Merge pull request #2151 from xexyl/manifest-updates

Manifest updates
2024-02-03 16:37:30 -08:00
commit f7a83b8bba
@@ -49,22 +49,6 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "original source"
 	},
-	{
-	    "file_path" : "try.alt.sh",
-	    "inventory_order" : 100,
-	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
-	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
-	    "display_via_github" : true,
-	    "winners_text" : "how to run alternative code"
-	},
-	{
-	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
-	    "inventory_order" : 100,
-	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
-	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
-	    "display_via_github" : true,
-	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
-	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "input.txt",
 	    "inventory_order" : 150,
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1988/spinellis/sp
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1988/spinellis/spinellis.orig.c">spinellis.orig.c</a>
 - original source</li>
 <li><a
-href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1988/spinellis/try.alt.sh">try.alt.sh</a>
- how to run alternative code</li>
-<li><a
-href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1988/spinellis/try.sh">try.sh</a>
- how to run</li>
-<li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/1988/spinellis/input.txt">input.txt</a>
 - example input</li>
 <li><a
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ indent
 indent.c
 indent.o
 out
+out.count
 prog.orig
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ clean:

 clobber: clean
 	${RM} -f ${TARGET} ${ALT_TARGET}
-	${RM} -rf *.dSYM out
+	${RM} -rf *.dSYM out out.count c.c
 	@-if [ -e sandwich ]; then \
 	    ${RM} -f sandwich; \
 	    echo 'ate sandwich'; \
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ EXIT_CODE=0
 # delete temporary files first to make sure that they're clean
 rm -f out out.count

-echo "This may take a while: please be patient." 1>&2
+# redirect stdout to 'out' (but show it to output via tee(1)) so that we can run
+# the test suite of giljade.
+./"$GILJADE" | tee out
 echo 1>&2
-
-# redirect stdout to 'out' so that we can run the test suite of giljade
-./"$GILJADE" > out
+echo 1>&2
+# warn user that this will take a while
+echo "This may take a while: please be patient:" 1>&2
 # here we want to show only the lines matching the regexp '^Line' but write
 # everything to out.count for checking (after running it all) for errors and how
 # many versions were found.
@@ -41,16 +43,17 @@ if [[ "$COUNT" != 180 ]]; then
    # if we failed to get exactly 180 versions there is a problem
    echo "FAIL: Expected 180 versions, got $COUNT" 1>&2
    EXIT_CODE=1
-elif [[ "$(grep -c '[^-]error' out.count)" -ne 0 ]]; then
-    # we have to check for '[^-]error' because the CFLAGS contain '-Wno-error'
-    # which would be a false positive.
-    echo "FAIL: Error compiling one or more versions!" 1>&2
-    echo "Try the following command to find out what problems occurred:" 1>&2
-    echo 1>&2
-    echo "	grep -C10 -E '[^-]error' out.count" 1>&2
-    echo 1>&2
-    echo "and feel free to report or fix it and make a GitHub pull request." 1>&2
-    EXIT_CODE=2
+    if [[ "$(grep -c '[^-]error' out.count)" != 0 ]]; then
+	# we have to check for '[^-]error' because the CFLAGS contain '-Wno-error'
+	# which would be a false positive.
+	echo "FAIL: Error compiling one or more versions!" 1>&2
+	echo "Try the following command to find out what problems occurred:" 1>&2
+	echo 1>&2
+	echo "	grep -C 10 -E '[^-]error' out.count | less" 1>&2
+	echo 1>&2
+	echo "and feel free to report or fix it and then make a GitHub pull request." 1>&2
+	EXIT_CODE=2
+    fi
 else
    # all good: every version could be compiled
    echo "Found and successfully compiled all 180 versions!" 1>&2
@@ -58,10 +61,21 @@ else
    EXIT_CODE=0
 fi

-# delete temporary files but only if no failure
-
+# delete temporary files but only if no failure and the user doesn't want to
+# look at them
 if [[ "$EXIT_CODE" = 0 ]]; then
-    rm -f out out.count
+    read -r -p "Do you wish to keep the 'out' and 'out.count' files (Y/N)? "
+    echo 1>&2
+    if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+	rm -vf out out.count
+    else
+	echo "Leaving 'out' and 'out.count' for you to look at. Remove them manually" 1>&2
+	echo "when you wish to or run 'make clobber' to remove them automatically." 1>&2
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Leaving 'out' and 'out.count' for you to look at. Remove them manually" 1>&2
+    echo "when you wish to or run 'make clobber' to remove them automatically." 1>&2
+    echo 1>&2
 fi

 # exit :-)
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "sample input"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "twinkle.abc",
 	    "inventory_order" : 100,
@@ -125,16 +125,27 @@ Location: <a href="/temp-test-ioccc/location.html#JP">JP</a></p>
 endoh3 in bugs.md</a>.</p>
 <h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh3</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>This program plays sound. See <a href="/faq.md#faq3_10">FAQ 3.10 -
+How do I compile and use an IOCCC winner that requires sound?</a> if you
+do not know how to set your system up for this or if you want to verify
+that everything is oky.</p>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<p>Trying this out will depend on how your system can play sounds. The
-author’s remarks include some options for different operating
-systems.</p>
-<p>The simplest way is to create a .wav file and have your system play
-that.</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&#39;CDEFGABc&#39;</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./endoh3</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">ruby</span> wavify.rb <span class="op">&gt;</span> cde.wav</span></code></pre></div>
-<p>Observe how you will need ruby installed.</p>
-<p>There are also some other musical samples, twinkle.abc and
-menuet.abc.</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span>
+<span id="cb4-2"><a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
+<span id="cb4-3"><a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span> ABC</span>
+<span id="cb4-4"><a href="#cb4-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
+<span id="cb4-5"><a href="#cb4-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span> test.abc yankee.abc</span>
+<span id="cb4-6"><a href="#cb4-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
+<span id="cb4-7"><a href="#cb4-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span> <span class="pp">*</span>.abc</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>The script will check for SoX first and next <code>padsp</code> from
+<code>PulseAudio</code> and finally if neither are found if you have
+<code>ruby(1)</code> installed it’ll use the included ruby script to
+convert it to a WAV file for you to play.</p>
+<p>If no args are passed to the script it will play <a
+href="twinkle.abc">twinkle.abc</a> and the string <code>ABC</code>.
+Otherwise while there’s a remaining arg if it’s a file it will run the
+program on the file. If it’s not a file it’ll run it as a string.</p>
+<p>The <code>*.abc</code> files are provided as music samples.</p>
 <h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
 <p>This program can toot out a tune that is small enough to posted to
 most social media platforms that have small message length limits.</p>
@@ -315,6 +326,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/endoh3/menue
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/endoh3/test.abc">test.abc</a>
 - sample input</li>
 <li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/endoh3/try.sh">try.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
+<li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/endoh3/twinkle.abc">twinkle.abc</a>
 - sample input</li>
 <li><a
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	    "winners_text" : "3D object coordinates"
 	},
 	{
-	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
+	    "file_path" : "endoh4.sh",
 	    "inventory_order" : 100,
 	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
 	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
@@ -118,22 +118,41 @@ Location: <a href="/temp-test-ioccc/location.html#JP">JP</a></p>
 <!-- END: next line ends content generated by: bin/gen-author.sh -->
 <h2 id="to-build">To build:</h2>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>If you wish to change the size (see the <a
+href="#authors-remarks">Author’s remarks</a> below) you can do so with
+the <code>SIZE</code> variable. For instance you can do:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> clobber SIZE=50,50 all</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>but you can also do this directly with the <a
+href="endoh4.sh">endoh4.sh</a> script as described below.</p>
+<h3 id="bugs-and-misfeatures">Bugs and (Mis)features:</h3>
+<p>The current status of this entry is:</p>
+<pre><code>STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix</code></pre>
+<p>For more detailed information see <a href="/bugs.md#2013-endoh4">2013
+endoh4 in bugs.md</a>.</p>
 <h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> file</span>
-<span id="cb2-2"><a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./run.sh</span> file</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> file</span>
+<span id="cb4-2"><a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4.sh</span> file</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>The second form is preferable as it will temporarily make the cursor
-invisible as recommended by the author. If no file is specified in
-<code>run.sh</code> command line it will feed to the program <a
+invisible as recommended by the author. If no file is specified in the
+<code>./endoh4.sh</code> command line it will feed to the program <a
 href="endoh4.c">endoh4.c</a>.</p>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./run.sh</span> cube.txt</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4.sh</span> cube.txt</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>Hit ctrl-c to end the program.</p>
 <p>The author recommends the use of xterm.</p>
 <p>For an example, if you are a football/soccer fan, try:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./run.sh</span> solids/archimedian-solid/a11-truncated-icosahedron.txt</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4.sh</span> solids/archimedian-solid/a11-truncated-icosahedron.txt</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>You can provide more than one file:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4.sh</span> solids/archimedian-solid/a11-truncated-icosahedron.txt cube.txt</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>Hit ctrl-c/intr to go to the next file.</p>
+<p>If you wish to change the size to <code>50,50</code> without passing
+any arg:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb8-1"><a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="va">SIZE</span><span class="op">=</span>50,50 <span class="ex">./endoh4.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>Not specifying a file feeds <a href="endoh4.c">endoh4.c</a> to the
+program.</p>
 <h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
 <p>This program is formatted as the net for a tetrahedron (hint: try
-feeding the program it’s own source code like <code>./run.sh</code>).
+feeding the program it’s own source code like <code>./endoh4.sh</code>).
 When it runs there is an animation for the computation to work out the
 convex hull.</p>
 <h2 id="authors-remarks">Author’s remarks:</h2>
@@ -164,23 +183,26 @@ triangulated)</li>
 <p>(Note that this program does not use <code>math.h</code>.)</p>
 <h3 id="portability">Portability</h3>
 <p>I think it conforms with both C89 and C99. I confirmed that it worked
-on gcc, clang, and tcc. It should not be warned with
+on gcc, clang, and tcc. It should not trigger warnings with
 <code>-pedantic</code> and <code>-Wextra</code>.</p>
 <h3 id="tips">Tips</h3>
 <p>You may want to use <code>tput</code> to hide the terminal
 cursor.</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">tput</span> civis</span>
-<span id="cb5-2"><a href="#cb5-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> cube.txt</span>
-<span id="cb5-3"><a href="#cb5-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">tput</span> cnorm</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb9"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb9-1"><a href="#cb9-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">tput</span> civis</span>
+<span id="cb9-2"><a href="#cb9-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> cube.txt</span>
+<span id="cb9-3"><a href="#cb9-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">tput</span> cnorm</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>or</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./run.sh</span> cube.txt</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb10-1"><a href="#cb10-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4.sh</span> cube.txt</span></code></pre></div>
 <h3 id="bonuses">Bonuses</h3>
 <p>You can change the screen size. Let the aspect ratio be about
 3:1.</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">cc</span> <span class="at">-DS</span><span class="op">=</span>120,40 <span class="at">-o</span> endoh4 endoh4.c</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb11"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb11-1"><a href="#cb11-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">cc</span> <span class="at">-DS</span><span class="op">=</span>120,40 <span class="at">-o</span> endoh4 endoh4.c</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>The shape of this code is the geometric net of a regular tetrahedron.
