\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- @c %**start of header @setfilename ponysay.info @settitle Ponysay @afourpaper @documentencoding UTF-8 @documentlanguage en @finalout @c %**end of header @set VERSION 2.5 @copying This manual is for ponysay (version @value{VERSION}), Copyright @copyright{} 2012 Mattias Andrée @quotation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. @end quotation @end copying @ifnottex @node Top @top Ponysay: ponies for your terminal @insertcopying @end ifnottex @titlepage @title Ponysay @c@subtitle Cowsay reimplementation for ponies. @c@subtitle Ponies for your terminal. @subtitle Infesting your terminal with ponies. @c@subtitle Surviving the zombiepony takeover. @c@subtitle Making your terminal about 20 % cooler. @subtitle Covers ponysay version @value{VERSION}. @c ** start of front page image ** @c If print make a pdf or hard copy with the front cover @c you may or may not want to remove this. @image{infoimage,423.5px} @c ** end of front page image ** @author by Mattias Andrée (maandree) @page @vskip 0pt plus 1filll @insertcopying @page @*@* @center{`For me! For my friends! @b{For EQUESTRIA!}'} @end titlepage @contents @menu * Overview:: Brief overview of @command{ponysay}. * Invoking ponysay:: How to run @command{ponysay}. * Advanced usage:: Advanced usage of @command{ponysay}. * Environment variables:: Getting more from @command{ponysay} with environment variables. * Optional features:: Get the most out of @command{ponysay} with optional features. * Limitations:: Known limitations that may not be that easy to overcome. * Problems and requests:: Report issues and making requests. * Dependencies:: Ponysay's dependencies. * Installing:: How to install @command{ponysay}. * Inner workings:: Useful information for those whom want to help hack @command{ponysay}. * Contributing:: Useful information for those whom want to help improve the world. * Distributing:: Useful information for OS package repository package maintainers. * Terminology:: Terminology. * Change log:: Differences between the version of @command{ponysay}. * Ponysay contributors:: Ponysay contributors. * Ponysay license:: Ponysay license. * GNU Free Documentation License:: Copying and sharing this manual. * Concept index:: Concept index. @end menu @node Overview @chapter Overview @cindex overview @command{ponysay} displays an image of a My Little Pony pony saying a message provided by the user in a terminal, or a quote from the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (MLP:FiM). Historically @command{ponysay} was a wrapper for cowsay, but has since version 2.1 become an independent reimplementation of @command{cowsay}. If a message is not provided, e.g. by piping, it accepts standard input. The pony quoting the given message is printed on standard output. @command{ponythink} is to @command{ponysay} as @command{cowthink} is to @command{cowsay}. @command{ponysay} is generally used to decorate your terminal with a random pony, when you start the terminal. But if you know anypony how does like ponies [fat chance] you can always make screen-shots of @command{ponysay -q} executions and communication that way over e-mail. @node Invoking ponysay @chapter Invoking @command{ponysay} @cindex invoking @cindex options @cindex arguments @cindex ponythink The format for running the @command{ponysay} program is: @example ponysay [@var{option}...] [--] [@var{message}] ponythink [@var{option}...] [--] [@var{message}] @end example Running @command{ponysay} will print a speech balloon, @command{ponythink} will print a thought balloon. Otherwise @command{ponysay} and @command{ponythink} is the same thing. @command{ponysay} supports the following options: @table @option @item -- @cindex @option{--} Parse the following arguments as parts of @code{@var{message}}. @item -h @itemx --help @cindex @option{-h} @cindex @option{--help} Show summary of options. @item -v @itemx --verion @cindex @option{-v} @cindex @option{--version} Show version of program. @item -f PONY @itemx --file PONY @itemx --pony PONY @cindex @option{-f} @cindex @option{--file} @cindex @option{--pony} Specify the pony that should printed, this can either be a file name or a pony name printed by @command{ponysay -l}. This option can be used multiple times to specify a set of ponies from which one will be selected randomly. If no pony is specified one will be selected randomly. @cindex @command{util-say} @cindex .png @cindex png images @cindex images, png @cindex portable network graphics If you have @command{util-say} installed, you can use .png-files as the arguments for this options. In versions earlier than version 2.0, the if the pony were a file name it had to include a `@code{/}'. This is not longer required and any existing pony name supersedes file names. @item -F @itemx ++file PONY @itemx ++pony PONY @cindex @option{-F} @cindex @option{++file} @cindex @option{++pony} Just as @option{-F}, but it uses extra (non-MLP:FiM) ponies instead of standard (MLP:FiM) ponies @item -b STYLE @itemx --bubble STYLE @itemx --balloon STYLE @cindex @option{-b} @cindex @option{--bubble} @cindex @option{--balloon} Specify the balloon style that should used, this can either be a file name or a balloon name printed by @option{ponysay -B}. This option can be used multiple times to specify a set of styles from which one will be selected randomly. If no balloon style is specified a fallback style will be used. @item -q [PONY...] @itemx --quote [PONY...] @cindex @option{-q} @cindex @option{--quote} By using this option, a pony will be printed with quotes from her in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The pony will be selected randomly, unless at least one pony is added as an argument after @option{-q}. If one or more ponies are added after @option{-q}, the pony will be selected randomly from that set of ponies. This option requires the extension @command{ponyquotes4ponysay}, which is included by default since version 1.2. The argument can be a file name, but only if it ends with @file{.pony}. @item -W COLUMN @itemx --wrap COLUMN @cindex @option{-W} @cindex @option{--wrap} Specify the screen column where the message should be wrapped, this is by default 40, as with @command{cowsay}. @item -c @itemx --compress @cindex @option{-c} @cindex @option{--compress} @cindex @command{figlet} @cindex @command{TOIlet} Compress the message in the same way @command{cowsay} does, that is basically without multiple spaces, and only paragraphs separations. Using this options will mean that you cannot display @command{figlet} and @command{TOIlet} style messages. @item -l @itemx --list @cindex @option{-l} @cindex @option{--list} Lists all installed ponies. The ponies which have quotes, i.e. can be used with the @option{-q} option, will be marked by being printed in bold or bright (depending on the terminal.) @item -L @itemx --altlist @itemx --symlist @cindex @option{-L} @cindex @option{--symlist} @cindex @option{--altlist} Lists all installed ponies. The ponies which have quotes, i.e. can be used with the @option{-q} option, will be marked by being printed in bold or bright (depending on the terminal.) This options differs from @option{-l} by printing alternative names (symbolic links) inside brackets after their target ponies. @item +l @itemx ++list @cindex @option{+l} @cindex @option{++list} Just as @option{-l}, except it lists extra (non-MLP:FiM) ponies instead of standard (MLP:FiM) ponies. @item +L @itemx ++symlist @itemx ++altlist @cindex @option{+L} @cindex @option{++symlist} @cindex @option{++altlist} Just as @option{-L}, except it lists extra (non-MLP:FiM) ponies instead of standard (MLP:FiM) ponies. @item -B @itemx --balloonlist @cindex @option{-B} @cindex @option{--bubblelist} @cindex @option{--balloonlist} Prints a list of all balloon styles. @end table @cindex @var{message} If neither @option{-q} is used nor any @var{message} is specified, @command{ponysay} will read the message from stdin (standard input); however, if no arguments are used and nothing is piped to stdin, a help message will be printed. If you want to use @command{ponysay} without arguments and enter the message by hand, you can run @code{cat | ponysay}. @cindex @file{best.pony} If no pony is selected, @command{ponysay} will look for a @file{best.pony} file, this file should be a symbolic link to the pony you want as a default. If it is not a symbolic link, @option{-q} cannot determine which quotes to use. @node Advanced usage @chapter Advanced usage of @command{ponysay}. @cindex advanced usage @menu * Fortune cookies:: Displaying with fortune cookies. * Ponification:: Ponify your fortune cookies. * Running on TTY:: Running on TTY (Linux VT). * Running on screen:: Running on @command{screen}. @end menu @node Fortune cookies @section Fortune cookies @cindex fortune @cindex startup @cindex on startup @cindex @file{.bashrc} @cindex @file{~/.bashrc} If you have @command{fortune} installed -- this program may be named @command{fortune-mod} in your GNU/Linux distributions package repository -- you can run @code{fortune | ponysay} to get a random pony reading a random fortune cookie. By adding @code{fortune | ponysay} to the end [easiest way] of your @file{~/.bashrc} -- or equivalent for your shell if you do not use GNU Bash (standard shell