- Compilation
First log into datek, and load the web page that pops open the streamer applet. You can use the included datek.html web page if you like. Find the <APPLET> tag and then find the "password=FFFFFFFFFFFFF..." line below that. FFF is some 40 byte string of ascii hex digits. In other words, the ascii representation of a 20 byte hexadecimal value. This string is the SHA_HASH which you need to paste into the #define SHA_HASH line of the newq.c file. Once you have done that, go ahead and type make.
- Synopsis
newq userid SYM1 SYM2 SYM3 SYM4 SYM5 ...
I like to keep my symbols in a seperate file and then just type:
newq userid `cat tickers`
where tickers is the file with my symbols.
Interactive commands:
"a" - add a new symbol to the set of symbols being monitored.
enter no more than 4 characters for the name then hit <CR> to accept
hit <ESC> instead to abort the entering of the symbol name
"q" - quit the program.
"w" - warn on symbol for daily high or low equal to last trade eg. wCSCO<CR>
"t" - toggle display of last time traded vs. last trade size in 100's
"s" - mute any beeping (except keyboard errors)
Tested on Linux 2.2.16 with both libc5 and glibc.
- Extras
The file daytek-order.html is a hand edited login form to get you into datek's site quickly when you don't have javascript. Makes trading with lynx fast and simple.
Good luck, but don't depend on it.
Peter Jordan
pjordan@blackwire.com
August 24, 2000