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- <P>WWW::Search::Magellan - class for searching Magellan</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="supportedplatforms">SUPPORTED PLATFORMS</A></H1>
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- <LI>Linux</LI>
- <LI>Solaris</LI>
- <LI>Windows</LI>
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- <H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
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- use WWW::Search;
- my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Magellan');
- my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("+sushi restaurant +Columbus Ohio");
- $oSearch->native_query($sQuery);
- while (my $oResult = $oSearch->next_result())
- print $oResult->url, "\n";</PRE>
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- <H1><A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
- <P>This class is a Magellan specialization of WWW::Search.
- It handles making and interpreting Magellan searches
- <EM><A HREF="http://www.mckinley.com">http://www.mckinley.com</A></EM>.</P>
- <P>This class exports no public interface; all interaction should
- be done through <A HREF="../../../../site/lib/WWW/Search.html">the WWW::Search manpage</A> objects.</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="see also">SEE ALSO</A></H1>
- <P>To make new back-ends, see <A HREF="../../../../site/lib/WWW/Search.html">the WWW::Search manpage</A>.</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="bugs">BUGS</A></H1>
- <P>Please tell the author if you find any!</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="testing">TESTING</A></H1>
- <P>This module adheres to the <CODE>WWW::Search</CODE> test suite mechanism.</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="author">AUTHOR</A></H1>
- <P>As of 1998-03-17, <CODE>WWW::Search::Magellan</CODE> is maintained by Martin Thurn
- (<A HREF="mailto:MartinThurn@iname.com">MartinThurn@iname.com</A>)</P>
- <P><CODE>WWW::Search::Magellan</CODE> was originally written by Martin Thurn
- based on <CODE>WWW::Search::WebCrawler</CODE>.</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="legalese">LEGALESE</A></H1>
- <P>THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
- WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="version history">VERSION HISTORY</A></H1>
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- <H2><A NAME="2.04, 20000131">2.04, 2000-01-31</A></H2>
- <P>new test cases</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="2.03, 19991210">2.03, 1999-12-10</A></H2>
- <P>new test cases</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="2.02, 19991005">2.02, 1999-10-05</A></H2>
- <P>now uses <CODE>hash_to_cgi_string()</CODE></P>
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- <H2><A NAME="2.01, 19990713">2.01, 1999-07-13</A></H2>
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- <H2><A NAME="1.7, 19981009">1.7, 1998-10-09</A></H2>
- <P>Now uses split_lines function</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="1.6">1.6</A></H2>
- <P>Now parses score (percentage) from Magellan's output.</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="1.2">1.2</A></H2>
- <P>First publicly-released version.</P>
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