From ff201b7a762bebbad450f7b87b5af40cbd611905 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 12:10:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve 2000/thadgavin alt code

Because of the Makefile improvements I made not too long ago the code
does not need #ifndef..#endif to set the values to sleep.
---
 2000/thadgavin/README.md       | 22 ++++++++--------------
 2000/thadgavin/thadgavin.alt.c |  6 ------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/2000/thadgavin/README.md b/2000/thadgavin/README.md
index 748218453..512c36f5c 100644
--- a/2000/thadgavin/README.md
+++ b/2000/thadgavin/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 If you don't have curses or SDL1 installed both modes will fail to compile. In
 that case see the [FAQ 3.8 - How do I compile an IOCCC winner that requires SDL1
-or SDL2?](/faq.md#faq_38) and [FAQ 3.9  - How do I compile an IOCCC winner that
+or SDL2?](/faq.md#SDL) and [FAQ 3.9  - How do I compile an IOCCC winner that
 requires (n)curses?](/faq.md#faq3_9) for more information.
 
 
@@ -35,18 +35,12 @@ have to kill it yourself.
 
 You might also care to reconfigure the speed at which the programs run. The code
 calls `usleep(3)` with two default values, one for SDL and one for curses. The
-curses and SDL macros are defined respectively in the Makefile:
+curses and SDL macros are defined in the Makefile in a way that makes it easy to
+redefine the values: `SLEEP` is how long the program sleeps (in microseconds)
+between output with curses and `SDL_SLEEP` is how long it sleeps (also in
+microseconds) for the SDL version.
 
-```make
-SLEEP= 30
-SDL_SLEEP= 150000
-CDEFINE= -DZ=${SLEEP} -DZS=${SDL_SLEEP}
-```
-
-which corresponds to how long the program sleeps (in microseconds) between
-output. In the code if either is undefined (`#ifndef..#endif`) they will be set
-to the defaults as above so that you don't have to specify both just to
-configure one. To change the SDL one to something like `15000` you can do:
+To change the SDL one to something like `15000` you can do:
 
 ```sh
 make SDL_SLEEP=15000 clobber alt
@@ -61,8 +55,8 @@ make SLEEP=40 clobber alt
 Then use the program(s) in the same way.
 
 The different macros is because the curses version is already much slower and so
-it's better to not tie the two values together. You may of course combine them
-in one command.
+it's better to not tie the two values together. You may of course redefine both
+in the same command.
 
 
 ## Original code:
diff --git a/2000/thadgavin/thadgavin.alt.c b/2000/thadgavin/thadgavin.alt.c
index ff6db2c95..da405cee7 100644
--- a/2000/thadgavin/thadgavin.alt.c
+++ b/2000/thadgavin/thadgavin.alt.c
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-#ifndef Z
-#define Z 30
-#endif
-#ifndef ZS
-#define ZS 150000
-#endif
                       int
                    X=320      ,Y=200,
                  n=0,m,     x,y,   j=1024;