home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Quote
- -----
-
-
- No doubt you've seen quote of the day (QOTD) programs before, "Quote"
- is a Presentation Manager implementation of one. Quote randomly
- chooses a quote from a quote file chosen at random. The quote chosen
- is displayed in a window under Presentation Manger. The quote window
- may be closed by pressing the right mouse button or any key when Quote
- has the input focus. Optionally, the quote window may be set to
- display or expire after a specified number of minutes.
-
- Quote may be run from the command line or from a program group. The
- syntax for executing Quote is:
-
- QUOTE [-?] [-D<n>] [-L<n>] [-T<time>]
- -? - Displays help window
- -D<n> - Closes quote window after <n> minutes
- -L<n> - Waits <n> minutes before displaying quote
- -T<time> - Waits until <time> to display quote
- <time> should be of the form:
- HH:MM (e.g. 08:15, or 23:00)
-
- Quote searches the current working directory for all files with the
- extension 'QUO'. The format of the QUO files is the standard fortune
- format Ala UNIX (see accompanying quote file for an example). Quote
- randomly chooses one of the QUO files, determines the number of quotes
- in the file, and randomly chooses one of those quotes to display.
-
- I have included the complete source to Quote along with the
- executable. The sample quote file (BUGS.QUO) was created from a post
- to Usenet (author unknown). Comments, input, modifications to the
- code, or whatever are appreciated, please send them to:
-
- Todd Crowe
- 1310 Indian St.
- Bellingham, Washington 98225
- Internet Address: TODDC@NESSIE.WWU.EDU
-
-
- **********************************************************************
- Quote and the accompanying source code are copyright (c) 1990 by Todd
- B. Crowe. There is no warranty implied or otherwise. You may copy
- the program and source freely but it must be accompanied by this
- notice. The program may not be sold or distributed commercially or
- otherwise for profit. I reserve all rights and privileges pertaining
- to this program.
-