💣 Party... in Emacs:
rom-party-demo.mp4
rom-party is available from Melpa:
(use-package rom-party
:commands (rom-party rom-party-infinite rom-party-choose-configuration)
:config
(setq rom-party-timer-seconds 10
;; `rom-party-config-directory' is used to store word files and index files
rom-party-config-directory "my/custom/dir"))M-x rom-party, in a rom party buffer the following keybindings are also provided:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
C-/ |
Hints solutions to the current prompt |
M-s |
Skips the current prompt |
There is another command rom-party-infinite which is the same as above, but with no timer or lives. To look at all preset configurations see rom-party-choose-configuration.
You may mark a word as a "goto" for a certain prompt using the command: rom-party-add-chosen-word. From then on, this word will be shown first in rom-party-hint and echoed when time runs out for that prompt.
The command rom-party-train can be used to take prompts solely from words you have added in this way. Although changes to rom-party-chosen-words are persisted between sessions, it may useful to define in your configuration for when machines are switched:
(setq rom-party-chosen-words '("rne" "garner" "tco" "outcome"))If you're finding it too difficult (or too easy!), the best way to alter the difficulty is by modifying rom-party-prompt-filter. The function takes a candidate prompt (e.g. ggi) and the words matching it - a nil value means don't use the prompt. E.g.
(setq rom-party-prompt-filter (lambda (prompt words) (>= (length words) 50)))Means any prompts with less than 10 matching solutions are not shown.
Where rom-party gets words from can be customised using rom-party-word-sources, note re-indexing may be required whenever the custom variable rom-party-word-sources is updated, which may take 20-30s depending on how large the word sources are. Other useful custom variables are given below:
| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
rom-party-config-directory |
Directory to store rom-party config and indexes |
(concat user-emacs-directory "/rom-party") |
rom-party-starting-lives |
Starting number of lives | 2 |
rom-party-timer-seconds |
The number of starting seconds for the rom party timer. | 5 |