for most distributions now a days) -- you will get the effect described in the previous paragraph every time you open a terminal. @node Ponification @section Ponification @cindex ponification @cindex text ponification @cindex ponypipe You can ponify messages (i.e. replaces words search as `everyone' with `everypony') by using @code{fortune | ponypipe} instead of using @command{fortune}. @command{ponypipe} can be downloaded from @url{https://github.com/maandree/ponypipe}. Alternatively you can use @command{pinkie} (or @command{pinkiepie}), which can be downloaded from @url{https://github.com/maandree/pinkie-pie}, which is just @code{fortune | ponypipe}. There is also a large @command{sed} script, similar to @command{ponypipe}: @url{http://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlelinux/comments/srixi/using_ponysay_with_a_ponified_fortune_warning/} However I think @command{ponypipe} as better at replacing words than the @command{sed} script, but I haven't used the script so I wouldn't know for sure. @node Running on TTY @section Running on TTY @cindex tty @cindex linux vt @cindex @file{.bashrc} @cindex @file{~/.bashrc} If you use TTY and have a custom colour palette, you should also add to your @file{~/.bashrc}, before @code{fortune | ponysay}: @cartouche @example [ "$TERM" = "linux" ] && function ponysay @{ exec ponysay "$@@" #RESET PALETTE HERE @} @end example @end cartouche You should read more about this in @ref{KMS ponies}. @node Running on screen @section Running on @command{screen} @cindex screen @cindex @file{.bashrc} @cindex @file{~/.bashrc} @command{screen} will adapt ANSI colour escape sequences to your terminal's capabilities. This means that if your terminal reports itself as @code{xterm} in @env{$TERM} ponies will lose their colours; they will only use the lower 16 colours instead of the top 240 colours. By default, almost all X terminals, including @command{xterm} and @command{mate-terminal} reports themselves as @code{xterm} in @env{$TERM}, and some reports their actual name in @env{$COLORTERM}. So before opening @command{screen} you use set @env{$TERM} to @code{xterm-256color}, if you are using a terminal with support for @code{xterm}'s 256 colours; this can be done by adding to your @file{~/.bashrc}: @cartouche @example [ "$TERM" = "xterm" ] && function screen @{ export TERM="xterm-256color" exec screen "$@@" @} @end example @end cartouche @node Environment variables @chapter Environment variables @cindex environment variables @cindex truncation @command{ponysay} supports the follow environment variables: @table @env @item PONYSAY_BOTTOM @cindex @env{PONYSAY_BOTTOM} @cindex tty Under TTY (Linux VT), if the output is larger the the screen's height, only the beginning is printed, leaving two blank lines. If you want the bottom to be printed rather the the beginning you can export @env{PONYSAY_BOTTOM} with the value @code{yes}, @code{y} or @code{1}. @item PONYSAY_SHELL_LINES @cindex @env{PONYSAY_SHELL_LINES} @cindex tty Under TTY (Linux VT), if the output is larger than the screen's height, two lines are left blank. If you want more, or less, blank lines you can export @env{PONYSAY_SHELL_LINES} with the value of how many blank lines you want. Naturally this takes effect eve n if the output is not actually larger than the screen. @item PONYSAY_FULL_WIDTH @cindex @env{PONYSAY_FULL_WIDTH} You can export @env{PONYSAY_FULL_WIDTH} with the value @code{yes}, @code{y} or @code{1}, if you do not want the output to be truncated on the width to fit the terminal. @item PONYSAY_TRUNCATE_HEIGHT @cindex @env{PONYSAY_TRUNCATE_HEIGHT} Export @env{PONYSAY_TRUNCATE_HEIGHT} with the value @code{yes}, @code{y} or @code{1}, if you want to truncate the output on the height even if you are not running @command{ponysay} under TTY. @item PONYSAY_UCS_ME @cindex @env{PONYSAY_UCS_ME} @cindex ucs @cindex universal character set @cindex unicode @cindex ascii Export @env{PONYSAY_UCS_ME} with the value @code{yes}, @code{y} or @code{1}, if you want [simulated] symlink to pony files using Universal Character Set in their names. Otherwise pony files uses only ASCII. If you want to remove the ASCII:ised names export @env{PONYSAY_UCS_ME} with the value @code{harder}, @code{h} or @code{2} instead. If you have not enabled this, UCS names are not usable, suggested or listed. If you use @code{yes} UCS names will be usable, suggested and listed. If you use @code{harder} ASCII:ised names will not be suggested or listed, but they will still be usable. @item @env{PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE} @itemx @env{PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE_CMD} @cindex @env{PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE} @cindex @env{PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE_CMD} @cindex tty @cindex linux vt @cindex kmsponies @cindex kms @cindex kernel mode setting @env{PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE} or @env{PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE_CMD} is used to tell ponysay how your TTY palette looks, this feature lets you get the best images in TTY if you have Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) support. See @ref{KMS ponies} for information on how to use this. @end table @node Optional features @chapter Optional features @cindex features, optional @cindex optional features @cindex optional dependencies @menu * KMS ponies:: Improved TTY support under KMS support. @end menu @node KMS ponies @section KMS ponies @cindex kmsponies @cindex tty @cindex linux vt @cindex kms @cindex kernel mode setting @cindex environment variables @cindex @env{PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE} @cindex @env{PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE_CMD} @cindex @file{.bashrc} @cindex @file{~/.bashrc} @cindex cache @cindex @file{/var/cache/ponysay} @cindex @file{~/.cache/ponysay} KMS ponies is an optional feature that required that you have @command{util-say>=2} (@command{util-say<2} for @command{ponysay<2.1}) installed. It lets TTY users that have a custom TTY colour palette and KMS support get best TTY images that can be display at the current state of the art. KMS is supported on most computers, but due to lack of published specifications Nvidia drivers does not support KMS. @command{util-say} can be downloaded at @url{https://github.com/maandree/util-say}. To use this feature your @file{~/.bashrc} (or equivalent for your shell) must keep track of your colour palette; it is not possible for a program to ask to terminal. Either the shell should export a palette string to @env{$PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE} or you should export a command to can get the palette string to @env{$PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE_CMD}. The palette string should be the stream which sets the colour palette to the terminal when @command{echo}:ed; preferably, to increase speed and reduce cache usage, it should be consistent every time it is exported for every colours palette. So you may want to keep it sorted, always be in either upper case or lower case, and not contain an character that is not used to set the colour palette. Assuming you have a function in your @file{~/.bashrc}, to reset the colour palette to what you set it to last time in the terminal, named @command{reset-palette}, your @file{~/.bashrc} should, for example, contain: @cartouche @example [ "$TERM" = "linux" ] && function ponysay @{ export PONYSAY_KMS_PALETTE="$(reset-palette)" exec ponysay "$@@" @} @end example @end cartouche KMS ponies uses @file{/var/cache/ponysay/} or, if missing, @file{~/.cache/ponysay/} for cache space. @node Limitations @chapter Limitations @cindex limitations @menu * Terminals:: Limitations on terminals. * Cowsay:: Limitations on cowsay. @end menu @node Terminals @section Terminals @cindex terminals @cindex fonts @cindex broken ponies @cindex xterm @cindex putty Ponysay works perfectly on @command{xterm}, @command{xterm} like terminals including @command{putty}, settings may however need to be customised for Unicode Character Set (UCS) support, but less well, depending on font, on VTE based terminals including @command{mate-terminal}. @cindex kms @cindex kernel mode setting @cindex tty @cindex linux vt On Linux's native terminal Linux VT (TTY) it works less well, and not good at all without Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) support. See @url{https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/issues/1} for more information. @command{ponysay} clears the screen before printing to TTY, this is because if your graphics driver supports KMS, the colours will be messed by when the ponies position moves on the screen, this is also reason why the output is truncated on the height in TTY by default. Most terminals have support for 256 colours, we do however only use the top 240 colours; this is because the lower 16 colours are usually, in contrast to the top 240, customised. We assume that the top 240 colours have their standard values. In TTY with KMS support we dot have any actual limit (except for @math{2^{24}} + full transparency.) @cindex xterm @cindex urxvt @cindex putty @cindex rxvt @cindex mrxvt @cindex Eterm @cindex aterm @command{ponysay} works perfectly on @command{xterm}, @command{urxvt} and @command{putty}, but @command{rxvt}, @command{mrxvt} and @command{Eterm} do not have UTF-8 support and are currently not supported. Additionally @command{aterm} have neither UTF-8 support nor 256 colour support, and is therefore not yet supported. @cindex 9term Due to extreme limitations in @command{9term} @command{ponysay} will never be able to run on it. @node Cowsay @section Cowsay @cindex cowsay This section describes the limitation of @command{cowsay}, but since version 2.1 @command{cowsay} is no longer used because of it. So none of the following limitations are present anymore. When @command{cowsay} determines the length of a word it measures in number of bytes (in UTF-8), therefore non-ASCII words will malformat the balloon with the message. Further, @command{cowsay} does not recognise ANSI escape sequences, therefore, using colours and text styling in messages will also malformat the balloon with the message. @command{cowsay} does not support balloon, including the link between the message and the pony, customisation, other than using @command{cowthink}. However you can modify @command{cowsay} (written Perl, so you can edit the installed files) to make the balloon look different, maybe using box drawing characters. @command{cowsay} does not support setting the minimum size of the balloon, both directions on the balloon–pony links. or any other placement of the balloon than at the top to the left. @node Problems and requests @chapter Problems and requests @menu * Problems:: Reporting bugs. * Requests:: Requesting ponies. @end menu @node Problems @section Reporting bugs @cindex bugs If you find a bug in @command{ponysay}, install the last version from @url{https://github.com/erkin/ponysay}, and if it is still present, please report it at @url{https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/issues}. Please be as descriptive as possible, as it will help us verify it solve it faster. @node Requests @section Requesting ponies @cindex pony requests If you want I specific pony added, ask us at @url{https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/issues} and we will add it. To speed the up the process, if possible, supply good pictures. Full visibly, transparent background, and pixelated are the properties that makes a picture good. @node Dependencies @chapter Dependencies @cindex dependencies @cindex optional dependencies We have provided a script that should run one most, if not all shells, named @file{./dependency-test.sh} that will help you track down any missing package. @menu * Required runtime dependencies:: Required runtime dependencies. * Optional runtime dependencies:: Optional runtime dependencies. * Package building dependencies:: Package building dependencies. * Dependencies for pony providers:: Dependencies for pony providers. @end menu @node Required runtime dependencies @section Required runtime dependencies @table @command @item coreutils @command{stty} is used to determine the size of the terminal. @item python>=3 @command{ponysay} is written in pure Python 3. @end table @node Optional runtime dependencies @section Optional runtime dependencies @cindex extensions @cindex optional dependencies @table @command @item util-say>=2 @cindex @command{util-say} @cindex kms @cindex tty @cindex linux vt For improved TTY support for user with custom colour palette and KMS support. It can be downloaded at @url{https://github.com/maandree/util-say}. @cindex .png @cindex png images @cindex images, png @cindex portable network graphics For the purpose of simplifying for pony contributors, @command{ponysay} supports using .png-images (note that the file must not miss the @file{.png} at the end of the file name) in addition to .pony-files or pony names. @end table @node Package building dependencies @section Package building dependencies @table @command @item python>=3 Required to run the @file{./setup.py} file, which is also invoked from the make script. @item gzip Used for compressing manuals. (Optional, standard) @item xz Used for compressing manuals. (Optional, non-standard) @item texinfo Used to compile this @command{info} manual. (Optional, standard) @item info Used to install this @command{info} manual with @command{install-info}. (Optional, standard) @item make Required to run the make script. (Optional) @item sh Required to run the @command{./configure} script. (Optional) @item sed Used in the @command{./configure} script. (Optional) @end table @node Dependencies for pony providers @section Dependencies for pony providers @cindex contributing @table @command @item bash Required to run @command{dev/dist.sh}. @item coreutils @command{ln} and @command{readlink} are used in the @command{ttyponies} subscript of @command{dev/dist.sh}. @item util-say>=2 Used by @command{dev/dist.sh ttyponies} to build ttyponies from xterm ponies. It can be downloaded at @url{https://github.com/maandree/util-say}. @end table @node Installing @chapter Installing @cindex installing @cindex make @menu * From upstream:: Installing manually from upstream (GitHub repository). * Package repositories:: Packages distributed in OS package repositories. * Uninstalling:: Uninstalling when installed manually. @end menu @node From upstream @section From upstream @cindex upstream installation @menu * Installations basics:: The basics of installations. * Custom installations:: Installation customisation. @end menu @node Installations basics @subsection Installations basics @cindex @command{make} @cindex basic installation Before installing @command{ponysay}, make sure your system have the packages listed under @ref{Required runtime dependencies} and @ref{Package building dependencies} installed. Tarballs can be downloaded at @url{https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/tarball/master} for bleeding edge, or from @url{https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/tags} for releases. If you have @command{git} you can @command{clone} the project URL @url{https://github.com/erkin/ponysay.git}. In the terminal, @command{cd} into the ponysay directory and execute @command{./configure && make install}. This will install @command{ponysay} into @file{/usr}, normally meaning you need to run @command{make install} as root, e.g. by running @command{sudo make install}. Now you will be to use ponysay, run: @command{ponysay "I am just the cutest pony!"}, or if have a specific pony in your mind: @command{ponysay -f pinkie "Partay!~"}. @cindex manpage translations @command{ponysay} comes with this @command{info} manual and a manpage in section 6, @command{man 6 ponysay} (or just @command{man ponysay}). The manpage is also available in Spanish: @command{man -L es 6 ponysay}. To install the Spanish manual add the option @option{--with-man-es} when running @command{./configure}. @cindex @file{setup.py} @cindex @command{./setup.py} If your system does not have @command{sh}, @command{make} or @command{sed} or can use @command{./setup.py OPTIONS VERB} or @command{python3 setup.py OPTIONS VERB} (or @command{python} instead of @command{python3}) instead of @command{./configure OPTIONS && make VERB}. @command{./setup.py} recognised @command{./setup.py version} and @command{./setup.py help}, which is not supported by @command{make} or @command{./configure}. @node Custom installations @subsection Custom installations @cindex customised installations @cindex installation customisation @cindex @file{setup.py} @cindex @command{./setup.py} @cindex @command{./configure} @cindex make @cindex configure @command{./configure} and @command{./setup.py} and recognises the same options. Whether the exception for with @option{--with-everything} and @option{--with-nothing}, every option that starts with @option{--with-} or @option{--without-} exists in both variants. @option{--with-} options install parts of the package. @option{--without-} options skipps installation of parts of the packages. With the same exception, @option{--without-} options take not arguments and @option{--with-} optionally takes an argument, if no argument is provided a default argument is implied. The configuration script recognised the following options, the default values for options with arguments are written after the equality sign (@code{=}) in the option: @table @option @item --everything @itemx --with-everything @cindex @option{--everything} @cindex @option{--with-everything} Install everything that is not explicity excluded. @item --minimal @cindex @option{--minimal} Install only the essentials. Note that this can vary depending on version. Currently this means that the commands, xterm ponies and legal documents is installed. @item --nothing @itemx --with-nothing @cindex @option{--nothing} @cindex @option{--with-nothing} Install nothing, except legal documents, that is not explicity included. @item --with-ponysay=/usr/bin/ponysay @cindex @option{--with-ponysay} @cindex @option{--without-ponysay} Install the ponysay command, and set file name. (Default) @item --with-ponythink=/usr/bin/ponythink @cindex @option{--with-ponythink} @cindex @option{--without-ponytink} Install the ponythink command, and set file name. (Default) @item --with-shared-cache=/var/cache/ponysay @cindex @option{--with-shared-cache} @cindex @option{--without-shared-cache} Install a user shared cache, this is only used by KMS ponies