 So, try:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb8-1"><a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> endoh4.c <span class="co"># or ./run.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb12"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb12-1"><a href="#cb12-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./endoh4</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> endoh4.c <span class="co"># or ./endoh4.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <p>The <a href="solids/">solids/</a> directory includes various solid
 data:</p>
 <ul>
@@ -230,7 +252,7 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/endoh4/endoh
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/endoh4/cube.txt">cube.txt</a>
 - 3D object coordinates</li>
 <li><a
-href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/endoh4/try.sh">try.sh</a>
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/endoh4/endoh4.sh">endoh4.sh</a>
 - how to run</li>
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/endoh4/solids/antiprism/a04-square-antiprism.txt">solids/antiprism/a04-square-antiprism.txt</a>
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "sample input"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "luna.jpg",
 	    "inventory_order" : 150,
@@ -130,15 +130,13 @@ auto-refreshing PPM image viewer ready. Refresh the image every time the
 output refreshes, all effects should be more or less recognizable when
 you see 16.</p>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./hou</span> BIG</span>
-<span id="cb4-2"><a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./hou</span> old_default.scene BIG</span>
-<span id="cb4-3"><a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./hou</span> otherroom.scene</span>
-<span id="cb4-4"><a href="#cb4-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./hou</span> otherroom.scene NAIVE</span></code></pre></div>
-<p>Try opening the file and then let the program run a while and every
-so often reopen the file, to see how it changes. The author suggests
-that you leave the program running overnight to see what happens. If
-however you do not have all night :-) then the following JPEG files
-should show you what happens with some of the invocations above:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>Try opening the file noted by the program then let the program run a
+while and every so often reopen the file, to see how it changes. The
+author suggests that you leave the program running overnight to see what
+happens. If however you do not have all night :-) then the following
+JPEG files should show you what happens with some of the invocations
+above:</p>
 <figure>
 <img src="luna.jpg" alt="./hou BIG - Luna" />
 <figcaption aria-hidden="true">./hou BIG - Luna</figcaption>
@@ -380,6 +378,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/hou/old_defa
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/hou/otherroom.scene">otherroom.scene</a>
 - sample input</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/hou/try.sh">try.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
 <li><a href="luna.jpg">luna.jpg</a> - sample image data</li>
 <li><a href="old_default.jpg">old_default.jpg</a> - sample image
 data</li>
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "original source"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shelllscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "2013_morgan1.tar.bz2",
 	    "inventory_order" : 300,
@@ -120,15 +120,12 @@ href="/temp-test-ioccc/location.html#FR">FR</a></p>
 <h2 id="to-build">To build:</h2>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;2013/10/03&quot;</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./morgan1</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;YYYY/MM/DD&quot;</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./morgan1</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>where <code>YYYY</code> is the four digit year, <code>MM</code> is
+the two digit month and <code>DD</code> is two digit day of the
+month.</p>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;1985/10/28&quot;</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./morgan1</span></span>
-<span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
-<span id="cb3-3"><a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;1996/12/31&quot;</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./morgan1</span></span>
-<span id="cb3-4"><a href="#cb3-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
-<span id="cb3-5"><a href="#cb3-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;1986/03/31&quot;</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./morgan1</span> <span class="co"># Comet Halley (look for &#39;Ha&#39;)</span></span>
-<span id="cb3-6"><a href="#cb3-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
-<span id="cb3-7"><a href="#cb3-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;1997/04/01&quot;</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./morgan1</span> <span class="co"># Comet Hale-Bopp (look for &#39;Hb&#39;)</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <p>Try pressing the arrow keys when your focus is in the window.</p>
 <h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
 <p>To verify the output, try echoing the date of an evening with a clear
@@ -242,6 +239,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/morgan1/Make
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/morgan1/morgan1.orig.c">morgan1.orig.c</a>
 - original source</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2013/morgan1/try.sh">try.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
 <li><a href="2013_morgan1.tar.bz2">2013_morgan1.tar.bz2</a> - download
 winning source</li>
 </ul>
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "original source"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "2014_vik.tar.bz2",
 	    "inventory_order" : 300,
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ href="#alternate-code">Alternate code</a> section below.</p>
 <p>For more detailed information see <a href="/bugs.md#2014-vik">2014
 vik in bugs.md</a>.</p>
 <h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="op">&gt;</span> foo.c</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> foo <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="op">&gt;</span> audio_file.raw</span>
+<span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
+<span id="cb3-3"><a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> foo <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">mplayer</span> <span class="at">-demuxer</span> rawaudio <span class="at">-</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&#39;Want to hear me beep?&#39;</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="op">&gt;</span> audio_file.raw</span>
-<span id="cb4-2"><a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
-<span id="cb4-3"><a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&#39;No. I want chocolate!&#39;</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">mplayer</span> <span class="at">-demuxer</span> rawaudio <span class="at">-</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="alternate-code">Alternate code:</h2>
 <p>The alternate code, <a href="prog.alt.c">prog.alt.c</a>, is based on
 the author’s instructions on how to get it to work with Windows.</p>
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2014/vik/prog.alt
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2014/vik/prog.orig.c">prog.orig.c</a>
 - original source</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2014/vik/try.sh">try.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
 <li><a href="2014_vik.tar.bz2">2014_vik.tar.bz2</a> - download winning
 source</li>
 </ul>
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ clean:

 clobber: clean
 	${RM} -f ${TARGET} ${ALT_TARGET}
-	${RM} -rf *.dSYM
+	${RM} -rf *.dSYM calc ecalc
 	@-if [ -e sandwich ]; then \
 	    ${RM} -f sandwich; \
 	    echo 'ate sandwich'; \
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "original source"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "try.alt.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run alternate code"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
 	    "inventory_order" : 100,
@@ -135,13 +135,15 @@ like.</p>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> alt</span></code></pre></div>
 <h3 id="alternate-use">Alternate use:</h3>
 <p>Use <code>prog.alt</code> as you would <code>prog</code> above.</p>
+<h3 id="alternate-try">Alternate try:</h3>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.alt.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
 <p>With this entry, you won’t need to turn your monitor <a
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_%28typography%29">upside
 down</a>!</p>
 <h2 id="authors-remarks">Author’s remarks:</h2>
 <h3 id="compiling-the-program">Compiling the program:</h3>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">cc</span> <span class="at">-Wall</span> <span class="at">-Wextra</span> <span class="at">-Wpedantic</span> <span class="at">-O3</span> <span class="at">-std</span><span class="op">=</span>c11 prog.c <span class="at">-o</span> prog</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">cc</span> <span class="at">-Wall</span> <span class="at">-Wextra</span> <span class="at">-Wpedantic</span> <span class="at">-O3</span> <span class="at">-std</span><span class="op">=</span>c11 prog.c <span class="at">-o</span> prog</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>Also works with a standard of C99, but C90/C89 will not compile due
 to <code>for</code> loop initial declarations, along with additional
 warnings about variable length arrays and lack of a <code>return</code>
@@ -203,6 +205,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/anderson/pro
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/anderson/prog.orig.c">prog.orig.c</a>
 - original source</li>
 <li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/anderson/try.alt.sh">try.alt.sh</a>
+- how to run alternate code</li>
+<li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/anderson/try.sh">try.sh</a>
 - how to run</li>
 <li><a href="2018_anderson.tar.bz2">2018_anderson.tar.bz2</a> - download
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : false,
 	    "winners_text" : "sample image data"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "2018_bellard.tar.bz2",
 	    "inventory_order" : 300,
@@ -124,17 +124,19 @@ href="#alternate-code">Alternate code</a> below.</p>
 <h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="op">&gt;</span> lena.ppm</span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">eog</span> lena.ppm <span class="co"># On Linux</span></span>
-<span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">open</span> <span class="at">-a</span> Preview lena.ppm <span class="co"># On macOS</span></span>
-<span id="cb3-3"><a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
-<span id="cb3-4"><a href="#cb3-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">pngtopam</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> Lenna.png <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">pnmscale</span> 0.25 <span class="kw">|</span> <span class="ex">cjpeg</span> <span class="at">-arithmetic</span> <span class="at">-dct</span> float <span class="at">-quality</span> 14 <span class="op">&gt;</span> small.jpg</span></code></pre></div>
-<p>NOTE: <code>pngtopam(1)</code> (or <code>pngtopnm(1)</code> for older
-versions) and <code>pnmscale</code> come from the netpbm project and
-<code>cjpeg(1)</code> comes from <code>libjpeg-turbo</code>. If you
-don’t have these tools already see <a href="/faq.md#netpbm">FAQ 3.15 -
-How do I compile and install netpbm for entries that require it?</a> and
-<a href="/faq.md#libjpeg">FAQ 3.16 - How do I compile and install
-libjpeg-turbo for entries that require it?</a>.</p>
+<p>First open <a href="Lenna.png">Lenna.png</a> in your graphics viewer
+of choice. Next, after running the above command
+(<code>./prog &gt; lena.ppm</code>), open <code>lena.ppm</code> in your
+graphics viewer of choice. After that try:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>NOTE: the script uses the tools <code>pngtopam(1)</code> (or
+<code>pngtopnm(1)</code> for older versions) and <code>pnmscale</code>
+come from the netpbm project and <code>cjpeg(1)</code> comes from
+<code>libjpeg-turbo</code>. If you don’t have these tools already see <a
+href="/faq.md#netpbm">FAQ 3.15 - How do I compile and install netpbm for
+entries that require it?</a> and <a href="/faq.md#libjpeg">FAQ 3.16 -
+How do I compile and install libjpeg-turbo for entries that require
+it?</a>.</p>
 <p>NOTE: <a href="Lenna.png">Lenna.png</a> is from <a
 href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Lenna_%28test_image%29.png"
 class="uri">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Lenna_%28test_image%29.png</a>.</p>
@@ -222,6 +224,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/bellard/prog
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/bellard/prog.orig.c">prog.orig.c</a>
 - original source</li>
 <li><a href="Lenna.png">Lenna.png</a> - sample image data</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/bellard/try.sh">try.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
 <li><a href="2018_bellard.tar.bz2">2018_bellard.tar.bz2</a> - download
 winning source</li>
 </ul>
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : false,
 	    "winners_text" : "How to squeeze a lexicon paper"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "try.alt.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run alternate code"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
 	    "inventory_order" : 100,
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ href="#remarks">remarks section</a>) below for more details.</p>
 <h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> text</span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> Makefile</span>
-<span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> README.md</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="alternate-code">Alternate code:</h2>
 <p>An alternate version of this entry, <a
 href="prog.alt.c">prog.alt.c</a>, is provided. As mentioned in the
@@ -135,6 +134,10 @@ useful bug fix.</p>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> alt</span></code></pre></div>
 <h3 id="alternate-use">Alternate use:</h3>
 <p>Use <code>prog.alt</code> as you would <code>prog</code> above.</p>
+<h3 id="alternate-try">Alternate try:</h3>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.alt.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>Do you spot the fix by running both <a href="try.sh">try.sh</a> and
+<a href="try.alt.sh">try.alt.sh</a>?</p>
 <h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
 <p>This text was processed by <code>prog</code>. You may get confused.
