[Tutor] Generating sigs with Python for fun and education

[Prahlad Vaidyanathan]

Hi,

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 Scot W. Stevenson spewed into the ether:
> Hello J"o, 
> 
> > You know about fortune?
> 
> Yes, but the entries can be terribly long sometimes, everybody has it, and 

    There is an option "-s", to allow only short fortunes.

> I don't feel like rewriting it in Python just yet =8). Somehow I like the 

    Well, you don't have to. There is a python version of
fortune, and strfile lying around somewhere. I downloaded it
recently, but I don't remember the exact link. Google around if
your are interested.

    While we are on the topic, there is also a very nice project,
called "Linux One-Stanza Tip" (LOST). It is quite cool, and
*very* educative for newbies and old hats alike.

        http://lost.sourceforge.net/

    HTH,

pv.
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