https://github.com/juice49/lipsumator-next
Custom placeholder text generator for Deno
https://github.com/juice49/lipsumator-next
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Custom placeholder text generator for Deno
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/juice49/lipsumator-next
- Owner: juice49
- Created: 2020-05-15T20:48:24.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-05-17T13:49:13.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-09T06:09:58.544Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: deno, lorem-ipsum, placeholder-text
- Language: TypeScript
- Size: 19.5 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Lipsumator next
In 2015 I made [Lipsumator](http://github.com/juice49/lipsumator), a
customisable placeholder text generator. The project used new (at the time)
JavaScript features like generators, so it relies on some tooling that has
become pretty out of date.
I still use the `lipsumator` CLI command occasionally, and I've been intending
to modernise the project for a while. Quickly generating placeholder text from
your terminal and piping it to the clipboard is really useful.
Deno 1.0 has just been released, and Lipsumator seems like a great way to kick
the tires. Deno includes script distribution, bundling, testing, and command
line argument parsing tools. Everything I need for the next version of
Lipsumator. I want to try it all out and see how it works.
## Install
```
deno install -n lipsumator https://denopkg.com/juice49/[email protected]/cli.ts
```
## Run
### Generate three paragraphs
```
lipsumator --unit paragraphs --length 3
```
### Generate three paragraphs with custom phrases
```
lipsumator --unit paragraphs --length 3 --phrase 'Maranta Leuconeura' --phrase 'Monstera Deliciosa' --phrase 'Urtica Dioica'
```
### Generate ten sentences
```
lipsumator --unit sentences --length 10
```
### Generate fifty words
```
lipsumator --unit words --length 50
```
## Command line arguments
| Argument | Alias | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `unit` | `u` | `paragraphs` | Units of text to generate (`words`, `sentences`, or `paragraphs`). |
| `length` | `l` | `1` | Quantity of text units to generate (`Infinity` for fun). |
| `phrase` | `p` | | Append a phrase to the phrase list. |
| `unformatted` | | `false` | Emit each unit of text without formatting or punctuation. |
## Future
Lipsumator itself can probably be an independent library that can run in any JS
environment (like the browser and serverless functions). For now, I am combining
the Deno CLI and the Lipsumator library. Let's split those apart in the future.
## Todo
- Figure out [Deno dependency lock files](https://deno.land/manual/linking_to_external_code/integrity_checking).
- Add [Deno fmt](https://deno.land/manual/tools/formatter).
- Add [tests](https://deno.land/manual/testing).
- Look for a project phrase list in the `cwd`. Do we need to do anything with
[Deno permissions](https://deno.land/manual/examples/permissions) to make this
work?