 We’re not really sure: <a href="prog.c">prog.c</a> wasn’t commented. Who
@@ -398,6 +401,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ciura/prog.o
 <li><a href="lexicon.pdf">lexicon.pdf</a> - How to squeeze a lexicon
 paper</li>
 <li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ciura/try.alt.sh">try.alt.sh</a>
+- how to run alternate code</li>
+<li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ciura/try.sh">try.sh</a>
 - how to run</li>
 <li><a href="2018_ciura.tar.bz2">2018_ciura.tar.bz2</a> - download
@@ -57,6 +57,38 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "information about various files"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "id.alt.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "id.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "monkey-words.alt.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shell script",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "monkey-words.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "rpm.html",
 	    "inventory_order" : 100,
@@ -125,7 +125,22 @@ below.</p>
 <h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span>
+<span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
+<span id="cb3-3"><a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># For those who believe in &#39;&quot;intelligent&quot; design&#39; or want to see how easy it is</span></span>
+<span id="cb3-4"><a href="#cb3-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># to prove evolution is a proven fact:</span></span>
+<span id="cb3-5"><a href="#cb3-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./id.sh</span></span>
+<span id="cb3-6"><a href="#cb3-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
+<span id="cb3-7"><a href="#cb3-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># For those who want to see if Eric the monkey can type the word &#39;words&#39; before</span></span>
+<span id="cb3-8"><a href="#cb3-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># falling asleep or giving up:</span></span>
+<span id="cb3-9"><a href="#cb3-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./monkey-words.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>NOTE: the <a href="try.sh">try.sh</a> script will run the other two
+scripts but if the first one, <a href="id.sh">id.sh</a> is terminated
+early in the try script, the second one, <a
+href="monkey-words.sh">monkey-words.sh</a> will not be run.</p>
+<p>You can reconfigure certain values. These are described by the author
+in more detail in the <a href="#constants">S, M and N Constants</a>
+section. The script above will make use of some of these.</p>
 <h2 id="alternate-code">Alternate code:</h2>
 <p>This version has a simpler keyboard (fewer characters). The author
 wrote more about this under the <a href="#keyboards">keyboards</a>
@@ -137,7 +152,27 @@ section.</p>
 <p>Use <code>weasel.alt</code> as you would <code>weasel</code>
 above.</p>
 <h3 id="alternate-try">Alternate try:</h3>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.alt.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.alt.sh</span></span>
+<span id="cb5-2"><a href="#cb5-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
+<span id="cb5-3"><a href="#cb5-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># For those who believe in &#39;&quot;intelligent&quot; design&#39; or want to see how easy it is</span></span>
+<span id="cb5-4"><a href="#cb5-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># to prove evolution is a proven fact:</span></span>
+<span id="cb5-5"><a href="#cb5-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./id.alt.sh</span></span>
+<span id="cb5-6"><a href="#cb5-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
+<span id="cb5-7"><a href="#cb5-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># For those who want to see if Eric the monkey can type the word &#39;words&#39; before</span></span>
+<span id="cb5-8"><a href="#cb5-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># falling asleep or giving up:</span></span>
+<span id="cb5-9"><a href="#cb5-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./monkey-words.alt.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>NOTE: the <a href="try.alt.sh">try.alt.sh</a> script will run the
+other two scripts but if the first one, <a
+href="id.alt.sh">id.alt.sh</a> is terminated early in the try script,
+the second one, <a href="monkey-words.alt.sh">monkey-words.alt.sh</a>
+will not be run.</p>
+<p>You can reconfigure certain values. These are described by the author
+in more detail in the <a href="#constants">S, M and N Constants</a>
+section. The script above will make use of some of these.</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.alt.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>You can reconfigure certain values. These are described by the author
+in more detail in the <a href="#constants">S, M and N Constants</a>
+section. The script above will make use of some of these.</p>
 <h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
 <p>Looking back over the strata of past IOCCC entries, this program
 marks a new mutation on our understanding of sequencing of code. In
@@ -153,7 +188,7 @@ which us Homo sapiens hang from the phylogenetic tree of life.</p>
 code era, while using more Cenozoic minded code migration, read
 rpm.md.</p>
 <p>If you find yourself in an evolutionary dead end, try:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">man</span> ./weasel.1</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">man</span> ./weasel.1</span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="authors-remarks">Author’s remarks:</h2>
 <ol start="0" type="1">
 <li>Preface</li>
@@ -182,7 +217,7 @@ people don’t like to read long texts. To resolve this I think the best
 way is referencing the judges’ remarks: if you want a quick rundown of
 the entry try what they suggest and view the man page (it explains all
 the options and describes the program briefly):</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">man</span> ./weasel.man</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb8-1"><a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">man</span> ./weasel.man</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>If that isn’t sufficient <strong>I would recommend reading this
 section</strong> <em>(and possibly the next)</em> where I attempt to
 give a brief explanation of the sections to make reading it easier and
@@ -215,10 +250,11 @@ after.</p>
 techniques that might not be used.</p>
 <p><strong><a href="#build">How to build</a>:</strong> Here I describe
 briefly <a href="#constants">the constants that can be redefined</a>
-<code>S</code> and <code>N</code>: the maximum size of the chromosome
-(target string; the maximum length is <code>S - 1</code> but it must be
-&gt;= the default 38) and the number of offspring, respectively. I also
-give <a href="#compiling">example compiler invocations</a>, <a
+<code>S</code>, <code>M</code> and <code>N</code>: the maximum size of
+the chromosome (target string; the maximum length is <code>S - 1</code>
+but it must be &gt;= the default 38), the number of maximum attempts
+before giving up and the number of offspring, respectively. I also give
+<a href="#compiling">example compiler invocations</a>, <a
 href="#portability">portability notes</a>, an <a href="#bugs">more
 portability notes</a> and a <a href="#rpm">note on rpm.md</a>.</p>
 <p>On the subject of <code>S</code> and <code>N</code>: As the judges’
@@ -458,18 +494,18 @@ means you’ll need to quote the string if it has more than one word (that
 is it contains spaces) or anything else interpreted specially by your
 shell e.g. parentheses. For instance if you just want to find
 <code>METHINKS</code> you could do one of:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb15"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb15-1"><a href="#cb15-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> METHINKS</span>
-<span id="cb15-2"><a href="#cb15-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&quot;METHINKS&quot;</span></span>
-<span id="cb15-3"><a href="#cb15-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&#39;METHINKS&#39;</span></span></code></pre></div>
-<p>If you wanted <code>YOU ARE A MONKEY</code>:</p>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb16"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb16-1"><a href="#cb16-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&quot;YOU ARE A MONKEY&quot;</span></span>
-<span id="cb16-2"><a href="#cb16-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&#39;YOU ARE A MONKEY&#39;</span></span></code></pre></div>
-<p>If you do one of:</p>
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb16-1"><a href="#cb16-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> METHINKS</span>
+<span id="cb16-2"><a href="#cb16-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&quot;METHINKS&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb16-3"><a href="#cb16-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&#39;METHINKS&#39;</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>If you wanted <code>YOU ARE A MONKEY</code>:</p>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb17"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb17-1"><a href="#cb17-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&quot;METHINKS IT IS A&quot;</span> <span class="st">&quot;MONKEY&quot;</span></span>
-<span id="cb17-2"><a href="#cb17-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> METHINKS IT IS A MONKEY</span></code></pre></div>
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb17-1"><a href="#cb17-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&quot;YOU ARE A MONKEY&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb17-2"><a href="#cb17-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&#39;YOU ARE A MONKEY&#39;</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>If you do one of:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb18"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb18-1"><a href="#cb18-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="st">&quot;METHINKS IT IS A&quot;</span> <span class="st">&quot;MONKEY&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb18-2"><a href="#cb18-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> METHINKS IT IS A MONKEY</span></code></pre></div>
 <p><br />
 It will search for <code>MONKEY</code> in both cases; in other words
 it’s the last one. If the string is too long given the value of
@@ -479,14 +515,14 @@ truncated.</p>
 <p>If you actually do want to search for a string starting with a
 <code>-</code> you must disable further parsing of options by using the
 <code>-</code> option itself; for example if you were to do any of:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb18"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb18-1"><a href="#cb18-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q-</span> <span class="at">--</span> <span class="at">-test</span></span>
-<span id="cb18-2"><a href="#cb18-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q-</span> <span class="at">-test</span></span>
-<span id="cb18-3"><a href="#cb18-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">--</span> <span class="at">-test</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb19"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb19-1"><a href="#cb19-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q-</span> <span class="at">--</span> <span class="at">-test</span></span>
+<span id="cb19-2"><a href="#cb19-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q-</span> <span class="at">-test</span></span>
+<span id="cb19-3"><a href="#cb19-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">--</span> <span class="at">-test</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <p>The target string will be: <code>-TEST</code>. This means though that
 here:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb19"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb19-1"><a href="#cb19-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">--</span> <span class="at">-test</span> <span class="at">-r5</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb20"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb20-1"><a href="#cb20-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">--</span> <span class="at">-test</span> <span class="at">-r5</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <p>The string to be searched would actually be <code>-r5</code> and the
 mutation rate will remain the default because after the <code>-</code>
 option is seen it will no longer parse additional options: only target
@@ -497,8 +533,8 @@ three above are equivalent i.e. the following two are equivalent:</p>
    -q --</code></pre>
 <p><br />
 As for the caveat I referenced what does the following do?</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb21"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb21-1"><a href="#cb21-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-qr</span> 5</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb22"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb22-1"><a href="#cb22-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-qr</span> 5</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>In fact it will set quiet output and set the target string to be ‘5’.
 So the mutation rate will be out of range, thus enabling that Easter
 egg, but it will likely come to an answer fairly quickly because it’s
@@ -507,21 +543,21 @@ option; if the program is currently parsing <code>argv[N]</code>, for
 example, and it encounters a <code>--</code> then depending on where the
 other options are in the command line it might still parse the options.
 Thus you have:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb22"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb22-1"><a href="#cb22-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="at">-qr-r5</span></span>
-<span id="cb22-2"><a href="#cb22-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">quiet</span> output</span>
-<span id="cb22-3"><a href="#cb22-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
-<span id="cb22-4"><a href="#cb22-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">target</span> <span class="st">&#39;METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL&#39;</span></span>
-<span id="cb22-5"><a href="#cb22-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate 5</span>
-<span id="cb22-6"><a href="#cb22-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Generation</span>  440 Offspring 20: METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb23"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb23-1"><a href="#cb23-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="at">-qr-r5</span></span>
+<span id="cb23-2"><a href="#cb23-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">quiet</span> output</span>
+<span id="cb23-3"><a href="#cb23-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
+<span id="cb23-4"><a href="#cb23-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">target</span> <span class="st">&#39;METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL&#39;</span></span>
+<span id="cb23-5"><a href="#cb23-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate 5</span>
+<span id="cb23-6"><a href="#cb23-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Generation</span>  440 Offspring 20: METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>Similarly this would set quiet output, then an invalid mutation rate
 and then a mutation rate of 5:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb23"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb23-1"><a href="#cb23-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">--qrr5</span></span></code></pre></div>
-<p>If you were instead to do one of (for example):</p>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb24"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb24-1"><a href="#cb24-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">--</span> <span class="at">-r</span></span>
-<span id="cb24-2"><a href="#cb24-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">-q-</span> <span class="at">-r</span></span></code></pre></div>
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb24-1"><a href="#cb24-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">--qrr5</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>If you were instead to do one of (for example):</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb25"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb25-1"><a href="#cb25-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">--</span> <span class="at">-r</span></span>
+<span id="cb25-2"><a href="#cb25-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./weasel</span> <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">-q-</span> <span class="at">-r</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <p>Then it <em>would</em> set quiet output then see the <code>--</code>
 (the <code>-</code> option itself) and then the target string would
 <em>literally</em> be set to <code>-r</code> because it no longer cares
@@ -555,16 +591,16 @@ If yes how do we know if monkey mode was specially requested? There are
 at least two ways to go about it: I took the monkey safe (‘fool safe’)
 method; *if you explicitly request monkey mode you cannot disable it in
 the same invocation of <code>weasel</code>!</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb25"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb25-1"><a href="#cb25-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="at">-qr101r5r101r1r</span> test</span>
-<span id="cb25-2"><a href="#cb25-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">quiet</span> output</span>
-<span id="cb25-3"><a href="#cb25-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
-<span id="cb25-4"><a href="#cb25-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
-<span id="cb25-5"><a href="#cb25-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
-<span id="cb25-6"><a href="#cb25-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">target</span> <span class="st">&#39;test&#39;</span></span>
-<span id="cb25-7"><a href="#cb25-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate 0</span>
-<span id="cb25-8"><a href="#cb25-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">monkey</span> at typewriter</span>
-<span id="cb25-9"><a href="#cb25-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Generation</span> 16844        Offspring 22: TEST</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb26"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb26-1"><a href="#cb26-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="at">-qr101r5r101r1r</span> test</span>
+<span id="cb26-2"><a href="#cb26-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">quiet</span> output</span>
+<span id="cb26-3"><a href="#cb26-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
+<span id="cb26-4"><a href="#cb26-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
+<span id="cb26-5"><a href="#cb26-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
+<span id="cb26-6"><a href="#cb26-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">target</span> <span class="st">&#39;test&#39;</span></span>
+<span id="cb26-7"><a href="#cb26-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate 0</span>
+<span id="cb26-8"><a href="#cb26-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">monkey</span> at typewriter</span>
+<span id="cb26-9"><a href="#cb26-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Generation</span> 16844        Offspring 22: TEST</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>So in this case I joined the options in the following order:</p>
 <ol type="1">
 <li><p><code>-q</code></p>
@@ -601,27 +637,27 @@ for <code>TEST</code>).</p></li>
 <p>Given that it was a short string it did find the answer relatively
 quickly, even in monkey mode.</p>
 <p>Another example:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb26"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb26-1"><a href="#cb26-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">-r101</span> test <span class="at">-r5</span></span>
-<span id="cb26-2"><a href="#cb26-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">quiet</span> output</span>
-<span id="cb26-3"><a href="#cb26-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
-<span id="cb26-4"><a href="#cb26-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">target</span> <span class="st">&#39;test&#39;</span></span>
-<span id="cb26-5"><a href="#cb26-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate 5</span>
-<span id="cb26-6"><a href="#cb26-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Generation</span>  109 Offspring 13: TEST</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb27"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb27-1"><a href="#cb27-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">-r101</span> test <span class="at">-r5</span></span>
+<span id="cb27-2"><a href="#cb27-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">quiet</span> output</span>
+<span id="cb27-3"><a href="#cb27-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
+<span id="cb27-4"><a href="#cb27-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">target</span> <span class="st">&#39;test&#39;</span></span>
+<span id="cb27-5"><a href="#cb27-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate 5</span>
+<span id="cb27-6"><a href="#cb27-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Generation</span>  109 Offspring 13: TEST</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>In this case I also enabled quiet mode but I didn’t join the options;
 the <code>-r101</code> reports that it’s out of range and sets monkey
 mode. I then specify the target string and then set a valid mutation
 rate. This disabled monkey mode which means that it’ll use the genetic
 algorithm.</p>
 <p>One more example of monkey mode:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb27"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb27-1"><a href="#cb27-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">-mr101</span> test <span class="at">-r5</span></span>
-<span id="cb27-2"><a href="#cb27-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">quiet</span> output</span>
-<span id="cb27-3"><a href="#cb27-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
-<span id="cb27-4"><a href="#cb27-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">target</span> <span class="st">&#39;test&#39;</span></span>
-<span id="cb27-5"><a href="#cb27-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate 5</span>
-<span id="cb27-6"><a href="#cb27-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">monkey</span> at typewriter</span>
-<span id="cb27-7"><a href="#cb27-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Generation</span> 465298       Offspring 10: TEST</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb28"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb28-1"><a href="#cb28-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="at">-q</span> <span class="at">-mr101</span> test <span class="at">-r5</span></span>
+<span id="cb28-2"><a href="#cb28-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">quiet</span> output</span>
+<span id="cb28-3"><a href="#cb28-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate out of range</span>
+<span id="cb28-4"><a href="#cb28-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">target</span> <span class="st">&#39;test&#39;</span></span>
+<span id="cb28-5"><a href="#cb28-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">mutation</span> rate 5</span>
+<span id="cb28-6"><a href="#cb28-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">monkey</span> at typewriter</span>
+<span id="cb28-7"><a href="#cb28-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Generation</span> 465298       Offspring 10: TEST</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>Here I also requested quiet output and then <em>explicitly requested
 that Eric the monkey types.</em> After this I set the mutation rate to
 be 101 which would have set monkey mode (<em>in this case only
@@ -715,13 +751,13 @@ read from the file and pass each string to the program itself</em>. I’ve
 included a script <code>test.sh</code> and a file of sample input
 <code>test-strings.txt</code> that you can play with.</p>
 <p>Try:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb32"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb32-1"><a href="#cb32-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> test</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb33"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb33-1"><a href="#cb33-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> test</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>This will essentially make sure the program is compiled and then
 do:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb33"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb33-1"><a href="#cb33-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">chmod</span> +x test.sh</span>
-<span id="cb33-2"><a href="#cb33-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./test.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb34"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb34-1"><a href="#cb34-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">chmod</span> +x test.sh</span>
+<span id="cb34-2"><a href="#cb34-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./test.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <p>The script will first try compiling the program (if necessary) and if
 it fails for any reason it will exit; else it will read each line in the
 file <code>test-strings.txt</code> (if the file doesn’t exist or can’t
@@ -732,8 +768,8 @@ until all the strings have been read and processed).</p>
 <p>You can pass additional options directly to the script but remember
 that it stops when there are no more strings in the file - so if you
 try:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb34"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb34-1"><a href="#cb34-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./test.sh</span> <span class="at">-q</span> test</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb35"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb35-1"><a href="#cb35-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./test.sh</span> <span class="at">-q</span> test</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>The final string <code>test</code> won’t be searched for; it will
 however run the program in all invocations with quiet output enabled.
