From b8da99f411a9855c37991ef6fb510bbb61056f5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 05:10:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] URL and format fix 2001/rosten Format fix README.md. Dead link but I found his personal website and used that instead (updated winners.{csv,html} as well). --- 2001/rosten/README.md | 160 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- tmp/winners.csv | 2 +- winners.html | 2 +- 3 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-) diff --git a/2001/rosten/README.md b/2001/rosten/README.md index dc74ddcf3..e6ef5adb9 100644 --- a/2001/rosten/README.md +++ b/2001/rosten/README.md @@ -1,14 +1,8 @@ # Best abuse of the user - Edward Rosten - Oxford University - 34 The Chilterns - Gloucester Green - Oxford - OX1 2DF - United Kingdom - - http://users.ox.ac.uk/~scat1148 +Edward Rosten +UK + ## To build: @@ -19,9 +13,14 @@ make ## To run: ```sh -./rosten number +./rosten [number] ``` +WARNING: this will mess with your mouse and can make it hard to quit the +program. Use at your own risk. + +NOTE: number is floating point. + ## Try: ```sh @@ -42,115 +41,120 @@ cursor) in the wrong way. :-) ## Author's remarks: -NAME +### NAME - rosten - make the mouse act as if it has been greased +`rosten` - make the mouse act as if it has been greased -SYNOPSIS +### SYNOPSIS - rosten [greasiness] +```sh +./rosten [greasiness] +``` -DESCRIPTION +### DESCRIPTION - This program is designed primarily to make your X windows interface more - obfuscated. Try doing something mouse driven (such as using a mouse - driven editor on this program) whilst it is running. If you're not sure - what it does, looking at the code should give a fair idea. +This program is designed primarily to make your X windows interface more +obfuscated. Try doing something mouse driven (such as using a mouse +driven editor on this program) whilst it is running. If you're not sure +what it does, looking at the code should give a fair idea. - It also has a [cat] man page if you want to install it as a `utility'. +It also has a [cat] man page if you want to install it as a 'utility'. -OPTIONS +### OPTIONS - It only takes one optional option: the greasiness factor. This is the - number that the speed is divided by on each iteration. The default is - 1.03. A setting of 1 (no friction is fun), as is 0.99. +It only takes one optional option: the greasiness factor. This is the +number that the speed is divided by on each iteration. The default is +1.03. A setting of 1 - no friction - is fun as is 0.99. - Being an X program, it recognised the DISPLAY variable. +Being an X program, it recognised the `DISPLAY` variable. -PORTABILITY +### PORTABILITY - The program is very portable, even to non X architectures. All that is - required is a large desk and some good grease. +The program is very portable, even to non X architectures. All that is +required is a large desk and some good grease. -COMMENTS +### COMMENTS - It is really rather surprising that code like this should not only be - portable, but compile with almost no warnings on most of the compilers - tested. It's a kind of shame that none of the compilers do anything - like this: +It is really rather surprising that code like this should not only be +portable, but compile with almost no warnings on most of the compilers +tested. It's a kind of shame that none of the compilers do anything +like this: - $make greasymouse - cc greasymouse.c -o greasymouse -lX11 - greasymouse.c:30: This macro should have more text and spaces in it - greasymouse.c:32: This is a really stupid way to perform this operation - greasymouse.c:42: This program would look better with a newline here - greasymouse.c:48: That's a really silly thing to do - greasymouse.c:55: So is that - ... - greasymouse.c:58: This program is rubbish. I'm not going to link it. +```sh +$ make greasymouse +cc greasymouse.c -o greasymouse -lX11 +greasymouse.c:30: This macro should have more text and spaces in it +greasymouse.c:32: This is a really stupid way to perform this operation +greasymouse.c:42: This program would look better with a newline here +greasymouse.c:48: That's a really silly thing to do +greasymouse.c:55: So is that +... +greasymouse.c:58: This program is rubbish. I'm not going to link it. +``` - The code is best viewed with tabstops every 8 spaces. +The code is best viewed with [tab stops](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_stop) every 8 spaces. -BUGS +### BUGS - The mouse gets stuck completely if you give it an option of less - than 1 and leave it for too long. This is quite annoying if