https://github.com/andyleejordan/fortune-cookie

Print a fortune in your Emacs scratch buffer
https://github.com/andyleejordan/fortune-cookie

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Print a fortune in your Emacs scratch buffer

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/andyleejordan/fortune-cookie
• Owner: andyleejordan
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2015-11-11T06:13:42.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-12-23T08:43:25.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-28T20:50:33.190Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Emacs Lisp
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 12
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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# Fortune Cookie

This package prints a fortune in your scratch buffer, just like you

may have in your shell. If cowsay is installed, it can use that too.

## Usage

The minor mode will set `initial-scratch-message` with a fortune.

```elisp

(fortune-cookie-mode)

```

> If you don't use `package.el` you'll need to manually add the

> package to your load path and require it.

See the Emacs customize group `fortune-cookie` for the available

variables and their documentation (including command paths and flags).

The `fortune-cookie` interactive function can be called directly to

get a new fortune as a string.

### Example

I use the following setup in my [.emacs.d][], which utilizes John

Wiegley's [use-package][]. It sets the `cowfile` to our favorite

mascot, Tux.

[.emacs.d]: https://github.com/andschwa/.emacs.d

[use-package]: https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package

```elisp

;; inhibit startup message

(setq inhibit-startup-message t)

(use-package fortune-cookie

  :config

  (setq fortune-cookie-cowsay-args  "-f tux -s")

  (fortune-cookie-mode))

```

Which placed this in my `*scratch*` buffer:

```elisp

;;  ___________________________________

;; / Pohl's law:                       \

;; |                                   |

;; | Nothing is so good that somebody, |

;; \ somewhere, will not hate it.      /

;;  -----------------------------------

;;    \

;;     \

;;         .--.

;;        |o_o |

;;        |:_/ |

;;       //   \ \

;;      (|     | )

;;     /'\_   _/`\

;;     \___)=(___/

```