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Posy-0.10
/ Posy::Plugin::RandQuote

NAME

Posy::Plugin::RandQuote - Posy plugin to give a random quote from a file

VERSION

This describes version 0.10 of Posy::Plugin::RandQuote.

SYNOPSIS

    @plugins = qw(Posy::Core Posy::Plugin::RandQuote));
    @entry_actions = qw(header
	    entry_template
	    read_entry
	    parse_entry
	    rand_quote
	    render_entry
	    append_entry
	);

    And in the entry file:

    <pre>
    <!--quote(fortunes)-->
    </pre>

DESCRIPTION

Sticks a random quote from a file into the body of the entry. This replaces a string in the format of <!--quote(filename)--> with a "quote" grabbed from the file, where quotes are defined by text between $rand_quote_delim.

This looks for the quote-file first in the local (data) directory, then relative to the top of the data directory, then in the local HTML directory, then relative to the top of the HTML directory.

This creates a 'rand_quote' entry action, which should be placed after 'parse_entry' in the entry_action list. If you are using the Posy::Plugin::ShortBody plugin, this should be placed after 'short_body' in the entry_action list, not before it.

Configuration

This expects configuration settings in the $self->{config} hash, which, in the default Posy setup, can be defined in the main "config" file in the data directory.

rand_quote_delim

The delimiter which defines quotes in the quote-file. (default: "%\n", which is what is used in "fortune" data files)

OBJECT METHODS

Documentation for developers and those wishing to write plugins.

init

Do some initialization; make sure that default config values are set.

Entry Action Methods

Methods implementing per-entry actions.

rand_quote

$self->rand_quote(\%flow_state, \%current_entry, \%entry_state)

Alters $current_entry->{body} by adding a random quote wherever the "rand_quote_anchor" string is in the body.

Private Methods

_get_random_quote

Return the quote to be substituted from the given file.

REQUIRES

Posy
Posy::Core

Test::More

SEE ALSO

perl(1). Posy

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to the author.

AUTHOR

Kathryn Andersen (RUBYKAT)
perlkat AT katspace dot com
http://www.katspace.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (c) 2004 by Kathryn Andersen

Based on the blosxom 'toc' plugin by Gregor Rayman (copyright 2003) <rayman <at> grayman <dot> de>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.