fun.fakequote
Constructs fake quotes from (fictional?) personalities, based on pre-canned phrases and randomized substitutions.
fake-quote
Description
Generates a fake quote either by the personality specified, otherwise by one chosen at random.
Usage
[<personality> [<pattern>]]
Examples
(fake-quote)
(fake-quote joe)add-fake-personality
Description
Adds a new fake personality with the given name.
New personalities have no phrases and will generate no quotes until at least one has been added with ``(add-fake-quote)``.
Usage
<personality name>
Examples
(add-fake-personality joe)add-fake-quote
Description
Adds a fake quote phrase to the given personality, optionally including placeholders to use for randomized substitutions.
Placeholders take the form of an identifier inside curly braces, such as ``{verb}``. Any time a fake quote is being generated, placeholders are looked for and replaced with a random term of the type specified. There are no forced restrictions on the names for placeholders, other than they cannot contain curly braces.
Usage
<personality name> <phrase>
Examples
(add-fake-quote joe "I like {food}!")add-fake-substitution
Description
Adds a term to the list of possible substitutions when generating phrases for the name personality.
The ``type`` should match the string used when including placeholders in ``(add-fake-quote)`` phrases. Multiple terms may be specified, as long as they are all for the same ``type``.
Usage
<personality name> <type> <term> [<term> ...]
Examples
(add-fake-substitution joe food "pizza" "ice cream cones" "hard gravel")