Re: [newbie] Fun and Totally useless.

2004-01-31 Thread jimdawson
I put the following script in my .kde/Autostart directory: #!/bin/sh echo -e Message of the day:\n\n`/usr/games/fortune` | cowsay | xmessage -center -file - (I tried gmessage, but it doesn't work as well due to proportional fonts...) (Ok, I admit it, I'm a geek!) On Mon, 2004-01-26 at

Re: [newbie] Fun and Totally useless.

2004-01-26 Thread David E. Fox
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:49:12 -0500 JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just discovered this, apologies if it's old news. I figured out what is done to get the cow to say quotes: $ cowsay `/usr/games/fortune` :) / There are two ways to write

Re: [newbie] Fun and Totally useless.

2004-01-26 Thread Aron Smith
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 21:00:13 -0800 David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:49:12 -0500 [JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ [ [ I just discovered this, apologies if it's old news. [ [ [I figured out what is done to get the cow to say quotes: [ [$ cowsay `/usr/games/fortune`

[newbie] Fun and Totally useless.

2004-01-18 Thread JoeHill
I just discovered this, apologies if it's old news. Do: urpmi cowsay Now, in a term, type: cowsay whatever want the cow to say Fsck Microsoft \ ^__^ \ (oo)\___ (__)\ )\/\ ||w |

Re: [newbie] Fun and Totally useless.

2004-01-18 Thread Margot
JoeHill wrote: I just discovered this, apologies if it's old news. Do: urpmi cowsay Now, in a term, type: cowsay whatever want the cow to say Never saw this before...just what I needed _ Thanks Joe! - \ ^__^ \ (oo)\___ (__)\

Re: [newbie] Fun and Totally useless.

2004-01-18 Thread et
On Sunday 18 January 2004 10:49 pm, JoeHill wrote: I just discovered this, apologies if it's old news. Do: urpmi cowsay Now, in a term, type: cowsay whatever want the cow to say Fsck Microsoft \ ^__^ \ (oo)\___

Re: [newbie] Fun and Totally useless.

2004-01-18 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 18 January 2004 06:29 pm, Margot wrote: JoeHill wrote: I just discovered this, apologies if it's old news. Do: urpmi cowsay Now, in a term, type: cowsay whatever want the cow to say Never saw this before...just what I needed _ It gets even better. A

Re: [newbie] Fun and Totally useless.

2004-01-18 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:49:12 -0500 JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just discovered this, apologies if it's old news. Do: urpmi cowsay Now, in a term, type: cowsay whatever want the cow to say You can also have lots of different cows as the character. they're in