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Package information

cowsay is a configurable talking cow, written in Perl, by Tony Monroe.

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for games-misc/cowsay Configurable talking ASCII cow (and other characters)

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Emerge

root #emerge --ask games-misc/cowsay

Usage

Invocation

user $cowsay -h

/usr/bin/cowsay version 3.7.0 calling Getopt::Std::getopts (version 1.13),
running under Perl version 5.38.2.
cowsay version 3.7.0

Usage:

    cowsay [-bdgpstwy] [-e <eyes>] [-f <cowfile> | -r [-C] ] 
        [-n] [-T <tongue>] [-W <wrapcolumn>]
        <message>
    cowsay -l    # List defined cows
    cowsay -h    # Displays this help screen

Fortune

Cowsay supports the Fortune package.

First, emerge fortune:

root #emerge --ask games-misc/fortune-mod

Then, use the following command to have cowsay write a fortune.

user $fortune | cowsay

 _________________________________________ 
/ Bounders get bound when they are caught \
| bounding.                               |
|                                         |
\ -- Ralph Lewin                          /
 ----------------------------------------- 
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

xcowsay

Xcowsay is a graphical variant of cowsay that spawns a cartoon depiction of a cow on the user's screen.

USE flags

USE flags for games-misc/xcowsay Displays a cute cow and message on your desktop

dbus	Enable dbus support for anything that needs it (gpsd, gnomemeeting, etc)
fortune	Enable support for fortune cookies via games-misc/fortune-mod
nls	Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)

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Emerge

root #emerge --ask games-misc/xcowsay

Usage

Invocation

user $xcowsay -h

Usage: xcowsay [OPTION]... [MESSAGE]...
Display a cow on your desktop with MESSAGE or standard input.

Options:
 -h, --help		Display this message and exit.
 -v, --version		Print version information.
 -t, --time=SECONDS	Number of seconds to display message for
 -r, --reading-speed=N	Number of milliseconds to delay per word.
 -f, --font=FONT	Set message font (Pango format).
 -d, --dream=FILE	Display an image instead of text.
 -l, --left		Make the bubble appear to the left of cow.
     --think		Display a thought bubble rather than a speech bubble.
     --daemon		Run xcowsay in daemon mode.
     --cow-size=SIZE	Size of the cow (small, med, large).
     --image=FILE	Use a different image instead of the cow.
     --monitor=N	Display cow on monitor N.
     --at=X,Y		Force the cow to appear at screen location (X,Y).
     --bubble-at=X,Y	Change relative position of bubble.
     --no-wrap		Disable wrapping if text cannot fit on screen.
     --config=FILE	Specify alternative config file.
     --debug		Keep daemon attached to terminal.
     --release		Close window on release event instead of press.

Default values for these options can be specified in the xcowsay config
file.  See the man page for more information.

If the display_time option is not set the display time will be calcuated
from the reading_speed parameter multiplied by the word count.  Set the
display time to zero to display the cow until it is clicked on.

Report bugs to nick@nickg.me.uk

Fortune

Xcowsay supports the Fortune package.

First, edit your use flags for fortune-mod:

FILE /etc/portage/repos.conf/tde.conf

games-misc/xcowsay fortune

Then, emerge fortune:

root #emerge --ask games-misc/fortune-mod

Then, use the following command to have xcowsay write a fortune.

user $xcowfortune