This includes typos (including command lines, formatting and other
things), renaming some rules to be a bit more intuitive and other things
I noticed.
Please note that I have not yet checked all links: not in other files or
in this file. This will be done after a break, and it likely will
involve updates to the guidelines and possibly the FAQ too. In other
words this is a work in progress that should be completed later today.
This is a draft edit of the revised IOCCC guidelines for **IOCCC29**.
Due the above, `next/guidelines.md` has undergone a significant update.
The `next/rules.md` and `faq.md` files have been modified accordingly.
The `faq.md` version is now **29.01 2025-11-28**.
The `next/guidelines.md` version is now **29.00 2025-11-28**.
The `next/rules.md` version is now *29.08 2025-11-28**.
Draft **IOCCC29** dates have been added to `rules.md`.
Ran `make quick_www` to perform the above.
TODO: Continue to revise and improve the IOCCC guidelines.
TODO: Fix typos and minor nits in the `next/guidelines.md`.
TODO: Fix typos and minor nits in the `next/rules.md`.
Fixed a number of whitespace, HTML comments, intending,
and markdown problems.
Clarified the <!---language--> syntax.
Made a number of textual changes to be more consistent.
Replaced emoji with HTML symbols.
Misc cleanup.
Ran `make markdown sitemap` to perform the above.
The largest change was due to modifying `ioccc.css`
that resulted in all year and entry tarballs being modified.
Ran `make update` to perform the above.
The script needs to use verge(1) (see
https://github.com/xexyl/jparse/blob/master/verge.c) from the jparse
repo (see https://github.com/xexyl/jparse/).
NOTE: it is NOT recommended you install verge(1) from the jparse repo
for IOCCC related things. Instead run (the first line only if you don't
already have the mkiocccentry repo cloned and updated; if you have it
you might wish to pull the current release):
git clone https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry.git"
cd mkiocccentry && make clobber all
cd jparse && sudo make install clobber
This is because on a rare occasion the jparse repo can be ahead of the
mkiocccentry's jparse/ directory.
Tested with 'make markdown' (this is enough because it uses the
pandoc-wrapper.sh and it's also what triggered the bug for @SirWumpus in
NetBSD - which does not support sort -V).
In theory the script should work under NetBSD now.
The try.alt.sh used 'make all' and it also called './prog' and not
'./prog.alt'.
The version for both try.sh and try.alt.sh were updated. Presumably
before the contest is opened this will change again (or not due to this)
but since I edited the try.alt.sh and updated the version it seems
fitting to update the try.sh version too.
Switched to "#" (hash) for headings in `rules.md`.
Added "-" (dash) after the rule number and before the
rule keyword.
Adjusted links rules elsewhere according to the above.
Ran `make quick_www` to perform the above.
Add an `#ruleX` anchor tag to each rule.
Fix `GNU Makefile syntax` in `Rule 15 Building`.
Remove redundant text in `Rule 17 Packaging` about
empty/blank files.
Ran `make quick_www` to perform the above.
This was missed in yesterday's edit. There might be others that were
missed but the anchor mkiocccentry_process was removed and now is no
longer referenced anywhere.
Landon Curt Noll