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- Short: Generate random numbers for scripts
- Author: T.Heinrich@t-online.de (Thomas Heinrich)
- Uploader: T.Heinrich@t-online.de (Thomas Heinrich)
- Version: 1.0
- Type: util/cli
- Requires: OS2.04+, MC68020+
- Replaces:
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- * OPTIMIZED FOR MC68020+ ! *
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- While I was browsing through the web, iI collected looots of
- photos of phantastic women. So I really could not decide which
- one to use as the workbench backdrop. Using WBPattern to create
- multiple preferences files was easy, but how get them changed
- after every reboot ?
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- So I renamed all the prefs as Backdrop.xx, where xx is a number
- from 0 to 51 ;^). But how do I generate a random number in a shell ?
- Finally I quickly wrote a program, which used the system seconds,
- and masked out the lower few bits, being able to use first 16 then
- 32 backdrops.
-
- I was not to satified with that, as it only produced fixed steps
- to use as numbers (16, 32 the next would have been 64). I spent
- half an afternoon, then, to produce this program here: Randomizer !
-
- What it does:
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- It also reads the seconds from the timer of your Amiga and then
- produces a CONFIGURABLE number of random numbers. For script
- convenience, it stores the number in a local shell variable named
- "RANDOM". So you can access it e.g. by typing
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- WBPattern Backdrop.$RANDOM USE
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- This loads a random backdrop picture, given you prepared the prefs
- in the first place.
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- What it can NOT do:
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- It does not save the random number permanently. Obviously it is a
- RANDOM number, so there is no sense in storing it.
- I also aborted the number to be delivered as a return value to the
- shell. I was annoyed, when my startup-sequence stopped, saying the
- program failed. Silly me forgot to set the FailAt value higher !
- No fiddling with FailAt in this version anymore. It just works.
-
- What YOU should do:
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- READ THE DOCS BEFORE USING THE PROGRAM !
-
- To be honest, there are no docs... Search for the file "ReadMeFirst"
- in this distribution, to figure out how to make Randomizer work.
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- One more, at last: It is FREEWARE ! And it comes with the complete
- C source !!!
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- Have fun,
- Thomas "Hoin" Heinrich.
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- VISIT MY HOMEPAGE: http://home.t-online.de/home/T.Heinrich/homepage.htm
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