# Rolldown

> Rolling dice in markdown!
> Can it be done??

watch the video:

<https://tube.tchncs.de/w/wvdZ36y4C4FFKNDf2MSBrn>

this repo contains:

```
.
├── README.md
├── db.rec
├── justfile
├── macros.m4
└── story.md
```

1. `README.md` -- this file
2. `db.rec` -- a 'recfile' containing one record per possible outcome of rolling 2d6 based on a loose interpretation of the Powered By The Apocalypse system
3. `justfile` -- just a collection of scripts
4. `macros.m4` -- an m4 macros file. no longer used, but preserved for historical value
5. `story.md` -- a daring story about love, danger, and potatoes

other goodies:

- tmux: `tmux send-keys` allows you to send arbitrary key strokes to other tmux panes. In the video, I used it to tell lynx to refresh itself each time the html file is recompiled.

- snippets: here's the snippet i ended up using to roll the dice:

    ```
    snippet res "roll 2d6!"
    `recsel -P result -m 1 db.rec`
    endsnippet
    ```

more reading:

- https://www.gnu.org/software/recutil/
- https://mbreen.com/m4.html
- http://eradman.com/entrproject/
- https://github.com/SirVer/ultisnips