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;; Created: 2019-01-19 ;; Created: 2019-01-19
;; Version: 0.1 ;; Version: 0.1
;; Keywords: Latour Litany, alien phenomenology, ontography, metaphorism, carpentry ;; Keywords: Latour Litany, alien phenomenology, ontography, metaphorism, carpentry
;; X-URL: https://github.com/zzkt/litanize ;; URL: https://github.com/zzkt/litanize
;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs. ;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
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;; Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. ;; Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
;;; Commentary: ;;; Commentary:
;; a simple version of Ian Bogost's method of generating "Latour Litanies" ;; a simple version of Ian Bogost's method of generating "Latour Litanies"
;; from random wikipedia titles as an exercise in ontography, metaphorism, ;; from random wikipedia titles as an exercise in ontography, metaphorism,
;; and carpentry ;; and carpentry
;; ;;
;; currently uses random wikipedia titles as elements. might be extended to ;; currently uses random wikipedia titles as elements. might be extended to
;; use other lists in other futures. ;; use other lists in other futures.
;; ;;
;; 'M-x litanize' will generate a litany in a new buffer ;; 'M-x litanize' will generate a litany in a new buffer
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;; ;;
;; further -> http://bogost.com/writing/blog/latour_litanizer/ ;; further -> http://bogost.com/writing/blog/latour_litanizer/
;;; Revision history:
;;
;; - 2019-01-19 - preliminary carpentry
;; - 2019-12-12 - melpa emersion, stochastism
;;; Code: ;;; Code:
(provide 'litanize) (defgroup litanize nil
(eval-when-compile "Generating 'Latour Litanies' as an exercise in ontography, metaphorism, and carpentry"
(require 'cl)) :group 'stochastism)
(require 'enlive) (require 'enlive)
;; enlive can be installed via melpa or from https://github.com/zweifisch/enlive ;; enlive can be installed via melpa or from https://github.com/zweifisch/enlive
(defun random-wp-title () (defun random-wp-title ()
"Return a random wikipedia title"
(s-chop-suffix (s-chop-suffix
" - Wikipedia" " - Wikipedia"
(nth 2 (enlive-query (nth 2 (enlive-query
(enlive-fetch "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random") (enlive-fetch "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random")
[title])))) [title]))))
(defun litanize ()
"Create a Latour Litany in it's own buffer" ;;;###autoload
(interactive) (defun latour-litany (length)
(with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*latour litany*") "Create an arbitary (or random) length litany in its own buffer"
(interactive "nHow long a litany? ")
(with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Latour litany*")
(erase-buffer) (erase-buffer)
(dotimes (i 5) (when (<= length 3) (setq length 3))
(dotimes (i length)
(insert (random-wp-title)) (insert (random-wp-title))
(cond ((<= i 2) (insert ", ")) (cond ((<= i (- length 3)) (insert ", "))
((= i 3) (insert " & ")) ((= i (- length 2)) (insert " & "))
((= i 4) (insert ".")))))) ((= i (- length 1)) (insert "."))))))
;;;###autoload
(defun litanize ()
"Create a Latour Litany in its own buffer"
(interactive)
(latour-litany 5))
;;;###autoload
(defun insert-litany () (defun insert-litany ()
"Create a Latour Litany at the current point" "Create a Latour Litany at the current point"
(interactive) (interactive)
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((= i 3) (insert " & ")) ((= i 3) (insert " & "))
((= i 4) (insert "."))))) ((= i 4) (insert ".")))))
(defun latour-litany (length) (provide 'litanize)
"generate an arbitary (or random) length litany as a string"
)
;;;;##########################################################################
;;;; User Options, Variables
;;;;##########################################################################
;;; litanize.el ends here ;;; litanize.el ends here