nicethings

A program for shared Unix servers, specifically tilde.town, to cheer people up .

Table of Contents

• How it works
  • How it works in detail
• Installation
• Usage

How it works

Each user on the shared Unix server may have a .nicethings file. The .nicethings file may be populated with a list of nice messages created by a user. All users' .nicethings files are converted to lists. All lists are combined into one list. A random nice message is picked from from this list and is displayed to the user.

How it works in detail

• Each user has a ~/.nicethings directory.
• Users can add messages to this file using the nicethings add "your nice message here" interface.
• Each message is stored in the file as separate lines. No file format is used.
• Users can display a numbered list of the messages they have stored using the nicethings ls interface.
• Users can remove their own messages using the nicethings rm 2 interface, where the number refers to an item in their list.
• Users can view a random message from a random user using the nicethings interface (with no arguments).

Installation

1. Run git clone https://github.com/m455/nicethings
2. Run cd nicethings
3. Run make for further instructions.

Usage

nicethings [<command>] [<args>]

Commands:
  No command - Print a random nice thing.
  add        - Add a message to the list of nice things.
  ls         - Print a numbered list of the nice things you have added.
  rm         - Remove a message you have added from the list of nice things.

Examples:
  nicethings
  nicethings add \"You are beautiful\"
  nicethings ls
  nicethings rm 2