From ff1ac6cecb74b7fb46905555e9b47990260ce807 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:48:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix 2004/anonymous/README.md Format fixes are obvious but I also added links to the wonderful Tolkien related things like tehta (no that's not a typo), tengwa(r)? and everything else in the file. Also added link to the author of the font it's based on as well as their page on the font. Fixed name of author as well. Fixed some typos. Moved the 'BTW' in judges' remarks to below the 'p.s.'. Fixed URL. I'm not sure on this one because the author wished to be anonymous (a real shame!) but left a URL anyway. Had to use the Internet Wayback Machine. Also fixed in winners.{html,csv}. --- 2004/anonymous/README.md | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- tmp/winners.csv | 2 +- winners.html | 2 +- 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) diff --git a/2004/anonymous/README.md b/2004/anonymous/README.md index 907a4c558..b9d4ae0c2 100644 --- a/2004/anonymous/README.md +++ b/2004/anonymous/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ # Best use of "Precious" Lines - The author wishes to remain anonymous - Singapore - - http://bicoherent.topcities.com/ +The author wishes to remain anonymous +Singapore + ## To build: @@ -26,53 +25,68 @@ make ## Judges' remarks: -Then view the output using your favourite "pgm" viewer. If you -don't have a "pgm" viewer then we suggest the "netpbm" toolkit -(http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/) to convert the image to a -graphics format that you can view - most graphical Web browsers -can display PNG or JPEG images. +Then view the output using your favourite +[pgm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netpbm#PGM_example) viewer. If you don't +have a `pgm` viewer then we suggest the [netpbm +toolkit](https://netpbm.sourceforge.net) to convert the image to a graphics +format that you can view. Most graphical web browsers can display PNG or JPEG +images. -BTW: if you haven't read The Lord of the Rings what are you waiting for? :-) You'll -find out the source of the text above though you'll see that there are some -circumflexes missing! That's okay though due to I/O of the entry and in earlier -drafts sometimes the û with an umlaut had a H added to it. The real text is: +p.s. Frodo lives! + +### An important aside :-) + +BTW: if you haven't read [The Lord of the +Rings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings) what are you waiting for? :-) +You'll find out the source of the text above though you'll see that there are +some circumflexes missing! That's okay though due to I/O of the entry and in +earlier drafts sometimes the û with an umlaut had no umlaut but H after the `u` +it. The real text is: > Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh > burzum-ishi krimpatul. -which when translated from Black Speech means: +which when translated from [Black +Speech](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/b/blackspeech.html) means: -> One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, -> One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. +> [One Ring](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/o/onering.html) to rule them all, [One +Ring](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/o/onering.html) to find them, +> [One Ring](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/o/onering.html) to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. -p.s. Frodo lives! - ## Author's remarks: This program takes a single command line argument, transcribes the argument text into Tolkien's Elvish letters, and writes the -transcription to standard output as a portable graymap (PGM) file. +transcription to standard output as a [portable +graymap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netpbm#PGM_example) (PGM) file. -The specific transcription mode is the Black Speech Tengwar mode, as -used in the inscription on the One Ring. The program handles the +The specific transcription mode is the [Black +Speech](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/b/blackspeech.html) ([Tengwar +mode](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html)), as +used in the inscription on the [One +Ring](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/o/onering.html). The program handles the following digraphs: -- "gh", "sh", "th": the corresponding tengwar are output for these - specific sounds -- "mh" denotes the full tengwa for [m]; "m" by itself means a - horizontal bar above the next letter -- "rh" denotes the [r\] tengwa -- "uh" denotes the tehta for long vowel [u:] -- "zh" selects the up-reaching tengwa for [z], while "z" selects the - down-reaching one +- `gh`, `sh`, `th`: the corresponding +[tengwar](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html) are output for these +specific sounds. +- `mh` denotes the full [tengwa](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html) +for `[m]`; `m` by itself means a horizontal bar above the next letter. +- `rh` denotes the `[r]` [tengwa](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html). +- `uh` denotes the [tehta](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tehtar.php) for long +vowel `[u:]`. +- `zh` selects the up-reaching +[tengwa](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html) for `[z]`, while `z` +selects the down-reaching one. Punctuation marks other than commas and periods are ignored, as are whitespace characters. In addition, the argument text must be entirely in lower case. -The following command thus writes a rendering of the Ring inscription to -the file out.pgm: +The following command thus writes a rendering of the [Ring +inscription](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/r/ringinscription.html) to +the file `anonymous.pgm`: ```sh ./anonymous "ash nazg durhbatuluhk, ash nazg gimbatul, \ @@ -84,9 +98,11 @@ constraints, the program uses rather inefficient algorithms, so it may waste a lot of time and space even when rendering moderately long strings. -The code contains a vector font which was derived by toying with Harri -Pera:la:'s Tengwar Cursive font. Currently, only the glyphs used in the -Ring inscription are included in the font. +The code contains a vector font which was derived by toying with [Harri +Perälä](https://alboin.fi)'s [Tengwar Cursive +font](https://alboin.fi/tengwar.htm). Currently, only the glyphs used in the +[Ring inscription](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/r/ringinscription.html) are +included in the font. ## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License: diff --git a/tmp/winners.csv b/tmp/winners.csv index c89cf7e77..10295ae73 100644 --- a/tmp/winners.csv +++ b/tmp/winners.csv @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # name,winner_handle,url,email,country,mastodon/twitter Anonymous,Anonymous_1984,null,null,null,null -Anonymous,Anonymous_2004,http://bicoherent.topcities.com/,null,null,null +Anonymous,Anonymous_2004,https://web.archive.org/web/20040324155828/http://bicoherent.topcities.com/,null,Singapore,null Anonymous,Anonymous_2005,null,null,null,null bsoup,bsoup,null,mail@bsoup.skr.jp,null,null Aaron Grothe,Aaron_Grothe,null,ajgrothe@yahoo.com,US,null diff --git a/winners.html b/winners.html index a382991f7..c346ef695 100644 --- a/winners.html +++ b/winners.html @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Contest
  • Dishonorable mention (1984 anonymous)
    -
  • Anonymous -- http://bicoherent.topcities.com/ +
  • Anonymous -- https://web.archive.org/web/20040324155828/http://bicoherent.topcities.com/