 The following are some notes about how the shell and the program
@@ -762,12 +798,12 @@ keyboard the program prints an error message and then exits (returning
 1). But since the keyboard doesn’t have <code>'\n'</code> if you were to
 type a <code>'</code> and send a <code>'\n'</code> before the closing
 <code>'</code> you might see something like:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb35"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb35-1"><a href="#cb35-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="st">&#39;!!</span></span>
-<span id="cb35-2"><a href="#cb35-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">&gt; &#39;</span></span>
-<span id="cb35-3"><a href="#cb35-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
-<span id="cb35-4"><a href="#cb35-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">&#39;</span></span>
-<span id="cb35-5"><a href="#cb35-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">&#39;</span> not in keyboard <span class="st">&quot; !&quot;</span>#$<span class="op">&lt;</span>%:<span class="op">&gt;&amp;</span><span class="st">&#39;()*+,-./0123456789;=?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`{|}~&quot;</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb36"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb36-1"><a href="#cb36-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> ./weasel <span class="st">&#39;!!</span></span>
+<span id="cb36-2"><a href="#cb36-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">&gt; &#39;</span></span>
+<span id="cb36-3"><a href="#cb36-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
+<span id="cb36-4"><a href="#cb36-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">&#39;</span></span>
+<span id="cb36-5"><a href="#cb36-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">&#39;</span> not in keyboard <span class="st">&quot; !&quot;</span>#$<span class="op">&lt;</span>%:<span class="op">&gt;&amp;</span><span class="st">&#39;()*+,-./0123456789;=?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`{|}~&quot;</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <p>I showed that <code>'</code> is in the keyboard already; however the
 user sent a <code>\n</code> (hence the secondary prompt
 <code>&gt;</code> on line two) before literally typing the closing
@@ -793,9 +829,9 @@ read.</p>
 (like <code>S</code>) as well as some C keywords.</p></li>
 <li><p>The way <code>main()</code> is declared is:</p></li>
 </ol>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb36"><pre class="sourceCode c"><code class="sourceCode c"><span id="cb36-1"><a href="#cb36-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">/* Special C main() handler (encapsulation): */</span></span>
-<span id="cb36-2"><a href="#cb36-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="pp">#define r</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="pp">main</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="pp"> main</span></span>
-<span id="cb36-3"><a href="#cb36-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>r<span class="op">(</span>k main<span class="op">(</span>k a<span class="op">,</span> E <span class="op">**</span>V<span class="op">))</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb37"><pre class="sourceCode c"><code class="sourceCode c"><span id="cb37-1"><a href="#cb37-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">/* Special C main() handler (encapsulation): */</span></span>
+<span id="cb37-2"><a href="#cb37-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="pp">#define r</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="pp">main</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="pp"> main</span></span>
+<span id="cb37-3"><a href="#cb37-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>r<span class="op">(</span>k main<span class="op">(</span>k a<span class="op">,</span> E <span class="op">**</span>V<span class="op">))</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <pre><code>It appears to be recursively defined but is it? And is it truly</code></pre>
 <p>encapsulation? And is it executing code of any kind? It mightn’t seem
 like it isn’t encapsulation and also isn’t executing code but assuming
@@ -852,18 +888,22 @@ wrong. Yes some of it might look like a blob but this is clearly false;
 or misleading it should be made clear in the comments! :)</em></p>
 <h2 id="how-to-build"><strong>5. <a name="build">How to
 build</a></strong></h2>
-<h3 id="s-and-n-constants"><a name="constants">S and N
+<h3 id="s-m-and-n-constants"><a name="constants">S, M and N
 Constants</a></h3>
 <p>Skip to <a href="#compiling">Compilation</a>.</p>
-<p>These two <code>#define</code>d constants can be redefined at
-compilation to modify the behaviour of the program in a number of ways
-(see the <strong><a href="#compiling">Compilation</a></strong>
+<p>There are three <code>#define</code>d constants that can be redefined
+at compilation to modify the behaviour of the program in a number of
+ways (see the <strong><a href="#compiling">Compilation</a></strong>
 subsection for example invocations). Both are capped to be no greater
-than <code>SIZE_MAX - 1</code>. This is handled by the C
-preprocessor.</p>
-<p><code>S</code></p>
-<p>This determines the maximum size of the target string but it
-<strong>must be at least 38</strong>; this is because
+than <code>SIZE_MAX - 1</code> or whatever <code>M</code> (which can’t
+be lower than 100) is set to (maximum attempts before giving up). This
+is handled by the C preprocessor.</p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>S</code></li>
+</ul>
+<p>The macro <code>S</code> (or <code>MAX_SIZE</code> in the Makefile)
+is the maximum size of the target string but it <strong>must be at least
+38</strong> (which is protected against in the code); this is because
 <code>38 &gt;= 29</code> and because
 <code>strlen("METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL") == 28</code> (which is the
 default target string - it would hardly be an implementation of the
@@ -874,33 +914,58 @@ works</a></strong> and specifically an Easter egg I referenced there
 (it’s <em>not the only Easter egg</em> but it’s the only Easter egg I
 won’t spoil; yes this ironically and amusingly means I’ve left a rotten
 egg somewhere!).</p>
-<p><code>N</code></p>
-<p>This is the number of offspring per generation. Anything less than 4
-will be set to 3 (that’s not a typo!) and this is part of an Easter
-egg.</p>
-<p>Be aware that depending on the size of <code>S</code> and
-<code>N</code> (individually and together) the program will use varying
-amounts of memory and the larger the values the more memory it’ll
-require.</p>
+<p>The Makefile simplifies how to reconfigure this value with the
+variable <code>MAX_SIZE</code>:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb39"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb39-1"><a href="#cb39-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> clobber MAX_SIZE=55 all</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>The next macro that can be reconfigured, <code>M</code> (or
+<code>MAX_ATTEMPTS</code> in the Makefile), is the maximum attempts
+before giving up. This was added as another feature in 2024 but it was
+not made an alt version because there already is an alt version. This
+macro allows for seeing what happens when reaching the maximum number
+attempts without waiting for a very long time.</p>
+<p>The Makefile simplifies how to reconfigure this value with the
+variable <code>MAX_ATTEMPTS</code>:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb40"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb40-1"><a href="#cb40-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> clobber MAX_ATTEMPTS=100 all</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>The final macro, <code>N</code> (or <code>OFFSPRING</code> in the
+Makefile), is the number of offspring per generation.</p>
+<p>Anything less than 4 will be set to 3 (that’s not a typo!) and this
+is part of an Easter egg.</p>
+<p>Be aware that depending on the size of <code>S</code>
+(<code>MAX_SIZE</code>) and <code>N</code> (<code>OFFSPRING</code>) both
+individually and together the program will use varying amounts of memory
+and the larger the values the more memory it’ll require.</p>
+<p>The Makefile simplifies how to reconfigure this value with the
+variable <code>OFFSPRING</code>:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb41"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb41-1"><a href="#cb41-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> clobber OFFSPRING=55 all</span></code></pre></div>
 <h3 id="compilation"><a name="compiling">Compilation</a></h3>
 <p>Skip to <a href="#portability">Portability</a>.</p>
 <p>The following options <strong>must always be passed to the
 compiler:</strong></p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb38"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb38-1"><a href="#cb38-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">-DQ=</span><span class="st">&#39;typedef&#39;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;g(o)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;goto o;&#39;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;w(x)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&quot;x:&quot;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;H(main)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;r(main)&#39;</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb42"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb42-1"><a href="#cb42-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">-DQ=</span><span class="st">&#39;typedef&#39;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;g(o)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;goto o;&#39;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;w(x)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&quot;x:&quot;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;H(main)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;r(main)&#39;</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>which running <code>make</code> will always do.</p>
 <p>If you want to increase the number of offspring to <code>50</code>
-and the size of the chromosome to <code>75</code> you would pass to the
-compiler:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb39"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb39-1"><a href="#cb39-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">-DQ=</span><span class="st">&#39;typedef&#39;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;g(o)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;goto o;&#39;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;w(x)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&quot;x:&quot;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;H(main)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;r(main)&#39;</span> <span class="at">-DN</span><span class="op">=</span>50 <span class="at">-DS</span><span class="op">=</span>75</span></code></pre></div>
+(<code>N</code>) and the size of the chromosome to <code>75</code>
+(<code>S</code>) you would do:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb43"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb43-1"><a href="#cb43-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> clobber OFFSPRING=50 MAX_SIZE=75 everything</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>If you wanted to change <code>N</code> to <code>3</code>:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb40"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb40-1"><a href="#cb40-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">-DQ=</span><span class="st">&#39;typedef&#39;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;g(o)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;goto o;&#39;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;w(x)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&quot;x:&quot;</span> <span class="at">-D</span><span class="st">&#39;H(main)&#39;</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;r(main)&#39;</span> <span class="at">-DN</span><span class="op">=</span>3</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb44"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb44-1"><a href="#cb44-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> clobber OFFSPRING=3 everything</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>Remember that it cannot be less than <code>3</code>; <em>more
 correctly if it’s less than 4 it’s redefined to 3</em> so you could have
-passed in <code>-DN=2</code> and have the same result. Remember too that
-<code>S</code> cannot be less than <code>38</code>. Both <code>S</code>
-and <code>N</code> are capped at <code>SIZE_MAX - 1</code>.</p>
+passed in <code>-DN=2</code> (or <code>MAX_SIZE=2</code>) and have the
+same result. Remember too that <code>S</code> (<code>MAX_SIZE</code>)
+cannot be less than <code>38</code>. Both <code>S</code> and
+<code>N</code> are capped at <code>SIZE_MAX - 1</code> or whatever
+<code>M</code> (<code>MAX_ATTEMPTS</code>) is set to.</p>
+<p>If you wanted to change the maximum number attempts to 100 you could
+do:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb45"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb45-1"><a href="#cb45-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> clobber MAX_ATTEMPTS=100 everything</span></code></pre></div>
 <h3 id="portability"><a name="portability">Portability</a></h3>
 <p>Skip to <a href="#bugs">An aside on bugs</a>.</p>
 <p>This entry requires at least C99 even if you translate digraphs. The
@@ -911,48 +976,48 @@ some data type sizes will be smaller and this I believe includes
 issues (if any) either but I have no way to test this. Originally I
 tested it on the below systems.</p>
 <h4 id="fedora-26">Fedora 26:</h4>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb41"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb41-1"><a href="#cb41-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> clang <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
-<span id="cb41-2"><a href="#cb41-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">clang</span> version 4.0.1 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">tags/RELEASE_401/final</span><span class="kw">)</span></span>
-<span id="cb41-3"><a href="#cb41-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> gcc <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
-<span id="cb41-4"><a href="#cb41-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">gcc</span> <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GCC</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">7.3.1</span> 20180130 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">Red</span> Hat 7.3.1-2<span class="kw">)</span></span>
