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+;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1987 Free Software Foundation
+
+;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+; Randomize the seed in the random number generator.
+(random t)
+
+; Important pinheaddery for GNU Emacs.
+; Expects file emacs/etc/yow.lines to be in ITS-style LINS format
+; (ie strings terminated by ascii 0 characters. Leading whitespace ignored)
+; Everything up to the first \000 is a comment.
+(defun yow (&optional n interactive)
+ "Return or display a Zippy quotation"
+ (interactive
+ (if current-prefix-arg
+ (list (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg) t)
+ (list nil t)))
+ (if (null yow-vector)
+ (setq yow-vector (snarf-yows)))
+ (cond (n)
+ ((>= (setq n (% (random) (length yow-vector))) 0))
+ (t (setq n (- n))))
+ (let ((yow (aref yow-vector n)))
+ (cond ((not interactive)
+ yow)
+ ((not (string-match "\n" yow))
+ (delete-windows-on (get-buffer-create "*Help*"))
+ (message yow))
+ (t
+ (message "Yow!")
+ (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
+ (princ yow))))))
+
+(defvar yow-vector nil "Pertinent pinhead statements")
+(defun snarf-yows (&optional file)
+ (save-excursion
+ (let ((buf (generate-new-buffer " yow"))
+ (result '())
+ (cursor-in-echo-area t))
+ (message "Am I CONSING yet?...")
+ (set-buffer buf)
+ (insert-file-contents (or file
+ (expand-file-name "yow.lines" exec-directory)))
+ (search-forward "\0")
+ (while (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t\n\r\f") (not (eobp)))
+ (let ((beg (point)))
+ (search-forward "\0")
+ (setq result (cons (buffer-substring beg (1- (point)))
+ result))))
+ (kill-buffer buf)
+ (message "I have SEEN the CONSING!!" (length result))
+ (apply 'vector (nreverse result)))))
+
+; Yowza!! Feed zippy quotes to the doctor. Watch results.
+; fun, fun, fun. Entertainment for hours...
+;
+; written by Kayvan Aghaiepour
+
+(defun psychoanalyze-pinhead ()
+ "Zippy goes to the analyst."
+ (interactive)
+ (doctor) ; start the psychotherapy
+ (if (null yow-vector)
+ (setq yow-vector (snarf-yows)))
+ (message "")
+ (switch-to-buffer "*doctor*")
+ (sit-for 0)
+ (while (not (input-pending-p))
+ (insert-string (yow))
+ (sit-for 0)
+ (doctor-ret-or-read 1)
+ (doctor-ret-or-read 1)))
+