so far. (Default) @item --with-bash=/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ponysay @cindex @option{--with-bash} @cindex @option{--without-bash} Install auto-completion for installed commands in GNU Bash. Select the file name for the installed script for the ponysay command, the other commands modifies this file name. (Default) @item --with-fish=/usr/share/fish/completions/ponysay.fish @cindex @option{--with-fish} @cindex @option{--without-fish} Install auto-completion for installed commands in Friendly interactive shell. Select the file name for the installed script for the ponysay command, the other commands modifies this file name. (Default) @item --with-zsh=/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ponysay @cindex @option{--with-zsh} @cindex @option{--without-zsh} Install auto-completion for installed commands in the zsh shell. Select the file name for the installed script for the ponysay command, the other commands modifies this file name. (Default) @item --with-shell=/usr/share @cindex @option{--with-shell} @cindex @option{--without-shell} @cindex @option{--with-bash} @cindex @option{--without-bash} @cindex @option{--with-fish} @cindex @option{--without-fish} @cindex @option{--with-zsh} @cindex @option{--without-zsh} Macro for @option{--with-bash}, @option{--with-fish} and @option{--with-zsh}. The argument is the used share/ directory that all shells have in common. @item --with-pdf=/usr/doc @cindex @option{--with-pdf} @cindex @option{--without-pdf} Install PDF manual, and select directory for it. @item --with-pdf-compression=gz @cindex @option{--with-pdf} @cindex @option{--with-pdf-compression} @cindex @option{--without-pdf-compression} Compress PDF manual, select compression by file name extension. This option does not imply @option{--with-pdf}. (Default) @item --with-info=/usr/share/info @cindex @option{--with-info} @cindex @option{--without-info} Install @command{info} manual, and select directory for it. (Default) @item --with-info-install=My Little Ponies for your terminal @cindex @option{--with-info-install} @cindex @option{--without-info-install} Use @command{install-info} when installing @command{info} manual. Set the description for the manual. This option does not imply @option{--with-info}. (Default) @item --with-info-compression=gz @cindex @option{--with-info} @cindex @option{--with-info-compression} @cindex @option{--without-info-compression} Compress @command{info} manual, select compression by file name extension. This option does not imply @option{--with-info}. (Default) @item --with-man-en=/usr/share/man @cindex @option{--with-man-en} @cindex @option{--without-man-en} Install English @command{man} manual. Set directory for @command{man} manuals. (Default) @item --with-man-es=/usr/share/man @cindex @option{--with-man-es} @cindex @option{--without-man-es} Install Spanish @command{man} manual. Set directory for @command{man} manuals. @item --with-man @cindex @option{--with-man} @cindex @option{--without-man} Macro for all @option{--with-man-LANG}. @item --with-man-en-compression=gz @cindex @option{--with-man-en-compression} @cindex @option{--without-man-en-compression} Compress English @command{man} manual, select compression by file name extension. This option does not imply @option{--with-man-en}. (Default) @item --with-man-es-compression=gz @cindex @option{--with-man-es-compression} @cindex @option{--without-man-es-compression} Compress Spanish @command{man} manual, select compression by file name extension. This option does not imply @option{--with-man-es}. (Default) @item --with-man-compression @cindex @option{--with-man-compression} @cindex @option{--without-man-compression} Macro for all @option{--with-man-LANG-compression}. @item --man-section-ponysay=6 @cindex @option{--man-section-ponysay} Change the section for the ponysay manpage. @item --man-section-cowsay=1 @cindex @option{--man-section-cowsay} Change the section for the cowsay manpage. @item --man-section-fortune=6 @cindex @option{--man-section-fortune} Change the section for the fortune manpage. @item --with-ponies=/usr/share/ponysay/ponies @cindex @option{--with-ponies} @cindex @option{--without-ponies} Install standard xterm ponies, and select installation directory for them. (Default) @item --with-ttyponies=/usr/share/ponysay/ttyponies @cindex @option{--with-ttyponies} @cindex @option{--without-ttyponies} Install standard tty ponies, and select installation directory for them. (Default) @item --with-extraponies=/usr/share/ponysay/extraponies @cindex @option{--with-extraponies} @cindex @option{--without-extraponies} Install extra xterm ponies, and select installation directory for them. (Default) @item --with-extrattyponies=/usr/share/ponysay/extrattyponies @cindex @option{--with-extrattyponies} @cindex @option{--without-extrattyponies} Install extra tty ponies, and select installation directory for them. (Default) @item --with-quotes=/usr/share/ponysay/quotes @cindex @option{--with-quotes} @cindex @option{--without-quotes} Install pony quotes, and select installation directory for them. (Default) @item --with-balloons=/usr/share/ponysay/balloons @cindex @option{--with-balloons} @cindex @option{--without-balloons} Install balloon styles, and select installation directory for them. (Default) @item --with-ucs=/usr/share/ponysay/ucsmap @cindex @option{--with-ucs} @cindex @option{--without-ucs} Install UCS pony names, and select installation file name for the map. (Default) @item --without-custom-env-python @cindex @option{--without-custom-env-python} Let the installer set the @command{env} name for @command{python} in @file{ponysay}. (Default) @item --with-custom-env-python=python3 @cindex @option{--with-custom-env-python} Set the @command{env} name for @command{python} in @file{ponysay}. @item --prefix=/usr @cindex @option{--prefix} Set a prefix to all implicit directories. @item --private @cindex @option{--private} Change all implicit configurations to fit local user a installation for the current user. @item --opt @cindex @option{--opt} Change all implicit directories to fit installation to @file{/opt}. @item --bin-dir=/usr/bin @cindex @option{--bin-dir} Set the system's directory for command executables. @item --lib-dir=/usr/lib/ponysay @cindex @option{--lib-dir} Set the system's directory for non-command executables. Currently their is not non-command executables, so this options has no effect, but bleeding edge distributors should specify it if it differs from prefered. @item --share-dir=/usr/share @cindex @option{--share-dir} Set the system's directory for resource files. @item --cache-dir=/var/cache @cindex @option{--cache-dir} Set the system's directory for cache directories. @item --dest-dir= @cindex @option{--dest-dir} Set off environment for installation. @item --linking=symbolic @cindex @option{--linking} Set how to link identical files. Directories cannot be hard linked on most systems, therefore directories or always symbolically linked of hard linked is specified. Recognised arguments are @code{copy}, @code{hard} and @code{symbolic}. @code{copy} implies that files and directories are not linked, but duplicated. @command{ponysay ±L} will give the same output as @command{ponysay ±l} if @code{copy} or @code{hard} is used. This is because it does link reading and not content or inode comparison. @end table Recognised compressions are @option{gz} which uses @option{gzip -9}, and @option{xz} which uses @option{xz -9e}. @option{xz} is still exotic to bost programs, use using it is not recommended. Distributors are strongly disencouraged to compression for the PDF manual and should use @option{--without-pdf-compression}. You can run @command{./configure [OPTIONS] view} to make sure everything is correct before building and installing. @node Package repositories @section Package repositories @cindex package repositories @menu * Arch Linux:: Packages for Arch Linux. * Gentoo Linux:: Packages for Gentoo Linux. * Debian GNU/Linux:: Packages for Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu. @end menu @node Arch Linux @subsection Arch Linux @cindex arch linux The official Arch Linux package repositories contains @command{ponysay} as @w{@code{community/ponysay}}. The Arch Linux User Repository (AUR) contains a bleeding edge git version of @command{ponysay} as @code{ponysay-git}. @node Gentoo Linux @subsection Gentoo Linux @cindex gentoo linux Gentoo users can use the overlay @url{https://github.com/etu/aidstu-overlay}, which contains @command{ponysay} as @w{@code{games-misc/ponysay}}. @node Debian GNU/Linux @subsection Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu @cindex debian gnu/linux @cindex ubuntu A .deb file is available at @url{http://roryholland.co.uk/misc.html#ponysay}, and a PPA can be found at @url{https://launchpad.net/~blazemore/+archive/ponysay}. @node Uninstalling @section Uninstalling @cindex uninstalling If you did not install @command{ponysay} with a package manager, but rather manually from the upstream, you can uninstall it by running @command{make uninstall}. Well written package manages will uninstall files that the package is no longer using, i.e. if deleted, moved or renamed. To uninstall files that are not longer used, by the currently installed version you will need that versions @file{Makefile}. To