Rolldown

Rolling dice in markdown! Can it be done??

watch the video:

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

this repo contains:

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├── 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