Merge pull request #1736 from xexyl/cable32013

Add missing alt subsections to 2013/cable3

1994/tvr/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 make all
 ```
 
+
+The author provided a spoiler version as alt code. See [Alternate
+code](#alternate-code) below.
+
+
 ### Bugs and (Mis)features:
 
 The current status of this entry is:
@@ -35,10 +40,19 @@ Mode may be a value from 0 to 12.
 
 ## Alternate code:
 
-The author has provided us a spoiler version:
+The author provided us a spoiler version that might be of interest to some.
+
+
+### Alternate build:
 
 ```sh
 make tvr.alt
+```
+
+
+### Alternate use:
+
+```sh
 ./tvr.alt altmode screensize/2 < colormapfile
 ```
 

1995/vanschnitz/Makefile

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ include ../../var.mk
 # Common C compiler warnings to silence
 #
 CSILENCE= -Wno-error -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-extra-tokens \
-	-Wno-overlength-strings -Wno-strict-prototypes
+	-Wno-overlength-strings -Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-implicit-int
 
 # Common C compiler warning flags
 #
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ=
-ALT_TARGET=
+ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
+ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
 
 LEVEL= 5
 
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ ${PROG}: ${PROG}.c
 alt: data ${ALT_TARGET}
 	@${TRUE}
 
+${PROG}.alt: ${PROG}.alt.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} $< -o $@ ${LDFLAGS}
+
 # data files
 #
 data: ${DATA}

1995/vanschnitz/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 make all
 ```
 
+The authors provided a spoiler version, originally uuencoded but uudecoded by us
+in 2023. See [Alternate code](#alternate-code) below.
+
 
 ### Bugs and (Mis)features:
 
@@ -34,11 +37,23 @@ make clobber all LEVEL=6
 ## Alternate code:
 
 The authors provided a spoiler version of the program. Originally uuencoded we
-have decoded it for the wider audience in [spoiler.c](spoiler.c). The
+have decoded it for the wider audience in [vanschnitz.alt.c](vanschnitz.alt.c). The
 `uuencode`d blob is still available in their remarks below. They encourage you
 to first try and figure out the program without the spoiler.
 
 
+### Alternate build:
+
+```sh
+make alt
+```
+
+
+### Alternate use:
+
+Use `vanschnitz.alt` as you would `vanschnitz` above.
+
+
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
 Back in 1995, values of `LEVEL>8` caused some compilers (and in one case a

1998/dlowe/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 make all
 ```
 
+There is an alternate version available. See [Alternate code](#alternate-code)
+below for more details.
+
 
 ## To use:
 
@@ -42,17 +45,34 @@ Also try:
 
 ## Alternate code:
 
-NOTE: The original entry was just a text based pootifier.  To build
-that version try:
+The original entry was just a text based pootifier. This alternate version is
+that program.
+
+
+### Alternate build:
 
 ```sh
 make alt
+```
+
+
+### Alternate use:
+
+
+```
 ./dlowe.alt < anyfile > pootfile
 ```
 
 What's the difference between this and `dlowe`?
 
 
+### Alternate try:
+
+```sh
+./try.alt.sh
+```
+
+
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
 Why could this this entry be considered a utility?  Well because it

1998/dlowe/try.alt.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 
+# try.sh - try out 1998/dlowe pootifier alt code
+#
+
+make everything || exit 1
+
+CAT="$(type -P cat)"
+MAN="$(type -P man)"
+COL="$(type -P col)"
+
+if [[ -z "$CAT" || ! -e "$CAT" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: no cat found" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+elif [[ -z "$COL" || ! -e "$COL" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: col not found" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+elif [[ -z "$MAN" || ! -e "$MAN" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: can't execute man" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+rm -f make.1
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to pootify make(1): "
+"$MAN" make | "$COL" -b | ./dlowe.alt > make.1
+"$MAN" ./make.1
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to pootify dlowe.c: "
+echo 1>&2
+./dlowe.alt < dlowe.c
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to pootify dlowe.alt.c: "
+echo 1>&2
+./dlowe.alt < dlowe.alt.c
+echo 1>&2

1998/dlowe/try.sh

@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to pootify make(1): "
 "$MAN" ./make.1
 
 read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to pootify dlowe.c: "
+echo 1>&2
 ./dlowe < dlowe.c

2011/vik/README.md

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ Archive](http://modarchive.org).
 
 ## Alternate code:
 
+This version is based on the author's remarks and it should work for Windows.
+
+
+### Alternate build:
+
 Assuming that `make` is similar enough try:
 
 ```sh

2013/cable3/README.md

@@ -38,13 +38,21 @@ combinations are left for the discovery of the user.
 
 ## Alternate code:
 
-An alternate version, which should compile in Windows, is provided. To use try:
+An alternate version, which should compile in Windows, is provided.
+
+
+### Alternate build:
+
+Assuming `make` is available and will function:
 
 
 ```sh
 make alt
 ```
 
+
+### Alternate use:
+
 Use `cable3.alt` as you would `cable3` above.
 
 

faq.md

@@ -1921,12 +1921,12 @@ Machine](https://web.archive.org) and see if you can find the last non 4xx non
 valuable.  Other times you might find it with a web search.
 
 Some links were changed to more recent URLs by doing this exact
-same thing.  Some links, while they real a valid web page, no longer
+same thing.  Some links, while they were a valid web page, no longer
 reach the intended web page (for example when the domain is sold
 and the new domain owner's content no longer provides the content
-that was originally intended.  And while the content of the web
+that was originally intended .. and while the content of the web
 page may be humorous to some, the original content may have literally
-gone "up in smoke".
+gone "up in smoke").
 
 In cases where the original content is lost, try searching for it on
 the [Internet Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org).  When searching

thanks-for-help.md

@@ -1853,10 +1853,11 @@ calls which has the four args.
 
 ## <a name="1995_vanschnitz"></a>[1995/vanschnitz](/1995/vanschnitz/vanschnitz.c) ([README.md](/1995/vanschnitz/README.md))
 
-[Cody](#cody) added the authors' [spoiler as a C file](/1995/vanschnitz/spoiler.c) as in
-2023 we have decided that in most cases all the code should be available for the
-wider audience, without having to extract it. The exception is when the files
-are created by the entry or the entry decrypts the text or whatever else.
+[Cody](#cody) added the authors' [spoiler as a C
+file](/1995/vanschnitz/vanschnitz.alt.c) as in 2023 we have decided that in most
+cases all the code should be available for the wider audience, without having to
+extract it. The exception is when the files are created by the entry or the
+entry decrypts the text or something like that.
 
 
 # <a name="1996"></a>1996
@@ -2032,7 +2033,7 @@ be done in modern systems) to be `_int`.
 to be `int` (in both versions).
 
 Cody added the scripts [try.sh](/1998/dlowe/try.sh),
-[pootify.sh](/1998/dlowe/pootify.sh) and
+[try.alt.sh](/1998/dlowe/try.alt.sh), [pootify.sh](/1998/dlowe/pootify.sh) and
 [pootify.cgi.sh](/1998/dlowe/pootify.cgi.sh) for a fun example use of the
 program, a local pootifier of web pages and a CGI pootifier. It should be noted
 that the CGI version might have an issue with modern systems; see [historical