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cowsay 3.04
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cowsay is a configurable talking cow, written in Perl. It operates
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much as the figlet program does, and it written in the same spirit
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of silliness.
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cowsay is actually a pretty old program. It has not really been
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released before, and I am releasing it in the hope that someone
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other than myself will be amused by it.
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The first major version of cowsay had one cow and one message
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template: $foo is $verb $bar. Not very flexible, but people managed
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to do pretty interesting things with it. The second major version
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scrapped many of the limitations of the first, by allowing arbitrary
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messages, multiple cowfiles, and even support for cows talking in
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figlet. The third version was a rewrite of the second into Perl
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5, whereupon the code got a lot smaller and more manageable. :-)
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If you are using Perl 5.004, you may have problems with Text::Wrap.
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(Yeesh, this module changes more than it should...) I've included
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a diff for the Text::Wrap (version 97.011701) that is shipped with
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5.004_04; the concept is simple enough that even older Perls can
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take advantage of this silly little patch; if there is a "sub fill"
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in the documentation for the module, copy it to a more useful
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section of that file. If not, just take "sub fill" wholesale from
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the patch. Oh, and consider upgrading to 5.005_03 or later.
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Please. You'll like it, I promise.
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To install cowsay, consult the INSTALL file in this directory.
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For the terms and conditions of use, consult the LICENSE file in
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this directory.
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-- tony
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