-<span id="cb41-5"><a href="#cb41-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> /lib64/libc-2.25.so <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">cut</span> <span class="at">-d</span><span class="st">&#39;,&#39;</span> <span class="at">-f1-1</span></span>
-<span id="cb41-6"><a href="#cb41-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">GNU</span> C Library <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GNU</span> libc<span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">stable</span> release version 2.25</span>
-<span id="cb41-7"><a href="#cb41-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> lscpu <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">grep</span> Endian</span>
-<span id="cb41-8"><a href="#cb41-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Byte</span> Order:          Little Endian</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb46"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb46-1"><a href="#cb46-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> clang <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
+<span id="cb46-2"><a href="#cb46-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">clang</span> version 4.0.1 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">tags/RELEASE_401/final</span><span class="kw">)</span></span>
+<span id="cb46-3"><a href="#cb46-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> gcc <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
+<span id="cb46-4"><a href="#cb46-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">gcc</span> <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GCC</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">7.3.1</span> 20180130 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">Red</span> Hat 7.3.1-2<span class="kw">)</span></span>
+<span id="cb46-5"><a href="#cb46-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> /lib64/libc-2.25.so <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">cut</span> <span class="at">-d</span><span class="st">&#39;,&#39;</span> <span class="at">-f1-1</span></span>
+<span id="cb46-6"><a href="#cb46-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">GNU</span> C Library <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GNU</span> libc<span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">stable</span> release version 2.25</span>
+<span id="cb46-7"><a href="#cb46-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> lscpu <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">grep</span> Endian</span>
+<span id="cb46-8"><a href="#cb46-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Byte</span> Order:          Little Endian</span></code></pre></div>
 <h4 id="centos-linux-release-7.4.1708-core">CentOS Linux release
 7.4.1708 (Core)</h4>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb42"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb42-1"><a href="#cb42-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> clang <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
-<span id="cb42-2"><a href="#cb42-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">clang</span> version 3.4.2 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">tags/RELEASE_34/dot2-final</span><span class="kw">)</span></span>
-<span id="cb42-3"><a href="#cb42-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> gcc <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
-<span id="cb42-4"><a href="#cb42-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">gcc</span> <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GCC</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">4.8.5</span> 20150623 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">Red</span> Hat 4.8.5-16<span class="kw">)</span></span>
-<span id="cb42-5"><a href="#cb42-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> /lib64/libc-2.17.so <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span> <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">cut</span> <span class="at">-d,</span> <span class="at">-f1-1</span></span>
-<span id="cb42-6"><a href="#cb42-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">GNU</span> C Library <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GNU</span> libc<span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">stable</span> release version 2.17</span>
-<span id="cb42-7"><a href="#cb42-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> lscpu <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">grep</span> Endian</span>
-<span id="cb42-8"><a href="#cb42-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Byte</span> Order:            Little Endian</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb47"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb47-1"><a href="#cb47-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> clang <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
+<span id="cb47-2"><a href="#cb47-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">clang</span> version 3.4.2 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">tags/RELEASE_34/dot2-final</span><span class="kw">)</span></span>
+<span id="cb47-3"><a href="#cb47-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> gcc <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
+<span id="cb47-4"><a href="#cb47-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">gcc</span> <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GCC</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">4.8.5</span> 20150623 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">Red</span> Hat 4.8.5-16<span class="kw">)</span></span>
+<span id="cb47-5"><a href="#cb47-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> /lib64/libc-2.17.so <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span> <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">cut</span> <span class="at">-d,</span> <span class="at">-f1-1</span></span>
+<span id="cb47-6"><a href="#cb47-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">GNU</span> C Library <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GNU</span> libc<span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">stable</span> release version 2.17</span>
+<span id="cb47-7"><a href="#cb47-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> lscpu <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">grep</span> Endian</span>
+<span id="cb47-8"><a href="#cb47-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Byte</span> Order:            Little Endian</span></code></pre></div>
 <h4 id="fedora-27">Fedora 27:</h4>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb43"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb43-1"><a href="#cb43-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> clang <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
-<span id="cb43-2"><a href="#cb43-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">clang</span> version 5.0.1 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">tags/RELEASE_501/final</span><span class="kw">)</span></span>
-<span id="cb43-3"><a href="#cb43-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> gcc <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
-<span id="cb43-4"><a href="#cb43-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">gcc</span> <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GCC</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">7.3.1</span> 20180303 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">Red</span> Hat 7.3.1-5<span class="kw">)</span></span>
-<span id="cb43-5"><a href="#cb43-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> /lib64/libc-2.26.so <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">cut</span> <span class="at">-d,</span> <span class="at">-f1-1</span></span>
-<span id="cb43-6"><a href="#cb43-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">GNU</span> C Library <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GNU</span> libc<span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">stable</span> release version 2.26</span>
-<span id="cb43-7"><a href="#cb43-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> lscpu <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">grep</span> Endian</span>
-<span id="cb43-8"><a href="#cb43-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Byte</span> Order:          Little Endian</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb48"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb48-1"><a href="#cb48-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> clang <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
+<span id="cb48-2"><a href="#cb48-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">clang</span> version 5.0.1 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">tags/RELEASE_501/final</span><span class="kw">)</span></span>
+<span id="cb48-3"><a href="#cb48-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> gcc <span class="at">--version</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span></span>
+<span id="cb48-4"><a href="#cb48-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">gcc</span> <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GCC</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">7.3.1</span> 20180303 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">Red</span> Hat 7.3.1-5<span class="kw">)</span></span>
+<span id="cb48-5"><a href="#cb48-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> /lib64/libc-2.26.so <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">head</span> <span class="at">-n1</span><span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">cut</span> <span class="at">-d,</span> <span class="at">-f1-1</span></span>
+<span id="cb48-6"><a href="#cb48-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">GNU</span> C Library <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">GNU</span> libc<span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">stable</span> release version 2.26</span>
+<span id="cb48-7"><a href="#cb48-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> lscpu <span class="kw">|</span><span class="fu">grep</span> Endian</span>
+<span id="cb48-8"><a href="#cb48-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Byte</span> Order:          Little Endian</span></code></pre></div>
 <h4 id="macos">macOS:</h4>
 <p>System Version: macOS 10.13.4 (17E199) Kernel Version: Darwin
 17.5.0</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb44"><pre
-class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb44-1"><a href="#cb44-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> gcc <span class="at">-v</span></span>
-<span id="cb44-2"><a href="#cb44-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Configured</span> with: <span class="at">--prefix</span><span class="op">=</span>/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr <span class="at">--with-gxx-include-dir</span><span class="op">=</span>/usr/include/c++/4.2.1</span>
-<span id="cb44-3"><a href="#cb44-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Apple</span> LLVM version 9.1.0 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">clang-902.0.39.1</span><span class="kw">)</span></span>
-<span id="cb44-4"><a href="#cb44-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Target:</span> x86_64-apple-darwin17.5.0</span>
-<span id="cb44-5"><a href="#cb44-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Thread</span> model: posix</span>
-<span id="cb44-6"><a href="#cb44-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">InstalledDir:</span> /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin</span>
-<span id="cb44-7"><a href="#cb44-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> uname <span class="at">-srmv</span></span>
-<span id="cb44-8"><a href="#cb44-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Darwin</span> 17.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.5.0: Mon Mar  5 22:24:32 PST 2018<span class="kw">;</span> <span class="ex">root:xnu-4570.51.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64</span> x86_64</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb49"><pre
+class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb49-1"><a href="#cb49-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> gcc <span class="at">-v</span></span>
+<span id="cb49-2"><a href="#cb49-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Configured</span> with: <span class="at">--prefix</span><span class="op">=</span>/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr <span class="at">--with-gxx-include-dir</span><span class="op">=</span>/usr/include/c++/4.2.1</span>
+<span id="cb49-3"><a href="#cb49-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Apple</span> LLVM version 9.1.0 <span class="er">(</span><span class="ex">clang-902.0.39.1</span><span class="kw">)</span></span>
+<span id="cb49-4"><a href="#cb49-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Target:</span> x86_64-apple-darwin17.5.0</span>
+<span id="cb49-5"><a href="#cb49-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Thread</span> model: posix</span>
+<span id="cb49-6"><a href="#cb49-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">InstalledDir:</span> /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin</span>
+<span id="cb49-7"><a href="#cb49-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">$</span> uname <span class="at">-srmv</span></span>
+<span id="cb49-8"><a href="#cb49-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">Darwin</span> 17.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.5.0: Mon Mar  5 22:24:32 PST 2018<span class="kw">;</span> <span class="ex">root:xnu-4570.51.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64</span> x86_64</span></code></pre></div>
 <h4 id="an-aside"><a name="bugs">An aside</a></h4>
 <p>Skip to <a href="#rpm">Installing</a>.</p>
 <p>Any undocumented bugs are the result of insolent monkeys tampering
@@ -1082,8 +1147,8 @@ we quickly added additional cryptic features and evolved into B, BCPL,
 and finally C. We stopped when we got a clean compile on the following
 syntax:</p>
 </blockquote>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb45"><pre class="sourceCode c"><code class="sourceCode c"><span id="cb45-1"><a href="#cb45-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">for</span><span class="op">(;</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="sc">\n</span><span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="op">),</span>R<span class="op">=;</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;|&quot;</span><span class="op">))</span><span class="cf">for</span><span class="op">(</span>e<span class="op">=</span>C<span class="op">;</span>e<span class="op">=</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;_&quot;</span><span class="op">+(*</span>u<span class="op">++/</span></span>