perform an uninstallation of old files run @command{make uninstall-old}. @node Inner workings @chapter Inner workings @cindex inner workings @cindex hacking @menu * Pony anatomy:: Anatomy of pony files. * Pony quote infrastructure:: Pony quote infrastructure. * Balloon style files:: Balloon style files. * Printing in TTY with KMS:: Printing in TTY with KMS support. * Truncation:: Output truncation. * Languages:: Selection of programming languages. * Shell auto-completion:: Things that make auto-completion simpler. * Universal Character Set:: Something about Universal Character Set support. @end menu @node Pony anatomy @section Pony anatomy @cindex pony anatomy @cindex anatomy of pony files The pony files are simple raw output data that can be printed to the terminal, except it contains scalar variables. The pony images consists of white space, lower half blocks [U+2584], upper half blocks [U+2580] and ANSI colour sequences (CSI m), and, in TTY, colour value change sequences (OSI P). Variables are recalled by putting the variable's name between two dollar signs (@code{$var$}), and are stored by putting the variable's name followed by the value between two dollar signs and with a equality sign between the name and the value (@code{$var=value$}). Variable names cannot include equality signs, but the value can; dollar signs can be used by placing an ESC character before the dollar sign. There are three predefined variables: @code{$$} (empty variable name), @code{$\$} and @code{$/$}. @code{$$} has a dollar sign (@code{$}) as its value, while @code{$\$} and @code{$/$} contains the characters for the link to the balloon directed in the same direction as the variable name's slash. Variables whose name begin with @code{balloon} are parsed as balloon inserts, it can be either @code{balloon}, @code{balloonX}, @code{balloon,Y} or @code{balloonX,Y}, whether @code{X} is the minimum width of the balloon and @code{Y} is the minimum height of the balloon. Prior to version 2.1 the pony files were cow files used by @command{cowsay}, they are partial Perl-scripts that assign a value to a scalar variable named @var{$the_cow}. Cow files use a predefined scalar variable named @code{$thoughts}, these are used to create a link between the message and the pony. The message (and the balloon) itself was printed by @command{cowsay} and is not defined in the cow files. @node Pony quote infrastructure @section Pony quote infrastructure @cindex pony quote infrastructure @cindex quote infrastructure When compiling, pony quotes are built to @file{quotes/}, the file names are lists of ponies joined with plus signs (@code{+}) -- the pony names are the same as the pony files, except they do not end with @file{.pony} -- with a index at the end, and a full stop (@code{.}) before the index. The source files are located in @file{ponyquotes/}, where their is a file named @file{ponies}. This file is called the pony map, and is the basis for how the compiled files are named. In the ponymap ponies with the same quotes are on the same line join together with plus signs (@code{+}), if the lines because too long for file names the line is split into multiple lines with the first pony in common. In @file{ponyquotes/} there are also quote files, each contain just one quote, just as when compiled to @file{quotes/}. The source quote files are identical to the compiled quote files, except that their name contains just the first pony. @node Balloon style files @section Balloon style files @cindex balloon style files @cindex bubble style files @cindex ponythink Balloon style files are located in the directory @file{balloons/}, the ones ending with @file{.say} applies to @command{ponysay} and the ones ending with @file{.think} applies to @command{ponythink}. Balloon style consists of 20 strings. Each string is defined on separate lines, by their name and their value separated with a colon (@code{name:value}), if the name is empty it continues the last one on a new line in the value. Only 10 of the strings may be multi-lined: @var{nw}, @var{nnw}, @var{n}, @var{nne}, @var{ne}, @var{sw}, @var{ssw}, @var{s}, @var{sse} and @var{se}. The following strings are used, and must be defined in the files: @table @var @item \ The character for the link to the balloon directed as @code{\}. @item / The character for the link to the balloon directed as @code{/}. @item ww The beginning of the balloon's line where the message is located if and only if the message contains only one line. @item ee The end of the balloon's line where the message is located if and only if the message contains only one line. @item nw The top left corner of the balloon. @item nnw If both this string and the @var{nne} string fits between the top corners, this is printed directly to the right of the top left corner. @item n The top edge of the balloon. @item nne If both this string and the @var{nnw} string fits between the top corners, this is printed directly to the right of the top left corner. @item ne The top right corner of the balloon. @item nee The end of the balloon's line where the message's first line is located if and only if the message contains more than one line. @item e The right edge of the balloon. @item see The end of the balloon's line where the message's last line is located if and only if the message contains more than one line. @item se The bottom right corner of the balloon. @item sse If both this string and the @var{ssw} string fits between the bottom corners, this is printed directly to the left of the bottom right corner. @item s The bottom edge of the balloon. @item ssw If both this string and the @var{sse} string fits between the bottom corners, this is printed directly to the right of the bottom left corner. @item sw The bottom left corner of the balloon. @item sww The beginning of the balloon's line where the message's last line is located if and only if the message contains more than one line. @item w The left edge of the balloon. @item nww The beginning of the balloon's line where the message's first line is located if and only if the message contains more than one line. @end table @node Printing in TTY with KMS @section Printing in TTY with KMS @cindex tty @cindex linux vt @cindex clearing tty @cindex kms @cindex kernel mode setting Since Linux VT (TTY) does not have capabilities for returning the position of the cursor, the screen must always be cleared before printing the ponies to make sure the pony's colours is not lost, i.e. reduced to mare 16 colours, during print. The colours are reduced if the pony's position on the screen is changed. This is only relevant with KMS support. The clear the screen we print ``@code{\e[H\e[2J}'' (@code{\e} is ESC) in at beginning. ``@code{\e[H}'' places the cursor at the beginning of the screen, and ``@code{\e[2J}'' clears everything on the screen after, and including at, the cursor. If we would use ``@code{\ec}'' (that is a reset), we would also turn off num. lock and caps. lock. @node Truncation @section Truncation @cindex truncation @cindex output truncation @cindex kms @cindex kernel mode setting Ponysay supports three type of output truncations, cutting away overflow on the right and truncation the height by either keeping the bottom or keeping the top. By default the latest is enabled under TTY, cutting away overflow on the right is always enabled by default. Truncating the height in TTY is required under Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) support to keep the colours from being messed up when the ponies is moved in the screen during print. Prior to version 2.0 this was done either by piping to @command{head} (keeps the top) or by piping to @command{tail} (keeps the bottom.) @command{head} and @command{tail} takes as argument the number of lines to keep at most. The size of the terminal, measured in characters, is fetched from @command{stty size}, which returns @code{HEIGHT WIDTH}, and @command{cut} it the used to get either the height or the width. This requires only GNU Coreutils; earlier @command{tput rows} and @command{tput cols} were used, this however required, the only de facto standard, package @command{ncurses}, some shells have environment variables for this. Since version 2.1 truncation is done internally in the Python script, before that it was done in a custom C program @command{truncater}, that was installed to @file{/usr/lib/ponysay/truncater}. It recognised UTF-8 ANSI escape sequences, including OSI P and CSI m, which is essential for the truncation to be correct. It also expands tabs to every eighth column and resets the background colour when needed, and writes ANSI escape sequences that are on the left side of the truncation. The truncater stops CSI sequences on the first ASCII letter (@code{[a-zA-Z]}), but also stops escape sequences after the first character after the initial escape if it is not either @code{[} (CSI) or @code{]} (OSI). In the previous, C, program it supported UTF-8 by assuming that bytes do not match @code{10xxxxxx} and only those bytes were visible. This now fixed internally in Python, but has also been improved to exclude combining characters from the set of visible characters. Another difference is that the background colours are not reset, instead ANSI colours after the truncation point are still printed. @node