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| 1 | +=========== |
| 2 | +cowsay 3.03 |
| 3 | +=========== |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +cowsay is a configurable talking cow, written in Perl. It operates |
| 6 | +much as the figlet program does, and it written in the same spirit |
| 7 | +of silliness. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +cowsay is actually a pretty old program. It has not really been |
| 10 | +released before, and I am releasing it in the hope that someone |
| 11 | +other than myself will be amused by it. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +The first major version of cowsay had one cow and one message |
| 14 | +template: $foo is $verb $bar. Not very flexible, but people managed |
| 15 | +to do pretty interesting things with it. The second major version |
| 16 | +scrapped many of the limitations of the first, by allowing arbitrary |
| 17 | +messages, multiple cowfiles, and even support for cows talking in |
| 18 | +figlet. The third version was a rewrite of the second into Perl |
| 19 | +5, whereupon the code got a lot smaller and more manageable. :-) |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +If you are using Perl 5.004, you may have problems with Text::Wrap. |
| 22 | +(Yeesh, this module changes more than it should...) I've included |
| 23 | +a diff for the Text::Wrap (version 97.011701) that is shipped with |
| 24 | +5.004_04; the concept is simple enough that even older Perls can |
| 25 | +take advantage of this silly little patch; if there is a "sub fill" |
| 26 | +in the documentation for the module, copy it to a more useful |
| 27 | +section of that file. If not, just take "sub fill" wholesale from |
| 28 | +the patch. Oh, and consider upgrading to 5.005_03 or later. |
| 29 | +Please. You'll like it, I promise. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +To install cowsay, consult the INSTALL file in this directory. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +For the terms and conditions of use, consult the LICENSE file in |
| 34 | +this directory. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +-- Tony Monroe (tony@nog.net) |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +$Id: README,v 1.3 2000/05/28 06:24:46 tony Exp $ |
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