-<span id="cb45-2"><a href="#cb45-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="dv">8</span><span class="op">)%</span><span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">))</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;|&quot;</span><span class="op">+(*</span>u<span class="op">/</span><span class="dv">4</span><span class="op">)%</span><span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">);</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb50"><pre class="sourceCode c"><code class="sourceCode c"><span id="cb50-1"><a href="#cb50-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">for</span><span class="op">(;</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="sc">\n</span><span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="op">),</span>R<span class="op">=;</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;|&quot;</span><span class="op">))</span><span class="cf">for</span><span class="op">(</span>e<span class="op">=</span>C<span class="op">;</span>e<span class="op">=</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;_&quot;</span><span class="op">+(*</span>u<span class="op">++/</span></span>
+<span id="cb50-2"><a href="#cb50-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="dv">8</span><span class="op">)%</span><span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">))</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;|&quot;</span><span class="op">+(*</span>u<span class="op">/</span><span class="dv">4</span><span class="op">)%</span><span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">);</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <blockquote>
 <p>“To think that modern programmers would try to use a language that
 allowed such a statement was beyond our comprehension! We actually
@@ -1129,8 +1194,8 @@ since he was part of its creation I don’t think it’s a bad thing;
 <strong>on the contrary it makes all of us C programmers even more
 talented! :)</strong> I do wonder if he tested that bit of C code
 though:</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb46"><pre class="sourceCode c"><code class="sourceCode c"><span id="cb46-1"><a href="#cb46-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">for</span><span class="op">(;</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="sc">\n</span><span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="op">),</span>R<span class="op">=;</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;|&quot;</span><span class="op">))</span><span class="cf">for</span><span class="op">(</span>e<span class="op">=</span>C<span class="op">;</span>e<span class="op">=</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;_&quot;</span><span class="op">+(*</span>u<span class="op">++/</span></span>
-<span id="cb46-2"><a href="#cb46-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="dv">8</span><span class="op">)%</span><span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">))</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;|&quot;</span><span class="op">+(*</span>u<span class="op">/</span><span class="dv">4</span><span class="op">)%</span><span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">);</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb51"><pre class="sourceCode c"><code class="sourceCode c"><span id="cb51-1"><a href="#cb51-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">for</span><span class="op">(;</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="sc">\n</span><span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="op">),</span>R<span class="op">=;</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;|&quot;</span><span class="op">))</span><span class="cf">for</span><span class="op">(</span>e<span class="op">=</span>C<span class="op">;</span>e<span class="op">=</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;_&quot;</span><span class="op">+(*</span>u<span class="op">++/</span></span>
+<span id="cb51-2"><a href="#cb51-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="dv">8</span><span class="op">)%</span><span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">))</span>P<span class="op">(</span><span class="st">&quot;|&quot;</span><span class="op">+(*</span>u<span class="op">/</span><span class="dv">4</span><span class="op">)%</span><span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">);</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <p><br />
 How is <code>R=;</code> valid? Since I don’t have the context maybe
 there is something I’m missing but either way it’s a funny piece. It
@@ -1232,6 +1297,18 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ferguson/pro
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ferguson/FILES">FILES</a>
 - information about various files</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ferguson/id.alt.sh">id.alt.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ferguson/id.sh">id.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ferguson/monkey-words.alt.sh">monkey-words.alt.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ferguson/monkey-words.sh">monkey-words.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
 <li><a href="rpm.html">rpm.html</a> - about forming the rpm</li>
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2018/ferguson/test.sh">test.sh</a>
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "run with English data"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "fr.alt.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 150,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run alternative code in French"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "fr.sh",
 	    "inventory_order" : 150,
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2019/ciura/de.sh"
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2019/ciura/en.sh">en.sh</a>
 - run with English data</li>
 <li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2019/ciura/fr.alt.sh">fr.alt.sh</a>
+- how to run alternative code in French</li>
+<li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2019/ciura/fr.sh">fr.sh</a>
 - run with French data</li>
 <li><a
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : false,
 	    "winners_text" : "reverb algorithm block-diagram of internal structure"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "MonodyVocals.wav",
 	    "inventory_order" : 150,
@@ -121,13 +121,11 @@ Location: <a href="/temp-test-ioccc/location.html#AU">AU</a></p>
 <h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span> infile.wav outfile.wav</span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">play</span> MonodyVocals.wav</span>
-<span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span> MonodyVocals.wav</span>
-<span id="cb3-3"><a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">play</span> out.wav</span></code></pre></div>
-<p>NOTE: <code>play</code> comes from SoX, the Swiss Army Knife of sound
-processing programs. If you don’t have this installed, see <a
-href="/faq.md#faq3_10">FAQ 3.10: How do I compile and use an IOCCC
-winner that requires sound</a>.</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>NOTE: <code>play</code>, which <a href="try.sh">try.sh</a> uses,
+comes from SoX, the Swiss Army Knife of sound processing programs. If
+you don’t have this installed, see <a href="/faq.md#faq3_10">FAQ 3.10:
+How do I compile and use an IOCCC winner that requires sound</a>.</p>
 <h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
 <p>Do you need to pretend enjoying a more spacious living environment
 than you actually are in, or the great outdoors with mountains and
@@ -371,6 +369,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2019/giles/prog.o
 - original source</li>
 <li><a href="BlockDiagram.png">BlockDiagram.png</a> - reverb algorithm
 block-diagram of internal structure</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2019/giles/try.sh">try.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
 <li><a href="MonodyVocals.wav">MonodyVocals.wav</a> - Monody by
 TheFatRat featuring Laura Brehm</li>
 <li><a href="2019_giles.tar.bz2">2019_giles.tar.bz2</a> - download
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "original source"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "run_clock.alt.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run alternate code"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "run_clock.sh",
 	    "inventory_order" : 100,
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ Unicode letters.</p>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> alt</span></code></pre></div>
 <h3 id="alternate-use">Alternate use:</h3>
 <p>Use <code>prog.alt</code> as you would <code>prog</code> above.</p>
+<h3 id="alternate-try">Alternate try:</h3>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./run_clock.alt</span></span>
+<span id="cb5-2"><a href="#cb5-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># And watch closely for 15-20 seconds</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
 <p>You may be tempted to use a mirror. Resist the temptation! Try
 figuring out how the clock hands are drawn. Can you change the program
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ second hand?</p>
 your perception of time might depend on what time it is.</p>
 <h2 id="authors-remarks">Author’s remarks:</h2>
 <p>Prepare a mirror!</p>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> clock</span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">make</span> clock</span></code></pre></div>
 <p>Note: You need to recompile it each run.</p>
 <h2 id="copyright-and-cc-by-sa-4.0-license">Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0
 License:</h2>
@@ -172,6 +175,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/endoh3/prog.
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/endoh3/prog.orig.c">prog.orig.c</a>
 - original source</li>
 <li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/endoh3/run_clock.alt.sh">run_clock.alt.sh</a>
+- how to run alternate code</li>
+<li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/endoh3/run_clock.sh">run_clock.sh</a>
 - how to run</li>
 <li><a href="2020_endoh3.tar.bz2">2020_endoh3.tar.bz2</a> - download
@@ -97,14 +97,6 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "script to reset - preset colors"
 	},
-	{
-	    "file_path" : "ioccc-and-chocolate.pdf",
-	    "inventory_order" : 150,
-	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
-	    "display_as" : "pdf",
-	    "display_via_github" : false,
-	    "winners_text" : "IOCCC publications"
-	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "prog.2.c",
 	    "inventory_order" : 150,
@@ -752,8 +752,6 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/ferguson1/pl
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/ferguson1/snake-colours.sh">snake-colours.sh</a>
 - script to reset - preset colors</li>
-<li><a href="ioccc-and-chocolate.pdf">ioccc-and-chocolate.pdf</a> -
-IOCCC publications</li>
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/ferguson1/prog.2.c">prog.2.c</a>
 - source with more digraphs</li>
@@ -105,14 +105,6 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "Enigma simulator man page"
 	},
-	{
-	    "file_path" : "ioccc-and-chocolate.pdf",
-	    "inventory_order" : 150,
-	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
-	    "display_as" : "pdf",
-	    "display_via_github" : false,
-	    "winners_text" : "IOCCC publications"
-	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "key.txt",
 	    "inventory_order" : 150,
@@ -988,8 +988,6 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/ferguson2/tr
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/ferguson2/enigma.1">enigma.1</a>
 - Enigma simulator man page</li>
-<li><a href="ioccc-and-chocolate.pdf">ioccc-and-chocolate.pdf</a> -
-IOCCC publications</li>
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/ferguson2/key.txt">key.txt</a>
 - key to decipher or encipher IOCCC</li>
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@
 	    "display_via_github" : true,
 	    "winners_text" : "original source"
 	},
+	{
+	    "file_path" : "try.sh",
+	    "inventory_order" : 100,
+	    "OK_to_edit" : true,
+	    "display_as" : "shellscript",
+	    "display_via_github" : true,
+	    "winners_text" : "how to run"
+	},
 	{
 	    "file_path" : "cvikl.mid",
 	    "inventory_order" : 150,
@@ -127,11 +127,9 @@ href="/bugs.md#2020-otterness">2020 otterness in bugs.md</a>.</p>
 <h2 id="to-use">To use:</h2>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <h2 id="try">Try:</h2>
-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> cvikl.mid <span class="op">&gt;</span> output.mid</span>
-<span id="cb4-2"><a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># Play output.mid with your favorite player</span></span>
-<span id="cb4-3"><a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
-<span id="cb4-4"><a href="#cb4-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./prog</span> <span class="op">&lt;</span> entertainer.mid <span class="op">&gt;</span> output2.mid</span>
-<span id="cb4-5"><a href="#cb4-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># Play output2.mid with your favorite player</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">./try.sh</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>Now play <code>output.mid</code> and <code>output2.mid</code> in an
+audio player that can play MIDI files.</p>
 <h2 id="judges-remarks">Judges’ remarks:</h2>
 <p>In an entry that boasts not using literals, one would expect to see
 straightforward ways to produce small integers like
@@ -264,6 +262,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/otterness/Ma
 <li><a
 href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/otterness/prog.orig.c">prog.orig.c</a>
 - original source</li>
+<li><a
+href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/temp-test-ioccc/blob/master/2020/otterness/try.sh">try.sh</a>
+- how to run</li>
 <li><a href="cvikl.mid">cvikl.mid</a> - sample input sound</li>
 <li><a href="entertainer.mid">entertainer.mid</a> - sample input
 sound</li>
@@ -327,8 +327,6 @@
 1988,spinellis,Makefile,30,true,makefile,true,winner Makefile
 1988,spinellis,spinellis.alt.c,40,true,c,true,alternative source
 1988,spinellis,spinellis.orig.c,50,true,c,true,original source
-1988,spinellis,try.alt.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run alternative code
-1988,spinellis,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 1988,spinellis,input2.txt,150,true,text,true,example input
 1988,spinellis,input.txt,150,true,text,true,example input
 1988,spinellis,1988_spinellis.tar.bz2,300,false,tbz2,false,download winning source
@@ -3019,6 +3017,7 @@
 2013,endoh3,flea-waltz.abc,100,true,text,true,sample input
 2013,endoh3,menuet.abc,100,true,text,true,sample input
 2013,endoh3,test.abc,100,true,text,true,sample input
+2013,endoh3,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2013,endoh3,twinkle.abc,100,true,text,true,sample input