Languages @section Languages @cindex languages @cindex script languages @cindex programming languages Before version 2.0 @command{ponysay} was written primarily in GNU Bash script; the truncater was however written in C, because it is simple, fast, does not pose addition dependencies, and is easy to do byte hacking in. Sometimes shell is too slow, in these cases Perl was used; Perl was already required by @command{cowsay}, it is also similar to shell, but also supports hash tables. However since version 2.0 we were trying to move from all there languages and only use Python 3, which as been accomplished in version 2.1. @node Shell auto-completion @section Shell auto-completion @cindex auto-completion, inner workings @cindex shell, auto-completion @cindex @option{--onelist} @cindex @option{++onelist} @cindex @option{--quoters} To make it easier to write auto-completion for shells, @command{ponysay} supports the two options @option{--onelist}, @option{++onelist} and @option{--quoters}, which has no short versions. Executing @command{ponysay --onelist} will list every available standard (MLP:FiM) pony, independent of where it is located, the output is a sorted and consists only of one pony per line. Executing @command{ponysay ++onelist} will list every available extra (non-MLP:FiM) pony, independent of where it is located, the output is a sorted and consists only of one pony per line. @command{ponysay --quoters} work just as @command{ponysay --onelist}, excepts it limits the ponies to those that have quotes. Ponies that have quotes, but does not exist, i.e. does not have a .pony-file, are not listed. Auto-completion scripts should not suggest these options. @node Universal Character Set @section Universal Character Set @cindex universal character set @cindex ucs @cindex unicode @cindex pony names In earlier versions of @command{ponysay} only the output truncation supported Universal Character Set, though handcoded UTF-8 character counting. Now @command{ponysay} lets Python decode the data, Python store all 31 bits of a character in as one character, not in UTF-16 as some other languages does, this means that the code is agnostic to the character encoding. However in Unicode 6.1 their are four ranges of combining characters, these do not take up any width in proper terminal, we therefore have a class in the code named @code{UCS} that help us take them into consideration when determine the length of a string. Some ponies have names that contain non-ASCII characters, read about it in @ref{Environment variables}. The UCS names are stored in the file @file{share/ucsmap}, in it lines that are not empty and does not start with a hash (@code{#}) are parsed, and contains a UCS name and a ASCII:ised name. The UCS name comes first, followed by the ASCII:ised name that the UCS name should replace or link towards. The two names are separated by and simple left to right arrow character [U+2192], optionally with surrounding white space. @node Contributing @chapter Contributing @cindex contributing @menu * Providing ponies:: Providing ponies. @end menu @node Providing ponies @section Providing ponies @cindex create pony file Most pony images are browser ponies or desktop ponies, browser ponies is a port of desktop ponies, implementing it in JavaScript. Browser ponies are available at @url{https://github.com/panzi/Browser-Ponies}. Desktop ponies are available at @url{http://desktop-pony-team.deviantart.com/}. There is also a collection of ponies that are not yet pixelated in a Java reimplementation of the early Ponysay: @url{https://github.com/maandree/unisay/tree/develop/dev/newponies} There is a checklist named @file{pony-checklist} at the @file{dev/} directory. You can use the check which ponies are added and which are not. Please update it when fit. @* New ponies can be created from regular images by using util-say, which is available at @url{https://github.com/maandree/util-say}. Prior to version 2.1 of @command{ponysay}, @command{img2xterm} could be used, by since version 2.1 @command{ponysay} is using a new format that only util-say supports. @command{img2xterm} (@url{https://github.com/rossy2401/img2xterm}) was used in the early stage, but util-say tries to optimise the images in some aspects: as good as possible for low capability terminals, tries to place the pony–balloon link, displayed as good as possible when marked in the terminal (somewhat compromised by the first aspect,) and same width on all rows. Using util-say: @cindex util-say @cindex @command{img2ponysay} @cartouche @example @code{img2ponysay -2 -- SOURCE_IMAGE > PONY_FILE} @code{PONY}_FILE should end with @file{.pony} and be localed in @file{ponies/}, or @file{extraponies/} if the pony is not a MLP:FiM pony. Omit @option{-2} if the source image does not use double pixel size. For more information see: @url{https://github.com/maandree/util-say/wiki/img2ponysay} @end example @end cartouche @* @cindex util-say @cindex .png @cindex png images @cindex images, png @cindex portable network graphics If you have util-say installed, which is required to build ponies, you can use PNG files as argument the for @command{ponysay -f}, this requires that the file is named @file{.png} at the end. @cindex palette @cindex xterm palette @cindex pony palette @cindex colour palette The following @command{bash} code will print the palette the ponies (the terminals) use: @cartouche @example c=16 while ((c < 256)); do echo -en "\e[48;5;$@{c@}m \e[49m" c=$(( $c + 1 )) if (( $(( c % 36 )) == 16 )); then echo fi done; echo @end example @end cartouche @* For the palette to be correct, which is especially important when you draw ponies, you must not redefine the colours in the range 16 to 255 (inclusive). @cindex ttypony When a pony is added please also add a ttypony version, i.e. the pony files used in TTY, but if you don't please state so in the pull request so we do not miss the create it; the simplest way to do this is to run @command{dev/dist.sh ttyponies} after adding the ponies to @file{ponies/}, running @command{dev/dist.sh ttyponies} will build (or rebuild) all ttyponies with a pony present in @file{ponies/}, and creates all needed symlinks. To be able to run @command{dev/dist.sh ttyponies} you must have the packages listed under @ref{Dependencies for pony providers}. @cindex ponyquotes @cindex quotes Also when adding new ponies, please map them up in the file @file{ponyquotes/ponies}. If the pony is a new pony without any other alternative image just add it to a new line, without @file{.pony}, preferably in its alphabetical position. If the file is a symlink add it to the same line as the target pony, and if the pony has and alternative image add it the the same line as that pony. Ponies on the same line are separated with a plus sign (@code{+}) without any white space. When a line is too long for a file name (this has happened to Pinkie Pie [@file{pinkie}],) it must be split into multiple lines, these lines should have their first pony file in common. @node Distributing @chapter Distributing @cindex distributing ponysay @cindex package maintaining @cindex OS package maintaining @cindex maintaining OS package @cindex fhs @cindex filesystem hierarchy standard If you are planning on maintaining @command{ponysay} in your favourite operating system you should first read @ref{Required runtime dependencies} and @ref{Optional runtime dependencies}. If your OS does not follow Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), e.g. installing amusement binaries in @file{/usr/games} instead of @file{/usr/bin} or only supporting @file{/opt} equivalent directories you should read about configurations in @ref{Custom installations}. Apart from this, you should configure @command{ponysay} before building it with the option @option{--everything}. Otherwise only the @command{info} manual and the English manpage will be installed for documentation. Please inform us about your distribution so we can list it so everypony can see it. @* The following is a reference distribution written in Arch Linux's PKGBUILD format. It is not complete, proper, verbose enough or well written, it just contains the core of an stable @command{git} distribution. @cartouche @example pkgname=ponysay pkgver=2.5 pkgrel=1 arch=(any) pkgdesc="Cowsay reimplementation for ponies" url="https://github.com/erkin/ponysay" license=(WTFPL "GNU FDL v1.3") depends=(python>=3 coreutils) optdepends=("util-say>=2: Improved TTY support with KMS and PNG files") makedepends=(git texinfo info gzip python>=3) build() @{ cd "$srcdir"; git clone git://github.com/erkin/ponysay.git ponysay cd ponysay ; git checkout "$pkgver" ./setup.py --everything --without-pdf-compression \ --bin-dir=/usr/bin --dest-dir="$pkgdir" build @} package() @{ cd "$srcdir/ponysay"; ./setup.py prebuilt @} @end example @end cartouche @node Terminology @chapter Terminology @cindex terminology @table @i @item MLP:FiM @cindex MLP:FiM The television show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. @item My Little Pony @cindex my little pony The successor to My Pretty Pony, the toy not the short story by Stephen King. @item TTY @itemx Linux VT @cindex tty @cindex linux vt Linux's native terminal emulator. The name TTY comes from the file names for the devices used for terminals by Linux VT, which