of documentation simplified. BUG in signatures corrected.
+summary: Not changing signatures in Supsersedes
 test_files: []