 2013,endoh3,wavify.rb,100,true,ruby,true,post process output to form a WAV sound file
 2013,endoh3,yankee.abc,100,true,text,true,sample input
@@ -3032,7 +3031,7 @@
 2013,endoh4,Makefile,30,true,makefile,true,winner Makefile
 2013,endoh4,endoh4.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
 2013,endoh4,cube.txt,100,true,text,true,3D object coordinates
-2013,endoh4,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
+2013,endoh4,endoh4.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2013,endoh4,solids/antiprism/a04-square-antiprism.txt,200,true,text,true,3D object coordinates
 2013,endoh4,solids/antiprism/a05-pentagonal-antiprism.txt,200,true,text,true,3D object coordinates
 2013,endoh4,solids/antiprism/a06-hexagonal-antiprism.txt,200,true,text,true,3D object coordinates
@@ -3192,6 +3191,7 @@
 2013,hou,doc/example.html,100,false,html,false,detailed information about entry
 2013,hou,old_default.scene,100,true,text,true,sample input
 2013,hou,otherroom.scene,100,true,text,true,sample input
+2013,hou,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2013,hou,luna.jpg,150,true,image,false,sample image data
 2013,hou,old_default.jpg,150,true,image,false,sample image data
 2013,hou,otherroom.jpg,150,true,image,false,sample image data
@@ -3229,6 +3229,7 @@
 2013,morgan1,morgan1.c,20,true,c,true,winning source
 2013,morgan1,Makefile,30,true,makefile,true,winner Makefile
 2013,morgan1,morgan1.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
+2013,morgan1,try.sh,100,true,shelllscript,true,how to run
 2013,morgan1,2013_morgan1.tar.bz2,300,false,tbz2,false,download winning source
 2013,morgan1,README.md,4294967295,true,markdown,true,markdown source for index.html
 2013,morgan1,.gitignore,4294967295,true,gitignore,true,list of files that should not be committed under git
@@ -3381,6 +3382,7 @@
 2014,vik,Makefile,30,true,makefile,true,winner Makefile
 2014,vik,prog.alt.c,40,true,c,true,alternative source
 2014,vik,prog.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
+2014,vik,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2014,vik,2014_vik.tar.bz2,300,false,tbz2,false,download winning source
 2014,vik,README.md,4294967295,true,markdown,true,markdown source for index.html
 2014,vik,.gitignore,4294967295,true,gitignore,true,list of files that should not be committed under git
@@ -3601,6 +3603,7 @@
 2018,anderson,Makefile,30,true,makefile,true,winner Makefile
 2018,anderson,prog.alt.c,40,true,c,true,alternative source
 2018,anderson,prog.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
+2018,anderson,try.alt.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run alternate code
 2018,anderson,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2018,anderson,2018_anderson.tar.bz2,300,false,tbz2,false,download winning source
 2018,anderson,README.md,4294967295,true,markdown,true,markdown source for index.html
@@ -3613,6 +3616,7 @@
 2018,bellard,prog.alt.c,40,true,c,true,alternative source
 2018,bellard,prog.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
 2018,bellard,Lenna.png,100,true,image,false,sample image data
+2018,bellard,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2018,bellard,2018_bellard.tar.bz2,300,false,tbz2,false,download winning source
 2018,bellard,README.md,4294967295,true,markdown,true,markdown source for index.html
 2018,bellard,fruits.bin,4294967295,true,binary,false,binary support file
@@ -3700,6 +3704,7 @@
 2018,ciura,prog.alt.c,40,true,c,true,alternative source
 2018,ciura,prog.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
 2018,ciura,lexicon.pdf,100,true,pdf,false,How to squeeze a lexicon paper
+2018,ciura,try.alt.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run alternate code
 2018,ciura,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2018,ciura,2018_ciura.tar.bz2,300,false,tbz2,false,download winning source
 2018,ciura,README.md,4294967295,true,markdown,true,markdown source for index.html
@@ -3738,6 +3743,10 @@
 2018,ferguson,prog.alt.c,40,true,c,true,alternative source
 2018,ferguson,prog.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
 2018,ferguson,FILES,100,true,text,true,information about various files
+2018,ferguson,id.alt.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
+2018,ferguson,id.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
+2018,ferguson,monkey-words.alt.sh,100,true,shell script,true,how to run
+2018,ferguson,monkey-words.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2018,ferguson,rpm.html,100,false,html,false,about forming the rpm
 2018,ferguson,test.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,run the test suite
 2018,ferguson,try.alt.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run alternative code
@@ -3873,6 +3882,7 @@
 2019,ciura,wrapprog.py,100,true,python,true,merge pangrams before passing them to prog
 2019,ciura,de.sh,150,true,shellscript,true,run with German data
 2019,ciura,en.sh,150,true,shellscript,true,run with English data
+2019,ciura,fr.alt.sh,150,true,shellscript,true,how to run alternative code in French
 2019,ciura,fr.sh,150,true,shellscript,true,run with French data
 2019,ciura,it.sh,150,true,shellscript,true,run with Italian data
 2019,ciura,pl.sh,150,true,shellscript,true,run with Polish data
@@ -3956,6 +3966,7 @@
 2019,giles,Makefile,30,true,makefile,true,winner Makefile
 2019,giles,prog.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
 2019,giles,BlockDiagram.png,100,true,image,false,reverb algorithm block-diagram of internal structure
+2019,giles,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2019,giles,MonodyVocals.wav,150,true,wav,false,Monody by TheFatRat featuring Laura Brehm
 2019,giles,2019_giles.tar.bz2,300,false,tbz2,false,download winning source
 2019,giles,README.md,4294967295,true,markdown,true,markdown source for index.html
@@ -4101,6 +4112,7 @@
 2020,endoh3,Makefile,30,true,makefile,true,winner Makefile
 2020,endoh3,prog.alt.c,40,true,c,true,alternative source
 2020,endoh3,prog.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
+2020,endoh3,run_clock.alt.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run alternate code
 2020,endoh3,run_clock.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2020,endoh3,2020_endoh3.tar.bz2,300,false,tbz2,false,download winning source
 2020,endoh3,README.md,4294967295,true,markdown,true,markdown source for index.html
@@ -4118,7 +4130,6 @@
 2020,ferguson1,crazy.log.html,100,false,html,false,about some screen dumps
 2020,ferguson1,play.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2020,ferguson1,snake-colours.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,script to reset - preset colors
-2020,ferguson1,ioccc-and-chocolate.pdf,150,true,pdf,false,IOCCC publications
 2020,ferguson1,prog.2.c,150,true,c,true,source with more digraphs
 2020,ferguson1,prog.3.c,150,true,c,true,source with a more artistic layout
 2020,ferguson1,prog.3-j.c,150,true,c,true,source with artistic layout and shorter j macro
@@ -4154,7 +4165,6 @@
 2020,ferguson2,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2020,ferguson2,try.this.txt,100,true,text,true,sample input
 2020,ferguson2,enigma.1,150,true,man,true,Enigma simulator man page
-2020,ferguson2,ioccc-and-chocolate.pdf,150,true,pdf,false,IOCCC publications
 2020,ferguson2,key.txt,150,true,text,true,key to decipher or encipher IOCCC
 2020,ferguson2,obfuscation.key,150,true,text,true,key to decipher or encipher obfuscation.txt
 2020,ferguson2,recode.1,150,true,man,true,configuration tool man page
@@ -4238,6 +4248,7 @@
 2020,otterness,prog.c,20,true,c,true,winning source
 2020,otterness,Makefile,30,true,makefile,true,winner Makefile
 2020,otterness,prog.orig.c,50,false,c,true,original source
+2020,otterness,try.sh,100,true,shellscript,true,how to run
 2020,otterness,cvikl.mid,150,true,midi,false,sample input sound
 2020,otterness,entertainer.mid,159,true,midi,false,sample input sound
 2020,otterness,2020_otterness.tar.bz2,300,false,tbz2,false,download winning source
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@
 1988/spinellis/spinellis.alt.c
 1988/spinellis/spinellis.c
 1988/spinellis/spinellis.orig.c
-1988/spinellis/try.alt.sh
-1988/spinellis/try.sh
 1988/westley/.gitignore
 1988/westley/.path
 1988/westley/.winner.json
@@ -2764,6 +2762,7 @@
 2013/endoh3/index.html
 2013/endoh3/menuet.abc
 2013/endoh3/test.abc
+2013/endoh3/try.sh
 2013/endoh3/twinkle.abc
 2013/endoh3/wavify.rb
 2013/endoh3/yankee.abc
@@ -2775,6 +2774,7 @@
 2013/endoh4/cube.txt
 2013/endoh4/endoh4.c
 2013/endoh4/endoh4.orig.c
+2013/endoh4/endoh4.sh
 2013/endoh4/index.html
 2013/endoh4/solids/antiprism/a04-square-antiprism.txt
 2013/endoh4/solids/antiprism/a05-pentagonal-antiprism.txt
@@ -2923,7 +2923,6 @@
 2013/endoh4/solids/trapezohedron/t06-hexagonal-trapezohedron.txt
 2013/endoh4/solids/trapezohedron/t08-octagonal-trapezohedron.txt
 2013/endoh4/solids/trapezohedron/t10-decagonal-trapezohedron.txt
-2013/endoh4/try.sh
 2013/hou/.gitignore
 2013/hou/.path
 2013/hou/.winner.json
@@ -2941,6 +2940,7 @@
 2013/hou/old_default.scene
 2013/hou/otherroom.jpg
 2013/hou/otherroom.scene
+2013/hou/try.sh
 2013/mills/.gitignore
 2013/mills/.path
 2013/mills/.winner.json
@@ -2968,6 +2968,7 @@
 2013/morgan1/index.html
 2013/morgan1/morgan1.c
 2013/morgan1/morgan1.orig.c
+2013/morgan1/try.sh
 2013/morgan2/.gitignore
 2013/morgan2/.path
 2013/morgan2/.winner.json
@@ -3106,6 +3107,7 @@
 2014/vik/prog.alt.c
 2014/vik/prog.c
 2014/vik/prog.orig.c
+2014/vik/try.sh
 2014/wiedijk/.gitignore
 2014/wiedijk/.path
 2014/wiedijk/.winner.json
@@ -3307,6 +3309,7 @@
 2018/anderson/prog.alt.c
 2018/anderson/prog.c
 2018/anderson/prog.orig.c
+2018/anderson/try.alt.sh
 2018/anderson/try.sh
 2018/bellard/.gitignore
 2018/bellard/.path
@@ -3320,6 +3323,7 @@
 2018/bellard/prog.alt.c
 2018/bellard/prog.c
 2018/bellard/prog.orig.c
+2018/bellard/try.sh
 2018/bellard/vintage_cars.bin
 2018/burton1/.gitignore
 2018/burton1/.path
@@ -3401,6 +3405,7 @@
 2018/ciura/prog.alt.c
 2018/ciura/prog.c
 2018/ciura/prog.orig.c
+2018/ciura/try.alt.sh
 2018/ciura/try.sh
 2018/endoh1/.gitignore
 2018/endoh1/.path
@@ -3433,7 +3438,11 @@
 2018/ferguson/Makefile
 2018/ferguson/README.md
 2018/ferguson/hint.css
+2018/ferguson/id.alt.sh
+2018/ferguson/id.sh
 2018/ferguson/index.html
+2018/ferguson/monkey-words.alt.sh
+2018/ferguson/monkey-words.sh
 2018/ferguson/prog.alt.c
 2018/ferguson/prog.c
 2018/ferguson/prog.orig.c
@@ -3551,6 +3560,7 @@
 2019/ciura/en.alt.sh
 2019/ciura/en.sh
 2019/ciura/fasc5c.pdf
+2019/ciura/fr.alt.sh
 2019/ciura/fr.sh
 2019/ciura/getwords.sh
 2019/ciura/index.html
@@ -3639,6 +3649,7 @@
 2019/giles/index.html
 2019/giles/prog.c
 2019/giles/prog.orig.c
+2019/giles/try.sh
 2019/karns/.gitignore
 2019/karns/.path
 2019/karns/.winner.json
@@ -3773,6 +3784,7 @@
 2020/endoh3/prog.alt.c
 2020/endoh3/prog.c
 2020/endoh3/prog.orig.c
+2020/endoh3/run_clock.alt.sh
 2020/endoh3/run_clock.sh
 2020/ferguson1/.gitignore
 2020/ferguson1/.path
@@ -3789,7 +3801,6 @@
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+2020/otterness/try.sh
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-1988/spinellis/try.alt.sh
-1988/spinellis/try.sh
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+2013/endoh3/try.sh
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+2013/endoh4/endoh4.sh
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+2013/hou/try.sh
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@@ -3233,6 +3233,7 @@
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+2013/morgan1/try.sh
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@@ -3385,6 +3386,7 @@
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+2014/vik/try.sh
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@@ -3605,6 +3607,7 @@
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+2018/anderson/try.alt.sh
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@@ -3619,6 +3622,7 @@
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+2018/bellard/try.sh
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@@ -3704,6 +3708,7 @@
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+2018/ciura/try.alt.sh
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@@ -3739,7 +3744,11 @@
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+2018/ferguson/id.alt.sh
+2018/ferguson/id.sh
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+2018/ferguson/monkey-words.alt.sh
+2018/ferguson/monkey-words.sh
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@@ -3867,6 +3876,7 @@
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+2019/ciura/fr.alt.sh
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@@ -3961,6 +3971,7 @@
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+2019/giles/try.sh
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@@ -4105,6 +4116,7 @@
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+2020/endoh3/run_clock.alt.sh
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@@ -4126,7 +4138,6 @@
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+2020/otterness/try.sh
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@@ -233,8 +233,6 @@
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-1988/spinellis/try.sh
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+2013/endoh3/try.sh
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@@ -2284,6 +2283,7 @@
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+2013/endoh4/endoh4.sh
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+2013/hou/try.sh
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@@ -2468,6 +2468,7 @@
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+2013/morgan1/try.sh
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+2014/vik/try.sh
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@@ -2749,6 +2751,7 @@
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+2018/anderson/try.alt.sh
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+2018/bellard/try.sh
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+2018/ciura/try.alt.sh
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@@ -2862,6 +2867,10 @@
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+2018/ferguson/id.alt.sh
+2018/ferguson/id.sh
+2018/ferguson/monkey-words.alt.sh
+2018/ferguson/monkey-words.sh
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@@ -2962,6 +2971,7 @@
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+2019/ciura/fr.alt.sh
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@@ -3037,6 +3047,7 @@
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+2019/giles/try.sh
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+2020/endoh3/run_clock.alt.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 
+# update-manifest.sh - interactive script to update the IOCCC manifest step by
+# step post manifest.csv export
+#
+
+export UPDATE_MANIFEST_VERSION="0.0.1-1 2024-28-01" # format: major.minor.patch-release YYYY-DD-MM
+NAME="$(basename "$0")"; export NAME
+
+export V_FLAG=0
+export A_FLAG=
+# default -v 3 for other tools
+export CAP_D_FLAG=3
+export TOPDIR=".."