is @file{/dev/tty*}. @item KMS @itemx Kernel Mode Setting @cindex kms @cindex kernel mode setting A feature in Linux allowing mode setting in kernel-space, this gives the TTY, for example better colour support. I would go to Wikipedia for more information. @item ttyponies @cindex ttyponies Pony files used in TTY. @item kmsponies @cindex kmsponies Pony files generated for use in TTY with custom TTY colour palette and KMS support. @item extraponies @itemx extra ponies @cindex extraponies @cindex extra ponies Pony files of ponies that are not a part of MLP:FiM. @item standard ponies @cindex standard ponies Pony files of ponies that are a part of MLP:FiM. @item systemponies @itemx sysponies @cindex systemponies @cindex sysponies Pony files located in @file{/usr/share/ponysay}. @item homeponies @itemx usrponies @cindex homeponies @cindex usrponies Pony files located in @file{~/.local/share/ponysay}. @item browser ponies @cindex browser ponies @cindex desktop ponies A JavaScript program which is the source for most of our ponies. It is a port of @i{desktop ponies}. @item ponification @cindex ponification The process of converting English text to Equestrian English. @item Equestrian English @cindex Equestrian English The English dialect spoken by the ponies in MLP:FiM, the basic role is that it is American English with as many words and parts of words as possible exchanged to words having to do with ponies, including the work `pony' itself. This is normally the language we, the developers, write in, except we may use another English, e.g. British English, as the base language. @item best.pony @cindex best.pony The pony you think is [the] best pony. It should be a symlink pony. It is a feature affecting the @option{-f}, @option{-F} and @option{-q} options. @item pony symlink @itemx symlink pony @cindex pony symlink @cindex symlink pony A pony file that is a symbolic link to another pony file. Symbolic links can be created with the command @command{ln -s TARGET SYMLINK}. @item ponyquotes @cindex ponyquotes A feature enabling ponies to quote them self from MLP:FiM. @item environment variables @cindex environment variables Variables stored to the environment with the command @command{export VARIABLE=VALUE}. The variable name is often written with the prefix @code{$} due to have they are read in shell, using the command @command{echo $VARIABLE}. @item UCS @itemx Universal Character Set @cindex ucs @cindex universal character set The set of of character, develop by the Unicode Consortium. It defined a partially filled space of @math{2^{31}} characters, some of which are not glyphs. @item combining characters @cindex combining characters Character that have zero width and is used to compose characters with diacritical when there is no precomposed character to use. @item ASCII @itemx ASCII character @cindex ascii @cindex character American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) defines 128 characters, some are not glyphs. It contains control characters, basic punctuation, the decimal digit, and lower case and upper case English alphabet characters @code{a-z}. @item short options @cindex short options Command line arguments starting with either exactly one hyphen (@code{-}) or exactly one plus sign (@code{+}), and have exactly one character beyond that. They may be argumentless, argumented, optionally argumented, or variadic (consumes are following arguments). @item long options @cindex long options Command line arguments starting with either at least two hyphens (@code{-}) or at least two plus signs (@code{+}), beyond that they have at least one character, but often at least one work. They by be argumentless, argumented, optionally argumented, or variadic (consumes are following arguments). @item completion @itemx auto-completion @itemx shell completion @itemx shell auto-completion @cindex completion @cindex auto-completion @cindex shell completion @cindex shell auto-completion Provided by a shell dependent script, argument suggestion is provided of then by pressing the tab key. @item ANSI escape sequences @itemx escape sequences @cindex ANSI escape sequences @cindex escape sequences Character sequences starting with a ESC character, with a special interpretation for terminals standardise by ANSI. @item ANSI colour sequences @itemx ANSI colours @itemx colour sequences @cindex ANSI colour sequences @cindex ANSI colours @cindex colour sequences ANSI escape sequences defining a colour or other formatting, known as CSI m, a sequence starting with CSI and ending with an @code{m}. This is extended to 256 colours, from 16 colours, by @command{xterm} which is de facto standardise. @item CSI @cindex CSI The character combination ESC followed by @code{[}, used in standardised ANSI escape sequences. @item OSI @cindex OSI The character combination ESC followed by @code{]}, used in non-standardised ANSI escape sequences. @end table @node Change log @appendix Change log @cindex change log @cindex versions @cindex previous releases @heading Version 2.5 Brand new highly configurable build system. @heading Version 2.4 Nothing worth mentioning. @b{Note}: Identifies itself as version 2.3 @heading Version 2.3 @itemize @bullet @item Support for @file{best.pony} file. @item @option{-q} accepts file names. @item Improved Unicode support: treats combining characters as invisible. @item Optional support for UCS pony names. @item Pony files and balloon style files can be pipes (as well as sockets, doors and as always regular files.) @item Support cowsay style message compression. @item New ponies: @file{blaze} @item New extraponies: @file{fyrefly} (Tumblr), @file{surprise} (Tumblr), @file{woona} (moonstuck), @file{woonanohat} (moonstuck) @item Pony symlink added: @itemize @bullet @item @file{pinkieoink} → @file{oinkoinkoink} @end itemize @item Support for non-MLP:FiM ponies (known as extraponies). @c BEGIN the following is too descriptive for the plain/text change log This is implemented with the options @option{-F}, @option{+l}, and @option{+L} corresponding to @option{-f}, @option{-l}, and @option{-L}. @c END @end itemize @heading Version 2.2 @itemize @bullet @item Full support for arbitrary positioning of balloon in pony files. @item ANSI colour sequences in pony files are applied only to the pony image, not the balloon link or the balloon itself. @item Support for colours in the message. @item Support custom balloon styles using the option @option{-b}, @option{-B} will list all available. This list depends on whether you are invoking @command{ponysay} or @command{ponythink} @end itemize @heading Version 2.1.1 Nothing worth mentioning. @heading Version 2.1 @itemize @bullet @item @file{applebumkin} is renamed to @file{applebumpkin}. @item New ponies: @file{owlowiscious}, @file{purplehaze} @item Cowsay has be reimplemented, and have full Unicode support and support for @command{figlet} style messages. @item Deleted environment variables: @env{PONYSAY_COWSAY}, @env{PONYSAY_COWTHINK} @item You will need Python 3, but not GNU Bash, Perl or Cowsay. @item New .pony file format is used: @c BEGIN the following is too descriptive for the plain/text change log @command{unisay}'s format instead of @command{cowsay}'s Perl based format. This includes arbitrary position of balloon, mirrored balloon links, and minimum size of balloon. @c END @end itemize @heading Version 2.0 @itemize @bullet @item Makefile is generated by running @command{./configure}. @item All Perl scripts and almost all Bash are reimplemented in one Python 3 script. @item kmsponies4ponysay is included. @end itemize @heading Version 1.4.1 @itemize @bullet @item Code is repaired and more portable. @end itemize @heading Version 1.4 @itemize @bullet @item Make file is improved. @end itemize @b{Note}: Identifies itself as version 1.3 @heading Version 1.3 @itemize @bullet @item New ponies: @file{forestspirit}, @file{hollydash}, @file{raggedy}, @file{rhyme} @item @file{sindy} is renamed to @file{powderrouge}. Pony symlink added: @itemize @bullet @item @file{sindy} → @file{powderrouge} @end itemize @item @option{PREFIX=/some-dir} can be used when invoking @command{make}, the default value is @file{/usr} @end itemize @heading Version 1.2 @itemize @bullet @item ponyquotes4ponysay is included. @item Support for extension: kmsponies4ponysay. @item Pony symlinks added: @itemize @bullet @item @file{mrsparkle} → @file{nightlight} @item @file{elsie} → @file{prettyvision} @end itemize @item New ponies: @file{ace}, @file{blueblood}, @file{filthyrich}, @file{gingergold}, @file{hayfever}, @file{highscore}, @file{junebug}, @file{mrsparkle}, @file{persnickety}, @file{ponet}, @file{screwloose}, @file{tornadobolt}. @item @file{elsie} is renamed to @file{prettyvision}. @item @cindex @option{-f} Arbitrary spaces in @option{-f} argument is not longer accepted (it causes problems with file names including spaces.) @end itemize @b{Note}: Identifies itself as version 1.1 @heading Version 1.1 @itemize @bullet @item Manpages are compressed before installation. @item @command{info} manual added. @item Shell completion for @command{ponythink} added, in addition to @command{ponysay}. @item @command{fish} completion added. @item @file{/usr/lib/ponysay} is used instead of @file{/usr/bin} for code used by the main script. @item @file{~/.local/share/ponysay} is