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@documentlanguage en
@finalout
@c %**end of header
@set VERSION 1.1
@set VERSION 1.2
@copying
This manual is for ponysay
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* Overview:: Brief overview of @command{ponysay}.
* Invoking ponysay:: How to run @command{ponysay}.
* Advanced usage:: Advanced usage of @command{ponysay}.
* Environment:: Environment variables.
* Environment variables:: Environment variables.
* Limitations:: Limitations.
* Problems and requests:: Reports and requests.
* Dependencies:: Dependencies.
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@node Environment
@node Environment variables
@chapter Environment variables
@cindex environment variables
@cindex truncation
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are not running @command{ponysay} under TTY.
@item PONYSAY_COWSAY
@item PONYSAY_COWTHINK
@itemx PONYSAY_COWTHINK
@cindex PONYSAY_COWSAY
@cindex PONYSAY_COWTINK
@cindex custom cowsay
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you run @command{ponythink}.
@end table
See @ref{kmsponies4ponysay} for additional environment variabled used by the
extension @command{kmsponies4ponysay}.
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@item ponyquotes4ponysay
For support of My Little Pony quotes with associated pony: the @code{-q} option.
It can be downloaded at @url{https://github.com/maandree/ponyquotes4ponysay}.
Since version 1.2, this module is included in ponysay. You can edit ponysay's
@code{Makefile} to remove it.
@end table
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@item coreutils
The make script uses @command{install}, @command{unlink}, @command{rm}, @command{ln},
@command{mkdir} and @command{cp}.
@item git
Required for submodules.
@end table
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@cindex installing
@cindex make
@menu
* From upstream:: Installing from upstream (GitHub repository).
* Arch Linux:: Packages for Arch Linux
* Gentoo Linux:: Packages for Gentoo Linux
* Debian GNU/Linux:: Packages for Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu
@end menu
@node From upstream
@section From upstream
Before installing @command{ponysay}, make sure your system have the packages listed under
@ref{Required runtime dependencies} and @ref{Package building dependencies} installed.
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@url{https://github.com/erkin/ponysay.git}.
In the terminal,@command{cd} into the ponysay directory and execute
@command{make && make install}. This will install @command{ponysay} into the
@command{make install}. This will install @command{ponysay} into the
@code{/usr}, meaning you may need to run @command{make install} as root,
e.g. by running @command{sudo make install}.
Now you will be to use ponysay, run: @command{ponysay "I am just the cutest pony!"},
or if have a specific pony in your mind: @command{ponysay -f pinkie "Partay!~"}.
@command{ponysay} comes with a manpage in section 6, @command{man 6 ponysay}
(or just @command{man ponysay}). The man page is also available in Spanish:
@command{man -L es 6 ponysay}.
@command{ponysay} comes with this @command{info} manual and a manpage in section 6,
@command{man 6 ponysay} (or just @command{man ponysay}). The manpage is also available
in Spanish: @command{man -L es 6 ponysay}.
@node Arch Linux
@section Arch Linux
@cindex arch linux
The official Arch Linux package repositories contains @command{ponysay} as
@code{community/ponysay}. The Arch Linux User Repository (AUR) contains a bleeding edge
git version of @command{ponysay} as @code{ponysay-git}.
@node Gentoo Linux
@section Gentoo Linux
@cindex gentoo linux
Gentoo users can use the overlay @url{https://github.com/etu/aidstu-overlay}, which
contains @command{ponysay} as @w{@code{games-misc/ponysay}}.
@node Debian GNU/Linux
@section Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu
@cindex debian gnu/linux
@cindex ubuntu
A .deb file is available at @url{http://roryholland.co.uk/misc.html#ponysay},
and a PPA can be found at @url{https://launchpad.net/~blazemore/+archive/ponysay}.
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are enabled when other packages are installed.
@menu
* ponyquotes4ponysay:: ponyquotes4ponysay
* ponyquotes4ponysay:: ponyquotes4ponysay: Quotes from My Little Ponies.
* kmsponies4ponysay:: kmsponies4ponysay: Improved TTY support under KMS support.
@end menu
@node ponyquotes4ponysay
@section ponyquotes4ponysay
@cindex ponyquotes4ponysay
@cindex quotes
@command{ponyquotes4ponysay} is a package that adds support for MLP:FiM quotes that are
displayed with the associated ponies. See @ref{Invoking ponysay} for more information.
@command{ponyquotes4ponysay} can be downloaded at
@url{https://github.com/maandree/ponyquotes4ponysay}.
As of version 1.2 @command{ponyquotes4ponysay} is included in @command{ponysay}, but
can easily be removed.
@node kmsponies4ponysay
@section kmsponies4ponysay
@cindex kmsponies4ponysay
@cindex tty
@cindex linux vt
@cindex kms
@cindex kernel mode settings
@cindex environment variables
@cindex PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE
@cindex PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE_CMD
@command{kmsponies4ponysay} is an extension for TTY users that have a custom TTY colour
palette and KMS support. KMS is supported on must computers, but due to lack of published
specifications Nvidea drivers does not support KMS. @command{kmsponies4ponysay} can be
downloaded at @url{https://github.com/maandree/kmsponies4ponysay}.
To use this extension your @code{~/.bashrc} (or equivalent for your shell) must keep track
of your colour palette, it is not possible for a program to ask to terminal. Either the
shell should export a palette string to @code{$PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE} or you should export
a command to can get the palette string to @code{$PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE_CMD}. The palette
string should be the stream which sets the colour palette to the terminal when
@command{echo}:ed; preferably, to increase speed and reduce cache usage, it should be
consistent everytime it is exported for every colours palette. So you may want to keep it
sorted, always be in either upper case or lower case, and not contain an character that
is not used to set the colour palette.
Assuming you have a function in your @code{~/.bashrc}, to reset the colour palette to what
you set it to last time in the terminal, named @command{reset-palette}, your @code{~/.bashrc}
should, for example, contain:
@example
[[ "$TERM" = "linux" ]] &&
function ponysay
@{ export PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE="`reset-palette`"
exec ponysay "$@@"
@}
@end example
@node Inner workings
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@menu
* Pony anatomy:: Anatomy of pony files.
* Printing in TTY with KMS:: Printing in TTY with KMS.
* Truncation:: Output truncation.
* Languages:: Selection of languages.
@end menu
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sequences (OSI P).
@node Printing in TTY with KMS
@section Printing in TTY with KMS
@cindex tty
@cindex linux vt
@cindex clearing tty
@cindex kms
@cindex kernel mode settings
Since Linux VT (TTY) does not have capabilities for returning the pssition of the cursor,
the screen must always be cleared before printing the ponies to make sure the pony's
colours is not lost, i.e. reduced to mare 16 colours, during print. The colours are reduced
if the pony's position on the screen is changed. This is only relevant with KMS support.
The clear the screen we print ``\e[H\e[2J'' (\e is ESC) in at beginning. ``\e[H'' places
the cursor at the beginning of the screen, and ``\e[2J'' clears everything on the screen
after, and including at, the cursor. If we would use ``\ec'' (that is a reset), we would
also turn off num. lock and caps. lock.
@node Truncation
@section Truncation
@cindex truncation
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@cindex contributing
@menu
* Providing ponies:: Providing ponies
* Providing ponies:: Providing ponies.
@end menu
@node Providing ponies

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