From: TheFlyingDutchman <zzbbaadd@aol.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: yow
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:41:02 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <331317d4-227b-48c2-9817-27eac7b685ec@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 871vy6n8uv.fsf@nonospaz.fatphil.org
>
> Eeep, I just did a wget of that file, and now it's worse:
>
> """
> Loading yow...done
> Am I CONSING yet?...
> cookie-snarf: Search failed: "
> %%
> \\|
> %
> \\|^@"
> """
I don't think you can use that web page verbatim for yow.lines. It has
to be modified to have ASCII 00 delimiting the quotes.
If there isn't a ftp'able regular file somewhere, you would have to
edit the original one-line file to have the extra quotes, making sure
to add the terminators as well.
If you edit (data-directory)/yow.lines in Emacs you should see the
delimiters represented by ^@:
_____________________________________________________________________
Zippy the pinhead data base.
Everything up to the first ascii \000 (`null') character is a comment.
The file consists of Zippy quotations (from various comic books and
strips by Bill Griffith) followed by a null character.
Newline characters following a quotation are ignored and are present
only for readability.
Have FUN!
This file is currently used by:
* the FORTUNE program on OZ.AI.MIT.EDU
* the M-x yow command in GNU Emacs.
* NIL (MIT Common Lisp)'s debugger
* something Bandy wrote at LLL-CRG.ARPA (fucking death labs).
* Henry's Zippy proxy (http://www.metahtml.com/apps/zippy/)
^@
A can of ASPARAGUS, 73 pigeons, some LIVE ammo, and a FROZEN DAQUIRI!!
^@
A dwarf is passing out somewhere in Detroit!^@
A GRAM?? A BRAM... A GROOM... A BROOM... Oh, Yeh!! Wash the
ROOM!!^@
....
...
...
OFFICE!! An OCEAN LINER!! No, I think it's a CAFETERIA!!!^@
Zippy's brain cells are straining to bridge synapses...^@
_____________________________________________________________________________
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-24 0:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-23 22:26 yow Phil Carmody
2008-10-23 23:53 ` yow TheFlyingDutchman
2008-10-23 23:58 ` yow TheFlyingDutchman
2008-10-24 0:18 ` yow Phil Carmody
2008-10-24 0:41 ` TheFlyingDutchman [this message]
2008-10-24 7:53 ` yow TheFlyingDutchman
2008-10-24 8:10 ` yow TheFlyingDutchman
2008-10-24 0:20 ` yow Drew Adams
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