used for private pony directories. @item @command{ncurses} is no longer needed for determining the screen's size, @command{coreutils} is used instead. @item Pony symlinks added: @itemize @bullet @item @file{amethyststar} → @file{sparkler} @item @file{berrypinch} → @file{ruby} @item @file{craftycrate} → @file{boxxy} @item @file{magnum} → @file{raritysdad} @item @file{pearl} → @file{raritysmom} @item @file{powderrouge} → @file{sindy} @item @file{royalribbo} → @file{violet} @end itemize @item @w{New ponies:} @file{blossomforth}, @file{bonvoyage}, @file{cadance}, @file{celestiasmall}, @file{changelingqueen}, @file{cherryberry}, @file{discordamused}, @file{discordpuppetmaster}, @file{fleurdelishair}, @file{fleurdelislay}, @file{owl}, @file{perrypierce}, @file{petunia}, @file{pinacolada}, @file{skyra}, @file{truffleshuffle}. @item Pony spelling removed: @file{fillycadence}. @item Pony symlink change: @file{perry} → @{@file{pokey} → @file{perrypierce}@}. @item @cindex @option{-L} Option @option{-L} added, lists ponies with symlink mapping. @item Support for extension: ponyquotes4ponysay. @item @cindex @option{-f} Accepts arbitrary spaces in @option{-f} argument. @end itemize @heading Version 1.0 @itemize @bullet @item Spanish translation of the manpage is added. @item @w{New ponies:} @file{applecore}, @file{applejackscarecrow}, @file{bonbonstand}, @file{changeling}, @file{chrysalis}, @file{cottoncloudy}, @file{diamondmint}, @file{discord}, @file{fillycadence}, @file{flam}, @file{fleurdelis}, @file{flim}, @file{fluttershyshy}, @file{fluttershystare}, @file{lyrasit}, @file{oinkoinkoink} (is pinkie), @file{philomenaphoenix}, @file{pinkiecannon}, @file{pinkiecannonfront}, @file{pinkiecannonhappy}, @file{pinkiegummy}, @file{pinkiehugfluttershy}, @file{pinkiehugsfluttershy}, @file{pinkiepartycannon}, @file{pinkieprincess}, @file{pinkiesilly}, @file{pinkietongue}, @file{pinkiewhoops}, @file{pinkiewhoopseat}, @file{pinkiewhoopsout}, @file{rainbowdrag}, @file{rainbowsalute}, @file{rainbowshine}, @file{raritydrama}, @file{shiningarmor}, @file{shiningarmorguard}, @file{snowflake}, @file{spikemustache}, @file{stevenmagnet}, @file{stevenmagnettrue}, @file{twilightcrazyfromball}, @file{twilightrage}, @file{twilightzero}, @file{wildfire}. @item Pony symlinks added: @itemize @bullet @item @file{djpon-3} → @file{vinyl} @item @file{fillycadance} → @file{fillycadence} @item @file{horsepower} → @file{snowflake} @end itemize @item Improved TTY support: ponies have low colours resolution, instead of monochrome, when the high colour resolution is not available. @end itemize @heading Version 0.10 @itemize @bullet @item Manpage manual added. @item The directories for pony directories are changed from @file{/usr/share} to @file{/usr/share/ponysay} and @file{~} to @file{~/.ponysay}. @item Pony symlinks added: @itemize @bullet @item @file{carrottop} → @file{carrot} @item @file{goldenharvest} → @file{carrot} @item @file{harpass} → @file{lyra} @item @file{heartstrings} → @file{lyra} @item @file{lulamoon} → @file{trixie} @item @file{minuette} → @file{colgate} @item @file{noteworthy} → @file{blues} @item @file{perry} → @file{pokey} @item @file{pokeypierce} → @file{pokey} @item @file{timeturner} → @file{doctornohat} @item @file{trixielulamoon} → @file{trixie} @item @file{twilightvelvet} → @file{mrssparkle} @end itemize @item Support for truncating output on height, enabled by default under TTY. @item Environment variables added: @env{PONYSAY_FULL_WIDTH}, @env{PONYSAY_SHELL_LINES}, @env{PONYSAY_TRUNCATE_HEIGHT}, @env{PONYSAY_BOTTOM}. @end itemize @heading Version 0.9 @itemize @bullet @item Output truncated on width to fit screen. @item Support for TTY (Linux VT). @item @command{bash} completion added. @item @command{zsh} completion added. @item @w{New ponies}: @file{allie}, @file{archer}, @file{boxxy}, @file{carecake}, @file{cupcake}, @file{daringdo}, @file{davenport}, @file{fancypants}, @file{ironwillwalk}, @file{lily}, @file{lunafly}, @file{maredowellfly}, @file{maredowellgallop}, @file{master}, @file{mjolna}, @file{orange}, @file{raritysdad}, @file{raritysmom}, @file{royalnightguard}, @file{ruby}, @file{sparkler}, @file{violet}. @end itemize @heading Version 0.8 @itemize @bullet @item @w{New ponies}: @file{aloe}, @file{angle}, @file{applebloom}, @file{applebumkin}, @file{applefritter}, @file{berrypunch}, @file{bigmac}, @file{blinkie}, @file{blues}, @file{braeburn}, @file{caesar}, @file{candymane}, @file{caramel}, @file{cheerilee}, @file{cheerilee80}, @file{clyde}, @file{colgate}, @file{colton}, @file{daisy}, @file{derpystand}, @file{derpystandwing}, @file{diamondtiara}, @file{dinky}, @file{doctornohat}, @file{elsie}, @file{fido}, @file{fillycelestia}, @file{fillydash}, @file{fillydashfly}, @file{fillyjack}, @file{fillyjacktravel}, @file{fillypinkie}, @file{fillypinkiecurly}, @file{fillyrarity}, @file{fillyshy}, @file{fluttershygala}, @file{gilda}, @file{gildastand}, @file{granny}, @file{grannychair}, @file{grannysleep}, @file{gummy}, @file{hoity}, @file{horte}, @file{inky}, @file{laflour}, @file{lightning}, @file{lintsalot}, @file{lotus}, @file{mayor}, @file{mrssparkle}, @file{nightmare}, @file{opal}, @file{parasprite}, @file{philomena}, @file{photofinish}, @file{pinkamina}, @file{pinkiebounce}, @file{pinkiechicken}, @file{pinkiegala}, @file{pipsqueak}, @file{pokey}, @file{rainbowfly}, @file{rainbowgala}, @file{rainbowsleep}, @file{raindrops}, @file{rarityfly}, @file{raritygala}, @file{rarityponder}, @file{redheart}, @file{rocky}, @file{rose}, @file{rover}, @file{royalguard}, @file{sapphire}, @file{scootaloo}, @file{screwball}, @file{shadowbolts}, @file{silverspoon}, @file{silverstar}, @file{sindy}, @file{snails}, @file{snips}, @file{soarin}, @file{soigne}, @file{spike}, @file{spikefloat}, @file{spikelove}, @file{spot}, @file{stella}, @file{strongheart}, @file{sue}, @file{suedance}, @file{tank}, @file{trixiestage}, @file{trixiestand}, @file{turnip}, @file{twist}, @file{winona}. @end itemize @b{Note}: Identifies itself as version 0.7 @heading Version 0.7 @itemize @bullet @item @w{New ponies:} @file{carrot}, @file{octavia}, @file{trixie}, @file{vinyl}, @file{zecora}. @item @cindex @option{-l} Support for listing ponies with @option{-l} option. @end itemize @heading Version 0.6 @itemize @bullet @item @w{New ponies:} @file{bonbon}, @file{celestia}, @file{doctor}, @file{fillistia}, @file{spitfire}, @file{woona} (not moonstuck). @item Dropping usage of utility @command{which}, using @command{hash} instead. @end itemize @b{Note}: Identifies itself as version 0.5 @heading Version 0.5 @itemize @bullet @item Using utility @command{which} to determine existence of @command{cowsay}. @end itemize @heading Version 0.4 @itemize @bullet @item @file{.cow} files are removed. @item @cindex @option{-W} Support for @option{-W} option. @item Select random pony if not specified. @item @cindex @option{-f} @option{-f} supports file names, and not only pony names. @end itemize @heading Version 0.3 @itemize @bullet @item Fixed use of @file{.pony} files. @end itemize @heading Version 0.2 @itemize @bullet @item Pony files end with @file{.pony} instead of @file{.cow}. @item @file{lyrasleep} is renamed to @file{lyra}. @item @file{.cow} files are kept but not used. @item @cindex @option{-h} @option{-h} prints proper help. @end itemize @heading Version 0.1 First release. @itemize @bullet @item @w{Includes the ponies}: @file{applejack}, @file{derpy}, @file{derpysit}, @file{fluttershy}, @file{luna}, @file{lyrasleep}, @file{pinkie}, @file{rainbow}, @file{rarity}, @file{sweetie}, @file{twilight}. @end itemize @node Ponysay contributors @appendix Ponysay contributors Active developers and major contributors of ponysay: @itemize @bullet @item Erkin ``erkin'' Batu Altunbaş @item Mattias ``maandree'' Andrée @item Elis ``etu'' Axelsson @item Sven-Hendrik ``svenstaro'' Haase @item Pablo ``jristz'' Lezaeta @item Jan Alexander ``heftig'' Steffens @end itemize @* Patchers and other contributors of ponysay: @itemize @bullet @item Duane ``Marneus68'' Bekaert @item Kyah ``L-four'' Rindlisbacher @item James ``rossy2401'' Ross-Gowan @item Louis ``kragniz'' Taylor @item Daniel ``gtmanfred'' Wallace @item Jannis ``sycoso'' @item ``spider-mario'' @end itemize @node Ponysay license @appendix Ponysay license Ponysay is release by Erkin Batu Altunbaş et al. @* Copyright @copyright{} 2012 Erkin Batu Altunbaş et al. @* Ponysay is Free Software (yet not Open Source) and in licensed under the terms of Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License (WTFPL) version 2. You have the four essential freedoms: @itemize @bullet @item The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). @item The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. @item The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour (freedom 2). @item The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this. @end itemize @* @cartouche @verbatim DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, December 2004 Copyright © 2004 Sam Hocevar Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is changed. DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO. @end verbatim @end cartouche @node GNU Free Documentation License @appendix GNU Free Documentation License @include fdl.texinfo @node Concept index @appendix Concept index @printindex cp @bye