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FORTUNE 08/03/89
The original fortune program was neat, but it was slow, especially for a
floppy system. I have a hard drive and used to copy the fortunes file
to ram: for speed.
Version 2.0 runs from 120 to 290% faster (I timed 100 passes for both
versions) and now is quite usable for both hard-drive and floppy users.
I must give some credit for the speed increase to Rick Stevens. He wrote
a similar program called "cookie" that ramdomly displayed a fortune. I
refined his selection method for my fortune program. Unlike his data file,
the fortunes data file can be easily edited or added to.
Like his program, the longer the first line of each fortune, the more likely
it is to be selected. That is a slight trade off for speed over my earlier
version.
If you have an earlier version of fortune, be sure to replace the fortunes
file too, it's gotten bigger since I uploaded fortune the first time.
Feel free to delete, edit or add to the fortunes file that is enclosed. Just
follow the syntax directions in the fortune.doc file. I have been collecting
these fortunes for years and finally found a use for them. If you have a
substantial file of your own, I would appreciate if you would send me a copy.
10/07/89
Added the ability to add/change color to the lines of the displayed fortunes.
Following the directions in the doc file, I suggest changing the escape
value to a backslash instead of the default '*'. This is easier and follows
the 'normal' UNIX syntax. Obtain the version of udate (date) and echo that
I've written and they will all use the escape value that you set.
04/14/90
Added voice by command line option (-s) and an icon which when clicked, will
speak the fortune.
George Kerber
19756 E. Linvale Drive
Aurora, Colorado 80013
Compuserve 74010,2132