Okay, I'm posting this without working on it myself yet. It mainly is a challenge for those who have time to work on it now, and I'll hack away at it after work. (In about 7 hours or so.)
So the idea is this, I use fortune for a number of things; however there is an annoyance. The people who wrote the fortunes put newlines in for wrapping and such. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, if I was using fortune in a terminal, but in this case, it's a resizable window. So newlines within a quote should be removed, but others should stay.
So, to make this easier to explain I ran my fortune command a number of times and seperated the quotes by a line of "=". I then made a copy of it and corrected it by hand. The goal is to have a perl script do it for me.
Original Text:
Bender: Stay away from our women. You got metal fever, baby, metal fe
+ver!
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Kids, kids, kids. As far as Daddy's concerned, you're both potential
murderers.
-- Homer Simpson
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 2)
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Wh ... what's going on? Wh ... wha ... why am I on a Japanese box?
-- Homer Simpson
In Marge We Trust
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Who spread garbage all over Flanders's yard before I got a chance to?
-- Homer Simpson
Two Dozen and One Greyhounds
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THIS IS NOT A CLUE...OR IS IT?
THIS IS NOT A CLUE...OR IS IT?
THIS IS NOT A CLUE...OR IS IT?
THIS IS NOT A CLUE...OR IS IT?
Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 2F16
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"It was nice of you to let me reattach your arm."
--Zoidber
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Calculon: An Oscar, you say? That would get me out of this festering
rats' nest called television once and for all.
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Dasher, Dancer ... Prancer ... Nixon, Comet, Cupid ... Donna Dixon.
-- Homer Simpson
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
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Homer: I suppose you want to probe me. Well, you might as well get
it over with.
Kang: Stop! We have reached the limits of what rectal probing can
teach us.
Treehouse of Horror VII
Famous Original Ray's Superior Court
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It's okay, Marge. I've learned my lesson. A mountain of sugar is too
much for one man. It's clear now why God portions it out in those
tiny packets, and why he lives on a plantation in Hawaii.
-- Homer Simpson
Lisa's Rival
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Bender: "Tell the Donbot I'm quitting organized crime. From now on I'l
+l stick
to the regular kind."
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"Hurry up! I wanna see the moon." -Fry
"Relax. It's open 'till nine." -Leela
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I WILL NOT SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
I WILL NOT SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
I WILL NOT SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
I WILL NOT SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode AABF03
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Calculon: I'm programmed to be very busy.
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"I don't care how many eyes a man has... as long as it's less than fi
+ve."
-Leela
Fixed Text:
Bender: Stay away from our women. You got metal fever, baby, metal fe
+ver!
===================================================================
Kids, kids, kids. As far as Daddy's concerned, you're both potential
+murderers.
-- Homer Simpson
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 2)
===================================================================
Wh ... what's going on? Wh ... wha ... why am I on a Japanese box?
-- Homer Simpson
In Marge We Trust
===================================================================
Who spread garbage all over Flanders's yard before I got a chance to?
-- Homer Simpson
Two Dozen and One Greyhounds
===================================================================
THIS IS NOT A CLUE...OR IS IT?
THIS IS NOT A CLUE...OR IS IT?
THIS IS NOT A CLUE...OR IS IT?
THIS IS NOT A CLUE...OR IS IT?
Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 2F16
===================================================================
"It was nice of you to let me reattach your arm."
--Zoidber
===================================================================
Calculon: An Oscar, you say? That would get me out of this festering
+rats' nest called television once and for all.
===================================================================
Dasher, Dancer ... Prancer ... Nixon, Comet, Cupid ... Donna Dixon.
-- Homer Simpson
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
===================================================================
Homer: I suppose you want to probe me. Well, you might as well get
+ it over with.
Kang: Stop! We have reached the limits of what rectal probing can
+teach us.
Treehouse of Horror VII
Famous Original Ray's Superior Court
===================================================================
It's okay, Marge. I've learned my lesson. A mountain of sugar is too
+ much for one man. It's clear now why God portions it out in those t
+iny packets, and why he lives on a plantation in Hawaii.
-- Homer Simpson
Lisa's Rival
===================================================================
Bender: "Tell the Donbot I'm quitting organized crime. From now on I'l
+l stick to the regular kind."
===================================================================
"Hurry up! I wanna see the moon." -Fry
"Relax. It's open 'till nine." -Leela
===================================================================
I WILL NOT SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
I WILL NOT SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
I WILL NOT SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
I WILL NOT SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode AABF03
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Calculon: I'm programmed to be very busy.
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"I don't care how many eyes a man has... as long as it's less than fi
+ve."
-Leela
Something to remember, not only spaces are used, but also tabs, so be aware of that.
There are really only a couple of tasks here:
- figure out if the line break at the end of the current line is there for wrapping
- If it is, make sure by removing it, there still is a space in between words
- Clean up any tabs or other whitespace from the start of the line added by removing the newline
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