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;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1987 Free Software Foundation
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
;; any later version.
;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
; Randomize the seed in the random number generator.
(random t)
; Important pinheaddery for GNU Emacs.
; Expects file emacs/etc/yow.lines to be in ITS-style LINS format
; (ie strings terminated by ascii 0 characters. Leading whitespace ignored)
; Everything up to the first \000 is a comment.
(defun yow (&optional n interactive)
"Return or display a Zippy quotation"
(interactive
(if current-prefix-arg
(list (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg) t)
(list nil t)))
(if (null yow-vector)
(setq yow-vector (snarf-yows)))
(cond (n)
((>= (setq n (% (random) (length yow-vector))) 0))
(t (setq n (- n))))
(let ((yow (aref yow-vector n)))
(cond ((not interactive)
yow)
((not (string-match "\n" yow))
(delete-windows-on (get-buffer-create "*Help*"))
(message yow))
(t
(message "Yow!")
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
(princ yow))))))
(defvar yow-vector nil "Pertinent pinhead statements")
(defun snarf-yows (&optional file)
(save-excursion
(let ((buf (generate-new-buffer " yow"))
(result '())
(cursor-in-echo-area t))
(message "Am I CONSING yet?...")
(set-buffer buf)
(insert-file-contents (or file
(expand-file-name "yow.lines" exec-directory)))
(search-forward "\0")
(while (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t\n\r\f") (not (eobp)))
(let ((beg (point)))
(search-forward "\0")
(setq result (cons (buffer-substring beg (1- (point)))
result))))
(kill-buffer buf)
(message "I have SEEN the CONSING!!" (length result))
(apply 'vector (nreverse result)))))
; Yowza!! Feed zippy quotes to the doctor. Watch results.
; fun, fun, fun. Entertainment for hours...
;
; written by Kayvan Aghaiepour
(defun psychoanalyze-pinhead ()
"Zippy goes to the analyst."
(interactive)
(doctor) ; start the psychotherapy
(if (null yow-vector)
(setq yow-vector (snarf-yows)))
(message "")
(switch-to-buffer "*doctor*")
(sit-for 0)
(while (not (input-pending-p))
(insert-string (yow))
(sit-for 0)
(doctor-ret-or-read 1)
(doctor-ret-or-read 1)))