https://github.com/chfoo/compfacts

Computer Facts
https://github.com/chfoo/compfacts

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Computer Facts

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/chfoo/compfacts
• Owner: chfoo
• License: other
• Created: 2012-11-23T03:57:01.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-05-13T00:51:41.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-23T04:57:42.030Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 566 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: COPYING.txt

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Computer facts generator

========================

CompFacts uses a context-free grammar to generate computer facts.

These facts are regularly posted to the Twitter account

`@CompFacts `_.

An Atom feed is available at

``_.

How to help

===========

You can help by submitting enhancements on my GitHub repository

``_. Just fork, change, commit, and

request me to pull your changes.

The Python version supported is 2.7.

Programming

===========

The grammar productions requires the `Python Natual Languge Toolkit

`_. It can be installed through the Python Package Index.

Corpus and grammar format

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

The files are located in directory ``corpus_data``.

Corpus text files are simple lists. The first portion of the filename

before the dot is the nonterminal name.

Grammar text files are the production rules. The filename does not

matter. The grammar follows the NLTK format.

All files support using ``#`` at the start of a line as a comment.

Generating facts

================

You can test out the generator by running::

    python -m compfacts.grammar

Running the server

==================

I included a sample Debian package which I use for running the package as a service.

A sample nginx config file is provided. The service

will refuse to run if the default ``compfacts.conf`` is not configured.

Symlink ``debian`` to ``pkg.debian`` for Debian package building.

The commands ``debuild -b -us -uc`` and ``dh_clean`` will build and clean

respectively.

The service requires `Tweepy `_ for

Twitter status updates and 

`Tornado Web `_ for the RSS and service status pages.

Make sure to install Tweepy using ``pip`` for latest version.

The Twitter posting service's status can be checked at

``_.