it - didn't leave the terminal if was run from in focus. +The mouse gets stuck completely if you give it an option of less +than 1 and leave it for too long. This is quite annoying if it +didn't leave the terminal it was run from in focus. - It gets very jerky if the processor is being used. There are - better time functions than clock() but I haven't used them. +It gets very jerky if the processor is being used. There are +better time functions than `clock()` but I haven't used them. - It deflects slightly when it gets very slow. +It deflects slightly when it gets very slow. - It annoys other people if you run it on their display too - often. Maybe I should make future versions print funny jokes to - keep the humor fresh. +It annoys other people if you run it on their display too +often. Maybe I should make future versions print funny jokes to +keep the humor fresh. - It's pretty ropey over a 56K modem. +It's pretty ropey over a 56K modem. - It's even ropier over a 56K modem and tunneled through 3 ssh links. +It's even ropier over a 56K modem and tunneled through 3 ssh links. -WARNINGS +### WARNINGS - Pages and pages and pages of things, with GCC at any rate. +Pages and pages and pages of things, with GCC at any rate. - It suggests loads of ()'s where they're not needed. +It suggests loads of `()`s where they're not needed. - It reckons I have not used some of the values I have computed. I - would never do a thing like that: I just haven't used them in - the way it's used to. +It reckons I have not used some of the values I have computed. I +would never do a thing like that: I just haven't used them in +the way it's used to. - The MIPS compiler suggests an == instead of an = in expressions - such as: +The MIPS compiler suggests an `==` instead of an `=` in expressions +such as: - &&(a=b) +```c +&&(a=b) +``` - but I its suggestions would break my program. It also reckons - that r() has no prototype. +but its suggestions would break my program. It also reckons +that `r()` has no prototype. - Giving the -pedantic option to the MIPS compiler causes it to generate - warnings about its own header files, but not any extra ones with this - program. +Giving the `-pedantic` option to the MIPS compiler causes it to generate +warnings about its own header files, but not any extra ones with this +program. - With all warnings enabled, the DEC compiler, oddly enough finds some - problems with its own include files, but none with my program. +With all warnings enabled, the DEC compiler, oddly enough finds some +problems with its own include files, but none with my program. -ERRORS +### ERRORS - The DEC compiler of this version: +The DEC compiler of this version: `DEC C V5.6-079 on Digital UNIX V4.0 (Rev. +878)` - DEC C V5.6-079 on Digital UNIX V4.0 (Rev. 878) - - can't compile the code. It thinks that preprocessor lines can not have - whitespace preceding the #. Moving the preprocessor directives to the - beginning of the line wrecks the layout but makes it compile. +can't compile the code. It thinks that preprocessor lines can not have +whitespace preceding the `#`. Moving the preprocessor directives to the +beginning of the line wrecks the layout but makes it compile. ## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License: diff --git a/tmp/winners.csv b/tmp/winners.csv index e90d7c4e0..c89cf7e77 100644 --- a/tmp/winners.csv +++ b/tmp/winners.csv @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ E. Jay Berkenbilt,E._Jay_Berkenbilt,null,null,null,null,null Ed Luke,Ed_Luke,http://www.erc.msstate.edu/~lush,null,lush@erc.msstate.edu,null,null Ed Lycklama,Ed_Lycklama,http://www.klg.com,null,eal@klg.com,null,null Edward Giles,Edward_Giles,https://id523a.com/,null,edward@giles.net.au,null,null -Edward Rosten,Edward_Rosten,http://users.ox.ac.uk/~scat1148,null,scat1148@herald.ox.ac.uk,null,null +Edward Rosten,Edward_Rosten,https://www.edwardrosten.com,ed@edwardrosten.com,null,null Eric Marshall,Eric_Marshall,null,null,eric@EMIEng.com,US,null Eryk Kopczynski,Eryk_Kopczynski,http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~erykk/,null,ek189185@zodiac.mimuw.edu.pl,null,null Esko Nuutila,Esko_Nuutila,http://www.cs.hut.fi/~enu/,null,enu@cs.hut.fi,null,null diff --git a/winners.html b/winners.html index 87908d081..a382991f7 100644 --- a/winners.html +++ b/winners.html @@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ Contest
  • Most poetic use of strings (2013 robison)
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  • Edward Rosten -- http://users.ox.ac.uk/~scat1148 +
  • Edward Rosten -- https://www.edwardrosten.com