+GIT="$(type -P git)"
+export GIT
+
+# usage
+#
+export USAGE="usage: $0 [-h] [-v level] [-D] [-g git] [-a]
+
+	-h		print help message and exit
+	-v level	set verbosity level (def level: $V_FLAG)
+	-D level	set verbosity level (via -v level) in tool: (def level: $CAP_D_FLAG)
+
+	-t topdir	path to top of the local GitHub repo tree (def: $TOPDIR)
+
+	-a		automatically run git add an git commit commands (when prompted)
+			    
+
+Exit codes:
+     0	    all OK
+     2	    -h and help string printed or -V and version string printed
+     3	    command line error
+     4	    user told us there is a problem
+     5	    a tool exited non-zero
+
+$NAME version: $UPDATE_MANIFEST_VERSION"
+
+# parse command line
+#
+while getopts :hv:D:t:g:a flag; do
+  case "$flag" in
+    h) echo "$USAGE"
+	exit 2
+	;;
+    v)	V_FLAG="$OPTARG"
+	;;
+    D)	CAP_D_FLAG="$OPTARG"
+	;;
+    t)	TOPDIR="$OPTARG"
+    	;;
+    g)	GIT="$OPTARG"
+	;;
+    a)	A_FLAG="-a"
+	;;
+    \?) echo "$0: ERROR: invalid option: -$OPTARG" 1>&2
+	echo 1>&2
+	echo "$USAGE" 1>&2
+	exit 3
+	;;
+    :)	echo "$0: ERROR: option -$OPTARG requires an argument" 1>&2
+	echo 1>&2
+	echo "$USAGE" 1>&2
+	exit 3
+	;;
+    *)	echo "$0: ERROR: unexpected value from getopts: $flag" 1>&2
+	echo 1>&2
+	echo "$USAGE" 1>&2
+	exit 3
+	;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# print running info if verbose
+#
+if [[ $V_FLAG -ge 3 ]]; then
+    echo "$0: debug[3]: V_FLAG=$V_FLAG" 1>&2
+    echo "$0: debug[3]: TOPDIR=$TOPDIR" 1>&2
+fi
+
+# first determine if git is executable
+if [[ -z "$GIT" || ! -f "$GIT" || ! -x "$GIT" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: ERROR: git not an executable file: $GIT" 1>&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+# check that topdir is a directory and a git repo
+#
+
+# first verify $TOPDIR is not empty and that it's a directory
+if [[ -z "$TOPDIR" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: ERROR: topdir is empty: $TOPDIR" 1>&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+if [[ ! -d "$TOPDIR" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: ERROR: topdir not a directory: $TOPDIR" 1>&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+# now cd to directory
+#
+if ! cd "$TOPDIR"; then
+    echo "$0: could not cd to topdir: $TOPDIR" 1>&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+# I have found problems using git rev-parse to verify that we're in a git repo
+# so use git status instead. Plus we need the user to see git status anyway.
+"$GIT" status 1>&2
+status="$?"
+if [[ "$status" -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "$USAGE" 1>&2
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "$(basename "$0"): ERROR: ${PWD} is not a git repository" 1>&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+read -r -p "Do you have a clean state from git status (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: exiting 4 due to user telling us there's a problem." 1>&2
+    exit 4
+fi
+
+# now cd to the tmp directory
+#
+if ! cd tmp; then
+    echo "$0: could not cd to tmp subdirectory of topdir: $TOPDIR"
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+# now check that manifest.csv is a regular readable file
+#
+if [[ ! -f manifest.csv || ! -r manifest.csv ]]; then
+    echo "$0: manifest.csv does not exist or not a regular readable file" 1>&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+# now ask user if they sorted the manifest.numbers AND exported it to the CSV
+# file
+echo "We will now try and update the manifest files. Are you sure that you updated" 1>&2
+read -r -p "AND sorted the manifest.numbers spreadsheet AND exported to manifest.csv (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" != "y" && "$REPLY" != "Y" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: exiting 4 due to user not updating manifest files before running this tool" 1>&2
+    exit 4
+fi
+
+# run ./fix_csv.sh first
+#
+if [[ "$V_FLAG" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    echo "$0: debug[1]: about to run: ./fix_csv.sh -v $CAP_D_FLAG" 1>&2
+fi
+if ! ./fix_csv.sh -v "$CAP_D_FLAG" ; then
+    echo "$0: fix_csv.sh failed, try updating manifest.csv and try again." 1>&2
+    exit 5
+fi
+
+# run ./gen_path_list.found.sh
+#
+if [[ "$V_FLAG" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    echo "$0: debug[1]: about to run: ./gen_path_list.found.sh -v $CAP_D_FLAG" 1>&2
+fi
+if ! ./gen_path_list.found.sh -v "$CAP_D_FLAG" ; then
+    echo "$0: gen_path_list.found.sh failed, try updating manifest.csv and try again." 1>&2
+    exit 5
+fi
+
+# now run git diff path_list.found.txt
+#
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: $GIT diff path_list.found.txt: "
+echo 1>&2
+"$GIT" diff path_list.found.txt
+
+read -r -p "Does everything look okay (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" != "y" && "$REPLY" != "Y" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: exiting 4 due to user telling us there's a problem." 1>&2
+    exit 4
+fi
+
+# run ./check_path_list.sh
+#
+echo "$0: now will run: ./check_path_list.sh -v $CAP_D_FLAG" 1>&2
+if ! ./check_path_list.sh -v "$CAP_D_FLAG"; then
+    echo "$0: ./check_path_list.sh failed, try updating manifest.csv and try again." 1>&2
+    exit 5
+fi
+
+echo "$0: now will run: $GIT archive HEAD manifest.numbers | tar -tvf - manifest.numbers" 1>&2
+"$GIT" archive HEAD manifest.numbers | tar -tvf - manifest.numbers
+read -r -p "Does everything look okay (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: exiting 4 due to user telling us there's a problem." 1>&2
+    exit 4
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$A_FLAG" ]]; then
+    echo "Do you wish to automatically run the commands:" 1>&2
+    echo "    $GIT add -u" 1>&2
+    echo "    $GIT status" 1>&2
+    echo "    $GIT commit -m'update manifest as per recent file changes'" 1>&2
+
+    read -r -p "Enter your choice (Y/N): "
+    if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+	echo "Now you should run the following commands in another terminal," 1>&2
+	echo "making sure you're on the appropriate branch:"
+	echo 1>&2
+	echo "    git add -u" 1>&2
+	echo "    git status" 1>&2
+	echo "    git commit -m'update manifest as per recent file changes'" 1>&2
+	echo 1>&2
+	read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key when this is done: "
+	echo 1>&2
+    else
+	"$GIT" add -u
+	"$GIT" status
+	"$GIT" commit -m'update manifest as per recent file changes'
+    fi
+else
+    # user did not use -a, don't prompt: make them run commands in another
+    # terminal first.
+    echo "Now you should run the following commands in another terminal," 1>&2
+    echo "making sure you're on the appropriate branch:"
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "    git add -u" 1>&2
+    echo "    git status" 1>&2
+    echo "    git commit -m'update manifest as per recent file changes'" 1>&2
+    echo 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key when this is done: "
+    echo 1>&2
+fi
+
+echo 1>&2
+echo "now will run ./run_all.sh -v $CAP_D_FLAG ./gen_winner_json.sh" 1>&2
+echo "NOTE: this step will take a while." 1>&2
+if ! ./run_all.sh -v "$CAP_D_FLAG" ./gen_winner_json.sh; then
+    echo "$0: problem with ./run_all.sh, fix manifest and try again." 1>&2
+    exit 5
+fi
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: $GIT diff: "
+echo 1>&2
+"$GIT" diff
+read -r -p "Does everything look okay (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: exiting 4 due to user telling us there's a problem." 1>&2
+    exit 4
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$A_FLAG" ]]; then
+    echo "Do you wish to automatically run the commands:" 1>&2
+    echo "    $GIT add -u" 1>&2
+    echo "    $GIT status" 1>&2
+    echo "    $GIT commit -m'update .winner.json files per recent manifest changes'" 1>&2
+
+    read -r -p "Enter your choice (Y/N): "
+    if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+	echo "Now you should run the following commands in another terminal," 1>&2
+	echo "making sure you're on the appropriate branch:"
+	echo 1>&2
+	echo "    $GIT add -u" 1>&2
+	echo "    $GIT status" 1>&2
+	echo "    $GIT commit -m'update .winner.json files per recent manifest changes'" 1>&2
+	echo 1>&2
+	read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key when this is done: "
+	echo 1>&2
+    else
+	"$GIT" add -u
+	"$GIT" status
+	"$GIT" commit -m'update .winner.json files per recent manifest changes'
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Now you should run the following commands in another terminal," 1>&2
+    echo "making sure you're on the appropriate branch:"
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "    $GIT add -u" 1>&2
+    echo "    $GIT status" 1>&2
+    echo "    $GIT commit -m'update .winner.json files per recent manifest changes'" 1>&2
+    echo 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key when this is done: "
+    echo 1>&2
+fi
+
+# now cd to top level directory
+cd ..
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+echo 1>&2
+
+echo "Will now update index.html files." 1>&2
+read -r -p "Do you wish to use quick-readme2index.sh (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: now will run: bin/all-run.sh -v $CAP_D_FLAG bin/readme2index.sh -v $CAP_D_FLAG" 1>&2
+    if ! bin/all-run.sh -v "$CAP_D_FLAG" bin/readme2index.sh -v "$CAP_D_FLAG"; then
+	echo "$0: problem running bin/all-run bin/readme2index.sh, fix and try again." 1>&2
+	exit 5
+    fi
+else
+    echo "$0: now will run: bin/all-run.sh -v $CAP_D_FLAG bin/quick-readme2index.sh -v $CAP_D_FLAG"
+    echo "NOTE: this will take a while." 1>&2
+    if ! bin/all-run.sh -v "$CAP_D_FLAG" bin/quick-readme2index.sh -v "$CAP_D_FLAG"; then
+	echo "$0: problem running bin/all-run bin bin/quick-readme2index.sh, fix and try again." 1>&2
+	exit 5
+    fi
+fi
+
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: $GIT diff: "
+echo 1>&2
+"$GIT" diff
+
+read -r -p "Does everything look okay (Y/N)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+    echo "$0: exiting 4 due to user telling us there's a problem." 1>&2
+    exit 4
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$A_FLAG" ]]; then
+    echo "Do you wish to automatically run the commands:" 1>&2
+    echo "    git add -u" 1>&2
+    echo "    git status" 1>&2
+    echo "    git commit -m'update index.html and .winner.json per recent manifest changes'" 1>&2
+    read -r -p "Enter your choice (Y/N): "
+    if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+	echo "Now you should run the following commands in another terminal," 1>&2
+	echo "making sure you're on the appropriate branch:"
+	echo 1>&2
+	echo "    git add -u" 1>&2
+	echo "    git status" 1>&2
+	echo "    git commit -m'update index.html and .winner.json per recent manifest changes'" 1>&2
+	echo 1>&2
+	read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key when this is done: "
+	echo 1>&2
+    else
+	"$GIT" add -u
+	"$GIT" status
+	"$GIT" commit -m'update index.html and .winner.json per recent manifest changes'
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Now you should run the following commands in another terminal," 1>&2
+    echo "making sure you're on the appropriate branch:"
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "    git add -u" 1>&2
+    echo "    git status" 1>&2
+    echo "    git commit -m'update index.html and .winner.json per recent manifest changes'" 1>&2
+    echo 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key when this is done: "
+    echo 1>&2
+fi
+
+echo 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
+
+echo "All done. Make sure to push the commits and open a GitHub pull request." 1>&2
+exit 0