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Bug 170226 - games-misc/fortune-mod-pqf-6.0 - minor formatting updates
Summary: games-misc/fortune-mod-pqf-6.0 - minor formatting updates
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Games (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Low trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Games
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Reported: 2007-03-10 05:58 UTC by Randall Wald
Modified: 2007-03-12 14:17 UTC (History)
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Attachments
New version of pqf, with formatting corrections (pqf,142.93 KB, text/plain)
2007-03-10 06:00 UTC, Randall Wald
Details
Diff between my pqf and the repository's (pqf.diff,2.64 KB, patch)
2007-03-10 06:16 UTC, Randall Wald
Details | Diff

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Description Randall Wald 2007-03-10 05:58:58 UTC
There are a few minor formatting errors in the fortune-mod-pqf file, in particular separating quotes into multiple sections with % when they should just have a hard return. Some examples:
%
     Ahahahahaha! Ahahahaha! Aahahaha!
%
     BEWARE!!!!!
%
               Yrs sincerely
                        The Opera Ghost
%
        -- (Terry Pratchett, Maskerade)
%

and

%
Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is:
%
'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'
        -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)
%

and

%
AFPer: We've missed you, did you miss us?
%
TP: Yes, but I think I have time to reload.
%
:-)
        -- Terry returns to a.f.p. after a temporary absence.
           (Terry Pratchett and an AFPer, alt.fan.pratchett)
%

I've attached a copy of the pqf file with as many of these fixed as I could find; I don't know how to create the pqf.dat file. Hopefully this could be added as a fix to the repository...

Also, whoever converts the next edition of the Pratchett Quotes File into a fortune-readable format, I recommend sanity-checking by searching for the % symbol repeatedly (such that the last line of your editor is always the % symbol) and making sure that the second-to-last line has "Terry Pratchett" in it. If it doesn't, it probably means the automated converter messed up.
Comment 1 Randall Wald 2007-03-10 06:00:30 UTC
Created attachment 112767 [details]
New version of pqf, with formatting corrections

This is a new version of pqf. It's the same as the old version, but has my formatting changes.
Comment 2 Randall Wald 2007-03-10 06:16:36 UTC
Created attachment 112768 [details, diff]
Diff between my pqf and the repository's

Output of "diff my_pqf standard_pqf". So you could use this to apply my changes if you didn't trust my version of pqf to not have random vandalism. ;-)
Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-03-12 14:17:33 UTC
This really needs to go to the people writing the fortune files, instead.